Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City
Examples include the Biltmore Hotel, which was imploded to make way for the I. M. Pei-designed Myriad Botanical Gardens, the only major Urban Renewal project completed as planned.
Leadership Square was originally intended to be a single 60+ floor skyscraper but was later scaled down to two connected towers due to economic downturn.
The building is expected to bring new life to the west side of downtown, which has seen less growth compared to Bricktown on the eastern edge and Midtown to the north.
The master plan for the "Core to Shore" area shows a boulevard running through downtown – where the original alignment of the Crosstown bridge was located, as well as a large new city park stretching from the Myriad Botanical Gardens down to the Oklahoma River.
Lower Bricktown (a newly constructed area south of existing warehouses) boasts a brand-new 16-screen movie complex and several upscale retail establishments and restaurants.
It is also noteworthy that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was rejected for an executive position at the Calvary Baptist Church in Deep Deuce for being "too young."
[citation needed] The area now known as the Arts District wraps around part of west downtown that encompasses the Civic Center Music Hall, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Myriad Botanical Gardens, Stage Center, the Ron Norick Downtown Library, several local theaters, headquarters of the American Choral Directors Association and at its northern edge, the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
[7] The Peeks landed contracts to install sound systems in former silent theatres across Oklahoma and relocated to their newly constructed building at 628 W. Grand (Sheridan) in 1946.
A number of new housing developments and numerous heritage building conversions where abandoned hotels and retail structures are being renovated into upscale condos, lofts, and apartments are taking place and announced seemingly each week.
This Midtown neighborhood (also known as "A-Alley" for short) along Broadway Avenue in Northeast Downtown was a popular retail district in the 1920s and was home to most of Oklahoma City's car dealerships.
The Heritage Hills neighborhood led the charge of development in the area, with wealthy businessmen and doctors restoring formerly abandoned oil mansions located north of downtown, between N. 13th and N. 22nd Streets.
The entire inner city north central area is a patchwork of historic mansions and retail streetscapes that is a pleasant mix of urban grit and heritage residential monuments.
It is an eclectic inner-city neighborhood characterized by a mix of early 20th century era cottages, blight, and striking contemporary architecture.
This stretch is characterized by small Art Deco storefronts, repurposed bungalows, and Route 66 icons such as the Milk Bottle Building, the Gold Dome, and the neon signs of the Tower and Will Rogers Theaters.
Tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees settled in the city during the 1970s after the fall of Saigon, leading the revival of what had previously been a declining neighborhood following a suburban "white flight" exodus of middle class residents.
One can often observe both international and domestic students from bordering Oklahoma City University, the Dove Science Academy, and the Classen School of Advanced Studies frequenting the neighborhood.
The Spanish village with its stucco buildings and clay tile roofs is the home of Oklahoma City's Artists' community, the only such district in the state.
Oklahoma City has the state's largest gay/lesbian population and gay village, known as the NW 39th Street Enclave or District 39 or simply "The Gayborhood".
The NW 39th Street Enclave rivals Bricktown in terms of sheer volume of clubs, bars, and nightlife and nearly 200 rooms all at the District motel, (formerly the Habana Inn).
Many businesses in Stockyards City date back to the early 20th century when the area was home to several major meat packing companies.
Mayfair and Belle Isle are a pair of middle class, mid-century neighborhoods surrounded by Penn Square Mall and Integris - Baptist Medical Center.
Northwest Expressway, the city's main artery to the northwestern suburbs, is a strip mall-filled, restaurant-bearing, continuously congested (by Oklahoma standards) six-lane boulevard with highway intersections, hotels, and office towers scattered along at various intervals.
The City of Village, immediately north, is a middle-class post-World War II neighborhood which offers a more moderate price range to choose from, while still being near all the amenities of Nichols Hills.
North of the Memorial Road corridor is Deer Creek, a rapidly growing section of the metro centered on well-regarded schools.
However, area is popular with locals due to a wide variety of shopping, dining and entertainment attractions within easy reach, with plenty of open spaces.
At the Meridian/I-40 intersection, with its close proximity to the Oklahoma State Fair Park (which labels itself as the "Horse Show Capital of the World") and its many exhibition halls, the area has one of the largest concentrations of hotel rooms in the southwest.
It is now the highest performing service center that Dell operates, and the current job projection is around 4,500, mostly due to typical economic development as practiced by the Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce.
Land is cheap as you venture further from Meridian Avenue, and many manufacturing facilities and corporate headquarters have their sprawling campuses on the southwest side of the metro.
Stretching from I-35 on the east and I-44 to the west and between 59th and 89th Street, this area in recent years has become the Southside's mecca for shopping, dining and car buying.
The famously-dismantled Oklahoma City Assembly plant, once operated by General Motors (now used by Tinker AFB), Quad Graphics, Amazon, and some other employers are scattered around the mostly industrial countryside.
