Bricktown SpringHill Suites

[dcsooner]

Will that street be wide enough to accommodate the likely increased traffic entering DT from that corridor?

[Plutonic Panda]

Probably not but I really wished they would have used Brick instead of asphalt. It might seem cheesy, but I think it'd be really cool if Bricktown had all brick streets.

[catch22]

Will that street be wide enough to accommodate the likely increased traffic entering DT from that corridor?

hopefully people will walk down it.

[shawnw]

With all the people about to be on that end of Bricktown, I really wish there were sidewalks and crossings to get to the BHD from there. The canal link is great and all but I don't think from that end you'd want to back-track to the canal.

[Urbanized]

^^^^^^^
You really don't have to backtrack. If you walk straight south from the Criterion you would walk past the front entrance of Bass Pro, and if you continued south from there you would be funneled right down to Bricktown Landing. Sidewalks all the way, excluding the walk through Bass Pro's south lot.

[shawnw]

You mean down Charlie Christian? I thought the Criterion bumped up against the back of the BEC?

If via CC, that does make sense, but it wouldn't be obvious at all to a visitor and serious signage would need to happen.

Even so I still don't see there being anything wrong with putting sidewalks and crossings on Lincoln and Reno to get you over the bridge and into the BHD. I'd be cool with a nicely signed route down CC in the interim.

[Pryor Tiger]

Honestly the wayfinding signage is one of the key improvements that I hope we can find a solution to. Something that would fit the look of the neighborhood, but add extreme value to not only visitors, but businesses, would make a major impact.

At our hotel, we have guests check in each day that ask this question. "Are there any restaurants nearby or anything to do in the area?" Now of course we have maps and all the information they need, but they many times don't even know there is a Bricktown Canal. For locals, that seems crazy, but for visitors this is still very new to them.

[_Cramer_]

I anyone else disappointed with the look of the Springhill Suites. I don't like the set back on the 3rd-5th floors.

I wish they would follow along with the Holiday Inn Express. Too much EIFS on those top levels here. Sorry, not a big fan of the look.

[bchris02]

I anyone else disappointed with the look of the Springhill Suites. I don't like the set back on the 3rd-5th floors.

I wish they would follow along with the Holiday Inn Express. Too much EIFS on those top levels here. Sorry, not a big fan of the look.

Completely agree. The Holiday Inn Express is the perfect way to build these hotels. Having the entrance at the corner goes a long way and makes it very inviting. I wish other hoteliers would follow suit. In fact, I would even go as far as updating the design review guidelines to require it. This development in particular has such awesome potential being squandered on the corner facing the Steelyard.

The center entrance and setback is very suburban. Thing is, I don't think the developers realize it.

[Pete]

[shawnw]

I was kinda shocked how far along this was when I drove by yesterday...

[David]

Maybe it's just me, but it looks so strange that they built the staircases first.

[shawnw]

probably just getting all the steel work out of the way first...

[David]

Well, yeah, but building them before the steel work on the top two floors? Or are those floors not getting steel work for some reason?

[jccouger]

Maybe the stairs help aid in construction by allowing workers to traverse to higher floors?

[Pete]

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[NWOKCGuy]

I don't like the design but that's some pretty impressive massing coming together down that stretch.

[Just the facts]

This illustrates the ultimate fail. The corner is the highest revenue grossing part of any commerce system - and they put the fire escape there.

[catch22]

This illustrates the ultimate fail. The corner is the highest revenue grossing part of any commerce system - and they put the fire escape there.

I would agree if this were a mixed use building or even a retail structure. But it's a hotel. People book most hotels online sight unseen days to months in advance. Moving the entrance to the corner wouldn't add or subtract from the profitability in any meaningful way.

[Colbafone]

This illustrates the ultimate fail. The corner is the highest revenue grossing part of any commerce system - and they put the fire escape there.

But that's a DAMN nice fire escape. You better thank God for the privilege of escaping this totally average suburban hotel through that fire escape, should you ever find yourself there during a fire anyway.

And if this place ever does come burning down in the future, there will be a pretty nice Staybridge with ample parking right down the street. Quite convenient really.

[Just the facts]

I would agree if this were a mixed use building or even a retail structure. But it's a hotel. People book most hotels online sight unseen days to months in advance. Moving the entrance to the corner wouldn't add or subtract from the profitability in any meaningful way.

If they helped participate in place-making they could charge more per room per night. Places don't become special by accident - they are planned to be special - and special places cost more to visit because....well...they're special.

[bchris02]

I would agree if this were a mixed use building or even a retail structure. But it's a hotel. People book most hotels online sight unseen days to months in advance. Moving the entrance to the corner wouldn't add or subtract from the profitability in any meaningful way.

True, but it also wouldn't have costed the developer any extra and it would have went along way towards making this corner attractive.

The Holiday Inn Express nailed it and wish these other hotels could do the same.

[SOONER8693]

This illustrates the ultimate fail. The corner is the highest revenue grossing part of any commerce system - and they put the fire escape there.

Wah.