Petroleum & Petroleum Club Buildings

2 Downtown Obscurities Now that the Skirvin is a done deal, what’s next downtown? Doug Dawgz crystal balls don’t work but this post explores a couple of obscure downtown buildings, one of which is pretty ancient (1926-27), one less so (1957), but both...

Skirvin Hilton Grand Reopening

The events leading to this grand day have already been stated. Skirvin History, Skirvin Preview, and The Day Before. But, Monday, February 26, 2007, at Noon, is the day and time itself that downtown became itself, again! This post is largely eye candy and lots of it!...

Skirvin Hilton – The Day Before

By the time I finished working on this Skirvin “update”, I decided that it needed a new post, all by itself. This is written on Sunday, February 25, the day before the Skirvin reopens its doors to the world. For related posts, see Grand Reopening, Skirvin...

Skirvin Hilton Preview

Related Files: Skirvin History, Skirvin Hilton: The Day Before, and Grand Reopening. Edited Note on 2/23/2007: I got a really nice 2nd pre-opening visit today (Friday), courtesy again of Dan Mahoney, 3 days before the Monday Grand Opening! Click here to go to the new...

New Years 2006

This post should be called New Year’s 2006-2007, but I’ll know better next time! Lots of stuff going on in downtown OKC in December … such as … “Downtown In December” sponsored by Downtown OKC … … not the least of which...