Some neighbors are also pushing back on two new restaurants planned for 23rd Street that they say could cause traffic issues on the residential streets close to the growing commercial district north of downtown. “We are all for responsible development, but we cannot live somewhere that [has] constant late-night noise and can’t take the loss […]
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Anglers
Weather permitting, city workers plan to re-stripe the street over one weekend this month, adding at least 20 new parking spaces along N. Broadway Avenue between NW Fifth and 10th streets. A second phase will add angled parking to NW Seventh, Eighth and Ninth streets that jut off of Broadway Avenue. Business owners and others […]
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Up and coming
With The Rise project in full swing, Russell, president and chief executive officer of Land Run Commercial Real Estate Advisors, is confident the mix of upscale restaurants, bars and retail stores will restore the Uptown area to its former glory days when NW 23rd Street was a hub of OKC commerce and traffic. “In part, […]
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Parking avenues
Rendering of a planned parking garage near City Hall More companies — large and small — have made downtown their home, bringing thousands of new employees to the area. Upscale housing has been constructed, streets have been repaired and once-abandoned buildings have been remodeled. At the same time, people throughout the metro make frequent treks […]
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Sun and shade
Russ Goering, OKC VAMC facility energy engineer, said construction began last year after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $56.7 million in contracts to VA medical centers in five sunny states, including Oklahoma. “The system is robust and about 300 by 200 feet in size,” Goering said. “[It] provides double benefits because our veterans […]
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Parked plans
Property owners, First National Building I and First National Building II, appear to have received an extension on the Aug. 28 deadline to pay the remainder of a $12 million settlement to lender Capmark Bank, thus preventing the complex from going into receivership. Calls to Milbank Real Estate Group, the property management company for the […]
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Packed parking
On quiet nights, 12 to 18 of the 31 residential parking spaces are occupied with cars belonging to the residents. On Cafe Nova party nights, all 31 spaces are full before 8 p.m. Residents who come home after the party starts end up forced to park halfway to Shartel. N.W. 42nd west of Western suffers […]
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Parking plight
Credit: Shannon Cornman Since at least May, some business owners along the section of Western between N.W. 40th and N.W. 50th streets have protested against an alcoholic beverage permit in buildings formerly occupied by Fruiti Yogurt and Sipango Lounge. The issue also involves Cafe Nova, which sits across the street from the forthcoming restaurant, Cork […]
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Parking info
N.E. 3RD STREET N.E. 3rd Street between E.K. Gaylord and Walnut Avenue closes at 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma Avenue between N.E. 4th Street and N.E. 2nd Street closes at 2:00 p.m. BROADWAYBroadway between 2nd (Kerr) and 10th Street closes at 6 p.m. Braodway crossings at 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Streets close at 6 p.m. […]
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Back it up
WHY REVERSE?Reverse-angle parking — also called back-in angle — is a concept new to the metro, but it’s an idea proponents say would make parking safer. “Looking at best practices for integrating parking with other functions of the street — particularly walkability and also bike lanes — front-in angle parking … is often really dangerous,” […]