Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Kelley Chambers
Movin’ on up
Renovation of the Chesapeake Energy Arena edges closer to completion.
News
Kelley Chambers
Big changes are in store for the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Even the front door is being moved, shifting from the north side to the southwest side.
Living with character
Downtown developers hope to foster community with a thoughtfully planned residential component.
News
Kelley Chambers
Few things could bring life to a stretch of road in an otherwise sleepy corner of downtown like a new apartment complex housing hundreds of residents. With construction on Level near completion, Richard McKown, the project’s developer, is finding that with 125 residents moved in and more on the way, N.E. Second Street is starting to wake up at night.
Bare necessities
Oklahoma nudists find community and liberation at a secluded resort.
Features
Kelley Chambers
Oaklake Trails Naturist Park offers the sort of outdoor recreational and resort amenities as any retreat worth its salt.
Out of the box
The Regional Food Bank collaborated with a local chef to craft convenient stovetop meals.
News
Kelley Chambers
In an episode of The Simpsons, Marge Simpson prays to God that if the town is spared from an impending nuclear meltdown, then the next time a food drive comes along, she will give the poor something they’d actually like to eat, and not just old cans of lima beans and pumpkin mix.
Lease on life
With past lives as a car dealership and tavern, a historic Midtown building makes a comeback.
News
Kelley Chambers
George Washington never slept there, Elvis never left the building, or even entered for that matter, and it’s definitely not the House that Ruth Built.
Fueling station
A meal with a view is available at the restaurants housed in Devon Energy’s new world headquarters.
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Kelley Chambers
Want to dine at the top of Devon Energy Corp.’s new tower but you don’t work for Devon or have a friend on the board? No problem, the company says.
‘Moldy Manor’ no more
An Art Deco fourplex gets a new owner after decades of neglect.
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Kelley Chambers
A Crown Heights property that languished for years — and was referred to by neighbors as the “Moldy Manor” — stands as a reminder that even in a historic preservation district there can always be a black sheep. But it’s not as if the Art Deco fourplex on the southwest corner of Olie Avenue and N.W. 37th Street was an ugly duckling; it was quite the opposite in its day, although it sat rotting for decades.
Devon celebrates topping out tower
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Kelley Chambers
The Devon tower finally looks like the Devon tower. While still several months from completion, the steel frame of the building is in place – all the way to the top. Windows climb more than three-fourths of the way up the tower.
Red Hot Chili Peppers — I'm with You
Rock
Kelley Chambers
For some of us, “I'm With You
,” the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 10th studio
album, is a long-awaited and welcome project that very likely could
never have happened. To others, it didn’t need to happen, and is simply
more of the same from a group that should have hung things up 10 years
ago and spent their time preening courtside at L.A. Lakers games and
basking in their own fame.
Chesapeake secures arena naming rights
Thunder to play in 'Chesapeake Energy Arena' for the next 12 years
Urban instruction
A site has been selected for a downtown elementary, which some hope will be established as a charter school.
News
Kelley Chambers
Despite sentimental attachments, a 1910 school building in downtown Oklahoma City will not be the home of a planned elementary school, although one will be built.
From the ground up
Crews race to finish the Myriad Botanical Gardens in time for the Festival of the Arts.
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Kelley Chambers
Most everyone who walks or drives near the intersection of Sheridan and Hudson avenues can’t help but look up, and keep looking up.
Little Flower Church copes with the relocation of Interstate 40
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Kelley Chambers
The Little Flower Church building in south Oklahoma City, completed in 1926, maintains its original splendor complete with a two-story ornate altar in the sanctuary.
Three 5th Congressional District candidates cover issues from job creation to legalizing drugs
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Kelley Chambers
Republican James Lankford, Democrat Billy Coyle and independent Clark Duffe are talking about escalating spending by the federal government and the need for job creation.
The Oklahoma City Council is hiring a consultant to help determine the new convention center's location
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Kelley Chambers
The city of Oklahoma City plans to have that person in place by the end of the year.
