Quote Originally Posted by jungmuny View Post
You can't imagine it being a clash? This neighborhood was the roughest structurally west of broadway extension and north of tenth just 15 years ago. There are still vagrants walking through the area at night on Classen, imo a byproduct of downtown development forcing them out over the years. The difference between Portland and here is that they have a thriving creative class with good taste and land prices are high enough to justify sleek new development amongst older buildings. Like I said, I like the idea of urban infill but this project seems overambitious. Modesty and an eye toward detail in design are traits that stand the test of time. The idea of luxury housing in that neighborhood and the flamboyance of the drawing is kind of annoying but hopefully the project is a success and I eat my words.
Maybe you're not paying attention, but OKC also has a vibrant creative class, and it happens to be clustering in the neighborhood near the development. The Plaza District is artier and more bohemian than the Paseo these days, and Classen SAS is the most funky, arty, bohemian school in the entire county. The development is fine and will probably lead to improvements to the surrounding apartments. It's called gentrification and it happens everywhere, and now it's happening here. Why be such a buzzkill about this? The apartments will probably all lease prior to the thing being open.