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|category1=Central Business District
|category2=Office Buildings
|category3=Tall Buildings
|category4=Buildings with Retail Space
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|project=Braniff Building
|address=324 N. Robinson (http://goo.gl/maps/WaucM)
|status=under renovation
|owner=SandRidge Energy
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|architect=Rogers Marvel (http://rogersmarvel.com/)
|start=1923
|finish=2013
|contractor=Lingo Construction
|height=10 floors
|sq. feet=83,278
|acerage=.24
|other=Part of SandRidge Commons (http://www.okctalk.com/showwiki.php?title=SandRidge+Center+and+Commons)
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|image=http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniffwiki1.jpg
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On the National Register of Historic Places.

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County Assessor Record (http://www.oklahomacounty.org/assessor/Searches/AN-R.asp?ACCOUNTNO=R010012896)
SandRidge Energy (http://www.sandridgeenergy.com/)
History of Braniff Airlines (http://www.braniffpages.com/1927/1927.html)
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Kitchen No. 324 (Good Egg Group (http://www.goodeggdining.com/) restaurant) - opening Winter 2012/13


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Talked to a guy at SandRidge and he was saying they are going to have 2 restaurants, one for the public and the other for SandRidge employees only. They were working with the owners of Cheevers, so I'm assuming Good Egg. He also said the roof of the fitness center will have a basketball court and that Tom Ward told employees that he is really pushing for everything to be done by 2014 because the construction noise is pretty hard to handle. Sorry if old news but found it interesting.

Thanks for the information!

Very interesting about the Good Egg group possibly doing another restaurant downtown. I know they are going to have restaurant space in both the Braniff Building and the amenities structure.

Also, being done by 2014 would be great but I'm sure that just means the original tower & plaza, Braniff and the amenities building. They would still have an entire new tower left to build.


If Good Egg was to be involved I bet it would be with the Braniff building, which is going to be a fantastic location.

All their other concepts have gone into historical/renovated structures.

I'm skeptical of the Good Egg rumor, doesn't seem very lucrative to me, unless they got free rent or something. I'm waiting for tuck to chime in.

Nothing solid just yet. The Braniff space is fantastic. Stay tuned!

Here's the Braniff Building... As you recall, the east and southern exposures will feature new glass facades as part of the on-going renovation:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff32112.jpg

Braniff Building really coming along (courtesy UrbanPioneer):

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff4512.jpg

Here are schematics of the Braniff first floor and and a cross section of that building:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff41312first.jpg

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff41312cross.jpg

Photo courtesy of BoulderSooner showing the Braniff test window; you can also see they have removed a lot of the facade from the old Globe Life building:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff41712.jpg

Pete, you agree that looks really good?

You can see the concrete they added above the second floor for the stone dividers. I thought I saw them sitting on a flat bed this morning on braodaway. Maybe they will be installed soon.

Yes, this project is going to be super sharp, both renovation of the historic elements and the modern facades being added to the south and east exposures.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/sandridge5112c.jpg

http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-w_2174a3cd2e915f35058143bc562e9351.jpg

So my understanding is that Good Egg will only be doing 1 restaurant, which will be in the Braniff Bldg, and the Amenities Building will have a small grocery market? (What chances are there of Good Egg bringing back the Market C, to realize potential synergy between operating a food market and a restaurant next door to e/o?)

the amenities building will have a restaurant also ..

So, restaurant in addition to food market?

Thanks..

Take today courtesy Urban Pioneer:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff5912.jpg

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff59122.jpg

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff59123.jpg

My sister just forwarded this email she got from sandridge

"We have exciting news to share with you! SandRidge will soon publicly announce our new partnership with A Good Egg Dining Group to manage the restaurant currently under construction on the ground floor of the Braniff building. Called Kitchen No. 324 (a reference to the Braniff building’s street address), the restaurant is slated to open in November and will serve breakfast, lunch and to-go dinners to SandRidge employees and the general public.

Good Egg has a reputation throughout Oklahoma City for great service and outstanding food and already operates several popular local restaurants. As an extension of our new partnership, all SandRidge employees can now receive a 20% discount at the following Good Egg locations: Cheever’s Café, Iron Starr Urban Barbeque, Red Prime Steak and Tucker’s Onion Burgers. This discount cannot be combined with other offers and excludes alcohol and tip. To take advantage of the savings, you will simply need to show the server your employee badge."

Fantastic!

We picked up on these rumors some time ago and Tuck (owner) basically said they had been working on a deal.


We've also heard that A Good Egg Group may also be opening a restaurant in the new SandRidge Amenities building. Still a ways off there, as they are in the process of demolishing the old building and the new one won't be open for about a year and a half.

For those that don't know Good Egg operates Cheever's, Red Prime, Iron Starr, Tucker's and Republic: http://www.goodeggdining.com/restaurants

That's awesome. I plan on getting more than a few lunches there.

Not going to lie, I am disappointed in this, as this restaurant deal will not bring any of the dinner crowd into the core as we'd hoped, and I guess there will no longer be the potential for a small grocery market in the Amenities Bldg. What is coming to fruition is not mixed-use. This is just more buildings downtown heavily weighted toward the 8-5 with no programming or deliberation for the purpose of activity after 5. Or weekends.

I will be willing to bet that SandRidge has a crack squad to monitor activities in the park, and more specifically, to discourage any lingerers after 5 in what they sold to the DDRC as a vibrant public square.

I would bet that any restaurant in the amenities building will serve dinner, as it will actually be on the park in a fantastic setting.

Also, AGE could easily add dinner to the Braniff location is there was sufficient demand.

In the meantime, Red Prime is just a couple of blocks away.

Kitchen no. 324 will be open 7 days a week, breakfast and lunch only in the beginning. We plan to open for dinner at some point. We still aren't sure how late we will stay open. The restaurant in the amenities building will serve lunch and dinner.

Thanks, Tuck!

Having breakfast and lunch available on Sat & Sun in the middle of downtown will be a very nice addition.

And thanks for confirming the amenities building rumor. :) I bet that will be fantastic space.

Not going to lie, I am disappointed in this, as this restaurant deal will not bring any of the dinner crowd into the core as we'd hoped, and I guess there will no longer be the potential for a small grocery market in the Amenities Bldg. What is coming to fruition is not mixed-use. This is just more buildings downtown heavily weighted toward the 8-5 with no programming or deliberation for the purpose of activity after 5. Or weekends.

I will be willing to bet that SandRidge has a crack squad to monitor activities in the park, and more specifically, to discourage any lingerers after 5 in what they sold to the DDRC as a vibrant public square.

Still hating on SR huh? ;-)

Kitchen no. 324 will be open 7 days a week, breakfast and lunch only in the beginning. We plan to open for dinner at some point. We still aren't sure how late we will stay open. The restaurant in the amenities building will serve lunch and dinner.

Thanks Tuck, I would love more downtown dinner/bar options after work. There aren't a lot of places to go to happy hour downtown with good grub after Trattoria closed.

Thanks Tuck, I would love more downtown dinner/bar options after work. There aren't a lot of places to go to happy hour downtown with good grub after Trattoria closed.

Flint in the Colcord (now open) will be a nice addition, especially when their patio is open this summer.

Vast of course will be a fantastic option.

Would be nice if they could find a nice operator for the Myriad Gardens restaurant.

All these, combined with the new SandRidge options, will make a big difference in the downtown dining scene.

A bit quick to the betting window Spartan. With tuck noting one place is lunch and dinner, just off the plaza, and the other having plans to eventually add a dinner offering, I think your crack squad of linger-busters is already headed to retraining to be either tree-trimmer or bus-boys.

I don't venture DT much these days, but it's getting to where I will soon have lots of new reasons to rethink that.

There are a lot more people living downtown these days, and more coming. Hopefully it will get to the point that it's financially feasible for many of the downtown restaurants to be open at night. We are always looking for new dinner options downtown. I am excited about the prospect of breakfast, especially if there's a unique menu. Will it be open on the weekends?

Kitchen no. 324 will be open 7 days a week, breakfast and lunch only in the beginning. We plan to open for dinner at some point. We still aren't sure how late we will stay open. The restaurant in the amenities building will serve lunch and dinner.

great news thanks tuck

Still hating on SR huh? ;-)

You could set your watch to it. :)

Flint in the Colcord (now open) will be a nice addition, especially when their patio is open this summer.

Vast of course will be a fantastic option.

Would be nice if they could find a nice operator for the Myriad Gardens restaurant.

All these, combined with the new SandRidge options, will make a big difference in the downtown dining scene.
Thought I read something on that in the Gazette or Oklahoman a week or so ago, sounded like they already had someone???

There are a lot more people living downtown these days, and more coming. Hopefully it will get to the point that it's financially feasible for many of the downtown restaurants to be open at night. We are always looking for new dinner options downtown. I am excited about the prospect of breakfast, especially if there's a unique menu. Will it be open on the weekends?

According to tuck in post 3429, the answer is yes.

http://newsok.com/bakery-bistro-to-open-as-first-tenant-in-renovated-braniff-building-in-oklahoma-city/article/3676693

In the video about the Braniff Building, the SandRidge spokesman said Kitchen no. 324 will be open in October and they will move their employees in sometime in the first quarter of next year.

That means work will have to start moving very quickly now. Really looking forward to watching that building shape up and come back to life.

From two days ago:


http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff61912a.jpg

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/braniff61912b.jpg

Building permit today for a barber shop to be located on the ground floor of the this building (Braniff).

Nice.

Building permit today for a barber shop to be located on the ground floor of the this building (Braniff).

Good deal!

Good deal!

Needing a trim, Spartan?

The barber shop is one of "daily needs" amenities that will continue to build downtown as a traditional walkable neighborhood.

Hopefully - and I'm assuming so - it's an ol' timey barber. They seem to be making a comeback.

FYI - and sorry to be briefly off-topic - but anyone looking for a good old-fashioned barbering should proceed immediately to Jack Jenkins, whose chair is located in the Underground beneath BancFirst at Main and Broadway. He spent years in the 1930s-era barber shop on the 14th floor of 1st National and moved downstairs a few years ago. And yes, hot foam straight-razoring of your neckline is a part of his repertoire.

I didn't know Jack was back to cutting! I wonder if Petee is still over at Nichols Hills.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7544156274_fd8d97b93c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/77483833@N04/7544156274/)
Braniff Building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/77483833@N04/7544156274/) by lazio85 (http://www.flickr.com/people/77483833@N04/), on Flickr

it is going to look great when the start installing the glass

Removed at request of A Good Egg Group.

That does look sharp. Reminds me of the new Cafe7 in FNC.

Removed at request of A Good Egg Group.

Why was this removed?

The images were mistakenly posted to another public website before they should have been. Parts of them weren't accurate. We will release the correct images very soon. Thanks for understanding.

The repairs in the plaster work. Looks really great. In some places it has been cut away presumably for the kitchen of Tuck's new restaurant.

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/wschnitt/IMG_0484.jpg

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/wschnitt/IMG_0476.jpg more windows

Seeing how much of this building was torn down and then restored to what you see above, I find myself ticked off that the other building were torn down.

Meh. I appreciate that SR is doing the Braniff project right. I just don't think it benefits anything to keep dragging the debacle on, but I agree that at least the KerMac definitely would have been a great project along these very lines. That said, it gets under my skin when a select few posters known as the SandRidge trolls constantly opposition up, so likewise I think it helps if we move on as well..

Meh. I appreciate that SR is doing the Braniff project right. I just don't think it benefits anything to keep dragging the debacle on, but I agree that at least the KerMac definitely would have been a great project along these very lines. That said, it gets under my skin when a select few posters known as the SandRidge trolls constantly opposition up, so likewise I think it helps if we move on as well..

Definitely a bummer they didn't keep the Robinson street wall. This also will throw into glaring light how BAD the Dowell building is. What an ugly building that swallowed up one of the coolest buildings downtown before Kerr McGee got hold of it.

one row of brick (maybe 12-15 feet wide) is now being installed on the east side north end of the building .... i will try to get a pic soon .... i wonder if it is going to "frame" the glass face

one row of brick (maybe 12-15 feet wide) is now being installed on the east side north end of the building .... i will try to get a pic soon .... i wonder if it is going to "frame" the glass face

If you look on the renderings it shows the brick. on the East Facade.

Yes, see brick detail below:

http://www.okctalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1628&d=1337175678

That just looks really odd. Is that what the final building is going to look like? With the brick front facing the street and the all glass on the side? I just thought the transparent side was more of a cut away and it would be brick too???

thanks for reposting the pick pete ... that is going to look great

That just looks really odd. Is that what the final building is going to look like? With the brick front facing the street and the all glass on the side? I just thought the transparent side was more of a cut away and it would be brick too???

No. That's glass and that's the awesome facade that's replacing a former blank brick facade devoid of any architectural features, or any features at all really. Much better than before, especially since the block doesn't have the density anymore to hide the back of the Braniff Building well...

I think it's going to be a great blended look. Can't wait to see it in person.

But there isn't any blending at all...absolutely horrid idea...not against incorporating modern with traditional, it can be done well...but this isn't it.