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...
Original article posted on July 20, 2006; major edit & update on April 9, 2010 This is my second post on North Lincoln Blvd. (the 1st being Beverly’s), and it’s about the Park-O-Tell, which one could subtitle, What? No wireless internet? Nope. Back in...
Edited 4/16/2008 to add the Midwest Building Jump to Tall Buildings Not Done Jump To Tall Buildings Which Might Be Done With last week’s announcement by Devon Energy Company, one might start thinking about Oklahoma City skyscrapers, “tall buildings”...
The re-opened Skirvin and the re-created Colcord Hotel have already been covered in other posts and are not further discussed here. Because of their singular importance to Oklahoma City history, each has it own post. Instead, this post explores OTHER downtown Oklahoma...
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!...
