SoSA District

[dwellsokc]

...Your use of the word zealot is entirely distasteful.

Whoa… Calm down. I just complained about preservation zealots. I didn’t insinuate that all historic preservationists were zealots. Most are reasonable, logical people. So, my use of the word zealot should only be partially distasteful. (You must admit though, that the zealots do exist.)

The entire neighborhood of SoSA is smaller than Quail Springs Mall. It’s a tiny “district.” Even if it were to go architecturally postal, it wouldn’t damage our tender urban fabric. I think OKC could survive a little urban design experimentation in SoSA.

I have never promoted contemporary-style hegemony for SoSA. To the contrary, I’ve promoted diversity and tolerance of multiple styles. Long live odd juxtapositions!!

[LakeEffect]

This is me being calm.

[LakeEffect]

Nm.

[juicebox]

I noticed that there are still a lot of empty lots in SOSA but none that I can find for sale. Should I have my realtor send letters to the owners asking if they would be interested in selling?

[Spartan]

This is a classic debate over whether HP is an art or a science. I practice it as an art because I consider myself nuanced and knowledgeable enough to discern quality. Most people do not even attempt to make that observation and thus practice HP as a science based on historical chronology of buildings and people who lived in them. Genealogy is not interesting to me nor is it something that I think should make lasting decisions for our built environment.

I came to professional HP practice from an urban design and public policy background, whereas most of the HP old guard came from a public history background and would rather be curating exhibits in a history museum or assembling oral histories. There is a vital place for this in our societies - that place is called a museum. Furthermore, that place requires no street savvy at all. Our streets are too dynamic to be a museum, whether we are talking about Shartel Avenue, Sheridan Avenue, or Salt Puddle Road.

The Main Street program was revolutionary in the last few decades because it pioneered a street savvy approach to HP. It is also the best economic development program we have. Just as this new guard of pragmatic and progressive preservationists is taking over, I think that this trend will forge significant new partnerships with other fields like architecture, planning, economic development, and design.

While we're transitioning toward a more agreeable future let's not hold the past against our respective sides. We all know architects and planners have done much worse things in the last 100 years than preservationists.

[MidCenturyModOKC]

Does anyone have any new information about any of the projects going on in SoSA? Are these projects in their own threads and I am just not seeing it? Is this area still HOT or has the heat fizzled?

I assume with all the great projects going on in Midtown and Downtown as a whole, interest in this area may have died down... Anyone?

[Pete]

There have been several new projects but it's just a lot of work to find the plans and post them for every single house.

Here are some existing threads:

http://www.okctalk.com/showwiki.php?title=824+NW+8th

http://www.okctalk.com/showwiki.php?title=802+NW+8th

[JDubOKC]

Does anyone have any new information about any of the projects going on in SoSA? Are these projects in their own threads and I am just not seeing it? Is this area still HOT or has the heat fizzled?

I assume with all the great projects going on in Midtown and Downtown as a whole, interest in this area may have died down... Anyone?

It doesn't seem interest has died down in the area, especially based on the price that recent empty lots have gone for lately. I was shocked to see the amount of work that was going on in the neighborhood yesterday and the traffic jam of work trucks on the block between Francis and Shartel on 8th Street!

This is what I saw yesterday:
1. Active work was being done on the new project on the SE corner of 8th and Francis and the new duplex on the north side of 8th st. on that block.
2. MASSIVE earth movement has been done on 824 NW 8th St. I wish I had taken a picture to post, it is impressive.
3. Concrete work started on the house immediately south of the 824 property (on north side of 7th street)
4. A picture of the dirt work for Lisbon Lofts (9th and Shartel) from a week ago has been posted in that thread. I can't see where any more real work has been done there.
5. We keep slogging away at our renovation of the 802 NW 8th St property. Almost all the windows are in and walls are up. We are working on final approval of the exact design of the parking lot renovation so we can start the outside work.

[mukkuu]

2. MASSIVE earth movement has been done on 824 NW 8th St. I wish I had taken a picture to post, it is impressive.
3. Concrete work started on the house immediately south of the 824 property (on north side of 7th street)

[OKCisOK4me]

Looks like someone is going to have their house above their garage.


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[MidCenturyModOKC]

So excited to see all the movement in the area! I hadn't seen this thread updated recently and was wondering what was happening there!

[mukkuu]

Drove by the condos on 8th St. between Francis and Shartel and it looks like there will be an Open House this Sunday between 2-4pm

I might go and be nosy!

[Plutonic Panda]

That is awesome!!! Thanx for the updates man!!!!!!!!!

[soonerguru]

Drove by the condos on 8th St. between Francis and Shartel and it looks like there will be an Open House this Sunday between 2-4pm

I might go and be nosy!

How much are the condos selling for? How many bedrooms?

[kjones]

How much are the condos selling for? How many bedrooms?

414,000 2 bed 2.5 bath. 2050 square feet

[soonerguru]

Meh.

[MFracas84]

Can someone please edit the name of this thread spelling out what SOSA stands for? It is bad enough to constantly use acronyms in daily posts without spelling out what it means but you would think that at least the title would say what it is. You can scroll and find a thousand references to SOSA throughout this site but never see what it means. Thank you.

[AP]

Can someone please edit the name of this thread spelling out what SOSA stands for? It is bad enough to constantly use acronyms in daily posts without spelling out what it means but you would think that at least the title would say what it is. You can scroll and find a thousand references to SOSA throughout this site but never see what it means. Thank you.

South of Saint Anthony's.

[catch22]

South of Saint Anthony's.

X. Wrong.

Sammy Sosa owned a home here before he became famous. That's the rumor anyway.

[soonerguru]

SOSA - Somewhat Off Shartel Avenue.

[OkieRedRaider]

Does any one know what kind of residence is going in at 828 NW 8th? I took a couple of pictures last week.

[Pete]

828 NW 8th:

[OkieRedRaider]

Like it, Thanks!

[Plutonic Panda]

Is work progressing fast on these? Hopefully they're not doing a little bit here and there approach

[Spartan]

604 NW 7 looks a lot like Fallingwater, minus the scenic location of course.