Downtown Oklahoma City

Downtown Oklahoma City
Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City
Downtown Oklahoma City skyline from the Northeast
Nickname(s): OKC, downtown
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
Counties	Oklahoma
City	Oklahoma City
Area
• Land	1.2 sq mi (3 km²)
Elevation	1,200 ft (400 m)
Population (2013)
• Total	7,475
• Density	6,229/sq mi (2,405/km²)
ZIP code	73102, 73103, 73104, 73106, 73109, 73129*
Area code(s)	405
Website	http://www.downtownokc.com

Downtown Oklahoma City is located at the geographic center of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and contains the principal, central business district of the city. With 115 city blocks and more than 6,000,000 sq ft (560,000 m²) of leasable office space to-date,^[1] downtown Oklahoma City also is the legal, financial, economic, nightlife, and entertainment center of the region.

Downtown Oklahoma City consists of several urban districts that ring the Central Business District; including the retail oriented A-Alley, the Arts District, Bricktown Entertainment District, Deep Deuce residential neighborhood, and the Flatiron District. Unofficial/new areas of downtown OKC include "Lower Bricktown", MidTown urban neighborhood, SOSA (South of Saint Anthony 'hospital'), WestTown, Film Row urban district, Farmer's Market, and the new Downtown South "Core-2-Shore" neighborhoods.

Attractions

Artspace at Untitled
Automobile Alley Historic District
BC Clark, Oklahoma's oldest jeweler (founded in 1892)^[2]
Bricktown Entertainment District
- Academy of Contemporary Music At University of Central Oklahoma
- American Banjo Museum
- Bass Pro Shops
- Bricktown Canal Riverwalk
- Bricktown Fountain
- Bricktown Riverwalk Park
- Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
- Harkins Theatres
- Oklahoma Land Run statue

Winter 2012 in Downtown OKC, from Bricktown

Central Park (Union Park), to be developed in the Core-2-Shore/Downtown South
Century Center
Chesapeake Energy Arena
Cox Business Services Convention Center
Deep Deuce Historic Neighborhood (Original black downtown currently gentrified as an urban residential district)
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery
Kerr Park
Midtown Oklahoma City
Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge Conservatory
Oklahoma City 89'Er Museum Park
Oklahoma City Civic Center
- Bicentennial Park
- City Hall
- Civic Center Music Hall
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma River
- Boathouse District
- Finish Line Tower
Plaza Court
Rocktown Climbing Gym
SkyDance Pedestrian Bridge
Triangle District
The Underground
WestTown

Downtown living

Automobile Alley district

Since the mid-1990s, housing has made a significant return to downtown Oklahoma City as many projects have been completed or are currently in development, with more proposed for each district. Examples of the various communities available today include:

Block 42
The Brownstones at Maywood Park
Central Avenue Villas
Centennial on the Canal
The Lofts at Maywood Park
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 Energy Center

Central High School
Chase Tower, including the Petroleum Club on top
City Place Tower
Civic Center Music Hall - the city's premier performing arts and auditory performance hall
Colcord Hotel, the city's first skyscraper
Devon Tower - Oklahoma's tallest skyscraper
Federal Reserve Bank
First Baptist Church, cathedral
First Lutheran Church, cathedral
First National Center
Kerr-McGee Tower (now SandRidge Energy headquarters)
Leadership Square, the city's largest leasable class A office complex
Littlepage Building-National Historic Site
Mid America Tower (Continental headquarters)
Oklahoma City AMTRAK, Santa-Fe Depot
Oklahoma City Federal Building
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma Tower
Petroleum Building
Renaissance Hotel
Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library
Saint Anthony Hospital campus
Saint Joseph's Old Cathedral
Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
Sheraton Hotel
Skirvin Hotel
Union Bus Station
Union Station

References

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

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Downtown Oklahoma City.

Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc. under contract with the City of Oklahoma City to implement Business Improvement District initiatives in the CBD and surrounding urban districts
Oklahoma River Attractions and Redevelopment

Neighborhoods in Oklahoma City

Downtown	Arts District Bricktown A-Alley Deep Deuce Film Row Midtown Triangle District

Inner Oklahoma City	39th Street Asia District Eastside Lincoln Terrace Oklahoma Health Center Paseo Arts District Plaza District Uptown

North Oklahoma City	Adventure District Western Avenue NW Business District

Southside	Capitol Hill Boathouse District Farmers Market Stockyards City Wheeler District

Westside	Windsor District

City of Oklahoma City

Bombing Climate Education People History Timeline Mayors Media Transportation

Districts	Adventure District Asia District Capitol Hill Downtown Eastside Midtown Paseo 39th Street Uptown Western Avenue

Professional sports teams	Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Blue Oklahoma City Dodgers Oklahoma City Energy FC

Municipalities of the Greater Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area

Population over 500,000	Oklahoma City

Population over 100,000	Norman

Population over 50,000	Edmond Midwest City Moore

Population over 20,000	Del City Shawnee Yukon

Population over 10,000	Bethany Chickasha Choctaw El Reno Guthrie Mustang Warr Acres

Population over 5,000	Blanchard Harrah Newcastle Noble Piedmont Purcell Tecumseh Tuttle The Village

Population over 2,000	Bethel Acres Chandler Jones Lexington McLoud Nichols Hills Nicoma Park Pink Prague Slaughterville Spencer Stroud

Population over 1,000	Crescent Goldsby Langston Luther Maud Meeker Minco Ninnekah Okarche Rush Springs Union City

Population over 500	Alex Calumet Carney Cashion Cole Davenport Dibble Earlsboro Forest Park Valley Brook Verden Washington Wayne Wellston

Population over 200	Agra Amber Arcadia Asher Bridge Creek Byars Cedar Valley Coyle Johnson Marshall Mulhall Tryon Wanette Warwick

Population under 200	Bradley Brooksville Cimarron City Etowah Fallis Kendrick Lake Aluma Macomb Meridian Norge Orlando Pocasset Rosedale Smith Village Sparks St. Louis Tribbey Woodlawn Park

Counties	Canadian Cleveland Grady Logan Lincoln McClain Oklahoma Pottawatomie

Metropolitan Planning Organization	Association of Central Oklahoma Governments

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