Myriad Gardens

[ljbab728]

Which reminds me of this article I saw today.

http://local.msn.com/cinema-al-fresco

It would be nice to be included in this group of cities.

[Spartan]

We should be, and so should Houston, which does a weekly film screening in the Discovery Green, which our new Myriad Gardens is based on.

[Larry OKC]

Thought the MAPS 3 Park was based on Discovery Green???

[FritterGirl]

No. The Myriad Botanical Gardens were patterned after Discovery Green. Same landscape architect.

[Rover]

No. The Myriad Botanical Gardens were patterned after Discovery Green. Same landscape architect.

So I guess that is why the CC is going to be abutting it, just like in Houston.

[clz46]

Anyone know when the Children's Fountain will be fixed? My Dallas grandchildren are visiting early in July and they were really looking forward to playing in it.

[OKCisOK4me]

When I was driving around downtown this past Saturday I noticed the water features where the ice skating rink was were functional so you should have an option either way.

[Spartan]

So I guess that is why the CC is going to be abutting it, just like in Houston.

Makes perfect sense now. In Houston, the CC was located where it is because it's up against a freeway that demarcates the obvious end of downtown (really, the edge of the earth). Ours will be up against I-40 Business Route.

[Rover]

It still may not make sense but is eerily similar.

Let's see....river walk like San Antonio, park and cc like Houston, big multi part epic bronze sculpture like Dallas.... Wonder what we will copy from Austin..oh yea...Bricktown? Why go to Texas when we have it all right here in one place. (is it okay to say LOL?)

[Larry OKC]

No. The Myriad Botanical Gardens were patterned after Discovery Green. Same landscape architect.

Maybe both of them were/are?

Read more: http://newsok.com/maps-3-park-could-...#ixzz1yGnz8daB

But the concept of a "highly programmed” urban park is a new one for Oklahoma City, and the best way to understand it is to look at similar parks in other cities, Mayor Mick Cornett said.
The Oklahoman recently visited Discovery Green Park in Houston. The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber planned the trip, but The Oklahoman paid its own way. The planned MAPS 3 park would be bigger than the 12-acre Houston park, but would have many similar features and was designed by the same company, Hargreaves and Associates.

[Spartan]

It still may not make sense but is eerily similar.

Let's see....river walk like San Antonio, park and cc like Houston, big multi part epic bronze sculpture like Dallas.... Wonder what we will copy from Austin..oh yea...Bricktown? Why go to Texas when we have it all right here in one place. (is it okay to say LOL?)

But we haven't any of those things. Our canal has already become blighted again, our park will never attract the kind of development around it that Discovery Green or Millennium Park did, and idk about this epic bronze sculpture? But it's also safe to say that Bricktown is not quite the destination that 6th Street in Austin is, nor does it have any mixed-use development like the other successful parts of DT Austin.

One of the most elegant urban settings in all of Texas is the Main Street LRT corridor in Houston - I guess you can say we'll have modern rail transit soon as well, and that's at least one project I can still get excited for.

[FritterGirl]

No. The Myriad Botanical Gardens were patterned after Discovery Green. Same landscape architect.

My bad. I thought the Office of James Burnett, who designed the MBG, had designed Discovery Green. They designed another project adjacent to discovery green. Discovery Green was actually designed by Hargreaves and Associates, who produced the original rendering for the MAPS3 park design concept. I do know the Devon Implementation Committee, including committee leadership, as well as representatives from OJB, Devon, the MBG Foundation, took site visits to Discovery Green for progamming ideas.

[adaniel]

I've been to Discovery Green and can see the resemblance. I definitely prefer the Myriad. They were very limited in the vegetation they could plant at Discovery because half of the park has a parking garage underneath it.

I have hear the restaurant there is really good, however.

[rcjunkie]

But we haven't any of those things. Our canal has already become blighted again, our park will never attract the kind of development around it that Discovery Green or Millennium Park did, and idk about this epic bronze sculpture? But it's also safe to say that Bricktown is not quite the destination that 6th Street in Austin is, nor does it have any mixed-use development like the other successful parts of DT Austin.

One of the most elegant urban settings in all of Texas is the Main Street LRT corridor in Houston - I guess you can say we'll have modern rail transit soon as well, and that's at least one project I can still get excited for.

Spartan my friend, if its really that bad here, and your that sick of this Great City, call Mayflower or United Van lines, they will provide the boxes and pack for you if you need the help.

[Spartan]

I've been to Discovery Green and can see the resemblance. I definitely prefer the Myriad. They were very limited in the vegetation they could plant at Discovery because half of the park has a parking garage underneath it.

I have hear the restaurant there is really good, however.

Oh wow, that's extremely true, and I never thought of that. We're talking about putting parking underneath the MAPS3 park. Wow..

[rcjunkie]

Oh wow, that's extremely true, and I never thought of that. We're talking about putting parking underneath the MAPS3 park. Wow..

That was very early in the talking stage, there is not going to be parking under the park.

[Spartan]

That was very early in the talking stage, there is not going to be parking under the park.

I didn't realize it was taken off the table. Can you provide proof?

[rcjunkie]

I didn't realize it was taken off the table. Can you provide proof?

I'll find the article and post it. It may be in a weekly paper I get covering downtown, but I'll find it.

[Spartan]

Thanks. My recollection is becoming clearer on that issue, and I think the underground parking was for the CC, which we have no idea where parking for the new CC site is going to go.. oh brother..

[catch22]

Thanks. My recollection is becoming clearer on that issue, and I think the underground parking was for the CC, which we have no idea where parking for the new CC site is going to go.. oh brother..

Maps 3 Parking Lot?

*snicker*

[catcherinthewry]

Spartan my friend, if its really that bad here, and your that sick of this Great City, call Mayflower or United Van lines, they will provide the boxes and pack for you if you need the help.

I'll volunteer to help.

[ljbab728]

But it's also safe to say that Bricktown is not quite the destination that 6th Street in Austin is, nor does it have any mixed-use development like the other successful parts of DT Austin.

It's also safe to say that if Bricktown and the rest of downtown OKC had 50,000 college students within walking distance the development would be much different.

[Spartan]

Bricktown has college students that it is not taking advantage of, beyond the Candy Co adding a lunch counter. I truly can't think of any other Bricktown businesses that seized on that opportunity, and certainly none of the housing need is being met, etc. I also doubt much of the ACM crowd is interested in the mix of restaurants and clubs in Bricktown, which has slowly devolved to cater to... I'll let you guys guess

[ljbab728]

Bricktown has college students that it is not taking advantage of, beyond the Candy Co adding a lunch counter. I truly can't think of any other Bricktown businesses that seized on that opportunity, and certainly none of the housing need is being met, etc. I also doubt much of the ACM crowd is interested in the mix of restaurants and clubs in Bricktown, which has slowly devolved to cater to... I'll let you guys guess

That could very well be true but ACM hardly equates to the impact of UT.

[Just the facts]

One of the early projects identified for MAPS III was to create a downtown university campus. It didn't make the cut but would have probably had the 2nd biggest economic impact (behind the streetcar) on downtown. Of course, with the looming collapse of the education bubble it is possible that it would have been a waste of money.