Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
One other thing because I think this is an important discussion...

There is the strong tendency here (and probably just plain human nature) to completely discount something as soon as it's done or nearly done.

Devon Tower isn't even finished and already people are talking like it's old news, completely in the past. Same with the Myriad Gardens. Virtually any city in the U.S. would KILL for either of those projects, which are both massive and world-class.

Remember how excited everyone was about Level?? Well, now it's mostly opened and nobody seems to care much any more.

Those most interested in development are insatiable, always looking for the next big project. I know, I feel it too... We (development obsessives) are also a chronically disappointed lot. Even when we finally get a big announcement, it's never big enough, cool enough, and certainly seems to take forever to happen. And even when something does pretty much measure up, we are very quick to sweep it aside in the constant search for what's next.
I think its more of we have not seen this type of development in OKC in a while and people are just excited and prideful of OKC. Before the year 2000, we could not even dream of developments like this, and now that they are coming, we want more, we want it to continue. We don't want to go back to the early 90's when there was no Bricktown, no Deep Deuce, no NBA.

Nonetheless, Oklahoma City is taking the right strides in becoming a great city, as long as we continue the momentum.