Originally Posted by ptownsnwbrdr

Well... For a lot of us this is our life, we live and work in this district/neighborhood. We are planners, architects, and Oklahoma City citizens making sure that the powers that be have the best interest of the district/neighborhood, its history, and future in mind. I think you may be misunderstanding some of the complaints people are having.

McDonald's in itself is fine to have in Bricktown as long as it is built to the standards for which the area demands. While the building itself is brick and fronts two streets it also retains a large parking lot and drive-thru which are counter-productive to the atmosphere Bricktown is trying to maintain (pedestrian friendly, human scale, dense). Had the business been part of a larger multi-story development with ground floor retail, I think a lot of the naysayers would be hard pressed to complain. But, that's not the case.

Now, with that I think as it (McDonald's) stands those two glaring problems could be omitted given time and density (parking lot and drive-thru could be demolished for more store frontage). The store would be accessed only by pedestrian traffic from neighboring bars, hotels, and tourist attractions.

While you may see it as complaining or having no life, we (complainers) want to ensure that Bricktown is developed right the first time and not have to go back and fix things because we were impatient.