Credit: Shannon Cornman City Public Works Director Eric Wenger and city Planning Director Russell Claus updated the Oklahoma City Council on the boulevard project at the body’s July 31 meeting. Wenger reviewed five areas of construction that will be built on the existing right of way of the old Interstate 40 crosstown. Funded by the […]
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Boulevard talk
Coordinated by city and ODOT officials, the meeting will address the planned downtown thoroughfare set to be completed in late 2014 on the existing right of way of the old Interstate 40 crosstown. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E. California Ave., said ODOT spokeswoman Brenda Perry. […]
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Being rational
The rotation program includes residents and businesses and remains in effect until further notice. Addresses with numbers ending in even numbers may water yards on even-numbered days, while residents with addresses ending in odd numbers may water on odd-numbered days. City officials previously had asked citizens to undertake voluntary conservation measures to prevent water pressure […]
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Have patients
Lisa Morrow credit: Jordan Ensminger It’s not because she isn’t happy. The 45-year-old woman has severe dental problems, but being unemployed and without medical or dental insurance, her best option is not to show her teeth. In the meantime, she endures agonizing pain and depression. “My grandkids, they’ll be like, ‘Grandma, what happened to your […]
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Term of art
Robbie Kienzle, the Planning Department’s former head of urban development, started in the new role last month. The post oversees public-art spending, which is required by a 2009 City Council-approved plan that sets aside 1 percent of construction expenses for public art. In addition, she will oversee the city Arts Commission, coordinate activities with local […]
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School days
In December 2010, the school board approved the new academic calendar. While it has the same number of school days as other districts, it trades a shorter summer break for longer breaks throughout the year. The last school year was OCPS’s first under the new calendar. While other schools begin during the second or third […]
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Street fight
Renderings of a proposed roundabout for the boulevard During a previous council meeting, some council members said they were unaware of plans that include an elevated bridge over the area near W. Reno Avenue, S. Classen Boulevard and S. Western Avenue. A citizens group, Friends for a Better Boulevard, wants the city and state Department […]
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Caged heat
Credit: Shannon Cornman The comments were part of a larger discussion among the council at its June 16 meeting about what to do with a $1.3 million surplus to the city budget and whether to put that money into expanded bus service, street maintenance, or the hiring of more police officers. Shadid questioned why there […]
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High and dry
The river was not there. Sometime overnight, one of the six 65,000-pound gates on the Brum Dam, located just west of S. Walker Avenue, fell. Subsequently, almost all of the water in the basin flowed downstream. Old tires, a strangely upright shopping cart and other debris sat in the semi-dry riverbed that had been reduced […]
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Central suitor
OCU officials said moving the law school into the historic structure on the 800 block of N. Robinson Avenue will put students and faculty closer to the law firms and courthouses downtown. Constructed in 1910, the old Central High building operated as a high school until 1968, when it became a junior high. In 1981, […]