Boathouse Row

[HangryHippo]

Does anyone else find it strange that the OU boathouse has not moved forward yet? They've supposedly had full funding for quite a while now...

Yes. Very.

[Snowman]

Does anyone else find it strange that the OU boathouse has not moved forward yet? They've supposedly had full funding for quite a while now...

I don't know if it has to go through more approvals than the standard building but it seems like it was two years after funding was completed that all the build permits were in and administration gave final approval.

[Watson410]

This may or may not be the right place to post this, but I was driving down I-40 eastbound today and it looked like they were digging under the I-40 bridge that will connect the Oklahoma River to the Canal. Can anyone verify that?

[wschnitt]

Yes. Looks like they are starting the canal/river exchange connection.

[OKCisOK4me]

YAY! That northside is a jungle!

[Spartan]

Check out this whitewater rapids proposal in Dayton:

http://www.downtowndayton.org/pdfs/r..._appendix2.pdf

[ljbab728]

Check out this whitewater rapids proposal in Dayton:

http://www.downtowndayton.org/pdfs/r..._appendix2.pdf

While that looks like an interesting concept it has a very different purpose when compared to what is more similar to an Olympic style course in OKC.

[ethansisson]

While that looks like an interesting concept it has a very different purpose when compared to what is more similar to an Olympic style course in OKC.

I believe we'll have both in different locations along the river. The rowing course would be further east from the whitewater rafting and kayaking, and is planned to include grandstands, a stage on the river, etc.

[Snowman]

Check out this whitewater rapids proposal in Dayton:

http://www.downtowndayton.org/pdfs/r..._appendix2.pdf

From google maps it looks like they only have the depth to do like one of those falls, are they planning on deepening the channel?

[ljbab728]

I believe we'll have both in different locations along the river. The rowing course would be further east from the whitewater rafting and kayaking, and is planned to include grandstands, a stage on the river, etc.

We already have a rowing course where they will add grandstands. The information about Dayton shows nothing about a rowing course and it certainly isn't an Olympic style white water course even if it is very nice.

[Spartan]

From google maps it looks like they only have the depth to do like one of those falls, are they planning on deepening the channel?

I believe so

[Snowman]

Noticed an updated rendering of the new projects

[catcherinthewry]

^Nice!

[mcca7596]

It doesn't look like there is any elevation change in the "rapids".

[bluedogok]

Notice the site is rendered "flat", it requires quite a bit of modeling and processing time to render something like that accurately. Something like that image is meant to be a representative rending, not a photo-realistic rendering.

[pw405]

It doesn't look like there is any elevation change in the "rapids".

There would have to be an equal change in elevation somewhere to offset this one, correct?

Unless the water is essentially multiple "pools" that give the sense of being connected. Not sure how this works, but I can't wait to give it a try!

[Snowman]

Notice the site is rendered "flat", it requires quite a bit of modeling and processing time to render something like that accurately. Something like that image is meant to be a representative rending, not a photo-realistic rendering.

To add to this, it still may have major changes in the design at this point and there was some real differences since the last one, so making accurate ones at this point risks wasting some money. In the last rendering the pump house was in a different location (which alters the land elevations a lot since that is where the high and low spots are), the raft storage facility was a different style and the channels have gone from being mostly curvy to mostly linear/angular.

[bluedogok]

It happens with physical models as well, the models for our Minot airport project reflect the design months ago, before some cost cutting measures took place.

[Watson410]

Any chance we'll see the Rapids complete by summer? or is that still way out on the timetable?

[Snowman]

Any chance we'll see the Rapids complete by summer? or is that still way out on the timetable?

Begining of summer 2015 was the planned end of construction for the project, though I have no idea how reliable the estimates in the plan were.

[BoulderSooner]

There would have to be an equal change in elevation somewhere to offset this one, correct?

Unless the water is essentially multiple "pools" that give the sense of being connected. Not sure how this works, but I can't wait to give it a try!

best image of the blvd interchange at the east end that i have seen

[Spartan]

^ That's what I was thinking. So it looks like the Blvd will flow into Byers to provide Boathouse Row access from downtown?

[skanaly]

PlutonicPanda put this on OK River Dev. thought I'd share it here: Construction begins on latest additions to Oklahoma City's Boathouse District | NewsOK.com

[Plutonic Panda]

PlutonicPanda put this on OK River Dev. thought I'd share it here: Construction begins on latest additions to Oklahoma City's Boathouse District | NewsOK.com

Ooops. My bad.

[skanaly]

Saaaalright, thanks for sharing