News
Clifton Adcock
Oklahoma City’s SkyDance Bridge, a public artwork and pedestrian bridge crossing over the realigned Interstate 40 crosstown, has been named one of the 50 best public art projects in the world.
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: MAPS 3
Boffo bridge
OKC’s SkyDance bridge is honored as one of the world’s best public art projects.
News
Clifton Adcock
Oklahoma City’s SkyDance Bridge, a public artwork and pedestrian bridge crossing over the realigned Interstate 40 crosstown, has been named one of the 50 best public art projects in the world.
Shedding tiers
Some city officials caution that the MAPS 3 convention center might need to be built with expansion in mind.
News
Clifton Adcock
Members of a group overseeing progress of the future MAPS 3 convention center have expressed concern that budget constraints could cause the city to miss the mark on a key goal for the facility.
Mileage may vary
While MAPS 3 promised 70 miles of new sidewalks, project officials say only about 25 miles can be built for the $6.8 million budget.
News
Clifton Adcock
Despite a promise of 70 miles of new sidewalks as part of the MAPS 3 program, Oklahoma City is now looking at constructing possibly less than 40 percent of that amount for the entire project.
Out of step
Oklahoma City Council members express dismay over MAPS 3 sidewalk discrepancy as master plan sent back to subcommittee.
News
Clifton Adcock
The Oklahoma City Council voted unanimously at its Aug. 28 meeting to send a master plan for sidewalks under the MAPS 3 program back to the subcommittee level for reconsideration.
More for Core for Shore
OKC officials push to revise the Core to Shore plan to encompass land for the planned MAPS 3 convention center.
News
Clifton Adcock
The city is seeking to expand the boundaries of an urban renewal plan aimed at fighting urban blight in order to obtain property for the proposed MAPS 3 convention center.
In the park
At the first of three public meetings on the planned MAPS 3 downtown park, ideas ranged from Wi-Fi to a castle and moat.
News
Clifton Adcock
City officials and consultants on Sept. 13 held the first of three meetings seeking public input for design and programming of the future MAPS 3 downtown park. More than 130 people attended the meeting at the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, filling the room to near capacity.
Staying the course
A MAPS 3 subcommittee selects the designer for the planned convention center and sticks with the facility's planned location.
News
Clifton Adcock
The MAPS 3 Convention Center Subcommittee voted yesterday to recommend that the company responsible for selecting the site of the $252 million building also be the one to design it.
On the side
The MAPS 3 master plan for sidewalks is going back to the City Council for approval ... with very little changed.
News
Clifton Adcock
A master plan for sidewalks in the MAPS 3 program that faced tough questions by the Oklahoma City Council is being sent back to the council for approval, but virtually unchanged.
Idea-go-round
MAPS 3’s future downtown park — and the city in general — could benefit from a carousel, according to one resident.
News
Clifton Adcock
A trip to Missoula, Mont., left images of carousels spinning in the imagination of Edmond resident Celia Moor.
Park places
City officials unveil three preliminary designs for what will be the MAPS 3 park.
News
Clifton Adcock
Consultants working on the MAPS 3 downtown park unveiled three proposed designs during an Oct. 25 public meeting. Around $132 million of the $777 million in MAPS 3 funding is set aside for the project.
