Modeled after a similar report in Kansas City, Downtown Oklahoma City Inc. (DOKC) launched its first downtown residents survey last fall to gather data about downtown residents and people considering moving downtown to see what was on their minds. “We started with Kansas City’s questions as a rough draft and then tweaked it,” said DOKC […]
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Cornett is good for downtown
We were both in our mid 20s and looking for activities to do downtown after hours. I have vivid memories of visiting the Bricktown area. Many of the buildings were empty, and most businesses closed early. We had very few entertainment and dining options. There was no doubt that the city was living in the […]
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BREAKING: Moby to headline ACM@UCO Rocks Bricktown festival
Grammy-nominated Richard Melville Hall, aka American songwriter, musician and world-class DJ Moby, will perform a DJ set 10 p.m. April 11 at the Chevy Bricktown Events Center. His performance caps off the free, fifth annual event that features performances of more than 70 students from the Academy of Contemporary Music at University of Central Oklahoma […]
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LIFE
Oklahoma City’s Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library will hold History Resources at Your Fingertips about the available resources for researching the history of commercial districts and specific buildings. It will be taught by Debra Spindle, librarian at the Oklahoma History Center, and Larry Johnson, librarian at the Downtown Library for the Oklahoma Room. The class […]
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FILM
Movie Night at the Downtown Library, enjoy a film at the downtown library, 6-8 p.m., Jan. 29. Downtown Library, 300 Park, 231-8650, metrolibrary.org. WED Army of Frankensteins, (U.S., 2013, dir. Ryan Bellgardt) a young man travels back in time finding himself entrenched in the Civil War with an army of Frankensteins, 7 p.m., Jan. 31. […]
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Last call for Stage Center?
Johansen won an award from The American Institute of Architects for his work on the building in 1972. Kestrel Investments Inc. paid $4.2 million to the Oklahoma City Community Foundation for the theater last July and has plans to build a 14-16-story office tower (which will be home to the new OGE Energy Corp. headquarters) […]
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Another convention center?
Shadid claims city and Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce officials were not honest with voters before the 2009 MAPS 3 election, particularly with the convention center project and a related convention center hotel. The convention center could cost taxpayers an estimated $250 million, but the hotel would not receive MAPS 3 funding. Voters approved […]
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FILM
Movie Night at the Downtown Library, enjoy a free film at the downtown library — call for titles, 6-8 p.m., Dec. 18. Downtown Library, 300 Park Avenue, 231-8650, metrolibrary.org. WED Muscle Shoals, (U.S., 2013, dir. Greg “Freddy” Camalier) documentary celebrating Rick Hall, the founder of FAME studios, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 19; 5:30 p.m., Dec. 20-21; […]
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OKG7 let’s do lunch, downtown
Flint 15 N. Robinson Ave. 605-0657 flintokc.com Housed on the ground floor of the historic Colcord Hotel, this eatery offers views of the Myriad Botanical Gardens and patio seating. The whimsical menu includes images demonstrating ways to start a fire because, hey, the place is called Flint. For lunch, start with jalapeño hush puppies or […]
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Identity crisis
Change, however, has been slow. For 50 years, the living conditions have been part of the history connected to the area generally bounded by NE 23rd Street to NE Fourth Street and from Lottie Avenue/Stonewall Avenue to Interstate 35 and long known as the John F. Kennedy district. In the 1960s, the Oklahoma City Council […]