NW Corner of 23rd & Classen (Rainbow Records)

[onthestrip]

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[warreng88]

Work has started on the old Rainbow Records on the NW corner of 23rd and Classen. Looks like a building permit was pulling on Wednesday. Estimated construction cost is only $30,000 so I assume it is just to get the exterior up to date.

[OkieBerto]

Work has started on the old Rainbow Records on the NW corner of 23rd and Classen. Looks like a building permit was pulling on Wednesday. Estimated construction cost is only $30,000 so I assume it is just to get the exterior up to date.

Drove by on my way to work yesterday. They had taken down a lot of brick work and it looked like most of the wood was rotting. I am no construction person, but it didn't look to healthy to me.

[warreng88]

Drove by on my way to work yesterday. They had taken down a lot of brick work and it looked like most of the wood was rotting. I am no construction person, but it didn't look to healthy to me.

Yeah, it had been pretty rough for a while. One of the windows was boarded up but then one of the upper boards either fell or was taken down. It looks like that is getting repaired as well. Great timing with the weather coming tonight...

[OkieBerto]

This is quickly starting to look like a full demo. Half of the building has been torn down. Maybe they are finding lots of problems and are just deciding to rebuild it?

[TheTravellers]

This is quickly starting to look like a full demo. Half of the building has been torn down. Maybe they are finding lots of problems and are just deciding to rebuild it?

Hopefully they re-use the blond bricks!

[OkieBerto]

Hopefully they re-use the blond bricks!

It looks like they are keeping some of the bricks, but I am not sure.

[Canoe]

This is quickly starting to look like a full demo. Half of the building has been torn down. Maybe they are finding lots of problems and are just deciding to rebuild it?

It does seem like more than 30k worth of work.

[OkieBerto]

It does seem like more than 30k worth of work.

It might be a similar situation as Classen Circle. They probably got in there during the demo and realized that the bones were not up to snuff!

[Pete]

[warreng88]

Just a general question on this project and sort of pertains to the Classen Circle as well. When a developer gets into a project like this with the hopes of rehabbing the building and ends up having to pretty much demo parts of it, does anything else have to happen from a permitting/authority standpoint? Meaning, are they required to bring the city back out and reapply or do they just have to absorb the cost and build it back like it was when they first started work?

[fortpatches]

Looking back at the earlier images in the restoration plan on #72, it looks like only one wall was taken down that was not originally planned to be taken down. The roofs and the walls were already supposed to be taken down, with reusing the stone / bricks when rebuilding the new walls.

[OkieBerto]

Now that one of the walls has been taken down, you can see an old Piedmont Cigarettes ad Mural on the outside wall of the corner building.

Had never heard of that brand. Googled it and it looks like you got a baseball card with your purchase.

[CS_Mike]

Now that one of the walls has been taken down, you can see an old Piedmont Cigarettes ad Mural on the outside wall of the corner building.

Had never heard of that brand. Googled it and it looks like you got a baseball card with your purchase.

It was apparently one of 16 tobacco brands that distributed the famed T206 tobacco card set that included the iconic Honus Wagner that ranks among the most valuable cards of all time.

Additional tidbit: The T206 Honus Wagner card was only issued with the Piedmont 150, Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 25 and Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 30 backs.
https://allvintagecards.com/honus-wagner-t206/

[Pete]

Oh the good ol' days... Where heavy carcinogenics were marketed to children.

[yukong]

Did anyone get some pics of the old mural? I went by this morning to take photos and it has now been covered up.

[therhett17]

Billboard has been removed

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Surely the billboard coming down is temporary. My guess is that sign makes some good money at that location.

[Pete]

Surely the billboard coming down is temporary. My guess is that sign makes some good money at that location.

I believe so because in their plans, it specifically shows the sign staying.

[BB37]

Someone on the OKC Then And Now FB page snapped these shots of the Piedmont Mural:

[BB37]

Upload problems, sorry. Here’s another shot:

[BB37]

Duplicate, sorry.