http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2012/12/17/boulevard-protest-continues/ 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 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2012/12/17/boulevard-protest-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-48830 Walter Jenny Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:54:58 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/?p=8683#comment-48830 There is nothing wrong with returning to the original grid layout of the west side of downtown. From the west, the boulevard can become California at Classen; from the east, it can become SW 3rd and continue over to Exchange, serving the Farmers Market area, I-40 and points southwest. In doing so, the City can revitalize as many as fifteen city blocks in the footprint of the old Crosstown – new land for redevelopment, increasing tax revenues, and accommodating the City’s future. Imagine an urban village, a mix of residential and retail, invoking the success of Kansas City’s Plaza district and Seattle’s Capitol Hill – to the west what Deep Deuce is becoming to the northeast. Why didn’t we reach this conclusion a dozen years ago? Who knows. But the fact is, we’ve reached the conclusion today that two boulevards, serving and blending into the city’s original grid system, is better than a watered-down version of the divisive Crosstown. True leadership from City Council will adjust to the new consensus instead of being mired in the mistakes of the past.

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