OKC’s longtime arts district flourishes with the times.
News Shauna Lawyer Struby
In 1928, Gilbert Apple Nichols — dentist, early Oklahoma City developer,
and future founder of Nichols Hills — began construction on a tiny
three-block shopping district on what was then the edge of Oklahoma
City.
Longtime local artist Greg Burns keeps up with the ever-changing city.
Visual Arts Patrick Crain
Somewhere there exists a run of prints of a one-off Greg Burns piece
containing a small detail that makes it rare. At first blush, it looks
familiar enough: a rendering of the iconic Townley’s milk-bottle grocery
store on Classen Boulevard.