Sometimes Pictures Tell the Whole Story
Rainy and Cold Saturday Afternoon Downtown
Yes it’s cold and raining outside. Yes, I hear we’re all going to die from swine flu. Yes, we’re all broke. Yes, my entire profession is apparently going to be obsolete any minute.
Or maybe not. If you stay away from the television all day, an amazing thing happens: life is alirght. Things are good. I’ve [...]
Good Update on City Place Condos
Yes indeed friends, Roy Oliver really is building residential condos on the top floors of City Place. See the Richard Mize story here. Wouldn’t it be cool if the California owners of First National got the same idea for across the street?
New Convention Center: Discuss Amongst Yourselves
Breaking story today about study suggesting up to $400 million be spent to build a new convention center. More coverage in tomorrow’s paper. So what do you think? Should this be the centerpiece of a MAPS 3? If so, when should it hit the ballots? Or should we simply stick with what we’ve got?
Where would [...]
Angled Parking on Broadway
It looks like the postcard had it right. Jeff Speck, you now have proof that angled parking did indeed once exist along Broadway.
To Jeff Speck: Yes, Broadway Once Had Angled Parking
It was, I admit, a quick answer that might have even been tainted by a bit of ego. Visiting with author and consultant Jeff Speck last week during a dinner with members of ULI, the discussion turned to Broadway and how ridiculously wide it is.
Speck, author of “Suburban Nation,” has been hired by the city to prepare a plan on [...]
How Can Downtown Oklahoma City Help Main Street Cherokee?
Oklahoman Real Estate Editor Richard Mize has a great column today about James Cotter, owner of downtown Oklahoma City’s Chase Tower. While Mr. Cotter has made some significant efforts to do some braggin at Chase Tower by emblazoning the floor with his brand, he’s taken no such pride with some Main Street properties in the [...]
Starting Fresh: The Next Chapter on the Chamber Building
As mentioned here previously, Blair Humphreys has started an intriguing discussion about the proposed Greater Oklahoma City Chamber headquarters to be built at NW 4 and Broadway.
Here’s how he starts his latest entry:
Lets break free of what is clearly a flawed proposal and begin a process that looks for fresh solutions and ideas, producing a [...]
A Different Take On Tronox - Not A Sign of the Times…
I have nothing but the upmost respect for Darren Currin, who writes the square foot blog. (UPDATE: AS OF WEDNESDAY THIS POST ON HAS DISAPPEARED). But I’m not so sure he’s nailed things down with Tronox.
Tronox, first of all, is in chemicals, not energy, and is the world’s third-largest producer of whitening pigment titanium dioxide. And while the [...]
A Sad Prediction Comes True
On Jan. 6 I posted predictions for 2009, including the following:
At least one significant downtown employer will end up filing for bankruptcy.
Sadly, this one has come true.
