Mesta Park 5

This continues the “Mesta Park Tour” starting at NW 21st and Olie and includes NW 21st and NW 22nd Streets, highlighted in the map below. A brief history of the Mesta Park area is in Part 1 of this series. Within the article, click on a main topic to move...

Stockyards City

“EAT MORE BEEF” … Edited 7/10/07 to add link to the full OHS article at the end in Additional Resources. … says Stockyards City (formerly known as Packingtown)! According to a May 8, 1994, Oklahoman article by Jon Denton, You know you’re...

Downtown Airpark

The Downtown Airpark, located a short distance from downtown, was born July 4, 1947, and died, as an airpark, on or about June 1, 2005. A map showing the location and another Google image showing the facility a few years back appear below. The pics below were taken on...

2007 Paseo Arts Festival

Supplementing my first Paseo post, the 31st Annual Paseo Arts Festival was a smashing success, despite mildly inclimate weather — temperatures were pleasant and only a mild sprinkling of mist was an inhibitor, perhaps more than “mist” before this...

Urban Neighbors

Urban Neighbors, a new “neighborhood association,” announced itself and unveiled its new logo at the Oklahoma City Council on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. According to its website, Urban Neighbors is an organization dedicated to fostering quality residential...