I.M. Pei – Videos
A Tale of Two Cities:
This film was created by the Urban Action Foundation, a non-profit organized to promote I.M. Pei’s vision for recreating downtown Oklahoma City. Take a good look at the future downtown – it’s a vision created through the use of a fish-eye lens that captured the finest details of Pei’s model of what downtown Oklahoma City would look like in 1989 – the city’s 100th anniversary.
State Theater and Hotel Roberts Demolition:
1976 Implosion of the Mercantile Building
Growing with Pride
The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber produces a video intended to answer criticism of the ongoing implementation of the Pei Plan.
Born Again:
Questions emerge about the legacy of urban renewal efforts throughout the state:
John M. Johansen: Mummers Theater:
A look at the legacy of architect John JOhansen and Mummers Theater, one of the most recognized and debated additions to downtown OKC under the I.M. Pei Plan.
Paradise on the Prairie:
OKC is at a crossroads as the Pei Plan stalls out.
I.M. Pei Revisited, a look at how the I.M. Pei model was brought out of storage and repaired:
More on the restoration of the I.M. Pei model:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwrd_07GUCA