News
Clifton Adcock
Three finalists are emerging as possible downtown locations for the future centerpiece of public transportation in Oklahoma City.
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Core to Shore
Hub hookup
A public transit centerpiece creeps toward reality as planners select three possible sites
News
Clifton Adcock
Three finalists are emerging as possible downtown locations for the future centerpiece of public transportation in Oklahoma City.
Grand proposal
Can the Oklahoma City Council commit? Next week it might take the plunge by adopting a MAPS 3 timeline.
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News
Clifton Adcock
Two major issues of the MAPS 3 program are likely to come up for approval at the July 5 Oklahoma City Council meeting: a proposed project timeline and a proposed site for the future convention center.
$30 million question
Will the substation transfer be included in the MAPS 3 convention center budget now that the location is changing?
News
Clifton Adcock
Preliminary cost estimates are out for all eight of the MAPS 3 projects, and the question of an OGE substation being moved using $30 million from the $280 million for the convention center funds came to a head during recent MAPS 3 oversight meetings.
Walk the line
MAPS 3 park subcommittee members are concerned the convention center will impede walkability.
News
Clifton Adcock
Members of the MAPS 3 park subcommittee raised concerns at its Aug. 24 meeting about the proposed location of the MAPS 3 convention center.
Alley oops
Letters to the Editor
John W. Hilmes
Let me see if I understand this (News, Clifton Adcock, “Walk the line,” Aug. 31, Gazette): MAPS 3 park subcommittee member Michelle Martin-Coyne, the wife of The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, wants to walk from Flaming Lips Alley to the proposed (Mick Cornett/ Larry Nichols park) Core to Shore park and the new convention center is in her way?
Core issues
Comments in a Core to Shore study rankle some on the MAPS 3 streetcar panel.
News
Clifton Adcock
Oklahoma City’s 6-year-old plan to develop land between downtown and the Oklahoma River, the Core to Shore plan, is still relevant — it just needs a little tweaking, according to a recent review of it.
Redundant or relevant?
Consultants review Core to Shore in the context of MAPS 3, while a city councilman questions the study.
News
Clifton Adcock
Oklahoma City Council last week approved a review of the six-year-old Core to Shore plan to develop the area between downtown and the Oklahoma River.
More for Core for Shore
OKC officials push to revise the Core to Shore plan to encompass land for the planned MAPS 3 convention center.
News
Clifton Adcock
The city is seeking to expand the boundaries of an urban renewal plan aimed at fighting urban blight in order to obtain property for the proposed MAPS 3 convention center.
