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PRIDE Abundant Pride

George Lang

Oklahoma City Pride Friday-Sunday 39th St. District NW 39th Street between Classen and Youngs boulevards oklahomacitypride.org Free Block Party 5:30 p.m. 39th St. District 2100 NW 39th St. oklahomacitypride.org Free Summer Solstice Block Party Friday-Sunday Factory Obscura 25 NW Ninth St. factoryobscura.com Free OKC Pride Parade noon-2 p.m. Saturday 39th Street from Classen Boulevard to […]

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Church to church

Miguel Rios

Oklahoma City Council voted to pass a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the city, First Christian Church and Crossings Community Church. Part of the agreement states the city will immediately withdraw the application to designate First Christian a historic landmark overlay district. “This MOU provides terms that are agreed to by all three parties,” said […]

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Art holiday

Jeremy Martin

Paseo Arts Festival May 25-27 The Paseo Arts District Paseo Street between NW 30th Street and Walker Avenue thepaseo.org 405-525-2688 Free From an artist’s perspective, the difference between a good arts festival and a bad one sometimes comes down to the bathrooms. Fort Worth, Texas-based mixed-media artist Laurie Aurand, for example, remembers having an uncomfortable […]

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Action item

Miguel Rios

On Friday, a resolution was added to the Oklahoma City Council agenda for May 7’s meeting but was then deferred to May 21. If passed, it would withdraw the application to designate First Christian Church a historic landmark overlay district. Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) voted to initiate the process April 3, which also started a […]

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Building history

Miguel Rios

City council members brought forth resolutions to acknowledge the historic and cultural significance of two properties. One resolution was approved, bringing two organizations together in compromise, while the other was deferred for a month. Merging support After being deferred three times, Ward 7 councilwoman Nikki Nice’s resolution on Brockway Center and Child Abuse Response and […]

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Church of yesterday

Miguel Rios

The 32-acre property owned by First Christian Church is under contract to a buyer who will only complete the purchase on the condition that it be demolished. Ward 2 councilman Ed Shadid heard from a member of the church’s board that the interested buyer was concerned about the recent publicity surrounding a possible demolition. First […]

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Circling back

George Lang

It’s a curious structure that almost looks like someone took extreme creative license in solving a puzzle. Take a different look, and it might resemble a tiny cityscape with multiple disparate buildings crammed into one odd-shaped block on a hillside, or a pop-art favela or an architectural glacier dumping out onto Classen Circle. But the […]

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