Soon, larger sidewalks, traffic-slowing medians, bicycle parking and trees will improve safety community use of the area.
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Local group plans multi-generational cohousing community
Finding a deeper sense of community is a popular concept today as urban living continues to grow in popularity and younger residents seek housing that encourages neighborly interaction.
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Neighborhood businesses, including Tower Theatre, are on upswing
Few things excite the locals more than the promise of what the future holds.
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PODCAST: New theater owners talk development in OKC
The new owners of the Tower Theatre join us to talk development in Uptown 23rd Street and across the city.
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Oklahoma City might be more than a decade away from having a truly regional public transportation system, but it’s also already well down the road toward creating one.
Oklahoma City might be more than a decade away from having a truly regional public transportation system, but it’s also already well down the road toward creating one.
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Group continues effort to reverse course of downtown boulevard
A controversial plan for a downtown boulevard enters the homestretch of the design phase.
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All in mentality is driving Wheeler District
The Wheeler District offers a new style of urban development that is built by a community.
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Building hope
After arriving at the other side of the street, Pettis is greeted by another wave from a man sitting at a bus stop, and a few motorists honk as they drive by. “People are excited,” Pettis said. “They are excited about this change.” Pettis said the excitement he and others have is for the proposed […]
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’Live and well
It’s a common occurrence within urban sprawl: Historically thriving neighborhoods succumb to Father Time as new developments arise, businesses relocate and the activity of city-dwellers inevitably shifts from one area to another. Until recently, Oklahoma City’s Plaza District — the mile-long strip along 16th Street between Classen Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue — was merely another […]
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Bright future
Photo by Mark Hancock “Today, we think of billboards as this rectangle thing on a pole,” said Kathy Anderson of the the Bethany Improvement Foundation. But in the heyday of Route 66, billboards were often lower to the ground, displayed hand-painted art or art deco design and sometimes even were three-dimensional structures with people inside […]