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When Downtown Retail Fails
Owner hopes to revitalize landmark
By Steve Lackmeyer
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Edition: CITY, Section: BUSINESS, Page 4B
The Criterion Theater and Baum Building were architectural jewels in Oklahoma City by anyone’s standards — landmarks that were razed in the heyday of Urban Renewal. In their place stands Century Center Plaza, a mostly empty one-time attempt at a [...]
To my friends at Downtown OKC Inc.
Take a look at this cool item maintained by Downtown Tulsa Unlimited
So Fine, Let’s Go Ahead and Discuss Downtown Retail…
Once again, it’s the elusive dream for downtown developers, residents and civic leaders. Some say downtown retail will anchor the area known as Core to Shore. Others say the east end of Bricktown will inevitably end up with more retail. Or maybe it will be in the Flat Iron.
But to quote Harry Truman, the only [...]
More On First National
Yes, the clock at First National is ticking again - we are glad people have taken notice. More changes are in the works.
First of all, we would like to thank the majority of our tenants who are applauding our efforts to enact the first real improvements to this building in a long time. A common [...]
Flashback: 1998
From left, Seattle Supersonics chairman Clay Bennett, NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver, Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, and NBA commissioner David Stern talk after a press conference at the Skirvin Hilton Tuesday in Oklahoma City. By Nate Billings, The Oklahoman.
Flashback: It’s March, 1998. Ward 8 Councilman Guy Liebmann, considered the early favorite for the mayor’s [...]
So What’s the Deal? Read Tuesday’s Main Street
First National Barbershop, earlyday photo, Norman Thompson collection, courtesy of Doug Loudenback. The barbershop was largely unchanged when it closed last year after a rent dispute between the operators and the building owner. The space remains dark one year later, and the owner says he does not rule out eventually gutting the space for a different use. First [...]
Big League City
So tomorrow is the day when NBA Commissioner David Stern and several top league officials will come downtown to meet with locals about relocating the SuperSonics to Ford Center.
Governor Brad Henry, Mayor Mick Cornett and Sonics’ Chairman Clay Bennett will lead the presentation, which will consist of a thorough review of why Oklahoma City is [...]
So Who Was That Guy With The Shorts And The Hoodie?
No, it wasn’t Mayor Mick Cornett’s appointment to replace Larry Nichols as a board member at the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority. After seeing one comment after another on local message boards - notably www.okctalk.com and www.okmet.org - by members insisting on more openess and vows to go to a meeting, digital downtown finally caught up [...]
Things You Might Have Missed
With everything going on these past two weeks, you might have missed some deals quietly moving along in the background. So what did we miss?Well, to begin with, the deal between Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma City Public School System that would have resulted in school administrators moving into downtown’s Journal Record Building is dead.
The [...]
Vacation…
Sorry for my absence the past two days. After working some long days last week, I’m spending some quality time at home with the kids.
I’ll be back out on the streets tomorrow, keeping a close eye on developments at the monthly meeting of the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Meeting. Not much on the agenda… just [...]
