Pete, has there been any movement on the Classen Circle development?
Pete, has there been any movement on the Classen Circle development?
I hope this gets moving soon. the district really needs a facelift for sure.
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Not sure of the exact timeline but the money has been allocated and once they get a bit more input, they should start the design/plan process.
I was only able to be at the very first part of last night's meeting but I'll see if I can find some details. I know they are moving this thing along.
praise be! I was excited that a private donor for pride decided to re-pave the parking lot areas. they did the one at Angles and at Tramps and had sealed the ones on either side of 39th in front of Apothecary and phoenix but then ran out of time before pride and never actually paved them. I had hoped they would but never returned. those parking areas are terrible.
The parking lot at the Habana has been extremely busy lately, with trailers on the south side of the property. I've heard a movie is being shot at the Copa. Anyone know anything about this??
Also if it isn't posted here; a good site to keep track of the proposed street reconfiguration: http://jaokc.com/portfolio/39th-stre...-enhancements/
From Discover on Google https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/us/am...rnd/index.html
Interesting blurb on the rainbow crosswalks in Ames, Iowa.
Last edited by Edmond Hausfrau; 10-01-2019 at 01:36 PM. Reason: Clarification
Yes. I suspect most cities would do what Ames did and just ignore the federal. There are some awesome crosswalks in East Village, Des Moines that are painted beautifully. (Can't upload my photos as Google photos is a goat roping rodeo when it comes to BB code)
I can see the federal government having their standards, but who needs the federal government to build crosswalks in cities?
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
The Copa permanently closed at Habana Sat. night playing Donna Summer's Last Dance. Starting Friday, it will reopen at Angles along with the Finishline. The closed nightclubs at the Habana will reopen as La Bootz and Club Exile.
Angles has been remodeling inside and will start on the exterior later on. According to Facebook, country music will start the opening hours with dance music starting at 11:30 pm.
C.T. the finishline was a country club. they are combining the two into one space so will start with country music then switch to dance club later in evening. I think this will add to the "strip" traffic a bit on actual 39th street but fear the end is near for Habana and the clubs spaces left behind there.
If I am honest I don't have much faith in anything happening at Habana. it seems like a lot of talk without the capital to back it up. the reason for the move is those bars were rented spaces and the bar owners who rented the space own the space of ANGLES. The copa went almost 2 months without A/c because Habana wouldn't get it fixed when it went down. the owners chose not to renew leases and move the bars into the ANGLES space. I am sure the owner of Habana will attempt to open the clubs with just new names but whatever is left in the spaces but with the loss of the rent for those spaces I see them running out of cash even sooner than they would have otherwise .. so time will tell.
I drove by there last weekend and it looked like some degree of construction is going on there.
There are two murals set for consideration by the OKC Arts Commission on Monday, May 16. The longer one would be on the long side of Apothecary 39 and the other would be in the alleyway behind it.
https://agenda.okc.gov/sirepub/cache...0103443607.PDF
https://agenda.okc.gov/sirepub/cache...0103624689.PDF
I love these and hope this is just the start of more public art on this area preceding the streetscaping. I wish it were more visible (e.g., the big blank wall facing east toward Penn) rather than just down an alleyway, but it'll still be pretty cool. Are the future plans to make this alleyway more a part of the public space, and hence the investment?
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