After talking to the Boathouse District Foundation Director a few weeks ago I got the impression he was very impressed with that I was designing for the area. His major concern was my location and the feasibility of being able to build there with the railroad currently owning the property. He said it was do able and he liked it but it was at least a 20 year project just get obtain the property and move the rail lines. He proposed to me a secondary location for my project (a site he is looking to develop in the near future). It is currently the "Pull-a-Part" Salvage yard North of the River between the main N/S railroad tracks and the Chesapeake Boathouse. He said this new location is the missing piece between the boathouse district and the new Downtown Park system the City is building as part of MAPS 3. He also said they are looking at trying to introduce more commercial spaces in that area as well to help draw people into the boathouse district. He listed a restaurant and office space being two of the more critical spaces. He then went on and stated that from what he has seen on my blog thus far that this would be something he would be interested in submitting to the city of Oklahoma City. That posed somewhat of a problem for me in that do I keep working on my original site (which is quite a bit larger) or do I switch sites with the thinking that my Thesis project might help spark what type of facility will end up there. I went out after our meeting and walked down the north side of the river trails and looked around the site he proposed to see what all it possessed and if it would still work for what I was wanting to accomplish. I printed out the Google maps image and started sketching sight lines and such and what all would be needed to change with my original building in order to accommodate the new site. Everything seemed to work out I did not have to change my building or rearrange spaces on the new site (which was my main time concern) so I am pushing forward with the new site. Placing my facilities in this new location will also connect and give the Chesapeake Boathouse something interesting to look at since it will go right up to the west end of the trail directly across their little waterway connecting to Bricktown.
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Exterior Bike Storage- 230 units
Seating- 1,650 so I am looking at changing my capacity from 1,000 to 2,000 seat facility. Under "Seating" will be Restrooms (Men on left Women on right) and Concession Stand (center). Infield will be accessed from Basement Level by athletes only. Need stairs & elevator on exterior to access upper level retail Need stairs & elevator on interior to access upper level box seats and to access storage in basement. A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course often held on blocked-off city streets. The course is short, usually less than 5 km, and is a closed circuit, where riders complete multiple laps. Riders typically race for a given length of time, then complete a specified number of laps. An example would be a race of 60 minutes plus three laps. In addition to the typical method of determining a winner -- first rider across the finish line -- many crits have prizes that can be won while the race is in progress. Called primes (pronounced "preems"), these are given for winning specific laps along the way and are frequently cash prizes or merchandise. Criteriums are especially nice for watching in-person as the riders pass by a given point many times over the course of a race Races almost universally consist of many laps over a short course, ending when a time limit is reached rather than after a specific number of laps or certain distance; the canonical length for senior events is one hour. Generally each lap is around 1.5-2 m and is 90% rideable. Races run under UCI rules must have courses that are always at least 3 meters wide to encourage passing at any opportunity, however sections of singletrack are common for small races in the USA and Great Britain. A variety of terrain is typical, ranging from roads to paths with short steep climbs, off camber sections, lots of corners and, a defining feature, sections where the rider may need, or would be best advised to dismount and run while carrying the bike. Under-tire conditions include asphalt, hardpack dirt, grass, mud and sand. Less emphasis is put on negotiating rough or even rocky ground with more stress on increased speed and negotiating different types of technical challenges. Each section of the course typically lasts no longer than a handful of seconds. For example long climbs are avoided in favour of short, sharp inclines. Sections are generally linked together, or long straights broken up, with tight corners. This not only allows a standard length course to fit in a relatively small area, but also forces competitors to constantly change speed and effort. Accelerating out of corners, then having to decelerate for the next before accelerating again is a common theme. Obstacles that force a rider to dismount and run with their bike or to "bunny hop" include banks too steep to ride up, steps, sand pits and plank barriers. Besides the start/finish area, these obstacles may be placed anywhere on the course that the race director desires. Several race directors have tried to limit bunny hopping by placing barriers in pairs or in triple (although under UCI rule no more than two barriers can appear in succession), however this hasn't stopped some of the best bunny-hoppers from getting over them. The regulation height for a barrier is 40 cm although this is treated as a maximum at smaller events. Plank barriers seem to be more common in the US than in Europe and UCI regulations only permit one section of them on the course. There is plenty of room for argument in trying to define what is and is not a mountain bike trail. In an attempt to keep things simple, I'll define a mountain bike trail as an off-road, natural surfaced trail where the use of a fat tire bicycle has a substantial advantage over the use of a skinny tire bicycle. This isn't to say that you couldn't ride a skinny tire bike on a mountain bike trail, only that it would be far more difficult. Some characteristics of mountain bike trails would include hardpacked dirt, loose dirt, mud, sandy, or gravelly surfaces, protruding rocks and roots, uneven surfaces, steep hills, ledges, downed trees, water crossings, and narrow sections of trail. Because there is such a diversity of mountain bike trails, it may be simpler to state what is not a mountain bike trail. Paved bike pathssuch as asphalt trails or crushed stone surfaced trails (like rails-to-trails conversions) are generally not considered to be mountain bike trails since they are usually easily ridden with a skinny tire road or touring bike. Also found a PDF online on Partland, OR Trail Design Guidlines that I plan to follow Here are some examples of obstacles one would create/encounter to make riding in flatter areas more challenging |