Good follow-up article and blog note by Steve Lackmeyer:
Article:
Clock ticking on strategy for First National Tower | NewsOK.com ... the clock is ticking
Blog:
So What's the Deal? Read Tuesday's Main Street ... letter by John Hefner, Jr.
I don't know if it's the same barber shop mentioned, but here's a pic of the old 1st National Barber Shop ... I don't know when ... the image was provided to me by Norman Thompson ...
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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...larbershop.jpg
Here's the rendering provided by Milbank Real Estate showing the proposed Park Avenue Entry ...
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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...alestate01.jpg
The present "real" north entry is this, by the Hallmark shop ...
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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...laddition2.jpg
Superimposing the proposed entry over the present real entry would make the proposed entry something like this ...
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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...addition2a.jpg
It looks good enough, but it doesn't quite fall in the major news category, I think, and Mr. Hefner's concerns strike a chord with me.
There is a little more in my blog's 1st National update:
Doug Dawgz Blog: First National Center