These days, when a company finds itself in need of more space than its current building affords, it moves to a bigger one, expands the one it has, or does a full teardown-and-rebuild. But considering only these options shows a certain failure of imagination, as underscored by the video above: a brief summary of how the Indiana Bell Telephone Company added a second building alongside its Indianapolis headquarters — but only after hoisting up the latter and pivoting it 90 degrees on its side. “This was no small task,” says the video’s narrator, “as the eight-story, steel-frame-and-brick building measured about 100 by 135 feet, and weighed 11,000 tons.”
Trying that today would cost way more than building an entirely new building. Labor sure was cheap way back when there was no bureaucracy.
Turning that building 90° was a cinch compared to getting an honest vote count today.
In 2020 the White House was turned 180 degrees.
see? … Kimmie Sue was right. just another example of that ol’ White Supremacy’
It couldn’t have been a CO. That would have fucked up the pulp counts! LOL!
“Which 90 degrees did they go? Widdershins, or sunwise? ACH!”
Very cool
Phone company can’t rip a fart w/o a two week outage & $100 surcharge/customer these days!
That building is located on North Meridian Street, about 2 blocks from monument Circle & the Soldiers & Sailors monument(cool place, that) Last I knew it still stands, but alas, Indiana Bell is long gone. Swallowed up by AT&T back in the late 70’s. I believe the building is now low income housing. I could be wrong, as I try not to go to Indy these days. It is catching up to Chicago as a very dangerous place with shootings & various other violent crimes going up. Doesn’t help they have an idiot democrat mayor.