Aloft Hotel

[Rover]

I think that this brand is exactly the right fit for where it is going. It should be a great complement. This area needs hip hotels, not more Holiday Inns.

[Swake2]

Skyline, I agree about the one in Tulsa, very weird location, more of a suburban design.

Tulsa has another aLoft under construction a block from the BOK Center.

[Architect2010]

Back to Oklahoma City's aLoft before we decide to talk about Tulsa's... someone's trying to prove something.

[Skyline]

yeah for Tulsa! Good place to stay when going to see the Shock!

[Richard at Remax]

yeah for Tulsa! Good place to stay when going to see the Shock!

[circuitboard]

Ha! the Shock!

[dankrutka]

Why does this so often deteriorate into a Tulsa/OKC thing? Yes, OKC has the Thunder. Yes, Tulsa seems to get everything before OKC. Rubbing it in each others face is silly. It's easy for OKC people to waive their Thunder flag in the face of Tulsans. It's always easy for Tulsa to make fun of the lack of any creative culture (arts and businesses) or prosperous local districts (Brookside, Cherry Street...) until the last 5-10 years. I'm from Tulsa and have come to love OKC, but some OKC people need to be realistic about how much they have to learn from Tulsa also.

[Spartan]

Kilgore, I agree 100%, but I think this is more of a reaction against swake. You shouldn't take it as genuine disrespect for Tulsa..

[Architect2010]

Once again. Let's keep it to Oklahoma City's aLoft, shall we? I'm not sure why Tulsa is even being mentioned in this thread other than the fact that it has a completed aLoft Hotel that could hold a "preview" of what ours may offer. Now we've got people making mountains out of sand, or an extremely defensive stance to a comment about a suburban aLoft.

[mcca7596]

So, has the Oklahoma City location started on a foundation yet?

[progressiveboy]

So, has the Oklahoma City location started on a foundation yet?

I was wondering the same thing? I thought they were to start construction in July? I know I saw where a demolition permit was issued for the inebriate building. Has the actual building permit been issued for the hotel? Have they set an actual date?

[Spartan]

Once again. Let's keep it to Oklahoma City's aLoft, shall we? I'm not sure why Tulsa is even being mentioned in this thread other than the fact that it has a completed aLoft Hotel that could hold a "preview" of what ours may offer. Now we've got people making mountains out of sand, or an extremely defensive stance to a comment about a suburban aLoft.

Yeah, I just don't think the two hotels are comparable. You're right, it is a suburban aLoft, and this is an urban aLoft. If the point is that the suburban aLoft is still even kinda cool, then that's awesome.

Progressiveboy, the inebriate alternative is gone and site work is finishing up, I belive.

[ljbab728]

Please note Pete's picture in post 368 from last week.

[Pete]

From today... Looking forward to them starting to go up:

[OKCisOK4me]

Pad site looks good. Thanks for the pic Pete!

[betts]

A bunch of materials, including very large bore pipe, have been delivered to the site.

[MDot]

Getting excited for this.

[Just the facts]

I am usually pretty good with identifying photos, but what city is this a picture of?

[metro]

The Aloft Hotel site in Deep Deuce

[Just the facts]

The Aloft Hotel site in Deep Deuce

It was actually a rhetorical question meant to imply that this section of OKC is really changing. I know comments like that don't come across on message board very well and I shouldn't have attempted it.

[dankrutka]

It was actually a rhetorical question meant to imply that this section of OKC is really changing. I know comments like that don't come across on message board very well and I shouldn't have attempted it.

Lol. I'm glad you attempted it because the straightforward response made me laugh. Some misunderstandings on message boards can be pretty funny...

[Architect2010]

I am usually pretty good with identifying photos, but what city is this a picture of?

+1

[ljbab728]

It was actually a rhetorical question meant to imply that this section of OKC is really changing. I know comments like that don't come across on message board very well and I shouldn't have attempted it.

For what's it's worth, I knew what you were getting at, Kerry. LOL
I thought about giving you a response that it was Des Moines, Iowa. But I figured someone would accuse me of being crazy.

[Rover]

Let's see...it was a picture of a big flat dirt patch.....I knew it was OKC right away.




Just teasin folks. Glad to see the sign of progress.

[G.Walker]

Let's see...it was a picture of a big flat dirt patch.....I knew it was OKC right away.




Just teasin folks. Glad to see the sign of progress.

Now that was funny...