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Stories filed under Then & Now from the classic okchistory.com collection.
Terry Taylor, a veteran downtowner and former assistant city planner, has shared these great photos showing the dramatic transformation of Broadway, now known as Automobile Alley. Believe or…
Buddy Johnson's recent essay on Ned's in MidTown inspired Dennis Church to update his "Then and Now" collection. Read more to see what this stretch looks like today.…
Today's then and now includes a newer photo I took - the one Dennis took was already pretty outdated - and that's a good thing.The three-story building at…
Dennis Church, forgive me, but this was another case of the "now" getting outdated. This restored landmark is yet another example of the preservationists Automobile Alley is blessed…
One of downtown Oklahoma City's greatest architectural triumphs sits next to something that... isn't. Thanks to an award-winning renovation in the 1990s that included the restoration of corridors,…
Today's then and now: The Calvary Baptist Church at 300 N Walnut, Deep Decue. This historic black church once turned down a young Martin Luther King Jr. down…
Until last year the Auto Hotel at 17 N Hudson was a pretty reliable money maker.The garage was built in 1929 next to the Black Hotel. It was…
The latest offering from Dennis Church's "Then and Now" collection - the former Federal Reserve Bank at 226 NW 10. To see what it looked like decades earlier,…
Yet another "then and now" from Dennis Church. This building is now part of the ongoing MidTown Renaissance project started by Greg Banta and being continued by Bob…
The Centennial may be long over, but Jack and I believe that Dennis Church's "then and now" photo collection should not be forgotten simply because it's now 2009.…