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Downtown Oklahoma City is located at the geographic center of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area and is the principle business district of the city. Downtown OKC also is the economic, financial, and entertainment center of the city.

Oklahoma City's central business district skyline, as seen from Centennial Fountain in Lower Bricktown).

Downtown OKC consists of several districts including A-Alley, Arts District, Bricktown, Deep Deuce, the central business district, and the Flatiron District.

Unofficial areas include lower Bricktown, MidTown, Westowne, Film Row, and the new Downtown South (Core-2-Shore) neighbourhoods.

[edit] Attractions

• AT&T Bricktown Ballpark
• Automobile Alley Historic District
• Bass Pro Shops
• BC Clark, Oklahoma's oldest jeweler (founded in 1892)^{[citation needed]}
• Bricktown
• Bricktown Canal
• Civic Center Music Hall
• Core-2-Shore/Downtown South
• Cox Business Services Convention Center
• Deep Deuce Historic Neighborhood (Original black downtown being gentrified as an urban residential district)
• Ford Center
• Harkins Theatres
• Kerr Park
• Midtown Oklahoma City
• Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge Conservatory
• Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• Oklahoma City National Memorial
• Stage Center for the Performing Arts
• Triangle District
• The Underground
• Westown

[edit] Downtown Living

Since the 1990s housing has returned to downtown Oklahoma City. Many projects have been completed or are in development. Examples of the various communities include:

• Block 42
• The Brownstones at Maywood Park
• Central Avenue Villas
• Centennial on the Canal
• Deep Deuce Apartments
• The Hill
• Legacy at Arts Quarter
• The Montgomery
• Park Harvey Place
• Regency Tower
• Seiber Motor Hotel Residences
• Sycamore Square Apartment Homes

[edit] Notable Buildings and Skyscrapers

• Chase Tower - Tallest office building in Oklahoma City
• City Place Tower
• Colcord Hotel, the city's first skyscraper
• Federal Reserve Bank
• First National Center
• Kerr-McGee Tower (SandRidge Energy headquarters)
• Leadership Square, the city's largest office complex
• Mid America Tower (Devon Energy headquarters)
• Civic Center Music Hall - the city's premier performance hall
• the new Oklahoma City Federal Building (Adjacent to the Oklahoma City National Memorial)
• Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• Oklahoma City Public Library
• Oklahoma Tower
• Petroleum Building
• Renaissance Hotel
• Sheraton Hotel
• Skirvin Hotel

[edit] External Links

• Downtown Oklahoma City dot com