Drive Around Pics 7.25.2011

[metro]

Enjoy and let me know if questions on specific photo. Also, I could get some really rad shots if anyone wants to donate a 200mm or 300mm DSLR lens they have laying around.

[Dustin]

The tower looks amazing at that time of the night! Awesome photos Metro!

[Thunder]

Kool pix. The first several (about 10 or so), where are those constructions at?

[Pete]

Very cool they have brought some classic cars back to Auto Alley! Anybody know what this is all about or is it just for show by the owners trying to drum up tenants?

[Pete]

The first several (about 10 or so), where are those constructions at?

Whole Foods, Classen Curve and the Chesapeake Campus all near NW 63rd & Western.

[SkyWestOKC]

Great shots metro.

It's weird looking at some of these pics of downtown and not recognizing them at first. Love how much has changed over the last few years!

[Pete]

This must be the finished part of Reno by the MG -- one of the first complete sections of Project 180.

Very impressed! Huge improvement for sure and I can't wait to see all of it done as it will not only represent major upgrades, it will also unify the CBD.

[Pete]

Thanks for all these Metro!

This shot really shows how much money CHK is putting into WF and the surrounding development. Not only completely reworking the creek but this is the *back* of Whole Foods and it's completely covered in expensive stonework and the dock area is totally concealed.

[OKCisOK4me]

Excellente!!! Love that last shot. It's like the tower is saying something ;-)

[Pete]

This shot really shows what a monster Devon Tower is in relation to the rest of our skyline:

[poe]

Excellent shots, metro. For those of us that can't enjoy seeing these changes first hand on a daily basis, it sure is nice to see pics like these. :-)

[betts]

Very cool they have brought some classic cars back to Auto Alley! Anybody know what this is all about or is it just for show by the owners trying to drum up tenants?

I'm pretty sure that's the space that will be Desmond Mason's art gallery. I'm trying to remember why he said the cars were there or when the gallery will open.

[metro]

Thanks for all these Metro!

This shot really shows how much money CHK is putting into WF and the surrounding development. Not only completely reworking the creek but this is the *back* of Whole Foods and it's completely covered in expensive stonework and the dock area is totally concealed.

Not sure if you noticed in another pic, but there is now a road and stoplight behind the creek, in the middle of the old sports field.

[dankrutka]

Desmond Mason's art gallery is already open in Plaza Court, not Automobile Alley.

[Pete]

there is now a road and stoplight behind the creek, in the middle of the old sports field.

Yeah, I saw that... Thanks again for doing all this, especially since many of these shots were at my request.


I suspect we'll see a hotel announced soon for that old CHK playfield, once they finish the new one on top of the Central Car Park.

[Larry OKC]

Desmond Mason's art gallery is already open in Plaza Court, not Automobile Alley.

Is it still there & open? Last I read somewhere on this site that it hadn't happened yet and people were asking about it.

[shawnw]

It's open, but the door says "by appointment only" or something like that.

[shawnw]

Very cool they have brought some classic cars back to Auto Alley! Anybody know what this is all about or is it just for show by the owners trying to drum up tenants?

I had been secretly hoping these were placed there to make up for the loss of the view of old cars in the Mel's Towing building due to the Womb going there. Even better if perhaps these were the same cars but reconditioned I was thinking, but having been in the room at Mel's with those cars some 18 months ago before they were moved, I suspect that would have been way too expensive a venture. How cool that would have been though...

[Spartan]

Is it still there & open? Last I read somewhere on this site that it hadn't happened yet and people were asking about it.

It must be upstairs because I always look for it when I go to McNellie's or Irma's, and I was just there yesterday.

[betts]

Desmond Mason's art gallery is already open in Plaza Court, not Automobile Alley.

That's not his gallery. I think he's using it more as a studio and storage for his paintings. He told me he is leasing the space on Broadway for an eventual gallery and he mentioned the cars, but I can't remember why he said they are there.

[BoulderSooner]

bob and micky put the cars in the building because they like (to use chris flemming's words) "active store fronts"

[metro]

Is it still there & open? Last I read somewhere on this site that it hadn't happened yet and people were asking about it.

It's open, and by appointment only.

[metro]

It must be upstairs because I always look for it when I go to McNellie's or Irma's, and I was just there yesterday.

Nope, it's next to Subway, first level.

[barnold]

Great pics! Love seeing the changes.

[Just the facts]

Now if they would just do that to the Oklahoma River.