New shop opened this weekend next to Aurora.
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yeah but how are they paying rent with some shoes, shirts, and hats?
Tell me you're old without telling me you're old.
Right? The shop is actually a very pleasing place to walk into. It is not cluttered with throw-away inventory and your eyes can focus on the products the shop owner wants to highlight. I have no doubt this shop owner has a way of showing you everything you need with a tablet or telling you how to find them on your phone. We are at the beginning of a paradigm shift in shopping. We no longer want to walk into Dillards with a sea of overpriced lame styles.
The Blackwelder Cottages are now listed for pre-sale: https://www.redfin.com/OK/Oklahoma-C.../home/71749298
~2,000 sq ft for $460k
Then I guess we should just count on this being the new norm in Ten Penn. I understood it for Gatewood, but even 16th street has a 1.8 million dollar home on one side and boarded up vacant for years no lawn mowed, and trash everywhere, on the other side. I actually really like the idea of these smaller homes that are close together and community green space that is shareable with Neighbors. Just wish it was in my price range.
did the lips move?
There are certainly differences between renting and buying but I did want to defend this development in the sense that there are both somewhat affordable and very affordable apartments close by. As Pete pointed out, the Native Lands apartments across the street (owned/managed by the same developer) range from $550/month in the older building to $1000/month in the renovated building. And just a block away at NW 12 and Gatewood are the Gatewood Manor apartments, which are in rough shape but rent for $450/month. At least for the time being, this area is the very definition of a mix of income levels and affordability. Now whether those conditions will remain in place long-term I can't say.
soonerguru, Michael moved back to OKC a couple of years ago after a lot of years in the place you mention, the Cincinnati/northern Kentucky area. I’ve had a few conversations with him when running into him at shows, or at places like the Homeland on 18th haha.
You’re right about the rest of them (I think Steven may live in Edmond now, at least the last I heard) and also Matt Duckworth and Nicholas Ley (both drummers) are in OKC. Nick teaches at ACM@UCO. Derek Brown, who you mentioned, is also at ACM as the manager of their business development center. I had a business meeting with Derek just this past week.
I’m not sure where Jake Ingalls (Spaceface) lives,. He’s a Memphis guy, so he might be the lone exception.
These guys are still in OKC and every one of them contributes to the community in some way. We’re fortunate to have them.. And Wayne still lives in Classen-Ten-Penn. I doubt he’ll ever leave. He’s pretty deeply embedded, with a full studio on site among other things.
His across the street neighbor, Tyrone Meade of Chainsaw Kittens and Defenestration fame is in the process of moving back to China, however.
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