You don’t need to be an orthopedic surgeon to know great bones.  Then again, when a top-shelf orthopedic team settles into its renovated downtown digs… you can just bet that the building’s got great bones.

With strong structural underpinnings, our older buildings can stand the test of time.  Architects and engineers can flip the designs, and the structure’s foundational features still hold strong.

SportsMedicine Grant & Orthopaedic Associates is setting up camp in its newly renovated space at 323 E. Town Street.  The address was originally designed as a hotel, but the location has been redesigned to host both in-patient and out-patient services at Grant.  Like we said, the building always had sturdy bones… now it has a new face and a drop-off area too.

The Hayden Building at 20 E. Broad Street has great bones too.  The historic structure is presently en route to becoming the fancy, luxurious Hotel Indigo.  The well ornamented building is already fancy from the outside, that’s a signature characteristic of its original architect, Nathan Kelley (he also worked on the Statehouse and the “Lunatic Asylum”… we will resist the temptation to connect his clientele).

With the promise of oversized beds and pillows – plus spa showers, Hotel Indigo sounds like a great place to rest your bones.

Ultimately, it’s frameworks like these that make downtown renovation projects impressive flips (and not flops).