New phone books
Phoning the future
The new residential white pages being distributed by AT&T in Oklahoma City features a rendering of part of the “Core to Shore” development proposed for the area between the existing Interstate 40 route and the Oklahoma River. This visionary drawing, although future-oriented, is already out of date because its depiction of the downtown skyline doesn’t include the Devon Tower or the actual design of a pedestrian bridge that will spin I-40 once it’s moved. The “SkyDance Bridge,” like Devon’s building, bears a striking design. It’s meant to invoke movements of Oklahoma’s state bird, the scissor-tailed flycatcher. As proposed, the bridge would be 18 stories tall – 36 fewer than the Devon Tower. For many people, the phone book cover offers the first look at the “Core to Shore” plan, an exciting if ambitious vision for what is now a blighted area.
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