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    Just curious. Looking at the rendering, is the parking in the back of the building, up against the expressway?

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    Noticed thursday that they have the foundation poured.

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    They are building the elevator shaft, almost to the top.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rover View Post
    Just curious. Looking at the rendering, is the parking in the back of the building, up against the expressway?
    At a 60 mph drive by glance, it looks as if there isn't that much room between I-235 and the building. It looks as if there is a lot of surface area to the north of the foundation.

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    This structure is taking shape. The steel skeleton is about halfway complete. All the way to the top for about half of the building. It stands out right next to the highway.

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    From this Google aerial taken in mid-October, it looks like the foundation is being formed at the far south end of the tract:




  7. #57

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    Here's another rendering:


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    They will have the steel skeleton completed by the end of the week, at least vertical wise. It's a substantial structure as you drive by. Someone with a good camera would do this board good, it's not podunk.

    It may only be 3 floors, but it's a tall 3.

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    Pete,

    I could be wrong, but I think this rendering is old. I think it was well before the project was redesigned for budegtary reasons, so a good bit of what is seen here was simplified and the square footage was reduced.

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    Looks like some place you would go for Botox or a tummy tuck. MAJOR FAIL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by soonerguru View Post
    Looks like some place you would go for Botox or a tummy tuck. MAJOR FAIL.
    Guess they could have put up a big oil derrick on the top of it..... that'd change the looks a bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellaboo View Post
    Guess they could have put up a big oil derrick on the top of it..... that'd change the looks a bit.
    Lol

  13. #63

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellaboo View Post
    Guess they could have put up a big oil derrick on the top of it..... that'd change the looks a bit.
    I don't think they are that creative.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellaboo View Post
    Guess they could have put up a big oil derrick on the top of it..... that'd change the looks a bit.
    Don't do that, then people might confuse it with the new NW library.

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    Will took this about a month ago:


  16. #66

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    Looks like it is inline with the rendering posted most recently???

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    Work progressing; not much new information:

    http://newsok.com/oklahoma-independe...rticle/3682341

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    Quote Originally Posted by CuatrodeMayo View Post
    The rendering is hideous, but I suspect the final product will be easier on the eyes.
    I was wrong. So very wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CuatrodeMayo View Post
    Originally Posted by CuatrodeMayo
    The rendering is hideous, but I suspect the final product will be easier on the eyes.
    I was wrong. So very wrong.
    That is the 'worst' new building I have ever seen. My only guess is they tried to make it look like a geolgical cross-section.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CuatrodeMayo View Post
    I was wrong. So very wrong.
    That is pretty ugly....

  21. #71

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    From this…
    Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
    Here's another rendering:
    to this
    Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
    Realize it isn't the same angle but....to this...
    Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post

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    So, any takers for lofts next to this?

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    This building design is laughable!! Hopefully nothing like this gets approved again, especially right off the highway!!

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    Alright I'll be the first to say - I don't think it's thaaaat bad. I'm not sure how essential the intersection of NE4/Lincoln is to the overall downtown development scene. Not only is it out of the way, it's on the edge of a bad area, and lower Lincoln is a suburban mess - PHF parking lots and more parking lots galore. Actually, re-write, ALL of Lincoln is a mess.

    Is it a missed opportunity to stem that tide? Sure. But I just don't think this is the kind of stuff that we should be vocally complaining about particularly while demolitions are happening left and right, and the really vital opportunities are being destroyed by developments like House of Bedlam. I'd say move along, nothing to see here.. who cares about this site?

    I will say though this development probably doesn't make my Top Ten Cool Developments of 2012 list..not even a blip on that radar.

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    I agree, Spartan. We have much bigger fish to fry.

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