Wheeler District

[Pete]

I had previously proposed that the co-op area be razed and made ready for a stadium or higher and better use, but many on this site seemed to want to save it through adaptive reuse.

I've always thought it was an eyesore and that it leaves a bad impression of OKC and was surprised that so many felt differently.

However, I can certainly understand the hesitation to tear anything down after the massive mistakes the city made in the 60's and 70's.

[brianinok]

That looks like a great master plan. I just hope that at least some of it get implemented, and it all doesn't get hokey-ed up.

[BG918]

I will be anxious to see a master plan for the downtown boulevard that will replace I-40. This is a tremendous opportunity for the city to create a high traffic artery through downtown that is also very urban in scale with lanes on each side dedicated to on-street parking, extensive landscaping, wide sidewalks, and numerous retail businesses. It already will have the theater along it and the Ford Center as well, there could be a lot of infill in between those two and beyond towards the derelict lower end of the Arts District.