Was a convention hotel mentioned as a part of the MAPS 3 campaign? Part of the June 11, 2013, City Council discussion focused on that question during a presentation by the Alliance for Oklahoma City Economic Development. A truncated version of the discussion, focusing...
This haunting tune by George Harrison strikes me as particularly poignant this week in the Oklahoma City metro, as the city of Moore and other metro communities experienced yet again the horrors that Mother Nature can bring. Some (Westoro Baptist Church, Kansas)...
According the sponsoring organization’s press release, 2012’s OKC Gay Pride events kick off on Thursday, May 17, and last for ten days until May 27. A rather lengthy discussion and review of LGBT issues and the history of the Gay Rights Movement was done...
The Metro Trends element of the Urban Institute says that it’s Oklahoma City. In an article named, “Are Some Metros Better for the 99%?” on December 5, 2011, Margery Turner of Metro Trends gave a hint that Oklahoma City might fare well in an answer...
On April 22, 1957, the “Arrows to Atoms” two-hundred-foot-tall tower at the state fairgrounds in Oklahoma City was dedicated and lighted as part of the state’s Semi-Centennial. The days of the Dust Bowl were then well within the memories of most in...
