Comments on: Plans Unveiled for Bricktown Staybridge Suites

By: Larry OKC

Larry OKC — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:57:30 +0000

Going only by the pics here, I say major FAIL. While it may be fine on Meridian motel row or up on Memorial, this suburban layout/design doesn’t work in Bricktown. Flip the parking lot and the hotel and you may have something (hotel fronting Lincoln(?) and bending around Reno) with the parking behind the hotel.

Then there is the design of the hotel itself. Not horrible, but doesn’t “wow” me either.

By: Kevin Motto

Kevin Motto — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:21:04 +0000

I work in Bricktown the design is perfect with the layout having the hotel back facing 235 makes that barrier to the east With what else is planned in the area it fits perfect. Plus the size of the parking lot will help in parking issues that plague Bricktown. There is more and more events plus the water front is almost connected via a extension of the bricktown canal connection from the land rush statues tunneled under I-40. SO this HOTEL is perfect. I used to live in South Texas San Antonio has a mix of hotels there is a Super 8 Motel 6 in the riverwalk area so it doesn’t matter what kind of hotel there is the more people in bricktown the more vibrant the core of the city will be and the residence will be proud.

By: MikeN

MikeN — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:54:06 +0000

Jill where are the “reasonable hotels in Bricktown”? Please name them and what yu consider reasonable pricing. Geesh. Like David posted hotels of ALL price points are needed in Bricktown. The last thing we need is for the snootier aka holier than thou crowd get offended by regular citizens who are not from the Gallardia lifestyle.

I have found that the vast majority of complainers about “style” have all their taste in their mouths as they are not educated in architecture/building design/legal and commonsense requirements of building placement etc.

By: Just Some Guy

Just Some Guy — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:20:10 +0000

No, no, no, no, no. Another example of a Bricktown “business opportunity”, not contribution or pride.

By: david ball

david ball — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:45:06 +0000

i am of two minds on this one. on the one hand, i can’t stand dryvit, it doesn’t belong in bricktown. on the other hand, i must respectfully disagree with jill; we DO need “cheap hotels,” or more specifically, we need quality lodging available at all price points. you can go to the french quarter and stay for $79 per night, or you can spend (quite literally) as much as you want. the point is, they have places there for EVERYBODY to stay, and we should, too. that’s part of being “big league.” however, i do not favor lowering our standards.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:41:25 +0000

Nauseating. This goes back to exactly what you were talking about in your column on Tuesday about Tulsans taking pride in their city’s development. Where is the pride in this development? We’ve heard the consistency argument before in Bricktown, but our leaders stood firm, and McDonald’s elevated their product. Staybridge could surely do the same. This is utterly disappointing. Why can’t developers take pride in their product before having to be told to do so? I sincerely hope this is denied and redesigned. If we can’t get a better product, then perhaps this isn’t the location for such a Staybridge.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:04:28 +0000

the land to the north of this property (from lincoln to 235 north all the way to sheridan) is ODOT land and likely won’t be developed

also the orientation has to do with an ODOT and a drainage easement

By: BethanySooner

BethanySooner — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:48:59 +0000

Thanks for the article Steve. Aside from the design issues, the placement of the building needs to be addressed. It appears that there is enough street frontage along Lincoln to be able to reorient the hotel to a more north/south position while bringing it closer to the street and putting the majority of the parking in the rear toward I-235.
Do you know what the setback rule is in the Bricktown design code and if there is the will to enforce it?
Also, I can’t tell from the rendering, but does this property go all the way north to Sheridan?
If they do this right I think it would be a great step toward not only continuing with infill, but also providing an eastern edge defined boundary for Bricktown.

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:57:35 +0000

I can’t decide whether the building or the parking lot in front of it is uglier. I guess it’s nice that the lower dark red is brick but that’s about the only thing I like about this design. Bricktown has plenty of reasonable hotels. We don’t need cheap hotels. There is land to the north, east and far west for those types of development, if we must have it somewhere.