Aug 17, 2019
First National Center Unique Facts: 445.86 feet (135.9 meters) ground to roof. 493.11 feet (150.3 meters) ground to spire. Background: By 1930, Oklahoma City had experienced two periods of remarkable downtown vertical development, the early 1910s and the 1920s. 1910...
May 10, 2018
Retro Metro OKC is dedicated to educating the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of Oklahoma City. Featured Collections First National Center CollectionPhotographic...
Jul 8, 2013
Was a convention hotel mentioned as a part of the MAPS 3 campaign? Part of the June 11, 2013, City Council discussion focused on that question during a presentation by the Alliance for Oklahoma City Economic Development. A truncated version of the discussion, focusing...
May 9, 2012
This article was originally posted on February 29, 2012, in very preliminary form and it has taken me until May 9 to finish it. It is VERY long (about 69 pages if you can print it without the left pane and top banner) but it is bookmarked so that you can move quickly...
Apr 26, 2011
The original post was on April 23. This April 26 post updates the matters involved through the 4/26/2001 city council meeting. The proposed contract between Oklahoma City and various trusts and the Alliance for Economic Development of Oklahoma City, Inc., will be on...
