Comments on: A Look Back at NW 10 and Robinson

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:01:52 +0000

Here’s an interesting site that shows old The First Christian Church:
http://www.usgwarchives.org/ok/oklahoma/postcards/ppcs-okco.html

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:30:00 +0000

Michael, it’s gotta start somewhere. If the momentum continues for another 20 years, you might see some of these lots become garages or buildings. As it is, there is too much open land for infill just yet.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:19:45 +0000

Pat’s Lounge(& Kegs) was the epitome of a “dive”; and I say that fondly. It attracted an eclectic crowd, from the transient homeless looking for relaxation to the downtown executive hoping for escape. A lot of college kids would come in and out for the beer keg rentals.
Pat, himself, was an interesting fellow; an avid golfer who could be a bit surly behind the bar at times. His mother owns the bar on the SE corner of 23rd & Western.

By: david ball

david ball — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:57:23 +0000

any idea on when they stopped selling packards there? the make survived til about 1957, i think.

By: Michael Herndon

Michael Herndon — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:21:30 +0000

I feel so mixed about this project. On one hand, it’s absolutely terrific. The combined vibe of Broadway a street east, apartments in the Cline?, Hadden, and Guardian, a rooftop deck, retail alley, etc. Then on the other hand is this giant ass parking lot that’s being put in the back. There’s another giant parking lot just across the street that already ruins the entire intersection of 10th and Robinson, a parking lot abutting Hadden Hall. Parking lots. Parking lots. Parking lots. It seems Bricktown gets blasted for having them, but Midtown has TONS, just at a smaller scale. I don’t see how we ever expect Midtown to actually become something remotely dense or how we’re gonna spur development along the Streetcar in Midtown when a lot of the land is used for DEDICATED surface parking.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:11:35 +0000

Love that last picture. It looks like a real city with the buildings vanishing into the distance.

By: Keith Falcon

Keith Falcon — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:24:19 +0000

I think the Packard building would make an excellent Trader Joes. I know I know. They’ll never come here because of our liquor laws. A guy can dream though can’t he?