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Chamber-led cabal chokes off downtown development

This sort of thing never happens, right? Never, ever would a secretive group of private business leaders direct the redevelopment decisions of public agencies from behind the scenes. And if they did, well, we just have to trust that these business leaders know far more about urban development than the...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 22, 2010 11:04 AM

"Born Again": 1977 Oklahoma historic preservation documentary

A 1977 documentary on historic preservation in Oklahoma has been posted online at the I. M. Pei Project website. The half-hour film, entitled "Born Again: Historic Preservation in Oklahoma," is narrated by Norman architect Arn Henderson. It opens with a sequence of demolitions of beautiful and historic office blocks in...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 29, 2010 12:50 PM

Oklahoma ruins (and Arkansas too)

More linkage, less thinkage, until I get out from under the pile: Abandoned Oklahoma is a website devoted to photography of abandoned places around the state. Homes, industrial sites, parks, schools, churches. Sites include the Labadie Mansion in Copan (north of Bartlesville), the Santa Fe Depot in Cushing, the Page-Woodson...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 11, 2009 12:01 AM