Oklahoma City businesses are appealing to a new aesthetic. Whether the Great Recession changed what consumers are looking for or the drive to find local options has empowered businesses to offer something beyond the mainstream, Oklahoma City’s shopping landscape has evolved to include some throwback products and services that resemble those of the ’80s. The […]
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Point: Streetcar route a beginning
The framework for Phase 1 of the streetcar system has now been approved. This initial route will connect civic treasures, institutions, major employers and new housing downtown, reinforcing the significant economic engine that drives sales tax revenue benefiting our entire city. In addition, we are in the process of acquiring the historic Santa Fe Depot […]
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White magic
In a couple of years, the entire landscape for American kayakers and the availability of training courses will change, the three-time Olympian and four-time world champion said. Shipley, owner of S2O Design and Engineering in Lyons, Colo., the firm hired to design Oklahoma City’s MAPS 3 whitewater superpark, said the newest and most sophisticated course […]
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Take shelter
It takes a private studio to keep up with Dr. Dog’s output, and heading into album eight, the Philadelphia folk outfit had officially outgrown its kennel and built a new one, basically from scratch. “We had been at our old place for seven or eight years, and it was getting kind of stale and kind […]
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FILM
Manhattan Short Movie Night at the Downtown Library, enjoy a film at the downtown library, 6-8 p.m., Sept. 25, Oct. 2. Downtown Library, 300 Park, 231-8650, metrolibrary.org. WED, WED Manhattan Short Film Festival, 628 film entries from 48 countries, winners judged by audience, 5:30, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 27-28; 2 p.m., Sept. 29. Oklahoma City Museum […]
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FILM
Manhattan Short Movie Night at the Downtown Library, enjoy a film at the downtown library, 6-8 p.m., Sept. 25, Oct. 2. Downtown Library, 300 Park, 231-8650, metrolibrary.org. WED, WED Manhattan Short Film Festival, 628 film entries from 48 countries, winners judged by audience, 5:30, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 27-28; 2 p.m., Sept. 29. Oklahoma City Museum […]
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Million-dollar members
This year, each of the city’s eight council members will receive a $1 million allocation to spend on projects that were not previously funded. The discretionary spending program comes from the city’s reserve fund, typically 8-15 percent of the total municipal budget. In six of the last 11 years, excess money from the reserve fund […]
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Moving along
Mayor Mick Cornett The council meets Tuesday to discuss the route, already approved by two MAPS 3 citizen panels. It includes Bricktown, the downtown business district, Automobile Alley and Midtown. It will come within a block of the proposed 70-acre downtown public park with a possible extension to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. […]
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FILM
Movie Night at the Downtown Library, enjoy a film at the downtown library, 6-8 p.m., Sept. 18. Downtown Library, 300 Park, 231-8650, metrolibrary.org. WED, WED Third Friday Premiere on Film Row, featuring musicians, artists, food trucks and more, Sept. 20. Film Row, 700 W. Sheridan. FRI 8 1/2, (Italy, 1963, dir. Federico Fellini) a harried […]
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Stepping up
Several large corporations and shopping malls sprang up on the fringes, while most upscale residential developments headed for the suburbs. Downtown was not a welcoming place after 5 p.m. on weekdays, as the exodus of workers left behind an area predominantly populated by vagrants. Mass transit, for the most part, was allowed to wither, its […]