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  1. Thread: Omni Hotel

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    Re: Omni Hotel

    Not everything is going to be skyline defining. Sometimes you just need things to fill in the gaps. With the Boulevard Place apartments going in right next door to the Omni, I think the whole...
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    Re: Joe Exotic Neflix documentary

    I think you've got to make a distinction between being cruel to an animal and killing an animal. We kill animals all the time. Never been deer hunting? Never had a hamburger? To me it doesn't...
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    Re: Joe Exotic Neflix documentary

    This is amazing. Perfect viewing for people stuck at home right now.
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    Re: What Does Hoarding Say About Us?

    I don't think most people buy hand sanitizer at all. Not with any regularity anyway. You might have a half-empty bottle sitting around from 2012 or whenever, but most people don't buy it...
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    Re: What Does Hoarding Say About Us?

    Are people hoarding? Or do stores only carry enough toilet paper that they can sell in a few days?

    Suppose a normal family buys enough toilet paper to last them one month. And every month they...
  6. Thread: Hill, The

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    Re: Hill, The

    Positioned too close to I-35. The mystic aura of slow construction has enveloped it.
  7. Thread: Villa Teresa

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    Re: Villa Teresa

    Good development takes time, particularly when there are enough holes that low density development is still cost-effective.
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    Re: RIP Dimitrios Elias Smirlis of Coney Island....

    Oh, I was thinking of the old guy downtown. I haven't been to the Capitol Hill location.
  9. Thread: Left Frame Lofts

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    Re: Left Frame Lofts

    I'm not really talking about new construction downtown. What I'm saying is, you are probably going to get a lot more buyers for properties like the ones you mentioned than you are something like...
  10. Thread: Left Frame Lofts

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    Re: Left Frame Lofts

    There are only so many people in OKC who 1) want to live downtown, and 2) can afford a $500K+ condo/townhouse. Virtually all of the for-sale housing available downtown right now is in that price...
  11. Thread: Convention Center

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    Re: Convention Center

    I know it's very unlikely, but they're gonna have to replace those buildings at some point. As I understand it, those things were having huge maintenance issues even 20 years ago.

    The Cox Center...
  12. Thread: Convention Center

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    Re: Convention Center

    The city also needs to coordinate with the state government. At some point, the state office buildings next to the capitol are going to need to be replaced. If the redevelopment of the Cox Center...
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    Re: American Indian Cultural Center

    It's not going to get better for quite some time. It's probably at least 30 years away. At least.

    My dad grew up in that area, and my grandma lived over there until she passed away. I'm quite...
  14. Thread: Convention Center

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    Re: Convention Center

    Barring a major corporation moving their HQ into OKC, or a local company exploding and growing to Fortune 500/1000 levels, we've probably got enough office towers downtown for the foreseeable future...
  15. Thread: Omni Hotel

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    Re: Omni Hotel

    It doesn't prevent construction. It prevents public funds from being used to incentivize construction.
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    Re: OG&E Energy Center

    Personally, I would love to see a modified version of this as the future replacement of the Cox Center. But I think it would require a fairly hefty government subsidy and a visionary developer to...
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    Re: OG&E Energy Center

    I agree. This whole proposal is gorgeous, but I especially like the one on the right.

    Obviously it looks like we're overbuilt as far as office towers go right now. We've also got a lot of vacant...
  18. Thread: BancFirst Tower

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    Re: BancFirst Tower

    Never played Jenga? :)
  19. Thread: Left Frame Lofts

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    Re: Left Frame Lofts

    I think they hired the people who worked on I-35.
  20. Thread: Braum's

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    Re: Braum's

    Braum's biscuits are great.

    I love milk and I'm in my 40s. When I was a teenager I'd go through at least a gallon of whole milk every two days. I don't drink near as much now, but I'll go...
  21. Thread: Wheeler District

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    Re: Wheeler District

    A cheap apartment building in an existing middle class neighborhood will bring down home values. The perception is that apartments (particularly cheap apartments) bring in undesirable people who...
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    Re: Devon Energy Center

    https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/691/703/902.gif
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    Re: American Indian Cultural Center

    Good God, people will get pissed off over any stupid thing.
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    Re: Full list of proposed MAPS 4 projects

    People must be generally satisfied with MAPS 3. The streetcar seems like the most divisive aspect of it, but I think everybody liked the park. And the convention center and Omni hotel look really...
  25. Thread: Heartland HQ

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    Re: Heartland HQ

    It looks really nice in person.
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