Comments on: This Post is for Rand Elliott http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2009/05/18/this-post-is-for-rand-elliott/ The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer covers downtown OKC brick by brick. Thu, 16 May 2013 02:42:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Michael H http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2009/05/18/this-post-is-for-rand-elliott/comment-page-1/#comment-2926 Michael H Tue, 19 May 2009 17:16:21 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=1521#comment-2926 Thinking on my earlier comment a bit more. A city like, Paris, for example, has done a wonderful job of preserving all its Hausmann style buildings and grid that was created in the 1800s. However, it is now at a point where the city is very much caught up in its own entropy. There is so much blank canvas in our CBD that many cities don’t have. The new Devon tower comes to mind. It’s quite possibly one of the best remedies to the mistakes in the earlier urban rewnewal efforts that we’ve seen.

I totally agree with David about Broadway – how amazing it would be for street life in downtown if Broadway today looked more like it did then.

]]> By: david ball http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2009/05/18/this-post-is-for-rand-elliott/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 david ball Mon, 18 May 2009 21:42:05 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=1521#comment-2930 4th and broadway. see the opubco building? many a grand sidewalk has been chopped away to make room for auto lanes, like the one in front of my office.

]]> By: mike http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2009/05/18/this-post-is-for-rand-elliott/comment-page-1/#comment-2929 mike Mon, 18 May 2009 21:24:37 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=1521#comment-2929 Is this automobile alley?

]]> By: slackmeyer http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2009/05/18/this-post-is-for-rand-elliott/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 slackmeyer Mon, 18 May 2009 21:21:57 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=1521#comment-2932 Wow, good observation Michael! Jeff Speck might want to see this photo.

]]> By: david ball http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2009/05/18/this-post-is-for-rand-elliott/comment-page-1/#comment-2931 david ball Mon, 18 May 2009 21:01:13 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=1521#comment-2931 see the sidewalks? they used to make ‘em big, because they were NEEDED. they were used by an extinct species called “pedestrians.” now we have something much better: “traffic arterials”.

]]> By: Michael H http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2009/05/18/this-post-is-for-rand-elliott/comment-page-1/#comment-2928 Michael H Mon, 18 May 2009 17:40:01 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=1521#comment-2928 Because of my nostalgic tendencies, I can’t help but getting a little pissed off every time I see one of these old photos from downtown. All the wonderful old buildings that are gone and now…replaced with, parking lots, empty lots, etc. Perhaps the silver lining is all those missing teeth provide room for creativity and innovation with new designs from Rand and others…

]]> By: Nick Roberts http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2009/05/18/this-post-is-for-rand-elliott/comment-page-1/#comment-2927 Nick Roberts Mon, 18 May 2009 15:52:21 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=1521#comment-2927 The street seems to only have two lanes, not four. Could that be?

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