Alright, I've been watching this long enough.... let's make this a bit more fun. Here's my proposition: figure out how to choose a "best photo" of the batch and if you would like to have your photo seen by a couple hundred thousand readers, I'll use it along with a column about your outing. Oh - one more thing: can I join you?

Hell yeah, Steve.

So, is it Saturday? Just let me know when and where....

i'm jealous. wish i could be there. let me know if you do another one. can't wait to see the pics.

This sounds really cool.

Local tourism...I wish more people would do it on a random day instead of just big events..

Alright, I've been watching this long enough.... let's make this a bit more fun. Here's my proposition: figure out how to choose a "best photo" of the batch and if you would like to have your photo seen by a couple hundred thousand readers, I'll use it along with a column about your outing. Oh - one more thing: can I join you?

^^ Wow! this thread just hit paydirt!Can't wait for The pics,and The column!go out and get them pics guy's!

I'll know for sure by tomorrow if I can attend. Do we have a time nailed down?

So, is it Saturday? Just let me know when and where....

Saturday at 5 on North Broadway.

The sun won't be up yet. But I'll be there.

Wonder what it would cost to hire one of those carriages or bicycle guys for a couple of hours.

The sun won't be up yet. But I'll be there.

Woah, Woah, Woah. Slow down. This is at 5AM?

NOOOO 5 pm.

That's what I had thought, not sure why the sun won't be up though?

I was just funnin.

I won't be able to participate that late in the day. Have fun!

Saturday at 5 pm on North Broadway..so far we've got:

so1rfan -- 22nd approved
myself -- 22nd approved
lasomeday -- 22nd approved
urbaneer -- 22nd approved
Steve -- 22nd approved
SkywestOKC -- 22nd maybe
krisb -- 22nd maybe
metro -- 22nd maybe
yukong -- 22nd maybe
EBAH -- 22nd maybe
jbrown -- 22nd negative
kd5ili -- 22nd negative
TaoMaas -- 22nd negative


Hey Doug, is there a way that you could help shuttle some of us from Site 2 to Site 3? I can walk and I'm sure some of the others can walk, too--but some may not want to, and that will be kind of a long distance. We might even just be driving and reparking our cars frequently, or carpool more likely..we'll have to work that out. Here's a walking map I've put together:

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3535/36073079.jpg

Highlights are..

1: Wonderful Automobile Alley..enough said.
2: The cool buildings being restored along 10th, skyline views, and the churches.
3: Harvey has some awesome density, awesome streetwalls, awesome views--and some parking garages we can get up on.
4: Middle of the city, Park and Broadway..and parking garages.
5: Sheridan streetwall in Bricktown, ACM, immediate Canal bldgs, parking garage with a view, AND Walnut Street bridge view.
6: Awesome Deep Deuce..enough said.
7: Lofts at Maywood..cut in the middle, check out Brownstones and Maywood Park sculpture.

That's it. What do you guys think?

^^Try to take as many pics of The Buildings planned to be demo'd by Sandridge!Devon Tower site,St. Anthony rotary-Plaza court<--might be to far to walk!just some suggestions!but I have no doubt Spartan has a good route planned out!

I might be changing it..forgot about Devon actually. Maybe we should forgo Park Ave and from Harvey, wrap around the west side of the library and then go down Sheridan..sort of through the construction. We would miss out on the downtown core but get the construction.. which do we want?

^^maybe ,you could split half The group up from Park/Harvey and send Them to The Devon Tower site and then meet up in Bricktown?but i would not miss out on The core of DT where The skyscrapers are,because there are some good dense angles there!

Yeah. We might just miss out on Devon. I think it's a better idea to do a construction and progress theme for a second photog tour. Devon, Myriad, Film Row, SandRidge, etc..

I know I'm flip-flopping on you, Spartan, but I originally thought you guys might be hooking up earlier in the day. There's a good chance I'll be back by 5pm and can participate. Put me down for a "maybe".

Okay cool. Don't forget everyone, tomorrow @ 5 pm!

I'll look at this more closely when I get back from doing an errand, but it looks promising. I'll have to clean out my car's floorboards with all of the McDonald's etc. clutter, but that would be a good thing.

I'll be back.

5 p.m. - where is the starting point?

6th and Broadway--middle of Automobile Alley.

This might be a little late in the ballgame, but any chance we could do 4pm? 5pm is a little close to my dinner w/ the family. I'd love to be a part of this.

Well..it's running a little late unfortunately. I would have moved it up earlier today, I'm just afraid people won't be aware of the changed. I'm about to send out a final heads up to all of the people I could confirmed. You could just come from the A-Alley part if you like.

Sorry Kris..

4pm would work better for me also, how long do you think this will last? I am about 75% yes right now.

Just saw Spartan, 430 would work for me.

Where did you see me? Yeah we could probably do 4:30 if it makes a difference to TWO more people..

Sorry, just saw your post. How long do you think this will last? I have somewhere to be at 6PM.

We'll probably be in Bricktown or Deep Deuce around the time that you have to leave..we're probably going to drive from place to place and use parallel parking, as well as carpooling--so leaving in the middle shouldn't be a problem.

Okay, cool. I'll see you guys tomorrow then.

I'm going to have to pass on this afternoon's photo shoot. Have a great time and I look forward to seeing some classy photos!

Hopefully the weather will improve.

I'm flexible, I can meet whenever.

Hopefully the weather will improve.

I think it did. By 4:30 it's gonna be HOT.

Guys, due to some family matters I can't join you as I hoped. But please take photos of the group of you going about your task so I might make use of it later....

So when are we gonna do this again?

Scott Kelby's Third Annual Photo Walk is for July 24th. You can join a walk or lead one. Last year there were two in OKC and both had full rosters of 50 people. More info here: Oklahoma City, OK USA (Bricktown Main Street) | Worldwide Photo Walk (http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/oklahoma-city-ok-usa-bricktown-main-street/)

That's a really interesting web site.

Here's my downtown pics..shockingly dead, except around the Skirvin. SandRidge has so much potential..for now.

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That's it.

That's a really interesting web site.

I signed up, I wanted to do this last year but didn't know about it until too late.

I don't know what day of the week you took those, but if you look at those buildings I don't know how you could be shocked that it's dead. There's no reason for anyone to be on those streets on the weekend. The least busy part of London on the weekends is The City, which is also shockingly dead considering their population. If all the buildings in a location are only used Monday through Friday, there's little reason to be there on a weekend.

What surprised me when I walked home after the Lets Talk Transit meeting was how
many people were on the streets downtown on a Tuesday evening. I saw people walking their dogs, going to bars, going to restaurants and just out and about. It's better than you think.

Downtown is funny. I work in the First National Center and they lock all the doors and shut off the A/C at 6pm! It always cracks me up. I ask myself, "In this whole building, are there no people who work past 5pm besides me?" lol
I wish I could have made it to the photography meet-up, but I didn't get back from my field trip until after 6pm. Downtown is a favorite subject for me. Here's a link to some of my pics: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/members/taomaas-albums-downtown-oklahoma-city.html Okay...there's a couple in there from the Farmer's Market, which isn't technically downtown, but I still think of it as the general downtown area.

I signed up, I wanted to do this last year but didn't know about it until too late.

The problem is I just did Bricktown..want something else now. lol

Must have been in one of these old threads but the lack of people in pics was something brought up over and over again. I think a lot of it has to do with the tendency of the person taking the pic (if of buildings etc) is trying to get the "perfect" shot and many don't want strangers mucking things up (blurring etc). May not be as big an issue with digital (the blurring part) but think it is a throw back to the film days which wasn't that long ago. The last time I took pics (on Mother's Day) I remembered that and tried to make it a point to ignore the people moving thru the shot...take it anyway. nned to get those printed....

I was trying not to have people in my pictures but everyone else was trying really hard to have people in their pictures. There really was only one or two people besides us on Broadway. There were people by the Memorial and other than that there were people from the Skirvin to Bricktown.

I think OKC has vitality, but if you can't prove it in a picture, how can you prove that it's there?

Yeah, I just like taking pictures of buildings......and the landscape in general. People just get in the way.

I think OKC has vitality, but if you can't prove it in a picture, how can you prove that it's there?

Can always pull a SandRidge

Hahaha. Speaking of pulling a SandRidge...

People just get in the way.

The photowalk signup is now full, maybe someone will lead another in a different area.

I took a few pictures with my camera phone of the Devon site today. You can go to the top of the new garage. I think that we should do a parking garage tour this time and just go parking garage to parking garage getting aerial views of the city, or maybe we can get on a few rooftops of some of the buildings to take pictures.

Also I think a few districts would be fun to take pictures of Stockyard City, Paseo, Capitol Hill (for Southside Spartan), Plaza, and maybe a few neighborhoods? It would be more of a driving tour with stops, but it would be great to see the different areas.

Yes I think it would be very cool to do a southside photo walk! I'll bring my camera that doubles as a glock. Too bad the Grill on the Hill is no longer open. I also think a parking garage tour would be really awesome too. That's what we should do if some more people are down for it.

When did the Grill on the Hill close?

Wasn't open when I wanted chicken fried steak.

Grill on the Hill is open - Thursday special is the catfish.

Well I tried going there for dinner twice last week and they were closed. It was like 6-7-8ish each time, so there was no reason for them to be closed. I they're open, that's awesome..I'll give it another try.

Off topic but I can't remember what thread it was in...just saw a commercial for Lorec Ranch today and they are having a 30% off sale...only location given was on Reno (between Portland & Meridian??) So Spartan was right that the 1-35 location had closed.

Yes I think it would be very cool to do a southside photo walk! I'll bring my camera that doubles as a glock. Too bad the Grill on the Hill is no longer open. I also think a parking garage tour would be really awesome too. That's what we should do if some more people are down for it. Don't be scared Spartan. (people are people just like downtown)

Well I tried going there for dinner twice last week and they were closed. It was like 6-7-8ish each time, so there was no reason for them to be closed. I they're open, that's awesome..I'll give it another try.Mon - Thurs: 6:30am - 3pm; Fri: 6:30am - 8pm.

Grill on the Hill Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Oklahoma-City-OK/Grill-on-The-Hill/159850262982?ajaxpipe=1&__a=13)