Comments on: Perspective

By: Bert Belanger

Bert Belanger — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:09:55 +0000

I bought both your books. Redevelopment too can be a labor of love, taking decades. Witness Paseo. I spoke some time back to a guy who lives in Memphis, which is by most accounts an example of urban renaissance. He was a native and said even after 30 years of progress, there is much to be done. Patience is indeed a virtue.

By: Another Joe

Another Joe — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:23:01 +0000

No problem. I’ve actually thumbed through Second Time Around at the library a couple of times—nice work by you and Money! I saw a few nice photos from 1989 or so, which is when I first became aware of Bricktown. I just forgot what it looked like when downtown was gasping in the period just before the bust.

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:25:15 +0000

Trust me Matt, for the time spent, $400 was a pittance. And that’s fine. Labor of love. Not trying to hawk books – just letting the poster know there is a book filled with these photos out there I think he’d enjoy.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:22:31 +0000

It’s your blog, we contribute, but it is your blog. If I were you, I would have a giant advertisement at the top about your books.

FYI, $400 sounds pretty good right now. Did you get that all at one time, or did you get a bunch of $5 checks?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:41:31 +0000

Steve, while I agree that progress has been made on these areas, there is still a huge lack of any real urbanism. Most of what is redeveloped does not match the density from the 1940′s. All I see is a disjointed area with too many surface parking lots. A real study of progress might show images of the areas from 1900′s till now. I think you will find that we are just now getting back to par.

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:20:27 +0000

Matt, I hesitate to do it because I don’t want to be seen as hawking books. So let me even more clear – DON’T BUY MY BOOK! INSTEAD, GO TO THE LIBRARY AND ENJOY IT FOR FREE! (For the record, the Bricktown book in particular was a labor of love and netted me $400 in royalties to date).

By: G.Walker

G.Walker — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:37:46 +0000

Too bad I-235 provides a barrier between Deep Deuce and HSC, it would have been cool to see the day when Deep Deuce/Triangle Development bled over into HSC, it would have felt like one big urban area, like:

Downtown>Deep Deuce>HSC instead of Downtown>Deep Deuce>I-235>HSC

but I am sure the street car route will help with the connection…and do you think they should expand/upgrade Harrison Ave with pedestrian connections?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:37:03 +0000

For maybe the first time, I agree with Mike N. Let’s look at Midtown in another 6 years. Nice plug for your book, Steve.

By: Mike N

Mike N — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:22:57 +0000

Bricktown and Deep Deuce are much older developments than Midtown. Midtown and its porponents need to be patient and not so pushy. Their time is coming.

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:34:08 +0000

Joe, there are a lot of photos of Bricktown from that era in my book “Bricktown” (you can find it at most libraries and it’s still being sold in area bookstores)