The rare detail in this specific print is that, on the building, you can spot a campaign sign for the late David Hood’s unsuccessful congressional bid in 1980. The inclusion of Hood’s sign was once a puzzling detail: “David who?” These days, it’s the name on the milk bottle that might inspire confusion: “Shouldn’t that […]
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Stay golden
“I really thought there would be a lot more bidders,” Box said, who purchased the building with an $800,000 bid. Former owner Irene Lam had owed Bank 7, the lender, more than $771,000 on the landmark structure. Box, no stranger to the area, has an ownership stake in several properties along N.W. 23rd, including the […]
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Patriot acts
Before the end of that nine-day standoff, Weaver’s wife and son would be killed along with a deputy U.S. marshal. And the repercussions of the siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, would help fuel the anti-government militia movement of the 1990s. Now, the nation and Oklahoma are seeing a resurgence of the so-called patriot movement beyond […]
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Exit Stage?
Built in 1970 by renowned architect John Johansen, the building at W. Sheridan and S. Hudson avenues has been empty since it sustained significant flooding damage in 2010. Afterward, the Arts Council of Oklahoma City transferred ownership of it to the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. Groups such as the Central Oklahoma Chapter of the American […]
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Earthy digs
Brad Gregg They’re pigs, after all, and just don’t know any better. Architecture students at the University of Oklahoma know that the sturdiest houses are made of earth. Five OU students and two professors recently won a $90,000 grant for merging architectural genius with environmental consciousness when they introduced compressed-earth block building technology. The grant […]
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Falling down
Falling chunks of limestone on the building’s southeast side have forced workers to set up scaffolding and fencing. That exterior damage, coupled with needed electrical wiring and plumbing repairs, has an estimated price tag of $130 million, according to state Department of Central Services officials. Gov. Mary Fallin, for one, has floated the idea of […]
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Thick as a brick
MAPS 3 provided a spectacular new John Marshall High School building and an equally impressive new U.S. Grant High School building, but one school had news-making student discipline problems when it opened and the other school had teacher problems. Millions of MAPS money is being spent on the Classen School of Advanced Studies building, a […]
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‘Dysfunction’ junction
I found Clifton Adcock’s article “Art suspension” (March 16, Gazette) particularly enlightening. The supersized farming discs erected on the front lawn of the newly christened Office of State Finance (OSF) building intrigue me and concerned me a bit. Being a 22-year veteran of hazard mitigation, I look at man-made structures in terms of how they […]
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Talk amongst yourselves
“Conversations are the building block of relationships,” said Kuzmeski, Red Zone Marketing founder. “Without it, we form relationships that are devoid of substance.” She said conversation is an art that: • puts quality of ahead of speed; • is the only way to “see” what someone is saying; • creates opportunities; • allows you to […]