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OKC Spaghetti Warehouse, Bricktown pioneer, closes; Tulsa store remains open

Spaghetti Warehouse, one of the catalysts for transforming a neglected neighborhood of warehouses into Oklahoma City's Bricktown entertainment district, closed its doors today after 26 years of business, a victim of the surrounding district's success. The restaurant opened for business, with space for 425 diners, on November 12, 1989, at...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 2, 2016 6:13 PM

Lee Roy Chapman, RIP: "To force it on eyes that don't want to see it"

A memorial service for Lee Roy Chapman will be held Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. at Cain's Ballroom. All are welcome. A fund for the benefit of his five-year-old son, Kasper, has been set up at GoFundMe. Friends are sharing memories on the "Remembering Lee Roy Chapman" page...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 11, 2015 1:25 AM

Finally: TDA to allow Wilkinses to develop across from ballpark

A proposed hotel/office/retail development in the Bob Wills District that was stymied in 2008 by Mayor Kathy Taylor and the Tulsa Development Authority now looks to move forward, five years later and after a lawsuit and settlement. The half-block west of Elgin between Archer and Brady is owned by the...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 31, 2013 12:49 PM

The Brady name game

The debate over purging the name Brady from Tulsa streets and landmarks has made international news. Tulsa City Council researcher Jack Blair discovered a December 24, 1907, street-naming ordinance that shows that Archer, Brady, and Haskell streets had different names in the initial draft -- Archer was Atchison, Brady was...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 27, 2013 1:07 AM

<em>UHF</em> tonight at Guthrie Green

Weird Al Yankovic lived in the Bob Wills District before it was cool. His character in a movie did, at any rate. A two-story building at 114 S. Archer provided the interior and exterior shots of the apartment and adjoining karate studio shown near the beginning of the movie. Tonight...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 4, 2012 12:30 PM