Abundant Life building, whats really inside it?

[dbacks fan]

This picture from Fiend's collection interests me because I've seen it in other buildings in downtown, where the hang a drop ceiling from the original ceiling. The first time was either in the Kennedy Building or the Atlas Life Building. I was cabling a data network and stuck my head up through a ceiling tile and found that the old ornate ceiling and light fixtures where hidden behind it. It was sad to see the old stuff ignored.

[nathanm]

I was cabling a data network and stuck my head up through a ceiling tile and found that the old ornate ceiling and light fixtures where hidden behind it.

Having previously done a lot of work for nonprofits, who usually find themselves in ancient buildings thanks to low rents, I can't count the number of times I've seen that.

As far as the building goes, it is one of the few that I'm relatively ambivalent about. It would be nice if it could be saved and turned into something interesting for the neighborhood. Obviously, it couldn't be residential, but one could put a small market in the lower floors (although putting in new doors and windows would be a terrible nightmare) and add a rooftop restaurant or something.

It could make a great data center, had it not been left to rot completely unmaintained.

The main reason I'd like to see it remain is that it is unique.

[Townsend]

The current owner was not fined like the Tulsa Club building owner because he promised he was doing something with it...

Lookin' good

[Conan71]

Having previously done a lot of work for nonprofits,

I went broke owning a string of non-profit businesses.  No matter what I did, they were unprofitable.

[tulsabug]

I'd say it's gone from Abundant Life to Rotting Death.