Brookside: Upscale Apartment Complex Proposal

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I recall hearing about this several years ago and all these people were throwing hissy fits. What is the big freaking deal. Aren't these going to be high-end apartments? Didn't they tear down some fairly slummy looking apartments/houses? How is this detrimental to the neighborhood considering it sits basically right on a busy intersection at 41st & Peoria? Is it just the height?

I remember height being one of the major complaints.  I don't remember the other complaints or how significant they were.

[Townsend]

So I thought I saw this going strong a while back.  Are the buildings completed?

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So I thought I saw this going strong a while back.  Are the buildings completed?

No done.  But it's being built. Place looks huge.

[Gaspar]

Spent an hour at Whole Foods today delivering some product, and doing some shopping.

Watched some of the construction being completed on this "thing" they are calling an Upscale Apartment Complex.

Just my opinion. . .but I could see no redeeming design characteristics, just a giant cement garage attached to a flimsy, poorly finished tinderbox of apartments. Cheap windows, doors, siding, and overall design.  No variety or individuality, just reminded me of soviet era housing.

What a shame!

[nathanm]

Oddly, there is a significant subset of the population that prefers cookie cutter apartments and/or tract homes. There's nothing wrong with catering to those people as well as the smart ones.

[cannon_fodder]

It is a MUCh better design than 95% of the apartment complexes built in the metro over the last 15-20 years.  Solid building, not desperate units with wasted space.  Designed public areas inside and out. Masonry finish.  Curves.  Structured parking.

Not perfect, but better than most and better than what was there.

[sgrizzle]

No variety or individuality, just reminded me of soviet era housing.

It's an apartment complex...

[Conan71]

It's an apartment complex...

Rabbit hutch.

[Gaspar]

It is a MUCh better design than 95% of the apartment complexes built in the metro over the last 15-20 years.  Solid building, not desperate units with wasted space.  Designed public areas inside and out. Masonry finish.  Curves.  Structured parking.

Not perfect, but better than most and better than what was there.

I know space and parking was a factor in this design, but it is really butt-ugly, and they made the mistake of including shallow balconies, and shotgun internal hallways, which always leads to looking really bad (when folks put their bikes, grills and plastic WalMart chairs out there). 

Jut reminds me of the old Hardesty designs that still plague South Tulsa but are slowly being replaced by more upscale offerings.

Lets revisit this thread in about a year.