Architect Rand Elliott wanted to create a residential building and community unlike any other in the city.
Downtown Design Review Committee
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Automobile Alley developers announce plans for urban condos
Nick Preftakes and Mark Ruffin’s The Broadway Condominiums will bring needed residences to one of OKC’s fastest-growing districts.
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OKC buildings set for demolition
Fire-damaged apartment buildings and the crumbling film exchange building will soon be demolished to make way for city improvements.
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Union Bus Station hearing could help define OKC development
The Union Bus Station debate brings up questions about what downtown OKC should look like in the future.
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Cory Baitz talks downtown architecture with Oklahoma Gazette
Architect Cory Baitz talks about development and downtown infrastructure with Oklahoma Gazette.
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Chicken-Fried News: Shadid, preservationist
Ed Shadid has had it with developers demolishing historical buildings in OKC and is taking his fight to court.
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Permanent parking
Rendering of Blue Garten entrance Provided “After almost a year of planning, we found out today that it’s really happening,” Wheat said after the DDRC decision. The idea gained momentum after the success of H&8th Night Market, a monthly event in the spring, summer and fall in Midtown. Wheat looked at H&8th and thought, “This […]
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Permanent parking, mobile food
A food truck dining area in Dallas. Photo Provided “After almost a year of planning, we found out today that it’s really happening,” Wheat said after the DDRC decision. The idea gained momentum after the success of H&8th Night Market, a monthly event in the spring, summer and fall in Midtown. Wheat looked at H&8th […]
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Lawn games
Bicentennial Park, located west of Walker Avenue between City Hall and the Civic Center Music Hall, is home to several memorials and statues commemorating historic individuals including Wiley Post and Stanley Draper, and events such as the state centennial. In January, the city’s Downtown Design Review Committee (DDRC) was presented with a plan to make […]
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Civil discord
Plans to renovate Oklahoma City’s Bicentennial Park, located between City Hall and the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall, met resistance from the city’s Downtown Design Review Committee (DDRC), which declined to approve the plans at its meeting last week. The tabling of the proposal Jan. 19 could push back awarding project bids for at […]