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Colcord built the Colcord Building, now known as the Colcord Hotel, which was the first skyscraper in Oklahoma City. It was also the first steel-reinforced concrete building in Oklahoma, because Colcord had seen the devastation to lesser buildings in San Francisco following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires.
300-304 NE 3rd St., 316 North Central Ave. 35°28′12″N 97°30′26″W / 35.4701°N 97.5073°W / 35.4701; -97.5073 ( Sidney and Mary Lyons House and Commercial Historic Oklahoma City
Two new warehouses at 9500 and 9400 W Reno Ave. in Oklahoma City are pictured Tuesday. Companies looking to relocate or expand see OKC as a "suburb" of the Dallas-Fort Worth market, McQueen said ...
Downtown Oklahoma City. Downtown Oklahoma City itself is currently undergoing a renaissance.Between the mid-1980s and 1990s, downtown was unchanged and largely vacant. It was the scene of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on 5th Street between Robinson and Harvey Avenues, caused by convicted domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh; most buildings within a 1-mile (1.6 km) radius ...
The NW 39th Street Enclave, also known as "The Strip," "The Gayborhood," "May-Penn," "39th & Penn" or simply "39th Street" is a prominent lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender district in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The area is located along NW 39th Street in the city's northwest quadrant, one block west of Pennsylvania Avenue. [1] [2]
The arena acquired a $200,000 renovation (primarily to lighting and sound) as part of the Hornets' lease. During this time, the team was known as the "New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets", giving Oklahoma City credit for hosting the 'home team'. [21] The Hornets played their last game in Oklahoma City on October 9, 2007, a preseason game. [22]
The Western Avenue District of Oklahoma City is a district along Western Avenue stretching roughly from NW 30th to Wilshire Blvd, near the suburb of Nichols Hills.The area is home to several restaurants, shops, and businesses that are unique to Oklahoma City.
The Second Renaissance Revival house [2] was built for William Taylor Hales, a prominent business man of early Oklahoma City, in 1916 at a cost of $125,000 USD.In 1939, the mansion was bought by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and served as the residence of the archbishop until it was converted back into a private residence in 1992.