There is likely to be another rail line to the south; that's why this is set very far back from Main.
For anyone living in the Maywood Lofts, there goes the Bricktown view in favor of yet another ugly parking garage. Awesome.
Views aren't guaranteed and should be expected to change in a rapidly developing area with a ton of undeveloped or underdeveloped land. You really need to purchase in a highly established area to guarantee yourself a view.
Somebody asked about the status of the ParcFirst garage on the land purchased by BancFirst and Continental as part of their deal to also buy the Santa Fe Garage.
Those companies now own that entire very large surface lot, not just the area where the garage has been proposed.
And now the land just to the south which Don Karchmer owns and where a warehouse structure was recently demolished will become a surface lot.
Oh thank god. I've always said if you're going to build a parking garage you NEED to build a parking lot. A one- for-one of you will.
Throwback to Urban Renewal I suppose
Grader and front loader on site clearing this lot today.
Back on track:
Plans for construction of a new Bricktown parking garage are once again moving forward in response to increased demand from workers returning to offices.
Don Karchmer was set to start construction on the garage at 21 E Main in 2020 in conjunction with BancFirst redeveloping the former Liberty Bank tower at 100 N Broadway.
The six-story garage will be built atop 148 existing surface parking spaces, resulting in a net increase of 651 spots once the garage is built. Karchmer said the garage will include public parking.
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...t/70849033007/
That tunnel connecting to the Underground option feels expensive but then again the skybridge option seems hard to make happen too.
Here is the parking lot that was just finished next to this proposed garage site.
They need something. Today most of the people who utilize these surface lots cut thru the Santa Fe garage and then cross Gaylord mid block to go under the railroad bridge between main and Kerr
Very dangerous. Between people leaving Santa Fe garage and then Gaylord traffic, someone is going to get run over there
Just to inquire, will it still be using the same rendering as before or is there an updated visual? I know it's tedious to ask at this point but a LOT has happened in three years since they announced it, like the rapid inflation and surging price of materials.
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According to the rendering in the Oklahoman, the new design is slightly tweaked but looks substantially the same.
At the end of the day, it's still a 6-level parking garage in the middle of a surface lot.
Here are images from the ParcFirst design application:
What happened with the issue of the passenger rail connector?
Nice. Decent looking garage located exactly where a big garage should be located - and it won't even mess up the rail ROW so that can eventually come back in later.
I feel bad for Dr Truong and what this garage will be doing to the Clark Building. Which just started utilizing the event space. The back of the garage is basically replacing this view:
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