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A Walk Through Time at the Festival of the Arts

A Walk Through Time at the Festival of the Arts

by Lynne Rostochil. Spring is here and that means that it’s nearly time for the annual Festival of the Arts downtown.  To celebrate the festival’s return to its original home in Bicentennial Park (formerly Civic Center Park), I thought it would be fun to show vintage photos of its early years in the park and after […]

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A Window in Time: Revisiting the Pei Plan Model

by Lynne Rostochil.  Vintage photos from the History Center collection, current-day photos by Lynne Rostochil   Over 50 years after I.M. Pei revealed his plan for a modern downtown Oklahoma City, there are few fans of the Urban Renewal project that would see over 500 buildings obliterated to create “super blocks” of high rises, shopping centers, and a […]

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