Looks like they are finally getting their streetlights:

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I wonder if they made the light intentionally to look like a movie film can??

Nope. It's the same light used throughout Project 180. Glad to see lights going in over there. There have been no street lights there since 2009.

Photo of Hart Building work from yesterday.

Note the eerie site of a completely vacated old I-40.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/hart22212.jpg

Went by e old I-40 today and snapped pics, it's definitely post apocalyptic feeling.

Just announced this week that the OKC GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL on May19th will be held on Film Row rather on 39th street or the park over on 36th and Classen.

Just announced this week that the OKC GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL on May19th will be held on Film Row rather on 39th street or the park over on 36th and Classen.

Sweet.

OKC's Film Row Steeped in History (http://www.news9.com/story/17234389/okcs-film-row-steeped-in-history)

Just announced this week that the OKC GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL on May19th will be held on Film Row rather on 39th street or the park over on 36th and Classen.

Woah. This will add a very different dimension. Something that downtown hasn't seen before...interesting.

Woah. This will add a very different dimension. Something that downtown hasn't seen before...interesting.

This is great for Film Row, but I'm kind of a traditionalist and always enjoyed watching the parade on Classen. Maybe it's just gotten too big.

I think it needs a downtown backdrop, and let's face it, that aint Classen.

This is great for Film Row, but I'm kind of a traditionalist and always enjoyed watching the parade on Classen. Maybe it's just gotten too big.

The Parade Route has not changed it will still be on classen and then head west on 39th through the central LGBT Bars. However the Festival on Saturday 5/19th will be in the film district. That is where vendors will be set up as well as a Stage for entertainment. I think it could turn out to be a very nice festival for the community as well as the District.

Tired... long day at work on a day I haven't worked in months and at night in two years. Didn't stay long.

April 1 2012

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Will, the thing that would have made those pictures much more impressive is people.

Wow! Love these pics! Thanks for devoting time and talent to take and then share them!

Beautiful as always, Will.

Those streetlights sure make a difference.

Coming together real nice!

Beautiful pictures!

Forgive me if someone already posted this, but I found this on the Oklahoma City Film Exchange District Facebook page.

http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh553/FantasticOKC/Not%20by%20me/filmrowstreetsign.jpg

Nice

Those are great.

Those are great.




Where are the pictures of City rescue mission , isn't that also in the district??

Where are the pictures of City rescue mission , isn't that also in the district??

Not exactly within the districts boundaries, but very, very close. City Rescue Mission is on the south side of California. It is my understanding that Film Row's boudary is the north side of California.

Building permit for Health Nut Cafe in the Hart Building.

Didn't realize they just opened another Health Nut in the Regency Tower.

http://www.healthnutcafe.net/

Took a picture of the progress of the Hart Building addition today..

http://oi46.tinypic.com/e7fasp.jpg

Building permit today to remodel the second floor of the Film Exchange Building into event space for The Exchange (http://exchange-revolution.com/), a local events company. I imagine it will incorporate that cool, massive skylight.

Joey's Pizzeria is on the ground floor.


Film Row has lots of great momentum.

http://www.oklahomacounty.org/assessor/Searches/sketches/picfile/2731/R013685130001sA.jpg

Building permit today to remodel the second floor of the Film Exchange Building into event space for The Exchange (http://exchange-revolution.com/), a local events company. I imagine it will incorporate that cool, massive skylight.

Joey's Pizzeria is on the ground floor.


Film Row has lots of great momentum.

http://www.oklahomacounty.org/assessor/Searches/sketches/picfile/2731/R013685130001sA.jpg

i will note that they have been using the "unfinished" second floor space for events for some time ... good to see that they are now finishing it out

There is also a tenant called Venture Spur on that second floor.

Boulder, do you know if these two business share the same space?

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/539933_283473835064595_192136880864958_636411_2754 49319_n.jpg

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i'm not sure

Pete, what's even cooler is that Venture Spur is not just a tenant, but a business accelerator, That's 2 new ones in OKC recently, the other being Blueprint for Business.

http://venturespur.com/

Did they decide to eliminate the 6 lofts above Joey's?

I heard about this project recently and thought it sounded pretty cool. I did not see anything about it on this thread although I could have missed it. http://theparamountokc.com/

I heard about this project recently and thought it sounded pretty cool. I did not see anything about it on this thread although I could have missed it. http://theparamountokc.com/

There was a building permit last week for 701 W. Sheridan to create an "assembly hall", so that must be for this project.

Looks interesting!

Pete could you post the details there? I couldn't find the permit application.. This is awesome though. Film, wine, coffee.. nice

It must not need much work (or be getting much work) if they just got a building permit and planning to be open in August.

More about the Paramount OKC...


Coming in August 2012: Reel Art, Wine, and Coffee in the Paramount building on historic Film Row near downtown Oklahoma City.

The historic Paramount screening room is the last of the studio screening rooms remaining on Oklahoma City’s film row. Nearly 50 beautifully preserved vintage theater seats are available and there is space in the front of the theater for less formal seating arrangements.

The screening room is the venue for Paramount Club members to enjoy free movie nights; for local film students or local film makers to show their work and may be leased for meetings, conferences, private parties or events.

The Paramount is proud to make fair trade coffee an option for our customers. Stop by for a quick breakfast or lunch. In the evenings enjoy fruit and cheese, humus with chips or Paramount Toast Points as a compliment to our wine. Any time of the day you are welcome to indulge in decadent pies from The Pie Junkie, cookies or brownies.

It's in this building at 701 W. Sheridan, directly across the street from Joey's Pizza; I believe all that metal siding is off now:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/701wsheridan.jpg

And here are some photos from their Facebook page -- looks a really cool and unique project:

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It looks like a group of people who are digging from within to scrounge together their own resources to pull off a classy project. Pete, how much $$ was the building permit for?

The permit was for $10,000.

But remember, that's just for construction, not furniture, fixtures, etc.

That sheet metal has been off for a while now. The bricks on the brick window sills are still broken in 1/2 to accommodate that metal. Something I learned at RetroMetro.

I got a tour of the screening room a year or so ago. It is super cool.

I got a tour of the screening room a year or so ago. It is super cool.

Where is the screening room in that building? On the ground floor toward the north end?

It's very cool the original leather seats have been preserved.

Ground floor, south west corner. The screen end fronts Sheridan; the projection room is to the north. There is an entrance to the projection room on the west wall. I assume the screening room was retrofitted to the space after the building was designed with windows on that Sheridan facade.

Walked around this area yesterday and took some photos.

The first one is just north of Sheridan on Lee and is a slick little building I had not seen featured. It looks fully occupied by International Crystal Manufacturing Company (http://www.icmfg.com/):

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/filmrow61312.jpg


This is where Paramount OKC is going, the Lee side. Looking inside it appears they are nearly finished with the coffee shop / cafe. I bet we see an opening soon. Also, there is another photography tenant taking part of the ground floor and at least some of the second level:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/paramount61312.jpg


This building is immediately north of the Paramount and directly across from the ICM building show in the first photo. Really slick looking and they have a graphics company in the first floor; not sure about the rest:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/filmrow61312b.jpg

Photos from a couple of days ago.



What we call the Hart Building is actually two separate structures divided about the point you see the sign on the left:
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http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/hart619122.jpg


This is just inside the main entrance above:
http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/hart61912b.jpg


Here you can see they have punched holes in the wall to connect the two structures:
http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/hart61912c.jpg


http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/hart61912d.jpg


The massive parking lot reconstruction and that the back and side facade is completely off the building to the east:
http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/hart61912e.jpg


http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/hart61912f.jpg

Does anyone know the person that owns / runs Joey's pizza place in Film Row?

I had a really bad experience and wanted to contact them before I shared it here.


I looked on their website and didn't see an email or anything other than a general phone #.


TIA

My wife works with one of the family members, I will see if I can't get a contact from her.

Does anyone know the person that owns / runs Joey's pizza place in Film Row?

I had a really bad experience and wanted to contact them before I shared it here.


I looked on their website and didn't see an email or anything other than a general phone #.


TIA

Rusty Kendrick, General Manager
Irena Avdalovic Proprietor, email to: andalovic@cox.net

This from the Paramount OKC's Facebook page (movie is a secret for now):

Opening Night at The Paramount OKC
Friday, August 10 at 4:00pm at 701 W Sheridan, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

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This from the Paramount OKC's Facebook page (movie is a secret for now):

Opening Night at The Paramount OKC
Friday, August 10 at 4:00pm at 701 W Sheridan, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/251810_3972294942114_1731193647_n.jpg

Awesome, Pete. Thanks for posting this!
Btw, great piece you wrote for OKC Central. Excellent.

Yet another really slick redevelopment project for Film Row.

This is the little building immediately east of the big Hart project at 718 W. Sheridan and the plan is to add a perpendicular 2nd floor. Hans Butzer is the architect.



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Very nice!

this looks awesome!

Agreed, this looks really fantastic.

Really everything they have done thus far on Film Row has been pretty great and the Hart project looks like another big winner.

I hope they can find a good infill development for the vacant lot just across Sheridan from this project and the Hart, because it's a big hole right now.

Really everything they have done thus far on Film Row has been pretty great and the Hart project looks like another big winner.

I hope they can find a good infill development for the vacant lot just across Sheridan from this project and the Hart, because it's a big hole right now.

Yeah, it's too bad City Arts couldn't find a away to use that space. If they were in this district, between this and the Paseo, we'd have two very cool, dense, and locally oriented art districts. Either way, I think we still will have that, but they would have really put this district over the top.

Ohh wow. I love the Archipelago. Hans has done it again.

Btw Pete, I'll start making a few articles for these..

11 N. Lee has definitely been touched up a lot lately. That's the Miami-style deco one.

We were having dinner at Joey's tonight and I noticed there's a new space right next door that I believe was called the CoCoCafe. I don't remember reading about it anywhere here.

We were having dinner at Joey's tonight and I noticed there's a new space right next door that I believe was called the CoCoCafe. I don't remember reading about it anywhere here.

That is OkcCoCo Coworking Cooperative. They moved from 7th & Hudson. They basically are like a business incubator and executive suites combined. Young companies can rent a desk space or a conference room for the day. The cafe part is a new addition.

Film Row enjoys flurry of new development
The historic Film Row on the west side of downtown is undergoing redevelopment that includes a string of building renovations, new restaurants and attractions.

By Steve Lackmeyer | Published: July 19, 2012 Comment on this article Leave a comment

When Melodie Garneau sought a spot to open a combined coffee shop, wine bar and small independent theater, she instantly thought of Film Row along the west fringe of downtown.

Film Row businesses

What she didn't expect was the spot she chose, the Paramount Building, at the corner of Lee and Sheridan avenues, already had a 75-seat theater that dates back to when Paramount Pictures gave advance screenings to cinema operators throughout the region.

Read more: http://newsok.com/film-row-enjoys-flurry-of-new-development/article/3693536#ixzz214kcSM7G

Is the law firm putting in a little pocket park fronting Sheridan/Dewey??

I was in the Paramount yesterday and got the grand tour. They have done a great job of renovating and keeping the "old" features in tact. They are going to be a great addition to film row. The screening room is also a great venue and is pretty much original. they plan to show classic and other films several days a week.