Kd's Restaurant / Legacy Grill

[Just the facts]

Harkins could go as well. It will back up to the new boulevard. It should have been built with it's back against the railroad viaduct. The fountain is where Mickey Mantle should have been extended across the canal (along with Joe Carter and Byers). Businesses then could have then fronted these roads as they went across the property. Each building would been 15 to 20 feet wide with the volume coming from deep lots and height.

[BoulderSooner]

Harkins could go as well. It will back up to the new boulevard. It should have been built with it's back against the railroad viaduct. The fountain is where Mickey Mantle should have been extended across the canal (along with Joe Carter and Byers). Businesses then could have then fronted these roads as they went across the property. Each building would been 15 to 20 feet wide with the volume coming from deep lots and height.

the BLVD behind Harkins will not be at grade .. so i'm not sure how much that matters

[Just the facts]

the BLVD behind Harkins will not be at grade .. so i'm not sure how much that matters

It will be as it goes behind Harkins. It is going have an intersection at Oklahoma Ave.

[BoulderSooner]

It will be as it goes behind Harkins. It is going have an intersection at Oklahoma Ave.

oklahoma is the last (or first) depending on which way your driving .. intersection where the blvd will be at grade

[Just the facts]

oklahoma is the last (or first) depending on which way your driving .. intersection where the blvd will be at grade

It will return to at-grade as soon as it clears the canal somewhere to the east of where Joe Carter would be. I am pretty sure there will at a minimum be an intersection at S. Walnut as well.

[Spartan]

Does anyone else think it's sad that so little of this boulevard will be at-grade?

[Spartan]

Spartan, I don't think you should lower your standards -- maybe your volume, though. Just realize that unless you're the developer or city planner who has enacted codes in advance based on a credible plan for the area, you probably don't have a say in what happens there. What you can do is snipe and declare your displeasure on a message board. Yeah, I guess I will vote for you. What are you running for? The OKCTalk Court Jester?

I have seen the light. Now I'm waiting for all those other pesky urbanists who keep demanding standards to also catch on to this breath of enlightenment that Dubya speaketh.

But my say would be that if an area is going to develop without regard to public demands, then it should be deprived of public resources. In a perfect world, we should all be descending on Bricktown, threatening to pick up and move the Ballpark and canal to Mid-town.

Or at least get the naming rights back...

[mcca7596]

Does anyone else think it's sad that so little of this boulevard will be at-grade?

Yes.

[Just the facts]

The City gets naming right to the ballpark back in 13 more years.

[BoulderSooner]

It will return to at-grade as soon as it clears the canal somewhere to the east of where Joe Carter would be. I am pretty sure there will at a minimum be an intersection at S. Walnut as well.

It doesnt but whatever

[kevinpate]

The City gets naming right to the ballpark back in 13 more years.

Unless of course they permit it to remain with the owners de jour. After all, the world will have gone to seed about five years before then according to some timetables.

[Pete]

It's Kevin Durant's new southern cuisine restaurant with a price point slightly higher than Toby Keith's.

You say this pretty emphatically...

Are you sure of this information?

[Just the facts]

It doesnt but whatever

I'll tell you what - point me to a link that shows it being elevated for whatever distance and I will concede the point. The only thing I have ever seen that even suggest it will be elevated is an animation done about 4 years ago. I happen to think that once the plans are done it will be taken to grade as soon as possible so it will open the Co-op site for development and provide access to the LB parking lots in anticipation of Reno being reduced to two lanes. Granted, that is just my guess. We will know for sure in another year or so.

[Urbanized]

JTF, the problem is that the flyover that has to land and become the boulevard is actually higher in the air than the old I-40 when it enters LBT immediately adjacent to Bass Pro. I've been down there looking at it trying to imagine the transition and I think BoulderSooner is probably right. It would require a very steep downward incline to land it much before Harkins.

Also, it still has to stay somewhat elevated as it flies over the Bass Pro lot to accommodate the traffic that loops through down by the Land Run monument, which includes RVs and semi trailers (high clearance) and the canal itself. I'm not sure it won't be still be elevated by the time it gets to Harkins.

Next, it almost immediate would start going BELOW grade, so that it can get to the required height to make it under the railroad viaduct. They are going to be giving that crossing quite a bit more overhead clearance than Reno or Sheridan have as it goes underneath. All of that ads up to make me think the boulevard will still have quite a bit of highway character east of the viaduct, and won't interact much with LBT.

[Pete]

Guys, what do you think about this being a Kevin Durant restaurant?

Pretty big news and could turn into a great, fun place.

[Urbanized]

I thought that might have been a tongue-in-cheek comment. You're reading it as a real possibility?

[Pete]

It's a done deal but I can't reveal my source.

[kevinpate]

Oh, you and Steve and your sources, lol.

Nah, that's good news to hear. Not only to see that grass patch turn into something, but to see a top notch player tie himself to it in a community when some (very wrongly it turns out) thought he would bail at the first opportunity.

Good on him.

[Pete]

They don't stay sources if you reveal who they are!

[Dubya61]

Gosh, now we'll have to debate whether or not it's a blight on LBT. KD: Good. Low density building with parking lot: Bad. Choices, choices.

[Pete]

Let's make this easy: That spot was always going to be a 1- or 2-story structure of about this size.

So given that, I'll just be happy that KD is investing in OKC and lending his name to something that will sure to be a draw. Could become the de-facto Thunder fan hang-out.

[kevinpate]

That's easy. New dining offering v. grass patch that had lots of potential, but no one willing to make something happen other than leave it a grass patch. I vote Let's eat!

[Stew]

That's awesome.

[Urban Pioneer]

I like this. A KD hangout. Way cool. Be awesome if they incorporated a basketball court... but that would take up too many parking spaces.

[BoulderSooner]

I'll tell you what - point me to a link that shows it being elevated for whatever distance and I will concede the point. The only thing I have ever seen that even suggest it will be elevated is an animation done about 4 years ago. I happen to think that once the plans are done it will be taken to grade as soon as possible so it will open the Co-op site for development and provide access to the LB parking lots in anticipation of Reno being reduced to two lanes. Granted, that is just my guess. We will know for sure in another year or so.

The chances of Reno ever being two lane are slim to none