Proposal
As part of the downtown revitalization campaign for Indianapolis, the state solicited designs for a distinctive piece of skyline architecture in the tradition of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis or the Space Needle in Seattle. The Pelli tower would be located in the new Indiana Landing area of Indianapolis (which became White River State Park). The Pelli design called for an obelisk 750 feet tall, with a diameter of 130 feet at the base and 64 feet at the peak that would "establish the Crossroads of America". As such, the design would have been taller than the Arch, the Washington Monument, and the Statue of Liberty, and would have cost $25 million in 1980.
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