Better Block OKC a 'coming out party' for Millennial Generation in Oklahoma City
In his column OKC Central, business writer Steve Lackmeyer notes how Better Block OKC was a creation of Oklahoma City's up-and-coming Millennial Generation.
If one were to assign generations to the wave of changes hitting downtown Oklahoma City the past two decades, one might say that the original Metropolitan Area Projects plan was a last-ditch effort by younger Baby Boomers (1946 to 1964) to set things right after their older peers struggled with stagnation throughout the 1980s.
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One might also argue that Generation X (1965 to 1981) helped sweep in the next major initiatives — most notably the arrival of the NBA, the revival of the Oklahoma River and also created a demand for housing downtown.
The Millennial Generation (1982 to 2000) of twentysomethings, meanwhile, may have had its own coming out party Friday and Saturday with the successful launching of Better Block OKC.
The two-day event started Friday night with the opening of pop-up shops — a bookstore, florist, farmer's market and art gallery — along with sidewalk dining, street entertainment and a dog park. The single block of NW 7 between Hudson and Walker Avenues was transformed from a relatively sleepy stretch of empty storefronts anchored only by Ludivine restaurant and bar and Cadence Yoga into what was, temporarily, one of the city's liveliest streets.
The experiment also included a re-striping of the street to show how back-in angled parking can be implemented downtown, curb cuts for extended seating areas from the sidewalk, and vertical gardens. Major vendors like Pelco supplied street lighting and furniture while Charter Oak Landscape and Tree Farm supplied street trees and plantings.
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