Downtown Living Tour - Part 2

Before I show you the next stop on our downtown living tour, I wanted to add a couple more tidbits to my discussion from the last post. First, reader CGHill (a quite well-known Oklahoma blogger and long-time Oklahoma City resident) pointed out something quite interesting about the Block 42 development:

Did you notice that there are exactly 42 units?

No, I hadn’t noticed that. But, that’s just plain cool! I love it when people go to that much detail when creating something. It shows that there was more thought put into a project than just simply designing a nice building. It’s something I try to do with my creative projects, adding a subtext to the main subject to make it a little more interesting.

Also, in the picture below, sitting high above the Block 42 sign, you’ll see the large penthouse at the top of that section of the development. We were told by one of the tour guides that this unit was bought by a Tulsa businessman, who paid more than $1 million — how much more wasn’t known by that particular guide. It was a secondary home for him. Unfortunately, that penthouse wasn’t available for viewing. Judging from the exterior, the views have to be fantastic, and based on the purchase price, I’m betting that it’s decked out pretty nicely as well.

Incidently, in this picture you can see the penthouse that we did tour and that I highlighted in the last post. It sits at the top of the rectangular section in the corner of the development (left of center in the photo) that stands taller than the other units on either side of it.

Now, continuing on our tour, the second place I wanted to show you was also part of the Block 42 development. This unit was a townhouse with three levels. On the ground level (which I don’t have pictures of — I don’t know what I was thinking), there was a small room that could be a sitting area, office or spare bedroom situated next to the front door; a hallway led to some storage space (and possibly another room — I simply don’t remember many details of that level for some reason) as well as to the unit’s two-car garage.

A stairway (which were pretty darn narrow and made us wonder how you would get furniture up those stairs) led to the second level, which housed the living area and the kitchen/dining area.

A glass door off the living area opens up to a decent-sized balcony that you could easily put some chairs out on to enjoy a nice Oklahoma day like the day we toured the place.

From the doorway of the balcony, you can see back into the living area and the kitchen/dining area at the back of the long and narrow floor plan as well as the stairway to the third level.

The photo below shows the view from the dining area looking toward the living area and balcony. The kitchen is just behind me. There were people standing in that area, so I couldn’t shoot from there to show the whole thing. The furniture they had in this townhouse was pretty modern and cool. I certainly could live with it. They had some pretty nice artwork as well.

The stairway leading up to the third level offered another nice view of the living area and balcony.

The third level houses the master suite as well as this sitting area and a very spacious balcony, which you can see the door to it on the far left of the picture.

Looking from the corner of the master bedroom, you can see the balcony on the far left as well as the decent-sized master bathroom. This unit’s master bedroom has a nice view of downtown, similar to the penthouse we really liked.

This photo gives you a better idea of the view out of the master bedroom window.

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I would have no problem living in this townhome. Interestingly, though, it was more pricey than the penthouse, and yet it didn’t seem as roomy. Even if money weren’t a concern, I’m not sure that I would pay the asking price to live in this place, even though I liked it. But, if someone simply gave it to me, I wouldn’t turn them down!

Of all the places we looked at, this was our third favorite. In the next part, I show you our second favorite place.