Tuesday 18 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Kelley Chambers
The Oklahoma City Council is hiring a consultant to help determine the new convention center's location
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Kelley Chambers
The city of Oklahoma City plans to have that person in place by the end of the year.
As SandRidge's downtown campus moves forward, what will the demolition mean for OKC's future?
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Kelley Chambers
Many wonder if the city's urban core is permanently losing its history one building at a time.
SandRidge hopes third time is charm for proposed demolition of downtown buildings
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Kelley Chambers
Only one item is on the agenda for Friday's 1:30 p.m. special meeting of the Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment: whether SandRidge Energy Corp. can knock down two downtown buildings. It will be the thi...
SandRidge OK to demolish three downtown buildings
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Kelley Chambers
At Thursday's Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment meeting to consider Preservation Oklahoma's appeal to deny SandRidge Energy Corp.'s plans to raze five downtown buildings, the energy company's lawyer t...
A time capsule in India Temple building could hold mementos from early days of Oklahoma City
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Kelley Chambers
The former India Temple building in downtown Oklahoma City at the corner of Robert S. Kerr and N. Broadway Avenue may be knocked down, but could the historic building contain a cornerstone and possibl...
SandRidge downtown campus plan faces opposition
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Kelley Chambers
Rob Rogers has a history restoring and preserving historic properties in New York, but his plans for SandRidge Energy Corp.'s downtown campus are facing opposition from individuals and preservationist...
A request to raze one of OKC's oldest structures is slated for consideration March 18
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Kelley Chambers
Over time, buildings come and buildings go in any city. But downtown, where SandRidge Energy plans to raze four structures of the former Kerr-McGee complex as it creates a corporate campus in its corn...
MAPS 3 allows planning to purchase property for proposed central park
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Kelley Chambers
With the passage of MAPS 3, city leaders can now take a more serious look at the real estate in the Core to Shore area south of downtown.Buying ProceduresConvention-al WisdomA redevelopment plan for t...
Seasoned downtown residents who took chance on area are glad they took plunge
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Kelley Chambers
At the recent Urban Neighbors monthly social, both the young and the young-at-heart mingled and laughed. No one complained about living downtown or the national economy that has ground to a halt...
OCU may soon kiss frog on west side of Downtown
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Kelley Chambers
As redevelopment efforts have flourished in the central business district, Bricktown, Deep Deuce and Midtown in the last decade, the west side of downtown has had a few victories. Overall, it is...
New book chronicles rise, fall, rebirth of Oklahoma City's crown jewel: Skirvin Hilton Hotel
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Kelley Chambers
Two veteran newspaper reporters who chronicled the turbulent years and subsequent rebirth of downtown Oklahoma City in a 2006 book have returned with a volume about the rise, fall and rising aga...
Officials see MAPS 3 land as too valuable to ignore as downtown looks to grow south
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Kelley Chambers
City Planning Director Russell Claus is not big on surprises, especially those on land slated for massive city projects. But as he looks to the Core to Shore area south of downtown, Claus is get...
Linda Soundtrak returns to Oklahoma to shoot commercials promote new store
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Kelley Chambers
To the delight or chagrin of Oklahoma City television viewers, Linda Soundtrak is coming back. THEMED COMMERCIALS WAVE OF PROSPERITY ...
Boulevard planned to replace Crosstown bridge, but its design, funding are uncertain
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Kelley Chambers
Work on the estimated $75 million boulevard " set to run between Oklahoma Avenue on the east and Walker Avenue on the west " is still at least three years away, but city officials want its const...
