Bricktown Fire Station

[PLANSIT]

That drawing is only a scale drawing. The length of the drive will only be about 30-50ft. (The average fire truck is at least 24-30ft long) The drawings I created in Crime Scene/Traffic CAD Class always made walkways, drives and parking lots look bigger than what they actually were. Not mention the city will probably add trees and landscaping to take away from presence of the long drive. I predict the site size will probably be the same size as other stations they have built over the years.

And that's the problem. I, for one do not think this above example is appropriate for the property being considered. This is arguably one of most urban places we will see a fire station at in Oklahoma and the best we can do is this? Really?

[okclee]

This location is a main entrance to Bricktown / Downtown, this fire station should be much more.

[BG918]

Can we just put this thing on the east side of I-235 so it doesn't take up valuable space in Bricktown with its suburban design? WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE IN BRICKTOWN, and why at the corner of Lincoln/Sheridan??? I don't understand the location at all when vacant weed-infested lots exist within a half mile of this site to the east..

[okclee]

I agree with BG918, this entire project puzzles me. Move this to the east Reno, and design it however they want. I then wouldn't care how sub-urban it looked.

[Thunder]

Don't really see the difference between the "urban" and the "sub-urban". A design is a design. Accept it, get used to it, live your life as normally as you can.

[oneforone]

I look at this way. If I lived in Bricktown (AKA:Boozeville) I would want a fire station close to my home. I could careless rather or not is Feng Shui with all the other pressboard cookie cutter structures in the area. Design goes out the window when my house is on fire or when someone in my home needs emergency medical services.

[BG918]

I look at this way. If I lived in Bricktown (AKA:Boozeville) I would want a fire station close to my home. I could careless rather or not is Feng Shui with all the other pressboard cookie cutter structures in the area. Design goes out the window when my house is on fire or when someone in my home needs emergency medical services.

Maybe so in SW Oklahoma City, Moore, Edmond, etc. but the fact that it's in Bricktown, an urban district just outside downtown, and at the eastern gateway to said district (and downtown) no less, THAT is why we are debating the design. Move it half mile to the east on the other side of 235 by the junkyards and empty lots and no one would care, yet Bricktown/downtown/OUHSC/wherever would still have adequate fire protection..

[Caboose]

Don't really see the difference between the "urban" and the "sub-urban". A design is a design. Accept it, get used to it, live your life as normally as you can.

Seriously?

[CuatrodeMayo]

seriously?

x2!

[jbrown84]

Don't really see the difference between the "urban" and the "sub-urban".

I have no frickin clue

Don't forget this is the guy that thought Devon Tower should be one giant fountain.

[wsucougz]

Don't forget this is the guy that thought Devon Tower should be one giant fountain.

Ahahahah!


We've been Thunderstruck.

[jbrown84]

So apparently ground has been broken.

Did we ever see the final plans?

[betts]

So apparently ground has been broken.

Did we ever see the final plans?

I never saw them. I fear that is a bad sign. If they'd been reworked, I would think the new plans would have been posted.

[jbrown84]

I fear the same.

[LakeEffect]

I fear the same.

Nah, your favorite reporter is just slacking

I kid, I kid.

The Bricktown Urban Design Committee approved the plans earlier this year (April and July?). The bids were received Tuesday, December 1. The work going on right now is actually environmental remediation, not the fire station specifically.

[jbrown84]

So what design did BUD approve? I will reserve judgment until I see it.

[tehvipir]

they have whats called the "glass house" stations 22 333 nw 92nd. brittion and hudson behind the car dealership. I spent some time there and with al that glass you have two things. REALLY REALLY hot in the summer sun and cold when the winter wind is blowing.

[betts]

Found this article in the newspaper today with a drawing of the station. It wasn't written by Steve.

NewsOK

[Kerry]

Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters.

[barnold]

Love the old designs like that one. Wish they'd bring them back.

[jbrown84]

Found this article in the newspaper today with a drawing of the station. It wasn't written by Steve.

NewsOK

That's better. And LEED-certified!

[kevinpate]

Looks nice, and a top of the hat for planning to display a this time century firetruck out front. Seems very fitting given the location.

[Watson410]

I'm sure it says it some where in this thread, but I'm too lazy to look it up..Where is it going to be located exactly?

[kevinpate]

Sheridan and Lincoln, or very near it

[Mikemarsh51]

OMG, I am cracking up just reading this, welcome to our world. Remember this is a 2000 GO bond issue item. We have heard every thing you can imagine since then about where this station would be built, what it would look like, how many bays and so on. I really thought the Ford center was going to be something that looked like all the red brick buildings in Bricktown. 333 NW 92 is a horrible design. I thought 6's looks OK. The doors will be different, splint down the middle and accordian style. After almost 10 years looks arent as important as getting it done, IMO.