Comments on: Burning Design http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/02/25/burning-design/ The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer covers downtown OKC brick by brick. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:24:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Is This Design Good Enough for Bricktown's Gateway? http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/02/25/burning-design/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Is This Design Good Enough for Bricktown's Gateway? Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:38:22 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/02/25/burning-design/#comment-78 [...] this year we looked at earlyday OKC fire stations and discussed how other cities have designed stations to fit into urban or historic [...] [...] this year we looked at earlyday OKC fire stations and discussed how other cities have designed stations to fit into urban or historic [...]

]]> By: The.Old.Downtown.Guy http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/02/25/burning-design/comment-page-1/#comment-77 The.Old.Downtown.Guy Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:22:47 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/02/25/burning-design/#comment-77 The Arizona example is pretty suburban, but the others, including OKC's #37 are just fine. Perhaps not "great" architecture, but pretty substantial buildings constructed of materials with good longevity. Fire station buildings usually survive become out-moded and get converted to other uses. A couple of examples would be NW 10th and Hudson and NW 10th between Portland & Meridian. The building at NW 10th and Hudson was purchased at auction for about $36K and converted to a private residence for a few years and then served as the offices of the MidCity Advocate now Sentina. It is presently on the market to lease (or for sale perhaps). The station at NW 16th and Pennsylvania is an example of a public building that stretched the design envelope a little and was considered very contemporary when constructed about 25 years ago. The Arizona example is pretty suburban, but the others, including OKC’s #37 are just fine. Perhaps not “great” architecture, but pretty substantial buildings constructed of materials with good longevity. Fire station buildings usually survive become out-moded and get converted to other uses. A couple of examples would be NW 10th and Hudson and NW 10th between Portland & Meridian. The building at NW 10th and Hudson was purchased at auction for about $36K and converted to a private residence for a few years and then served as the offices of the MidCity Advocate now Sentina. It is presently on the market to lease (or for sale perhaps).

The station at NW 16th and Pennsylvania is an example of a public building that stretched the design envelope a little and was considered very contemporary when constructed about 25 years ago.

]]> By: Shane http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/02/25/burning-design/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Shane Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:02:52 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/02/25/burning-design/#comment-76 I'm fairly confident that the city will do justice to the neighborhood. It will probably be done with lots of brick and I'm sure it will have the contemporary twist favored by Nonna's and the Ballpark. I think the Ashland example's design would actually fit perfectly. I’m fairly confident that the city will do justice to the neighborhood. It will probably be done with lots of brick and I’m sure it will have the contemporary twist favored by Nonna’s and the Ballpark. I think the Ashland example’s design would actually fit perfectly.

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