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  1. #326

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    Quote Originally Posted by Urbanized View Post
    My biggest problem with activism on those types of committees is when it comes from an ignorance of the actual guidelines. Just because something SEEMS right to someone in power doesn't mean it IS right. Those decisions should be fully informed, or if not informed they should defer to staff, who are both informed AND trained. If they want to be activists, they should instead take an active role in modifying code before it comes to a head on a project. Off-the-cuff surprises on projects are time, money and resource wasters, and they need to respect that. The canal-front parking issue is a perfect example. Kudos to them for taking a stand in that case, but that rule should have been changed long before it came into question on a design review. Planning should involve, well, actually PLANNING rather than just REACTING. And that is no dig at the Planning Department or staff, who I think do a great job despite being historically and routinely undercut by politics and politicians.

    But someone in Bricktown (or other districts in question) should be taking an active role in working with planning to keep guidelines up-to-date and protective of the district's character and potential, and then zealously protect those guidelines AS WRITTEN. It seems that we have a hard time sticking with this course of action on committees like this; the pendulum usually seems to swing too far in either one direction or the other.
    All too true.

  2. #327

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    Saw some workers milling around in the building today. Should be starting demo soon.

  3. #328

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    Looks like they are getting ready to crank up this project, as the contractor (Brightman Construction | Dallas, TX Hotel Construction Company) has applied for a move-on permit, which usually means they will be bringing a construction trailer to the site.

  4. #329

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
    Looks like they are getting ready to crank up this project, as the contractor (Brightman Construction | Dallas, TX Hotel Construction Company) has applied for a move-on permit, which usually means they will be bringing a construction trailer to the site.
    I like their conversion of The Fisk Building in Amarillo, into a Courtyard Marriott. I think a building, like the one at approximately 420 W. Main would be awesome for a hotel conversion. You could already have retail on the first floor. Hopefully since that building is in the Preftakes block, it doesn't go. Its got great character.

  5. #330

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    This whole project has moved very fast.

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    The building is coming down

    YouTube:
    http://goo.gl/pgPOU


  7. #333
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    Kind of sad to see the old dairy go as I think it had some nice charm, but demolition is well underway.

  8. #334

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    I can see the backhoes doing major work from my office window. Really coming down fast! lol.

    I wonder if this project will have a crane for reconsutruction?

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    The photos and video show the area between buildings west of Steffen’s, not on Main St. by the way. Starting from the back to the front.

  10. #336

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    Quote Originally Posted by sgfx View Post
    The building is coming down

    YouTube:
    http://goo.gl/pgPOU
    Cool. Thanks!

    You gotta love it. A building in OKC starts demolition, and minutes later a video of it shows up on YouTube.

  11. #337

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    Am I hearing chickens clucking in the background in that video?

  12. #338

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    just fyi this property closed recently for

    Supreme Bright Bricktown LLC from MKT Bricktown LLC, 101 E Main Street, $1,621,000.

  13. #339

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    Knocked down the remaining front walls today.

  14. #340

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    did you snap a pic?

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  16. #342

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    Well, no need to post my pic from last Sunday now, lol.

  17. #343

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous. View Post
    Looking good! That's some nice rubble!

  18. #344

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    Looks like the demolition is just about complete (photos from today courtesy catch22):





  19. #345

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    Someone might want to change the status from proposed to under construction.

  20. #346

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    Several entrance alternatives to be considered at the next Bricktown Design Review Committee meeting on March 13:

















  21. #347

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    This is so ridiculous. The original design was fine. These new designs are fine. The Bricktown Design Review Committee should really pick their battles better.

  22. #348

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    Yes the original proposal was excellent. They need to be fighting the hotel down the street at Lincoln and Reno.

  23. #349

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    I think Alternative 4 is the best option. I went and looked at urban hotels that I like from a pedestrian view point and ones that have a uniform front with continuous horizontal lines seem to be the best. Give it a shot yourself. Go look at hotels in walkable urban areas and see what kind you think looks best and then see which of these alternatives most closely resembles that. In these rendering you are seeing it from an angle you would never see it from in real life.

    If it was me I would even get rid of the extra thickness at the top of the entry and just make it the same as the rest of the corner of the building and maybe even run that trim piece all the way across the front.

    Upon further inspection, I am even finding the ones I like the best extend the entrance out over the sidewalk and not up the building.

  24. #350

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    option 1 would be my pick

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