Downtown Oklahoma City

Downtown Oklahoma City is located at the geographic center of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and is the principal business district of the city. With 115 city blocks and around 6,000,000 sq ft (560,000 m²) of office space^[1], downtown Oklahoma City also is the economic, financial, and entertainment center of the city. Downtown Oklahoma City 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, WestTown, Film Row, and the new Downtown South (Core-2-Shore) neighborhoods.

Attractions

• Academy of Contemporary Music At UCO
• American Banjo Museum
• AT&T Bricktown Ballpark
• Automobile Alley Historic District
• Bass Pro Shops
• BC Clark, Oklahoma's oldest jeweler (founded in 1892)^[2]
• 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)
• Chesapeake Energy Arena
• 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
• WestTown

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
• The Lofts at Deep Deuce
• Deep Deuce Apartments
• The Hill
• Legacy at Arts Quarter
• The Montgomery
• Park Harvey Place
• Regency Tower
• Seiber Motor Hotel Residences
• Sycamore Square Apartment Homes
• The residential district SoSA

Notable buildings and skyscrapers

• Devon Tower - Under construction, 50 story office tower
• Chase Tower - Current tallest office building in Oklahoma City
• City Place Tower (Oklahoma City)
• Colcord Hotel, the city's first skyscraper
• Federal Reserve Bank
• Littlepage Building-National Historic Site
• 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

References

1. ^ http://www.downtownokc.com/Default.aspx?tabid=72
2. ^ "B.C. Clark inducted into retail group." Journal Record. [1] Retrieved 25 September 2009.

External links

• Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc. under contract with Oklahoma City to implement Business Improvement District initiatives
• Oklahoma River Attractions and Redevelopment