 The State Capitol of Oklahoma From The South Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The city's name is often abbreviated to OKC or Okla City. Non-residents often refer to Oklahoma City as 'Oak City', but locals never use this name. Residents of outlying suburbs and rural areas of the state often call Oklahoma City simply "The City". Oklahoma City was founded with one of the largest land runs on April 22, 1889. Image File history File links Downtown Oklahoma City from the northwest File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Oklahoma County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma. ...
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Canadian County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma. ...
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Oklahoma is a state in the southern United States, lying mostly in the lower Great Plains, and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ...
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Oklahoma County is a county located in the state of Oklahoma. ...
Oklahoma is a state in the southern United States, lying mostly in the lower Great Plains, and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ...
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Oklahoma City is a large, diverse, and growing metropolitan area; it is the civic, business, entertainment, and commercial center of the state. It is one of the largest cities in the Great Plains of the United States, and it is the largest city in population of the 5 "plains states" (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota) as well as four of the six neighbouring states to Oklahoma (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, New Mexico). The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie which lies east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States of America and Canada, covering all or parts of the U.S. states of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota and the...
State nickname: The Sunflower State Official languages None Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) Senators Sam Brownback (R) Pat Roberts (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 15th 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² 0. ...
State nickname: Cornhusker State Official languages English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Governor Dave Heineman (R) Senators Chuck Hagel (R) Ben Nelson (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 16th 200,520 km² 0. ...
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State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Official languages English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds (R) Senators Tim Johnson (D) John Thune (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 17th 199,905 km² 1. ...
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State nickname: Land of Enchantment Official languages English Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Governor Bill Richardson (D) Senators Pete Domenici (R) Jeff Bingaman (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 5th 315,194 km² 0. ...
Oklahoma City is the 29th-largest city in the nation, according to a 2004 report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The city's population on July 1, 2004 totaled 528,042, with more than 1.3 million residents in the metropolitan area. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Oklahoma City was the site of the Oklahoma City Bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah building in 1995, the largest act of terrorism on American soil prior to the September 11th attacks and the most destructive act of domestic terrorism in American history. Damage to the Murrah building before cleanup began. ...
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The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...
History Main article: History of Oklahoma City History Early History Like much of the rest of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City was first settled on April 22, 1889, when the area known as the unassigned lands (that is, land in Indian territory that had not been assigned to any tribes) was opened for settlement in an event known as...
Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1,608.8 km² (621.2 mi²). 1,572.1 km² (607.0 mi²) of it is land and 36.7 km² (14.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.28% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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Oklahoma City is the third largest city in the country in terms of geographic area, although its urbanized zone is 244 mi² - resulting in an urban population density more comparable to that found in other major cities.
Oklahoma City is the second largest city in the nation still in compliance with the Clean Air Act (after Jacksonville, Florida) A Clean Air Act may be one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to reduction of smog and atmospheric pollution in general. ...
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Metropolitan Statistical Area Oklahoma City is the principal city of the eight-county Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area, the state's largest urban area. The Oklahoma City MSA was the 46th largest in the nation as of 2000. Downtown Guthries Victorian Architecture Guthrie is a city located in Logan County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
Edmond is a rapidly growing suburban city located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma in the central part of the state. ...
Bethany is a northwest suburb of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area and is located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. ...
Yukon is a suburban city located in Canadian County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
Mustang is a growing suburban city located in Canadian County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
El Reno is a city located in Canadian County, Oklahoma in the central part of the state. ...
Del City is a city located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
Midwest City is a major city located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. ...
Choctaw is a growing suburban town located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
Shawnee is a city located in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 28,692. ...
Moore is a rapidly growing suburb located in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
Bizzell Library, University of Oklahoma Norman is a major city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 506,132 people, 204,434 households, and 129,406 families residing in the city. The population density was 321.9/km² (833.8/mi²) for the entire city but was more than 2600/mi² in the urbanized areas. There were 228,149 housing units at an average density of 145.1/km² (375.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 60.41% White, 18.37% Black or African American, 3.51% Native American, 3.48% Asian American, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 5.28% from other races, and 3.89% from two or more races. 16.15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Geographically and technically, Asian indicates a person, place, thing, or idea original to Asia. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 204,434 households, 30.8% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.04. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,947, and the median income for a family was $42,689. These figures are among the lowest in the nation for a city of this size, but the cost of living is considerably below the national average. Males had a median income of $31,589 versus $24,420 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,098. 16.0% of the population and 12.4% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 23.0% of those under the age of 18 and 9.2% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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Oklahoma City has the nation's second lowest cost of living among major U.S. cities, about 25 percent below the national average. Unrestrained by natural boundaries such as mountains or oceans, Oklahoma City annexed huge swaths of land in the 1960s, leading to an abundance of housing and cheap land. While sprawl has stretched the infrastructure of the city government and, some have complained, diluted the character of the city, the average commute from the far flung outskirts of the city is quick and mostly gridlock-free because of the city's interstate system (Mayor Mick Cornett remarked in 2005's "State of the City" address that Oklahoma City was one of the few major cities in the nation where "police look for speeders at rush hour"). One exception being the "I-40 Crosstown Expressway", an elevated bridge which crosses the city just south of downtown heading east to west. Interstate 40 is a major west-east interstate highway in the United States. ...
The Crosstown Expressway is slated to be relocated to the south of its present location in the near future. ODOT states that the project should be complete by 2006, but many dismiss this as unrealistic, as the project is still in its planning stages as of August 2005, and actual construction has not begun. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Edmond, an affluent northern suburb, was rated as Relocate America's 3rd best city in America, and is "the best small town in America" according to Universal Publications of New York. It must be noted, however, that the city of 80,000+ residents is by no means a 'small town'. Edmond is a rapidly growing suburban city located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma in the central part of the state. ...
Neighborhoods
Downtown A downtown concourse "city beneath the city," the underground tunnel system connects nearly all the downtown buildings in a 20-square-block area. It is one of the most extensive all-enclosed pedestrian systems in the country. Offices, shops, and restaurants line the concourse system.
Bricktown The Bricktown Entertainment District in downtown Oklahoma City is the fastest growing entertainment district in the region, and is one of the city's most popular destinations. The former warehouse district on the southeast side of downtown has seen a major renaissance over the last 10 years thanks to MAPS (a citizen passed 1 cent sales tax increase under Mayor Ron Norrick), and is now bustling with restaurants, dance clubs, live music venues, classy retail shops, and offices. It is also home to the SBC Bricktown Ballpark and the navigable Bricktown Canal. Image File history File links Bricktown, Oklahoma City File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Once a major warehouse district and the original site of the city, Bricktown is a growing entertainment district in downtown Oklahoma City. ...
Opened in 1998 in Oklahoma Citys Bricktown district, it is the home of the Oklahoma RedHawks, the AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers major league baseball team. ...
The Bricktown Canal stretches one mile through the district and runs to a park past the Oklahoma Land Run Monument. When completed, the Land Run Monument will be a series of 36 giant statues stretching over two football fields on the south canal, and will be one of the largest sculptural monuments in the world.
Lower Bricktown boasts a brand new movie complex run by Harkins Theaters, Bass Pro Outdoor World, and upscale retail. Several hotels are planned as are additional retail venues and residential housing. Bass Pro Shops is a privately held sporting goods and outdoor goods store headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. ...
Automobile Alley This neighborhood 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 area declined with the rest of Downtown in the 1970s and 1980s. Recently an effort to redevelop the area has transformed the showrooms and storefronts of AAlley into upscale lofts, galleries, and offices. Also in the area are many of downtown's earliest churches along Robinson Ave. (known as "Church Row") in Midtown and the city's first high school, now the regional headquarters of SBC. Automobile Alley is Oklahoma Citys newest upscale urban neighborhood,located along Broadway Avenue in Downtown Oklahoma City. ...
Midtown is located due North West of downtown Oklahoma City surrounded by Automobile Alley to the east and Asia District to the North. ...
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Today there is a considerable effort to turn AAlley into Oklahoma City's newest upscale urban neighborhood. A new restaurant is being developed and is leading the charge of additional upscale retail and housing announcements.
Deep Deuce Deep Deuce, a few blocks north of Bricktown, ignited the downtown Oklahoma City urban housing boom in the late 1990's. The area consists mostly of low rise apartment buildings and various formerly vacant mixed use buildings. Deep Deuce was the largest African American neighborhood downtown in the 1940s and 1950s, and was a regional center of jazz music and African American culture. Bands such as the Count Basie Orchestra, the Blue Devils, the Charlie Christian Band, and others resided in this OKC neighborhood. Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was once rejected for a position at the Calvary Baptist Church in Deep Deuce for being "too young". Deep Duece consists mostly of low rise apartment buildings and various formerly vacant mixed use buildings and shops. ...
Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ...
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Much of the neighborhood was bulldozed to make way for I-235 in the 1980s, but the Bricktown boom has made the area (with its prime location between Bricktown and the growing biotech center east of I-235) attractive to developers however precious little of the neighborhood's earlier character still exists.
The Arts District The area now known as the arts district covers part of western downtown that includes the Civic Center Music Hall, the new Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Myriad Gardens, Stage Center for the Performing Arts, the new central library, several local theaters, and at its northern edge, the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The Oklahoma City National Memorial site including the memorial chairs, the north Gate of Time, Reflecting Pool, and Survivor Tree Flowers and personal items are left on several of the 168 memorial chairs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P...
Due to its close proximity to the principal cultural attractions in downtown the Arts District is also the location of many very upscale condos and apartments, with more planned in the near future. Arts District may mean: Arts District of Dallas, Texas. ...
InnerCity Northside
Asian District Oklahoma City has the largest Asian population in the state and is home to a rapidly growing cultural district called simply, Asian District as many cultures from all over asia are represented in its shops and restaurants as well as the neighboring residential area. Oklahoma City landmark-Gold geodesic dome I, the creator of this image, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Oklahoma City landmark-Gold geodesic dome I, the creator of this image, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Gold Dome This geodesic dome (known as the Gold Dome), is a major landmark in Oklahoma City. ...
Oklahoma Citys Asia District is the centre of Asian culture and International cuisine and commerce for the state of Oklahoma. ...
Geographically and technically, Asian indicates a person, place, thing, or idea original to Asia. ...
Centered primarily along Classen Boulevard from 22nd Street to NW 30th, Asia District is a very culturally and visibly diverse Chinatown community, but the most obvious cultural influence in the area is Vietnamese. Tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees settled in the city during the 1970s after the fall of Saigon, leading the revival of what had been a neighborhood in decline due to the suburban exodus of the middle class. As the new Oklahomans built the community, more immigrants moved into the area, not only from Vietnam and Southeast Asia, but from all around the world. This district is referred to as 'Little Saigon' by local residents. New York City is home to three of the largest Chinatowns in North America. ...
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam and, as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), was the capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ...
Today's Asia District has a bustling cosmopolitan scene full of noodle cafés, college and high school students from nearby Oklahoma City University and Classen School of Advanced Studies, art galleries, quaint apartments, retail shops, bars and restaurants of every stripe (literally - in the span of a single block can be found a pizzeria, a diner, an Arby's, an Asian video arcade, a chinese and two pho restaurants). Oklahoma Citys Asia District is the centre of Asian culture and International cuisine and commerce for the state of Oklahoma. ...
Oklahoma City University is a large private university located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
Classen School of Advanced Studies (sometimes referred to simply as Classen SAS) is a public combined middle/high school with grades 6-12 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
Arbys is a fast food restaurant franchise that is primarily known for selling roast beef sandwiches. ...
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Eastside and Adventure District The Eastside district in the near North East quadrant of Oklahoma City is home to the state's largest African American community and is experiencing a renaissance of its own. Once a perfect example of urban blight and neglect, the Eastside has seen some significant development recently. An African American Heritage Museum is currently in the works along with efforts to revive the long neglected NE 23rd Business District. Other Eastside attractions include the newly domed and beautiful State Capitol of Oklahoma, the 45th Infantry Museum, the Oklahoma Historical Society Museum, and the OU Health Science Center. The Eastside is home to the states largest African American community. ...
African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...
The Eastside is considered by many to be THE most economically diverse neighborhood in Oklahoma City, with land values ranging from astronomical in some parts of the Lincoln Terrace neighborhood, to poverty ghetto at the public housing districts of Walnut Avenue, both within a mile of each other. A historic and diverse neighborhood in Northeast Oklahoma City, located on either side of Lincoln Blvd just south of the Oklahoam State Capital. ...
Northeast Oklahoma City is known locally as Adventure District and is home to many of the city's great museums and major attractions. The Adventure District includes the Omniplex Science Museum, the Oklahoma City Zoo, Remington Park Parimutual Racetrack and Racino, the National Softball Hall of Fame and Stadium, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Six Flags Frontier City, the Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum, and Cinemark Tinseltown USA among many other attractions. Softball museum located in Oklahoma City, OK. External Links National Softball Hall of Fame ...
Bronze Wrangler The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum and art gallery, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, housing one of the largest collections of: Western, American cowboy, American rodeo, and American Indian; art, artifacts, and archival materials, in the world. ...
The area has numerous tree-lined boulevards and is home to many upscale neighbourhoods (including neighborhoods such as Lincoln Terrace, North Highland, and Walnut Avenue.
NW 39th Street Enclave Oklahoma City has the state's largest gay community, known as the NW 39th Street Enclave. As with many of OKC's neighborhoods, the lack of established boundaries makes it hard to give an exact location, but generally speaking, this community is principally located along NW 39th Street between Pennsylvania and May Avenues, however there are related businesses and neighborhoods diffused throughout the surrounding area.
The NW 39th Street Enclave rivals Bricktown in terms of sheer volume of clubs, bars, and nightlife (The Habana Inn) The Largest Gay Resort in the Southwest. The Enclave is also home to the annual gay pride celebration as well as many alternative lifestyle friendly businesses and organizations. The NW 39th Street Enclave, Oklahoma Citys gay village, is mostly concentrated along and around a section of NW 39th Street, off Pennsylvania Avenue in the citys burgeoning northwest quadrant. ...
The following articles refer to Bricktown: Bricktown (Oklahoma City) - An Entertainment District in downtown Oklahoma City. ...
The Paseo, Midtown and Uptown
 Storefronts in The Paseo neighborhood The Paseo Arts District was built in 1929 as the first commercial shopping district North of downtown Oklahoma City. The fake 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. Located along Paseo Drive at roughly N. Walker Ave and NW 28th Street, the district is home to a number of bars and restaurants and hosts an annual arts festival in the spring. Image File history File links Paseo Neighborhood, OKC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Although the Paseo Arts District is in the near north quadrant of the city, it is quite central to Oklahoma City's most diverse and cultural neighborhoods. In the immediate area are several historic neighborhoods including Mesta Park, Edgemere, Jefferson Heights, and Heritage Hills. To the west of the Paseo is the NW Business District and the NW 39th Enclave and the Eastside is due east. Immediately South West of the Paseo is the city's Vietnamese neighbourhood known as Asia District as well as Oklahoma City University. The Paseo Arts District was built in 1929 as the first commercial shopping district North of downtown Oklahoma City. ...
The NW 39th Street Enclave, Oklahoma Citys gay village, is mostly concentrated along and around a section of NW 39th Street, off Pennsylvania Avenue in the citys burgeoning northwest quadrant. ...
The Eastside is home to the states largest African American community. ...
Oklahoma Citys Asia District is the centre of Asian culture and International cuisine and commerce for the state of Oklahoma. ...
Oklahoma City University is a large private university located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
Further south are Uptown, Automobile Alley and Midtown as well as St. Anthony's Hospital (the city's oldest and largest hospital) at the northern edge of Downtown. Midtown, like much of the inner city, is experiencing a renaissance as the city cleans out the blight and decay and replaces it with upscale urban amenities like the 10th Street Main Street program and the Plaza District streetscape. The name Uptown has multiple meanings: Uptown, an alternative weekly in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Uptown Records, a former record label Uptown, a Korean hip hop and R&B band active in the 1990s The name of neighborhoods or regions in several cities: Uptown, Chicago Uptown Houston Uptown, Minneapolis Uptown, Pittsburgh...
Automobile Alley is Oklahoma Citys newest upscale urban neighborhood,located along Broadway Avenue in Downtown Oklahoma City. ...
Midtown is located due North West of downtown Oklahoma City surrounded by Automobile Alley to the east and Asia District to the North. ...
InnerCity Southside
Stockyards City Located at the Agnew Exit South of I-40 to Exchange Ave, Stockyards City is home to the largest stocker/feeder cattle market in the world. Stockyards City recaptures the architectural flavor of the early part of the Twentieth Century, with gaslights and wooden storefronts. Many of the businesses in Stockyards City date back to the early 1900s when the area was home to several major meat packing companies. The district still has weekly cattle auctions as well as the venerable Cattlemen's Steakhouse.
A number of special events have sprung up as well, including Longhorn Cattle Drive each December, sidewalk sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the Stockyards Stampede the first weekend each June.
Capitol Hill and Riverside
 A sports supply store with hand painted sign, Capitol Hill Oklahoma City has the largest Hispanic population in the State with the majority residing in the South and N.West Oklahoma City. The Capitol Hill and Riverside districts, due south of downtown, are the center of Hispanic oriented commerce in the city. futbol store in capitol hill, oklahoma city I, the author of this image, release it into the public domain worldwide. ...
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Capitol Hill is a neighborhood in south Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
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Capitol Hill (located deceptively far from the actual capital) was founded as a separate city during the land run and was later annexed into Oklahoma City. Hence, it has its own impressively well preserved main street business district alongS.E.25TH Street, which has seen a revival in recent years. Capitol Hill was a popular middle class suburb early in the century, but as the population moved into the outer suburbs and the trolley lines that had connected it to downtown stopped running, the neighborhood went into decline.
While Capitol Hill still has some serious problems with crime and gangs, it is also now one of the liveliest of OKC's neighborhoods. You can find almost anything in Capitol Hill, from recording studios to the oddly placed Oklahoma Opry to soccer supply shops and street side taquerias.
Suburban Northside
Mayfair and Belle Isle Mayfair and Belle Isle are a pair of middle class, mid century neighborhoods surrounding Penn Square Mall and Baptist Hospital. Also nearby is Lake Hefner, a favorite spot for bikers and joggers, with a trail system around the entire municipal reservoir.
 The Northwest Expressway, Suburban NW OKC Northwest Expressway, the city's main artery to the northwestern suburbs, is a strip mall filled, restaurant bearing, continuously congested 6-lane boulevard with highway intersections, hotels, and office towers scattered along at various intervals. The Northwest Business District includes most of the large scale highrises office towers and hotels outside of downtown, (including the architecturally interesting United Founders Tower). Image File history File links The Northwest Expressway, Suburban NW Oklahoma City File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Nichols Hills and The Village Nichols Hills, just north of Belle Isle, is an enclave of the rich and extremely rich. The streets are lined with mansions, the commerce is upscale, the restaurants are gourmet, and the country clubs are exclusive. There are other such enclaves throughout the city, but Nichols Hills is notable even among them for sheer extravagance. The Village, immediately north, is a middle class post-war neighborhood which looks somewhat out of place next to its neighbor to the south. The Village is the location of Casady School, one of the largest and poshest private high schools in the city. The shield of Casady School. ...
Bethany and Warr Acres Bethany and Warr Acres are located in the suburban inner western part of the city. These suburbs, which until recently were in decline, are home to the metro's most competitive tax rates, and have attracted numerous big box retailers. There are a large number of historic motels, restaurants, and bars along old Route 66 (now NW 39th St), Lake Overholser and growing Korean, East Indian, and Pakistani communities. Bethany was originally Ronnie Corbett Israel, best known located near Jerusalem, see Bethany (corbett). ...
Warr Acres is a dense suburban city located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
Bethany is home to Southern Nazarene University and has a well preserved main street area along 39th Street. Lake Overholser, the city's oldest lake and originally its primary reservoir, has seen proposals for resort development.
Quail Springs/Memorial Corridor At the far northern edge of the city along Memorial Road and the John Kirkpatrick Outer Loop Turnpike is a huge swath of suburban development rapidly creeping toward Edmond, the city's largely affluent northern suburb. Over the past 20 years this area has been transformed from grazing land and farm prairie into a broad ribbon of office parks, housing tracts, chain restaurants, a regional supermall - Quail Springs Mall, Mercy Health Center, and a great number of strip malls and box stores. This area is also infamous for one of the most congested and difficult intersections in the city, Memorial Road and N. Pennsylvania Avenue, a natural consequence of the city's sprawl and developer-controlled planning.
The Memorial Corridor may not make it into tourist brochures any time soon, but the area is popular to locals nonetheless. In addition to the suburban sprawl, this area is also home to Martin Park Nature Center, a fairly large nature preserve with several hiking trails and lots of natural wildlife.
Suburban Southside
Meridian Avenue Hospitality Corridor/"Airport Heights" The Meridian Avenue "Hospitality" Corridor is along one of the cities busiest arteries, S. Meridian Avenue, and extends from mid tier west Oklahoma City to suburban Southwest Oklahoma City. The busiest section of the corridor is just north of Will Rogers World Airport and survives primarily on traffic generated by it. Will Rogers World Airport (IATA: OKC, ICAO: KOKC) is located in southwestern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and is the primary commercial airport in Oklahoma. ...
There are numerous hotels, restaurants, and night clubs located in the district. In addition there are several corporations, including Hobby Lobby, headquartered within a mile of the corridor. The area also is home to most of the areas large furniture stores along W. Reno Avenue.
The district is located in close proximity to the South Bank of the Oklahoma River, causing city leaders to envision regular water taxi service from hotels and restaurants of the district to Downtown via the newly navigable waterway.
Education
Higher education Oklahoma City is home to many colleges and universities, including Oklahoma City University in midtown and Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City in Northwest OKC. The OU Health Sciences Center is located due east of downtown Oklahoma City while the University of Oklahoma (Sooners) is located just south of the city in the suburb of Norman. The third-largest university in Oklahoma, the University of Central Oklahoma is located just north of the city in the suburb of Edmond. Oklahoma City Community College in south OKC is the largest community college in the state. Just east of Oklahoma city is Rose State College [1] located in Midwest City. Oklahoma City University is a large private university located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City was originally a branch of Oklahoma State University - Stillwater in 1961. ...
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is an institution of higher learning located in Oklahoma. ...
The University of Central Oklahoma, located in Edmond, Oklahoma (a suburb north of Oklahoma City), is the third largest university in the state with over 14,000 full time students. ...
Oklahoma City also has several public vo-tech schools, the largest of which are Metro Technology Centers [2] and Francis Tuttle. Vocational-technical schools, often called vo-tech schools, are high schools in the United States designed to bring traditional academia to their students, as well as provide them with vocational and technical skills. ...
Francis Tuttle is a public vocational and technical education center with three campuses located in Oklahoma City, OK. It serves high school students from six school districts and provides programs in Health Sciences, Information Technology, Industrial and Technical Careers, and Personal Services. ...
There are also a number of small private colleges and universities in the city, including Oklahoma Christian University, Southern Nazarene University [3], University of Phoenix - Oklahoma City Campus [4], Mid-America Christian University, American Christian College and Seminary, Metropolitan College, and the Downtown College Consortium [5] in downtown Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Christian University (locally known as OC) is a private Christian university associated with the Churches of Christ. ...
Primary and secondary The Oklahoma City Public School district is one of the few urban districts in the nation with a growing enrollment, due largely to the so-called MAPS for KIDs city-wide improvement plan. The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics is also in Oklahoma city and is home to the most gifted of the state's math and science pupils. The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM) is a two-year residential public high school near downtown Oklahoma City. ...
Numerous other suburban districts circle the urban OCPS district, such as Putnam City Public Schools in suburban northwest Oklahoma City, the largest suburban school district in the state. Also, the city has very well developed private and parochial schools, including Casady School near posh suburban Nichols Hills, Heritage Hall (a product of the white flight of the 1970s) and the schools of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The shield of Casady School. ...
Nichols Hills is a posh suburb located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ...
Culture
Major attractions
 Besides the skyscrapers that cluster in the city's central business district, one of the more prominent landmarks downtown is the Crystal Bridge at the Myriad Botanical Gardens, a large downtown urban park. Designed by I. M. Pei after the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, the Crystal Bridge is a tropical conservatory that contains foliage more akin to the Amazon River basin than the Great Plains of North America. The park has several amphitheaters where live theater and concerts can be seen and heard in the summer. There is also a lake in the middle of the park inhabited by large goldfish. Waterfalls and fountains add life-giving oxygen to the lake as well as an added attraction for visitors. Downtown OKC, a Cosmopolitan Oasis in the Heartland. ...
Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ...
The Louvre Pyramid, Paris Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: è²è¿éŠ˜; Pinyin: ; b. ...
Tivoli Gardens, is a famous amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ...
 The crystal bridge at the Myriad Gardens The park is also home to the free Twilight Concert Series (summer) and the city's top festivals, including the annual Festival of the Arts, ranked the second best arts festival in the nation, (April), the annual Downtown Salute (a month-long festival in July complete with parades, free concert acts, and the three-day long Bricktown 4th of July Celebration and Fireworks), and Opening Night (December 31/January 1). Image File history File links The Crystal Bridge at the Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The Oklahoma City Zoological Park is highly ranked nationally and is the oldest zoo in the Southwest US. It is home to numerous natural habitats, WPA era architecture and landscaping, and hosts major touring concerts during the summer at its amphitheater. The Works Progress Administration (later Works Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created on May 6, 1935 with the signing of Executive Order 7034. ...
The Omniplex Museum in the Kirkpatrick Center is one of the largest Science Centers and General Interest Museums in the country. The Kirkpatrick Center houses many informative exhibits on science, photography, aviation, etc, as well as the Omnidome OMNIMAX theater. The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has galleries full of priceless western art and treasures and is home to the Hall of Great Western Performers. Bronze Wrangler The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum and art gallery, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, housing one of the largest collections of: Western, American cowboy, American rodeo, and American Indian; art, artifacts, and archival materials, in the world. ...
The Hall of Great Western Performers is a Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ...
The Oklahoma City National Memorial in the northern part of Oklahoma City's downtown was created, as the inscription on its eastern gate says, "to honor the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed forever on April 19, 1995". The outdoor Symbolic Memorial can be visited 24 hours a day for free, and the adjacent Memorial Museum, located in the former Journal Record building damaged by the bombing, can be entered for a small fee. The site is also home to the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, a non partisan, non profit thinktank devoted to the prevention of terrorism. The Oklahoma City National Memorial site including the memorial chairs, the north Gate of Time, Reflecting Pool, and Survivor Tree Flowers and personal items are left on several of the 168 memorial chairs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P...
April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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 The Oklahoma City Museum of Art The Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center is the new downtown home for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The museum features visiting exhibits, original selections from its own collection, a theater showing a wide variety of foreign, independent, and classic films each week, and a fine dining restaurant. OKCMOA is also home to the largest and most comprehensive collection of Chihuly glass in the world including the three-story Chihuly tower in the Museum's atrium. Image File history File links The Oklahoma City Museum Of Art File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Dale Chihuly has become famous for his intricate, vividly-colored, eye-catching glasswork. ...
Dale Chihuly has become famous for his intricate, vividly-colored, eye-catching glasswork. ...
The capitol building's dome was recently finished as it was one of the few state capitol buildings that did not have a dome atop the structure. Solomon Andrew Layton's original design for the capitol included a dome, but steel rationing during World War I prevented its completion. The effort to build a dome for the capitol was promoted by city and state leaders in the late nineties, and was completed in 2001. Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ...
Also in downtown Oklahoma City, Ford Center was ranked by concert industry group Pollstar as one of the top ten live music venues in the world in ticket sales, and along with SBC Bricktown Ballpark is home to the city's professional sports teams. The Cox Business Services Convention Center, formerly known as the Myriad, is across the street to Ford Center. The Ford Center is an arena located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
Opened in 1998 in Oklahoma Citys Bricktown district, it is the home of the Oklahoma RedHawks, the AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers major league baseball team. ...
The newly renovated art deco Civic Center Music Hall showcases performances from ballet and opera to traveling Broadway shows and concerts. Stage Center for the Performing Arts is home to many of the city's top theater companies. The building that houses Stage Center, designed by John Johansen is a modernist architectural landmark, with the original model displayed in MOMA in New York City. General Electric GE90-115B fanblade, on display at MOMA. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ...
The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ...
Other theaters include the Lyric Theatre and the Jewel Box Theatre, both in Midtown and the new 1,200 seat Kirkpatrick Auditorium and 488-seat Petree Recital Hall, both at the Oklahoma City University campus. Midtown is located due North West of downtown Oklahoma City surrounded by Automobile Alley to the east and Asia District to the North. ...
Oklahoma City University is a large private university located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
Six Flags Frontier City is a western themed amusement park with numerous coasters, rides, and games for all ages. The park also hosts a national concert circuit at its amphitheater during the summer. White Water Bay is a Six Flags Water Park located north of Will Rogers World Airport. Of special note, Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc. corporate headquarters is located in North Oklahoma City. Will Rogers World Airport (IATA: OKC, ICAO: KOKC) is located in southwestern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and is the primary commercial airport in Oklahoma. ...
Six Flags NYSE: PKS is a chain of amusement parks and theme parks headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and New York City. ...
Walking trails line Lake Hefner and Lake Overholser in the northwest part of the city and downtown at the canal and the Oklahoma River. Part of the east shore of Lake Hefner has been developed into upscale offices and restaurants, but the majority of the area around the lake is taken up by parks and trails, including a new leashless dog park and the popular postwar era Stars and Stripes Park. Lake Stanley Draper, the city's largest and most remote, offers more of an escape from the big city and has a more natural feel. The city is implementing a new trail system that will be akin to a bicycle freeway system, allowing residents to access all of the natural beauty of the region and still be within stomping distance to city attractions.
Media See also: Broadcast Media in Oklahoma City This is a summary of broadcast media in Oklahoma City, the capital and largest city of Oklahoma. ...
The Oklahoman is Oklahoma City's daily newspaper, and is the most widely circulated newspaper in the state. The Oklahoman's internet edition is a collaboration with local CBS affiliate KWTV. The Oklahoma Gazette is Oklahoma City's free independent newsweekly, featuring such staples as local commentary, feature stories, classifieds, restaurant reviews and movie listings. The Journal Record is Oklahoma City's daily business newspaper. Other publications include The Gayly Oklahoman, Oklahoma City's weekly newspaper catering to the gay community, and Vox, the upstart weekly competitor to The Oklahoma Gazette. In addition, there are various community and international papers in the city such as The Black Chronicle, headquartered in the Eastside catoring to the city's African American community and the OK VIETIMES. The Oklahoman is the statewide newspaper for Oklahoma. ...
CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ...
KWTV, KWTV 9 is the CBS affiliate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
The Vietnamese Society in Oxford (VOX) [Hội sinh viên Việt Nam tại Đại học Oxford], the official society of any student of Vietnamese origin, regardless of his/her nationality, who is pursuing education, training, higher research and/or other activities at the University of Oxford, UK. The community of Vietnamese...
The Eastside is home to the states largest African American community. ...
Sports Oklahoma City is home to several professional sports teams including the Oklahoma RedHawks, a AAA farm team for the Texas Rangers. Others include the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz, the Oklahoma City Lightning, the Oklahoma Storm, and the Oklahoma City Blazers. Texas Rangers American League AAA Oklahoma RedHawks AA Frisco RoughRiders A Bakersfield Blaze Clinton LumberKings Spokane Indians R Arizona Rangers The Oklahoma RedHawks are a minor league baseball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
The Texas Rangers are a Major League Baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ...
The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz are a National Conference team of the AF2 Arena Football League. ...
The Oklahoma City Lightning is Oklahoma Citys full-contact womens American football team in the National Womens Football Association. ...
The Oklahoma Storm of the United States Basketball League plays in Enid, Oklahoma but have hosted larger games some 90 miles to the south, at Oklahoma Citys Cox Convention Centre. ...
Oklahoma City Blazers The Oklahoma City Blazers are an ice hockey team that plays in the Northwest Division of the Central Hockey League. ...
In what may prove to be a turning point for professional sports in the city, on September 21, 2005, Mayor Mick Cornett announced an agreement with owner George Shinn of the New Orleans Hornets to adopt the city as its temporary home following the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina to New Orleans and the New Orleans Arena. The team will temporarily be known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets and will play 35 home games for the 2005-06 season at Ford Center. This will mark the second major league franchise ever to locate in the city. Residents have shown tremendous support for New Orleans' team despite the fact that owner George Shinn, the NBA Board of Governors, and NBA Commissioner David Stern have all emphatically insisted that the Hornets are New Orleans' team and shall return home to Louisiana as soon as possible. September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets are a National Basketball Association team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
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New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...
The New Orleans Arena is an indoor arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets are a National Basketball Association team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
The Ford Center is an arena located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
The University of Oklahoma sport teams are always a large draw in the city as they host numerous sporting events and tournaments every year including the world famous OU Sooners football games, held at Owen Field in suburban Norman. In addition, the NAIA leading OCU Stars play at the new Abe Lemons Arena at Oklahoma City University. OCU also has a top-rated rowing program. The University of Oklahoma (OU) is an institution of higher learning located in Oklahoma. ...
The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, also known as Owen Field, is the on-campus football facility for the University of Oklahoma in Norman. ...
Oklahoma City University is a large private university located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
The Ford Center, downtown, hosts many events each year including touring concerts, NHL exhibition games, college basketball games for the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, and other spectator events and conventions. Ford Center recently held the 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball First & Second Round, and will host the Men's and Women's Big 12 Conference Basketball Tournaments in 2007. Nearby SBC Bricktown Ballpark hosted the Big 12 Baseball Tournament in 2005 and will be the site again in 2006, and 2007. The Ford Center is an arena located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ...
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is an institution of higher learning located in Oklahoma. ...
Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater, OK, is an institution of higher learning founded in 1890 as a land-grant university, known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M). ...
Opened in 1998 in Oklahoma Citys Bricktown district, it is the home of the Oklahoma RedHawks, the AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers major league baseball team. ...
Other notable sporting events in the city include the World Cup of Softball and the annual NCAA Women's College World Series played at the "Don E. Porter" Hall of Fame Stadium as well as horse races at Remington Park and the many horse shows and equine events that take place at the state fairgrounds each year. Softball museum located in Oklahoma City, OK. External Links National Softball Hall of Fame ...
A horse show is a judged exhibition of horses and ponies. ...
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