www.impeiokc.com

[George]

Just introduced on Steve's blog. Wow.

[Doug Loudenback]

There's lots more to come. Hang on to your underwear.

[Steve]

Doug and I are involved in something very, very, very exciting... history, my friends, is about to get interesting.

[SkyWestOKC]

Maybe I am slow...but, what is this?

[Doug Loudenback]

Well, let's just say that it is sexy.

[Martin]

[Thunder]

George, have the title to say IM Pei OKC and then add the actual link when you make the first post. That way people don't have to copy/paste.

I.M. Pei OKC | Resurrecting the Model | May 2010

[SkyWestOKC]

Well, let's just say that it is sexy.

Ah! It must be that statue of me in Bricktown that was proposed a few months back.

[Doug Loudenback]

Bingo! Stand ready for your wholeness to be unveiled for all to see! Or not.

[mmonroe]

Started following them on twitter a couple of days ago. I must say, the images are fantastic.

[Larry OKC]

That is just too good (no offense to Steve et al)

[Thundercitizen]

Wow.
This is the very model I remember seeing in the early/mid seventies at the fairgrounds near what is currently the OPUBCO Pavilion just northwest of the "space needle"
I remember the two sets of triplet towers thinking, even then, how cool it would look and far away the date was that it would come to fruition.
Had that image in my mind for decades...nostalgic.

[Larry OKC]

really like the Retro Metro logo.

[Kerry]

Thanks goodness very little of that plan got done. All that Soviet style architecture would be a nightmare today, not to mention the multiple plazas and vast open space. OKC dodged a bullet.

[Martin]

okc dodged a bullet.

eh... i'd say yes and no on that, kerry. -M

[Kerry]

eh... i'd say yes and no on that, kerry. -M

I was thinking when I wrote it that maybe we did take the bullet - it just didn't kill us. Maybe we just cheated death but the damage was done.

[David]

Kudos on the very slick website. JTM did a nice job.

[metro]

There's lots more to come. Hang on to your underwear.

what if we're going commando?

Thanks goodness very little of that plan got done. All that Soviet style architecture would be a nightmare today, not to mention the multiple plazas and vast open space. OKC dodged a bullet.

Agreed, although as you later commented, lots of damage was done and we lost more than we gained in the end.

[Steve]

Guys, if any of you have memories you can share related to the I.M. Pei plan and that era of Urban Renewal, please do so by emailing them to justin@retrometrookc.org

[OKCMallen]

I can't even look at it. Thinking about what happened makes me sick.

[hipsterdoofus]

I see things to like and dislike in the model. Some of the architecture may leave some to be desired, but at the same time, I like some of the curved roads and open spaces. And some of the buildings on the model are very imposing and impressive.

[Steve]

Kudos on the very slick website. JTM did a nice job.

Justin Tyler More is one of the most talented web and graphic designers I've met. He and Cody Cooper are the brains behind Abandoned Oklahoma.

[workman45]

Very cool. This I have to see.

[Northsider]

cool site I wish we would have kept some of them buildings
The aireal of downtown before renewal looks pretty dense I always thought even though OKC downtown doesnt have height it has density.

never knew it was even more dense than present once upon a time.

[Kerry]

I did find it interesting that the model has a tall building on the same lot Liberty/Chase/Cotter ended up being built. Does anyone know if the Pei Plan led to Liberty Tower being built where it is? Also the cluster of three skyscrapers looks a lot like the design for the Kerr McGee/Sandridge building.