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Major bullet dodged for OK after all. Maybe they can pivot and develop a better product and stage a comeback, but it might require a different CEO.

Tesla's wounds are self-inflicted.
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-learns-hard-lesson-go-anti-woke-go-broke-1851429030

Location(s) Being Reviewed: Downtown
Date/Time of Visit: 4/21/24 evening
Quality of Food (1-5): 4
Menu/Food Options (1-5): 4
Quality of Service (1-5): 5
Atmosphere (1-5): 4
Overall Rating (1-5): 4
Price ($-$$$$$): $$$
What makes this restaurant unique: Interesting southern fare, semi-comfort/semi-upscale.

Tell us about your experience: Tried out Isla's for the first time Sunday night. Had the shrimp and grits. It's not quite as spicy or as good as Nola's, but a very close second. I feel they need more volume to the grits, but the shrimp and sauce were very tasty. Bartender was great and made a nice bourbon and soda. Restaurant seems nice and was surprisingly busy. Most of the entrees are in the $20-$30 range. There are some good looking sandwich options just under $20.

I enjoyed it and will definitely be back at some point.

That's residential, right?

Didnt see any notice of rezoning so dont know... I thought that area had historical significance.

https://uhat.org/rfp-rfq/
https://uhat.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/240927-SCC-RFQ_ARCHITECT.pdf

It makes sense that this is going in on their existing land, but I was sorta hoping that they would be reusing some of promenade for it.

Absolutely crazy that they can axe so many jobs at once. Sounds to me like their entire venture in Texas with the Cyber Truck is a failure. Major bullet dodged for OK after all. Maybe they can pivot and develop a better product and stage a comeback, but it might require a different CEO.

Unfortunately Canoo doesn't seem to be faring much better...

It showed up for a while on 4/23/24 flying from near the fairgrounds north to Yale & Dawson where it orbited. Possibly going through familiarization flights. I wouldn't buy into any nefarious intentions as to why it doesn't show up all the time.  

Actually it was just the original designers' idea for it to be two 25-story towers that straddled Boston Ave. As the story goes, John Williams looked at the model, picked up one of the towers and stacked it on top of the other and said, "let's do it like this instead" (Or something along those lines). So I don't think it was about the extra expense, I think it was just that he wanted one really tall building instead of two shorter ones.

Yeah, I was just going off what I read. You are probably closer to the truth and I was going off urban legend on Wiki

As for the windy days, I don't think it will be that big of a deal. I've worked on the upper floors of the BOK Tower for 15+ years. The building most certainly sways in the wind... you can see it often because the blinds will gently sway back and forth... on really windy days you can see the water in the toilet bowls moving a bit. 

But in those ~15 years there has only been maybe 2-3 times that you could literally feel the building move; and it doesn't feel like you're on boat or something... it's just a very odd feeling... it's hard to describe really. I never felt sea-sick though, and I'm someone who will ALWAYS feel sea sick on a big boat.

I spent three months back in the mid 90's doing work in the tower on 43, 44 and 45 for Vintage petroleum, and noticed the slight movement from time to time. Before that in the 80's I worked for a courier company and spend a lot of time in several buildings downtown and where I noticed it most was in the freight elevator vestibules at the tower because you could hear the cables moving. The one building I seemed to notice it the most in is One Gas. It has according shaped panels in the expansion joints and you can hear them creak and kind of feel the movement.

My comment about the one for OKC was at the proposed height you would be way above Williams and even with the smaller profile the higher up the more movent that's noticeable. It was a tongue in cheek comment about need Dramamine.

I believe that also means the employee can tell the employer to take that job and shove it....at any time, with or without cause and with or without prior notice.

Usually does. I've had a couple of contract jobs that when the job was over, it was over and I understood that. I think since 1979 I've been fired from three or four jobs in my younger years, otherwise I always tried to leave on good terms. I've only walked off one job, and did it in somewhat spectacular fashion. After three days, two in a row, of showing up and being told there wasn't enough work and to go home, I mumbled "Why am I even here?" and the shift supervisor looked at me and asked "Do you know why I'm here?" I said something to the effect of "Yeah, one of your parents was too cheap to spend $0.50 at the truck stop." and left.

Tesla is an at will company, its written in the terms of employment agreement
 2. I understand and agree that, if I am offered a position, it will be offered on condition that my employment will be at will and for no definite period, and that my employment may be terminated, at any time, with or without cause and with or without prior notice.

I believe that also means the employee can tell the employer to take that job and shove it....at any time, with or without cause and with or without prior notice.

The building most certainly sways in the wind... you can see it often because the blinds will gently sway back and forth... on really windy days you can see the water in the toilet bowls moving a bit. 
But in those ~15 years there has only been maybe 2-3 times that you could literally feel the building move; and it doesn't feel like you're on boat or something... it's just a very odd feeling... it's hard to describe really. I never felt sea-sick though, and I'm someone who will ALWAYS feel sea sick on a big boat.

Better that it sways than breaks.