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In 1930 the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90°

Author: weinzierl

Score: 30

Comments: 5

Date: 2021-12-04 16:03:04

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the-dude wrote at 2021-12-04 22:48:58:

https://kottke.org/19/11/the-indiana-bell-moved-a-functionin...

From

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21468788

( 2 years ago )

KboPAacDA3 wrote at 2021-12-04 22:41:26:

A similar feat was accomplished in Chicago.

"During the 1850s and 1860s, engineers carried out a piecemeal raising of the level of central Chicago. Streets, sidewalks, and buildings were physically raised on jackscrews."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago

subreal wrote at 2021-12-04 22:54:25:

Similar thing was done in Poland in 1970:

https://tvpworld.com/41981555/lubomirski-palace-moved-to-new...

k1t wrote at 2021-12-04 22:37:17:

Let's demolish this building. How about we just rotate it 90°? Yes, that seems like a fair compromise.

In case anybody was wondering - the important part was that it was moved to an adjacent lot (to clear space for a new building) and happened to be rotated as part of that process.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Building_(Indianapolis)

jasomill wrote at 2021-12-04 22:52:56:

Incidentally, the architect who proposed rotating the building was Kurt Vonnegut Sr, father of the well-known author.

redis_mlc wrote at 2021-12-04 22:58:09:

Closer to home in San Jose, around 2004:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Montgomery