Embassy Suites OKC NW

[Pete]

So are they ever going to put a logo up there or leave that spot blank?

There is a big logo on the west side:

[Pete]

They reopen on June 10th.

[Pete]

Just got a notice from the City that Independence is temporarily closed north of NW Expressway because "building material is detaching from the Embassy Suites".

That hotel opened in the 80s and it seems the weather has reached such an extreme that some of the panels are coming loose.

[LocoAko]

From https://twitter.com/AndyWKOCO/status...4426712133632:

[Bill Robertson]

Wow! That's not good.

[Pete]

Those look like big slabs of plywood (OSB) covered in EIFS.

Holy cow, one of those flying down could do a lot of damage.

[Mississippi Blues]

Any idea around what time this happened? My wife and I were up when the storm first arrived and then around 5:00 AM we heard what sounded like something fairly large fall over. We recently moved near 63rd and Independence and can see the Embassy Suites from our backyard, though it’s about half a mile or so to the SE of us. We’re much closer to a few towers near 63rd and Hefner Pkwy so I thought the noise might’ve been from one of those.

[stratosphere]

Wow!

[ManAboutTown]

Any idea around what time this happened? My wife and I were up when the storm first arrived and then around 5:00 AM we heard what sounded like something fairly large fall over. We recently moved near 63rd and Independence and can see the Embassy Suites from our backyard, though it’s about half a mile or so to the SE of us. We’re much closer to a few towers near 63rd and Hefner Pkwy so I thought the noise might’ve been from one of those.

I was at my GF's condo that night and heard the same thing you did. I assumed the noise came from Hefner Parkway but it may very well have been the Embassy Suites deconstructing!

[Bill Robertson]

Those look like big slabs of plywood (OSB) covered in EIFS.

Holy cow, one of those flying down could do a lot of damage.

That's exactly what I think. It looks like a 16x16 foot section that landed on Independence. That would do major damage to a car.

[Oski]

It's being painted in white, will look much better.