Counter-Steinbeck?

[patric]

"Oklahoma City's makeover began with civic humiliation. The state capital went all out to win a huge United Airlines' maintenance facility in 1991; voters even approved a 1-cent sales tax to finance a building for United. But the airline rejected Oklahoma City's bid and picked Indianapolis instead. City elders asked United why they'd come up short. The answer, current Mayor Mick Cornett says, was hard to hear: United executives couldn't imagine forcing their people to live in such a dull, run-down city."

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-10-12-oklahoma12_CV_N.htm

[Conan71]

Well, it's not run down, but it's still a little dull.

[Hoss]

Well, it's not run down, but it's still a little dull.

A little?

[Conan71]

A little?

I'm trying not to conjure up Laramie 

[Townsend]

Devon Tower as of the 8th of this month.

It's a noticable change to the skyline already.

[Conan71]

FMC and I did a slow ride down both sides of the Oklahoma river trail on Sunday.  Incredibly under-utilized.  I was really shocked at how little use it gets any time I'm down there as compared to Tulsa's River Parks.

[swake]

Well, it's not run down, but it's still a little dull.

Outside of Bricktown where do you get that it's not run down?

[Conan71]

Outside of Bricktown where do you get that it's not run down?

Chinatown, Paseo, central downtown, Nichols Hills, PHF research park (and the whole medical complex) Lake Heffner area, the area between downtown and the stockyards south of I-40 is getting re-made.  Boathouse row is a majorly good urban renewal project.  It was great to see that little neighborhood of shacks replaced with the Devon boathouse area this weekend.

Slowly, but surely they are improving the area.

[waterboy]

I visited my son and his wife last week in OKC. They live in Edgemere. Had to go through Paseo and an area I think was called Heritage. The Gaylord museum sits at its edge. All very nice old hoods. Some developing, some already gentrified. The Gaylord area matches anything we have here in Maple Ridge. The Boathouse is awesome from the highway. The Oklahoma river looks lonesome.

The city certainly has a lot to offer a prospective company now that Devon and Chesapeake have made such committments to it. Interestingly, I never saw any of the crazies walking the street there that I routinely see walking in midtown here.

[carltonplace]

Went to the MUSE concert last weekend, the city is looking better. The Colcord and the Skirvan are both open for business and nicely reburbished...much like the Ambassador and the Mayo.

Aside from MUSE the FORD center is hosting a bunch of crap in my opinion: Nickleback, Bieber, Dunham, TSO...blech.