Rocktown Climbing Gym

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Information & Latest News

Looks like they are repainting:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater
Links

County Assessor Record
Website
Gallery

[dankrutka]

Great! Hoipefully it shows off to the new I-40.

[iMAX386]

That mural looks awesome.

[ljbab728]

It echos a lot of the buffalo themed art around town. I like.

[metro]

Awesome!!!!

[kevinpate]

Being a mega Bison fan, this is very nice from my perspective. I will miss the Centennial art, but change happens and it is 2012 now.

Perhaps in time the south side will also end up being adorned in new paint as well.

[OklahomaNick]

That is awesome! Can't wait to see it!

[Urbanized]

That's part of an ongoing Route 66 public art project putting similar Oklahoma-themed murals from one end of Oklahoma to the other. They already have done several to date. Kind of a bummer that it won't be visible from I-40, at least according to that rendering.

Update: Steve tells me it's actually going on the south side of the building, despite the rendering showing the north side.

[Skyline]

Wow that will look amazing!

Even more amazing is that so far everyone on Okctalk is in agreement!

[Jchaser405]

I'm Happy now knowing it will be on the Southside of the facility!

[MDot]

Update: Steve tells me it's actually going on the south side of the building, despite the rendering showing the north side.

Awesome! About a week ago I was driving (riding) along the new I-40 and looked over and wondered if they would ever paint the south side of Rocktown. I didn't have to wonder very long. LOL

[Fantastic]

Update: Steve tells me it's actually going on the south side of the building, despite the rendering showing the north side.

[UnFrSaKn]

Steve pointed this out in a blog post. He will be pleasantly surprised. I like that it's something totally different but will become a regular landmark.

[puntodog]

Steve pointed this out in a blog post. He will be pleasantly surprised. I like that it's something totally different but will become a regular landmark.

The image will be on both sides....the back a variation in color with same image.

[OSUMom]

I'm very happy to see this place doing well enough to do something like this. I always thought making an old silo a rock climing place was such a great idea. Talk about your ultimate in recycling!

[Urbanized]

This has revived? Thought it was dead after the Twitter-lashing Wayne Coyne gave him.

[HangryHippo]

This has revived? Thought it was dead after the Twitter-lashing Wayne Coyne gave him.

What Twitter lashing?

[king183]

This looks like a worthwhile endeavor, and I'll donate what I can to get it going.

What was Coyne's deal with it?

[Urbanized]

About a year ago Wayne fired off some tweets that alleged Sinnett was shady (I'm putting it nicely). The dustup had to do with the two of them splitting the sheets at The Womb, which Sinnett was involved in running when it started up. Steve reported on it a bit, I think. Sinnett seemed to go underground for a while after that (at least as far as I could tell on Twitter), and I figured this project was DOA. I hope it happens as advertised though; I think it is way cool conceptually and graphically.

[Steve]

Urbanized, to add to color of this story, Wayne Coyne also blasted Sinnett for leaving his wife and kids. This, of course, was before Wayne broke up with Michelle....

[soonerguru]

I thought it was alleged that the artist took money from people buying limited edition Lips stuf without coming thru with the merch. It is odd to have Wayne act the moralist.

I would love to see this art project happen, but I would need to feel more comfortable with the artist before sending him money over the Internet.

[Urban Pioneer]

I would love to see this art project happen, but I would need to feel more comfortable with the artist before sending him money over the Internet.

I'm cool with it. Kickstarter is awesome. The reason I'm cool with it is because THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT! I mean money is actually being spent and paint is actually going on walls.

I'm contributing to an electric skateboard (longboard) project on Kickstarter. Totally cool way to get stuff done.

[betts]

I donated my $88 tax savings from Mary. Talk about impact: this mural will make another incredible statement about OKC and where we're going to anyone driving along I-40. And the rest of us get to enjoy it.

[AP]

I donated my $88 tax savings from Mary. Talk about impact: this mural will make another incredible statement about OKC and where we're going to anyone driving along I-40. And the rest of us get to enjoy it.

I see progress on it every day driving by on I-40. I can't wait to see the finished product.

[king183]

I donated my $88 tax savings from Mary. Talk about impact: this mural will make another incredible statement about OKC and where we're going to anyone driving along I-40. And the rest of us get to enjoy it.

People won't get that for another two years, so those of us who can afford it should be sure to come back and donate to another project like this. Coincidentally, I finally got my state refund from this year's tax return today and will put part of it toward this. I think Betts is right that this will make an incredible statement about OKC due to its exposure to hundreds of thousands of people every week.