Re: Developers propose hotel in Oklahoma City's Bricktown area
Have they already started construction??
The building itself is okay, fine for that part of Bricktown by the highway. But the site plan is BAD. You would think developers would realize you want the building up to the street and not behind a big parking lot, especially at this location. The building should be at the corner of Reno and Lincoln running north-south along Lincoln and parking on the eastside abutting I-235. That way one side of rooms has downtown views and you create a more urban intersection at two of city's main roads: Reno and Lincoln. I do hope there is still time to change this...
If I was on the Bricktown Urban Design committee I would just laugh at all these proposals, so maybe it's a good thing I'm not (or is it?). I'm no expert but I know what good urban design is and these proposals are not good urban design.
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