Mid-Town Subs

[carltonplace]

Freese Architecture is the designer.  Therefore, it will probably end up being quite modern...

And yes, parking is not on the frontage of the building.

Cool

[Townsend]

Tulsa World reports River Parks Authority will spend $102k to repair Zink dam.

Per the World:

The River Parks Authority Board of Trustees voted Thursday to spend up to $102,140 to repair or replace six gate cylinders in the Zink Dam near 31st Street and Riverside Drive.

The dam includes three gates, only one of which is fully operable.

The repairs will be paid for with a $50,000 donation from AEP-PSO. The city of Tulsa has designated another $50,000 for the repairs in its proposed 2012 budget.

The remaining $2,140 will come out of River Parks' contingency fund.

Work on the repairs is expected to begin within a couple of weeks and will take between three and four months.

Officials said the cost of the project could increase if many of the cylinders need to be replaced.

Zink Dam was completed in the early 1980s. 

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20110609_11_0_RiverP959231

[ZYX]

Freese Architecture is the designer.  Therefore, it will probably end up being quite modern...

And yes, parking is not on the frontage of the building.

That's great news. Putting parking in the back will help continue the Cherry Street feel further north. I can't wait to see renderings. Any idea on the starting date?

Now if only the Long John Silver's and Whataburger weren't there. Then we could continue developing Cherry Street further east. This is why we really need a new zoning code implemented fast. We cannot afford to have our up and coming urban areas ruined with short-sighted suburban development.

[Kenosha]

MMMM.

What-a-Burger.

[rdj]

MMMM.

What-a-Burger.

I thought the same thing.

Also, don't slight A&W.  They share a space with Long John's!

[TheTed]

I know it's suburban style, but at least you can go get some post-bar Whataburger without driving. Their lobby stays open 24/7. I can't think of any other fast food joint like that. For Tulsa standards, I'd call it pedestrian friendly.

[OurTulsa]

Word on the streets is this is going to be a really nice contemporary building!  Two stories right up to Peoria - parking on the north and west side.  The modern Japanese restaurant (owner of Fuji but modern take) will have 9K of restaurant on the second floor.  Right now they're planning to put in about 7K of retail/commercial space on the ground floor.  The building's chamfered and oriented so that the restaurant views are maximized to downtown!  It's going to be top notch!  I wouldn't expect any construction until late-late summer at best if not well into the fall.  I did notice clearance sale signs in the windows as I walked by this evening.

This building will really help establish the Peoria Corridor between Cherry St. and the Pearl.     

[we vs us]

This building will really help establish the Peoria Corridor between Cherry St. and the Pearl.     

I really hope so.  Some of those old apartment buildings across Peoria from Whataburger are just awful.  Total pits.

[SXSW]

I really hope so.  Some of those old apartment buildings across Peoria from Whataburger are just awful.  Total pits.

They're beautiful 20's/30's era brick apartment buildings but need a facelift and one needs a new roof.  Those and a few of the buildings behind them on Quaker are still in bad shape.  Cherry Street has seen of lot of gentrification/new development but there are still some holes mixed in with the new/renovated.

[ZYX]

They're beautiful 20's/30's era brick apartment buildings but need a facelift and one needs a new roof.  Those and a few of the buildings behind them on Quaker are still in bad shape.  Cherry Street has seen of lot of gentrification/new development but there are still some holes mixed in with the new/renovated.

Those apartment buildings would be really cool if a developer would purchase them and renovate them. I really hope this could happen within the next two to three years. I just don't understand why they haven't been snagged up yet with all the development on Cherry Street.

[we vs us]

Those apartment buildings would be really cool if a developer would purchase them and renovate them. I really hope this could happen within the next two to three years. I just don't understand why they haven't been snagged up yet with all the development on Cherry Street.

Agreed.  I think they'd be fantastic gut rehabs, but you're right . . . why they're still sitting there slowly losing roofing tiles is beyond me.

[rdj]

My guess is you would have to put in some sort of fire suppression system & ADA enhancements.  Those items alone would have potential to make a rehab not make sense from an economic sense.

[Red Arrow]

My guess is you would have to put in some sort of fire suppression system & ADA enhancements.  Those items alone would have potential to make a rehab not make sense from an economic sense.

Fire suppression would not be inexpensive but my guess is ADA enhancements are a bigger stumbling block for something built in the 20s/30s.  Something relatively simple in new construction such as door widths could be a problem in older buildings.

[Conan71]

Fire suppression would not be inexpensive but my guess is ADA enhancements are a bigger stumbling block for something built in the 20s/30s.  Something relatively simple in new construction such as door widths could be a problem in older buildings.

Are there ADA requirements for residential construction?

[rdj]

If a building has more than four units it has to comply with ADA requirements under the Fair Housing Act.  There are some grandfathered aspects and I'm not an expert, but I know it has come into play with older apartment buildings in & around downtown/midtown.