Belle Isle

[RadicalModerate]

Belle Isle existed only in the memory of a Developer from Oklahoma who moved to California and then returned (to re-develop real estate that isn't appreciated in a proper manner. Thanks, again, Pete. I think you made a good choice and a wise decision.

[RadicalModerate]

I wish there was a place to pedal a bicycle--a trustworthy bicycle, well tuned--somewhere under the rainbow without the threat of earthquakes and tornadoes. Oklahoma probably registers two out of three. Which ain't a bad battin' average.

[mugofbeer]

An interesting article about Lon Cheney Jr. and the old Belle Isle park.

https://www.kgou.org/show/how-curiou...star?_amp=true

[Oski]

Found these on Beck Design website, what a huge miss for OKC.

[MagzOK]

oh wow, now that would have been awesome.

[Bellaboo]

When the druggies kept breaking in to the old power plant, and one of them fell to their death. It wasn't long afterwards it was torn down.

Not sure if that changed things though.

[mugofbeer]

What a cool apartment development it would have made. Smh

[chssooner]

Why is this only now finding its way out of moth balls? Almost like it was never even close to happening, and shouldn't be discussed, since it wasn't realistic.

[Mississippi Blues]

Why is this only now finding its way out of moth balls? Almost like it was never even close to happening, and shouldn't be discussed, since it wasn't realistic.

How have you been a member of OKCTalk since 2021 and not reconciled that like 43.862% of what’s talked about on here is unrealistic and not close to happening? Pooh-poohing over what sort of developments are okay to talk about on a talk forum with a heavy slant towards development is probably more vain than talking about 30-year-old farcical, discarded renderings.

[dcsooner]

How have you been a member of OKCTalk since 2021 and not reconciled that like 43.862% of what’s talked about on here is unrealistic and not close to happening? Pooh-poohing over what sort of developments are okay to talk about on a talk forum with a heavy slant towards development is probably more vain than talking about 30-year-old farcical, discarded renderings.

+100

[Midtowner]

When the druggies kept breaking in to the old power plant, and one of them fell to their death. It wasn't long afterwards it was torn down.

Not sure if that changed things though.

The kid that died was just a 12 year old girl. Not a "druggy" by any stretch. Just a trespassing teenager.

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...t/62403655007/

[Trip]

I can personally attest to the fact that more than a few students from the area private schools enjoyed climbing the smoke stack. The thought of what could have happened on such (and similar) excursions has kept the parental version of myself awake many a night. Ditto to painting the old train bridge that crossed Western by Flips.