Hugging Our SandRidge Buildings

Updated May 11, 2010, to name a few names and to give contact information if you want to send a letter or e-mail to the Board of Adjustment prior to the May 20 1:30 p.m. hearing

SandRidge Proposal — What Have We Got To Lose?

Updated May 5, 2010, to include new information All but one of the buildings identified above (#4 Braniff Building being the exception) is marked for demolition in the SandRidge proposal pending before the Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment (BOA) following the...

Appeal From SandRidge Decision By Preservation Oklahoma

Originally posted April 20, 2010; updated on April 21 to include profiles of the members of the Board of Adjustment. The April 8, 2010, decision by the Downtown Design Review Committee to approve SandRidge Energy Corporation’s campus plan has been appealed by...

Bye Bye Miss American Pie

I love you, SandRidge, maybe even you, too, Downtown Design Review Committee, but … but … but … (and with credit and respect to Don McLean) This article should be considered updated on April 20, after the April 19 appeal was filed. A thread at...

Compass Rose

By sometime in 2011, Oklahoma City will have a beautiful new sculpture to look at in Bicentennial Park east of the Civic Center Music Hall and easily viewable west of Walker. Click the photos in this article for a larger views. On Tuesday, March 30, 2010, the Oklahoma...