DIY Downtown Business...

[dayzella]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

What about the donut shop at 427 S Boston? I think it's a Paradise Donuts.

Jeez, I had no idea.  Does it have a street presence?  Or am I just blind?

How about if the coney island dogs place moves out of the decrepit motel across from the bus station and over to the drive thru bank, and that whole building gets razed for something less terrifying to tourists?

[carltonplace]

the coney island hotel has potential to be something special if it were fixed up to embrace its fifties cheesiness. Install neon, paint in muted pastels etc.

[tulsa1603]

quote:Originally posted by carltonplace

the coney island hotel has potential to be something special if it were fixed up to embrace its fifties cheesiness. Install neon, paint in muted pastels etc.

I was in Pensacola, FL last weekend visiting family, and there is a hotel there that is being remodeled to be just that!  Same style, but they've painted the brick light gray and the doors are neon colors.  I can't remember the name and i didn't take pics... I"ll try to do some research on it and see if I can't find some.  And this wasn't even in a nice part of town like downtown.  I think if someone did that to the coney island downtown, and charged reasonable rates, that place woudl constantly be booked with people from out of town going to concerts and such at the BOK.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by Red Arrow

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

People like to dress up, socialize, people watch, have a drink and have fun and its rare to have a place and time where you can really do that here.  

I know I'm a minority in this respect but I never really have liked getting dressed up.  Something like Dockers and a button down shirt with a collar is about as fancy as I like to get.  The rest is fun.

I hear ya. I have a friend who wears "nice" all day at work and cant wait to get home and into something less formal. I on the other hand spend my days covered in paint and grime, and in the summer mostly wear shorts and sandals. So when fall hits and or I get a chance to go out and dress up I enjoy it. Nice to play the "classy/preppy living in a city" thing and not always look like something that just staggered out of the hills.[]

[EricP]

Hey Artist... do you know who did the huge mural on the side of Dirty's? (At least I think it's Dirty's caddy-corner from 1974.)

I think it adds a ton of character to the sometimes neglected bricks of these old downtown buildings. A few more things like that downtown would brighten and spice it up nicely. I wonder if we could get someone to commission some more goodies in honor of Mayfest next year?

[RecycleMichael]

I like to dress up. It is probably because I work in the trash business. I don't have many fine manners or anything to match my fancy duds, though.

I am training my kids for this fine life, however. It is hard. My son is only the third generation of my family to regularly wear shoes.

[jne]

Bottom level used to be a Walgreen's in the 50's and I believe was another drug store before that.

What's here now?  Sure would be nice to see one of these downtown again...

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[Michael71]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by DScott28604


Why is there not a Senate/House committee whose full charge is to bring our liquor laws out of the 1800s?!

Many people don't have a problem with them as they are.

We have dug ourselves in a hole.  If we tried to get the liquor laws changed, we would see alot of opposition from current liquor store owners.  If we started selling in the grocery stores...alot of the little guys would go out of business.

Currently with our laws, you can only own one (there's ways around it)...if we let corp come in & open multiples...the same would happen

[buzz words]

quote:Originally posted by Gaspar

Simple.  
Cheesecake Factory needs to move downtown.

71st is the wrong market for them.  It was a poor decision.  Woodland Hills is no Plaza.

Their receipts are dismal.

Moving near the BOK and presenting a fantastic facade like they do in other markets will be a boom for them.

If they are wise, they will cut bait and do so soon, or abandon this market.

"Their receipts are dismal."

The Factory opened Aug. 26, 2007 and hit 1 million in just bakery sales in December 2007.
How often on the weekend do you go by there and they are not the busiest restaurant?  I wish that I could create something like what they have.[]

[Double A]

I wish Loveras would open up a location in Tulsa with fresh Sausage and caciocavallo made on site, maybe in the Mckee sewing center building at 15th and Atlanta.

[tulsa1603]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

I wish Loveras would open up a location in Tulsa with fresh Sausage and caciocavallo made on site, maybe in the Mckee sewing center building at 15th and Atlanta.

I know someone who was interested in buying that McKee building - according to him, the owners own the entire strip there along 15th including Brothers Houligan, and they want to sell the entire strip together - they aren't interested in splitting it up - kind of a shame, seems like that would make it harder to sell.  I'd love to see more restaurants on this end of 15th.

[joiei]

quote:Originally posted by Double A

I wish Loveras would open up a location in Tulsa with fresh Sausage and caciocavallo made on site, maybe in the Mckee sewing center building at 15th and Atlanta.

Me too, I would encourage them to think about it.

[Michael71]

Eatzi's (from Dallas) would be a great addition to Tulsa.

[we vs us]

On the corner of 4th and Elgin, there's a two story building with seafoam green tiles, vintage upper story windows that louvre out, and a strangely inviting street presence (hit "streetview" on the google map to check out a pic).  There're even some cool garage doors around the side. It looks abandoned, but would make a really fantastic gym.  It's the building that the Powerhouse guys should've looked into after being so unceremoniously dumped by the Presbyterians.

Granted, the place needs some work, but there's a ton of square footage, and undoubtedly -- especially if it was a garage, as it seems -- there'd be a lot of empty space for the weight machines.

[EricP]

quote:Originally posted by we vs us

On the corner of 4th and Elgin, there's a two story building with seafoam green tiles, vintage upper story windows that louvre out, and a strangely inviting street presence (hit "streetview" on the google map to check out a pic).  There're even some cool garage doors around the side. It looks abandoned, but would make a really fantastic gym.  It's the building that the Powerhouse guys should've looked into after being so unceremoniously dumped by the Presbyterians.

Granted, the place needs some work, but there's a ton of square footage, and undoubtedly -- especially if it was a garage, as it seems -- there'd be a lot of empty space for the weight machines.

I am not 100% sure that is abandoned.. but I think it is the old Riverside Chevrolet if the ghost of the sign on the bricks serves my eyes right It had some of its nice metal fascia damaged when some storms blew through last year and they just snipped the twisted portion off and now one of the corners is exposed brick