Kd's Restaurant / Legacy Grill

[Spartan]

Ok, I take that back, one negative comment..

Inspired by stone and brick architecture in Aspen, Colo., Rees Associates Inc. is designing the new restaurant development.

Huh? What about being inspired by, gee I don't know, the BRICK architecture of BRICKTOWN. Holy crap... Next they'll be justifying EIFS by claiming inspiration from the Moorish stucco dwellings of Sevilla. Bricktown is not supposed to have architecture inspired by Aspen or anywhere else no matter how cool. Bricktown is supposed to have a branded aesthetic, it's kinda important to the district's image.

Maybe Hogan is a scumbag...hmm I guess I rushed too soon to discount that theory. Scumbag is probably way too strong. I think we could safely say that Hogan is unphased by suggestions of building standards and has very low regard for anyone's hopes for what Bricktown could (or could have) become. Perhaps he has a moral objection to doing high-quality development.

It also sounded like the KD restaurant is going to be shacked up in a duplex with some other restaurant? Does KD realize what he has signed his name away for, and is there any way for him to save face or demand that they put his name on a little higher quality product? I am legitimately worried for the guy because he strikes me as one of the most genuinely nice guys in all of professional sports, and I would hate for him to have a bad experience in OKC because of Randy Hogan.

[Just the facts]

I think Durant is well aware that it won't be a flashy upscale restaurant. That seems to be his style. His basketball shoe was priced so the average family could afford them.

http://newsok.com/kevin-durant-keeps...rticle/3581780

Durant's memory of not being able to have the shoes he wanted had a big impact when it came time to price his own line of shoes.

While NBA stars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have shoe lines that cost around $150, Durant offers his Nike KD line at $88. His shoe has become one of the most popular on the market.



Read more: http://newsok.com/kevin-durant-keeps...#ixzz1sXTOSoaM

[dankrutka]

Look closer. The building does have a patio.

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Nice catch. This "patio" just doesn't seem very integrated into the design though. I mean, there's tables there, but it doesn't look like there's any room for a decent patio. How many tables are in the design... still not very promising.

[onthestrip]

In the Journal Record it did state that one of the restaurants would have an enclosed patio. Not sure what that means exactly. Maybe big sliding glass doors, garage doors open...?

[metro]

What another underwhelming design in Lower Bricktown.

[Larry OKC]

In the Journal Record it did state that one of the restaurants would have an enclosed patio. Not sure what that means exactly. Maybe big sliding glass doors, garage doors open...?

Am guessing but think it is probably along the lines of Toby Keith's patio, originally it was open air but someone said it is now enclosed???

[Patrick]

Hogan may be a total scumbag, and his lower Bricktown development is total crap, but he's honestly the only person who has succeeded in selling downtown condos in OKC.

He's also one of the few who was given free land to build them on.

[Patrick]

This isn't bad. I am actually pleasantly surprised here.

You're pleasantly surprised with a 1 level strip mall that could be found anywhere along May Ave? This really doesn't look much different from the strip building on the west side of the Belle Isle Station Shopping Center! LOL!

[pickles]

This isn't bad. I am actually pleasantly surprised here.

I'd love to hear why you consider this a pleasant surprise, and why it may exceed whatever expectations you may have had.

[kevinpate]

Am guessing but think it is probably along the lines of Toby Keith's patio, originally it was open air but someone said it is now enclosed???

The new KD's branded eatery and TK's eatery are to be operated by the same group. TK's formerly open patio has been enclosed. It's not real surprising the same operating group would begin with an enclosed patio at their place next door.

The real surprise would be if, having gone to the trouble/expense to enclose the patio at TK, they would have decided an open patio next door made sense to them.

[Spartan]

I'd love to hear why you consider this a pleasant surprise, and why it may exceed whatever expectations you may have had.

It has brick.

Now I have some concerns that they're talking about Aspen being their architectural inspiration (I didn't realize pad sites required distant architectural inspiration??) which is very concerning for BRICKTOWN.

But just as a heads up, I'm pretty much taking back my "not bad" earlier assessment. This is actually pretty bad, but again, what else do you expect for LB? The entire development, sans Sonic and Centennial, is a carbon copy of anything along Memorial.

[BoulderSooner]

Careful, OKC is in love with fake brick. It might not actually be laid brick. =)

Can you point me to a "fake brick" project in the downtown area?

[onthestrip]

Can you point me to a "fake brick" project in the downtown area?

I believe part of Harkins exterior concrete walls had a brick pattern stamped on it and is painted red. That is what I would assume he's talking about.

[Spartan]

Interestingly, this depiction here from AHMM has them depicting this as one of their 12 projects in OKC...

[Bellaboo]

Can you point me to a "fake brick" project in the downtown area?

The Chesapeake Arena has 90 % fake brick doesn't it ...?

[CuatrodeMayo]

To clarify:

The vast majority of the buildings and homes in our city are constructed with brick veneer. Brick veneer is full-depth brick laid piece by piece and tied with masonry anchors to the building. It is one of the most durable and long-lasting exterior finish material available. Since it can also be relatively economical, it is a popular exterior material. "Fake" brick is what would be called thin brick. It is only 1/2" thick and is installed like tile on a mastic. Many older buildings in Bricktown are actually constructed of structual brick masonry. Structural brick masonry consists of 2 or more layers or "wythes" of brick. For various reasons, structural brick masonry is rarely ever used.

[BDP]

Can you point me to a "fake brick" project in the downtown area?

I think the first floor of the parking garage is fake brick as well.

[JayhawkTransplant]

To clarify:
Many older buildings in Bricktown are actually constructed of structual brick masonry. Structural brick masonry consists of 2 or more layers or "wythes" of brick. For various reasons, structural brick masonry is rarely ever used.

Is this why my 1920s brick house has a crazy high replacement cost estimate?

[Urbanized]

It's doubtful that your 1920s house was build using structural brick masonry. Brick veneer was the preferred choice even at that point. At one time I owned a 1927 G.A. Nichols home in Gatewood that used...brick veneer.

If the cost to replace brick on your home was exceptional, it was probably due to the type of brick and/or mortar used. The bricks and mortar we use today is considerably different in size, material and often color/texture, making it difficult (expensive) to match old brick.

[Beastboii]

Anybody see the cover of 2k13? *hint* *hint* *hintity* *hint* *hint*. Any news on te resturaunt

[wschnitt]

Interestingly, this depiction here from AHMM has them depicting this as one of their 12 projects in OKC...

Will you give a link for this image? I want to look at it.

[Larry OKC]

According to our server at Toby Keiths, they were told that the servers will be working in all of the restaurants and not tied to a particular one.

[BoulderSooner]

According to our server at Toby Keiths, they were told that the servers will be working in all of the restaurants and not tied to a particular one.

by "all" ... do you mean both?

[oakhollow]

Is everyone 100% sure that Kevin Durant's restaurant is still going as planned? I have reason to believe this project might be put on hold.

[Larry OKC]

by "all" ... do you mean both?

I don't know for sure, someone had posted (and confirmed by the server) that the building is going to house 2 restaurants, so the when he said "all" it meant the 3 of them.