NW 23rd and Robinson

[PaddyShack]

Also, if you look at Pete's drone shot, you notice the vast empty lot across the street on 23rd. This could and likely will be new residential. Ask yourself if you would rather live across the street from an upscale marijuana cafe modeled after an amalgam of an Apple store and a Starbucks location or a run-down tire shop. To most urban dwellers there is a pretty simple answer.

Wasn't that vacant lot supposed to be some Cajun restaurant or somewhere close to it?

[Pete]

Wasn't that vacant lot supposed to be some Cajun restaurant or somewhere close to it?

Canjun Corner, but that will be on a lot that is to the west. BTW, that project is still moving forward.

[Pete]

Martinez Tires has now completely cleared out.

[BridgeBurner]

Pretty cool prog metal band called Terminus playing at the Blue Note tomorrow (2/5/19) https://z-upload.facebook.com/events/381488419272108/

[Pete]

Nothing happening at the former Martinez Tires and there are huge weeds and trash everywhere.

[Pete]

The former Martinez Tire property, bought in 2018 for $190K, is now for sale for $250K.

The buyers had planned a medical marijuana cafe, but that never materialized.

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...3_M97872-53335

[HOT ROD]

^ not necessarily a bad thing happening to this property if you ask me. Doesn't OKC have way too many of those "cafes"?

[Plutonic Panda]

Drove by this project and there was a dumpster outside but I didn't investigate further to see what is going on. Is this moving forward?

[Qwo]

Drove by this project and there was a dumpster outside but I didn't investigate further to see what is going on. Is this moving forward?

I pass by here every day, the dumpster is for Blue Note, which has been closed for the last few weeks. I'm thinking renovation but have never stopped by to ask.

the building to the north of blue note is getting some sort of CBD business put in, but there hasn't been any new development at the tire shop as far as I can tell.

[animeGhost]

I pass by here every day, the dumpster is for Blue Note, which has been closed for the last few weeks. I'm thinking renovation but have never stopped by to ask.

the building to the north of blue note is getting some sort of CBD business put in, but there hasn't been any new development at the tire shop as far as I can tell.

They were purchased by the owners of the lost highway and are undergoing a remodel. I believe they're planning to reopen in January.

[White Peacock]

Any idea of the original purpose(s) of the Uptown Building?

[Plutonic Panda]

I pass by here every day, the dumpster is for Blue Note, which has been closed for the last few weeks. I'm thinking renovation but have never stopped by to ask.

the building to the north of blue note is getting some sort of CBD business put in, but there hasn't been any new development at the tire shop as far as I can tell.

Thanks for the response I was hoping it was for the renovation of this Plaza is needed

[ShopontheRiver]

Any idea of the original purpose(s) of the Uptown Building?

Lodging and shops that benefitted from the lumber yard and rail spur that sat where the McDonald's sits today.

[White Peacock]

Lodging and shops that benefitted from the lumber yard and rail spur that sat where the McDonald's sits today.

Thanks. Any history on what kind of shops have been in there, by chance?

[Pete]

The renovated center north of the Blue Note is now almost completely occupied, at least on the ground floor. There is a real estate company, a consignment shop, a design firm and a dispensary. Looks like just one empty bay.

In the second photo showing the back of the Blue Note, all the rubble is actually from the former tire shop next door. That property is in horrible shape.

[Pete]

Also, the shabby convenience store in this strip center on the southwest corner of 23rd & Robinson has closed.

The owners have filed plans to renovate the property, which has long been a big eyesore.

[Pete]

^

That strip center will be home to Lemonnade, a big chain dispensary with locations in Tulsa as well as California and Colorado:

[Ross MacLochness]

Worth noting here is that the City replaced the crosswalk modules with new ones that are PLI (pedestrian lead interval) engaged. When the crosswalk button is pressed, the walk sign comes on by itself for a few seconds before the light turns green giving people on foot more time to not die. I walk or bike through this intersection every morning and have almost been hit several times. Since this change has been implemented, I haven't once been rushed by a turning driver. The intersection is still unacceptably inhospitable to anyone other than a person sitting in a car, but at least it isn't as potentially deadly and a definite step in the right direction.

[shawnw]

*LPI

I didn't think they had to replace modules. I was under the impression every light in the city could do this out of the box, it just has to be programmed that way.

I'm personally fighting for LPI at all bike trail/signal interchanges where right turn on red is permitted (which is all of them).

[shawnw]

The renovated center north of the Blue Note is now almost completely occupied, at least on the ground floor. There is a real estate company, a consignment shop, a design firm and a dispensary. Looks like just one empty bay.

In the second photo showing the back of the Blue Note, all the rubble is actually from the former tire shop next door. That property is in horrible shape.

I must say, they've done a fantastic job with this. I was not a believer when the project started and I'm pleased to be wrong.

[Plutonic Panda]

Lemonade is a restaurant in SoCal. Weird how they have the same name.

[LocoAko]

Worth noting here is that the City replaced the crosswalk modules with new ones that are PLI (pedestrian lead interval) engaged. When the crosswalk button is pressed, the walk sign comes on by itself for a few seconds before the light turns green giving people on foot more time to not die. I walk or bike through this intersection every morning and have almost been hit several times. Since this change has been implemented, I haven't once been rushed by a turning driver. The intersection is still unacceptably inhospitable to anyone other than a person sitting in a car, but at least it isn't as potentially deadly and a definite step in the right direction.

Yes! This has been great.

Hopefully the reducing crossing distances once the streetscape is implemented further help pedestrians feel (and be) safe when crossing here. It is certainly an imposing intersection.

[David]

Fantastic news that the city is using LPIs at crosswalks, is that common across the city and I just missed it or is this a new development?

[LocoAko]

Fantastic news that the city is using LPIs at crosswalks, is that common across the city and I just missed it or is this a new development?

I don't know if they are common (I doubt it). Marek Cornett (who serves on the Transportation board) shared back in November that NW 23rd St has now implemented LPIs at Blackwelder, Western, Shartel, Walker (which was the first one done in 2020), Robinson, and Broadway, with more coming. (https://twitter.com/marekcornett/sta...75729371910159). So I think they're pretty new -- hopefully more in the near future.

[SEMIweather]

Definitely not common in OKC yet. This was something I didn’t even know existed until I lived in Denver for a little while, happy to now see it coming here.