The Underground

[Plutonic Panda]

^^^ +1

I am not an underground expert, but the times I have been down there I noticed four things about it.

1. There were hardly any restaurants or shops there

2. The lack of people down there but surprisingly when I went up to street level afterwards there was a lot of people(but the weather was really nice that day).

3. How cool it was.

4. How amazingly convenient it would be to use on a rainy, snowy, or really cold day.

I am probably in the minority on this on OKCTalk, but I would like to see it eventually expanded and I would also love to see new artwork on the walls down there. The lighting is really nice in some spots. Others, not so much.

[jompster]

I need to find the entrances so I can check this out. I have been meaning to for years.

[shawnw]

There are many access points, not all are obvious. The 4th/Harvey one for example took me a bit to find.

[HOT ROD]

perhaps they could revisit the Chase plaza entrance that Pete was talking about. I agree that maybe it could be expanded but retain the current look/shape so not to interfere with street level but to ADD to downtown and provide pathways for bad weather (and likely remaining the world's largest Tornado shelter. ....)

there ARE some significant upsides to the Underground - just don't compete with the street.

[Just the facts]

I went thru the Conncourse the last 2 days...there are 53 retail/restaurant/service businesses that have Conncourse access but no door to the sidewalk. With the relocation of tennants to Robinson Renaissance they opened up a new access portal on the second floor. So much for the Park Avenue Retail plan.

[HOT ROD]

Park Ave isn't ready to get going yet, not until FNC rebuilds the streetfronts. I suspect the Robinson Renaissance 2nd floor is a temporary thing unless they keep it after FNC is complete (if the market is ready).

[Just the facts]

Temporary? I doubt it. As for when to do it...the future is now.