Fort Wayne IN Skyline - 1 Photo

Robert Pence · #1 Posted **Nov 3, 2009, 11:50 PM**

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Taken from the top deck (5th Level) of the Harrison Square parking garage adjacent to Parkview Field (Tin Caps' ballpark). Left to right = North to East.

New construction in the right foreground is Courtyard by Marriott. From the height of the elevator/stairway structure, I'm guessing it still gets another storey, and that will be the end of this view.

Edit: Here's a keyed version, identifying some of the buildings shown in the view above.

Ex-Ithacan · #2 Posted **Nov 3, 2009, 11:52 PM**

It's a dandy Rob. And glad you got it before this angle disappears.

stepper77 · #3 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 12:32 AM**

Nice shot!

ColDayMan · #4 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 3:19 AM**

Great shot!

Dan Denson · #5 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 3:37 AM**

I see some handsome older buildings in the photo. Nice cloudscape, too.

TonyAnderson · #6 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 4:31 AM**

That tallest building in the middle there for some reason just doesn't look real.

Robert Pence · #7 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 11:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by TonyAnderson

That tallest building in the middle there for some reason just doesn't look real.

It is, though. I agree that it seems completely out of context and out of scale in its setting, because there are few mid-rise buildings downtown and none close enough to ease the transition.

I've photographed it often at different times of day and year, starting during construction, and compiled a short photo essay here.

flar · #8 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 6:11 PM**

Great shot and nice looking city. I like all the tall church steeples.

Evergrey · #9 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 6:16 PM**

very impressive, Robert!

Austinlee · #10 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 6:25 PM**

Nice angle for sure. I like that sleek white-ish church on the right. Good design.
What is the tallest building in the middle?

EDIT: Nevermind, just found your photo essay.

DeBaliviere · #11 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 6:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Robert Pence

It is, though. I agree that it seems completely out of context and out of scale in its setting, because there are few mid-rise buildings downtown and none close enough to ease the transition.

I've photographed it often at different times of day and year, starting during construction, and compiled a short photo essay here.

I seriously dislike that building.

I really like the rest of Ft. Wayne though, and enjoyed your photo essay.

Lexy · #12 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 6:31 PM**

That's a really nice shot of Fort Wayne! I've been there a few times and thought it was a pretty nice place. Great weather and a wonderful collection of older buildings make this a fantastic shot! Once again, nice shot.

I too am curious about the tallest tower. Almost looks like a jail. LOL!

boden · #13 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 6:58 PM**

nice 1.

Austinlee · #14 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 9:11 PM**

By the way, One Summit Square looks remarkably similar to One PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh. (They even have similar names)

One Summit Square

Credit: Robert Pence http://www.robertpence.com/

One PNC Plaza

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=200278

ue · #15 Posted **Nov 4, 2009, 11:54 PM**

That One Summit looks photoshopped in with this photo. Nice photo

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Robert Pence · #16 Posted **Nov 5, 2009, 12:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by PA Pride

Nice angle for sure. I like that sleek white-ish church on the right. Good design.
What is the tallest building in the middle?

EDIT: Nevermind, just found your photo essay.

The white church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, seat of the Fort Wayne - South Bend Diocese. It was built about 1860 and actually is brick construction. The stone veneer was added some time around the 1920s or 1930s, and the original had already undergone two or three major changes by then. In the last ten years or so, the interior underwent updating, but it's still quite formal and beautiful.

The brick church farther to the right is St. Paul's Lutheran, birthplace of the Missouri Synod. It was built about 1905 on the foundation and from the plans from an 1889 building designed by local architects Wing & Mahurin that burned in 1903. St. Paul's congregation was founded in 1837 and has occupied buildings on this site since 1839. It is the second-oldest Lutheran congregation in Indiana and the largest Lutheran Church in the nation. The building and grounds are impeccably maintained, and some people refer to it as a Cathedral. The grandeur of the building and the ornateness of its interior certainly could give that impression.

I edited the original post to add a keyed version of the panorama, identifying significant buildings.

peanut gallery · #17 Posted **Nov 5, 2009, 9:21 PM**

Nice shot!

plinko · #18 Posted **Nov 5, 2009, 10:55 PM**

Sadly I've never seen One Summit Square in person, but from all the photos I've seen I kinda like it. To me at least, it's certainly more interesting than most of Roche's other works.

I love the surreal quality it has in your panoramic here. It's really a quality photo all around.

Robert Pence · #19 Posted **Nov 8, 2009, 3:32 AM**

^It's been quite a long time, so I'm not sure I remember all the causes of construction delays; I think there were a lot of trivial change orders and some labor disruptions. Anyway, the delays put the developers up against the occupancy deadline that they had to meet to lock in the interest rate on the mortgage. That meant that the building was never finished off as originally designed.

The initial design and renderings showed a gleaming tower cladded in mirrored tiles, but the delays resulted in the mirrored cladding being eliminated and window design modified in order to meet the occupancy deadline.

There was to be a second tower on that block, not as tall, that would have been a hotel and apartments or condos. That part of the development never happened; the developer, Indiana Michigan Power, cancelled in after a rate-increase request was denied.

Evergrey · #20 Posted **Nov 8, 2009, 3:44 AM**

i was gonna ask if there was a PNC tower in Ft. Wayne... very sleek!