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The tunnels were a vibrant part of the OKC landscape, including several shops and restaurants, but lost much of their popularity with the end of the last oil boom. [1] Originally named the Conncourse, in honor of Oklahoma City banker Jack Conn, [2] it was renamed the Underground after an extensive facelift conducted by architect Rand Elliott. [3]
Asia District, Oklahoma City. Coordinates: 35°29′47″N 97°32′04″W. Oklahoma City 's Asia District, also known as the Asian District, is the center of Asian culture and International cuisine and commerce in the state of Oklahoma. It contains the largest population of Asian Americans and descendants from Asia in the state.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: the Oklahoma City Underground (formerly the Oklahoma City Conncourse) is a tunnel system connecting nearly all of the downtown buildings in a 20-square-block area. It is one of the most extensive all-enclosed pedestrian systems in the U.S., extending three-quarters of a mile and connecting over 30 downtown buildings via ...
John R. Park Homestead Conservation Area – Essex. The Park Homestead was a station on the Underground Railroad. [9][10] John Freeman Walls Historic Site – Lakeshore. [1][2] John Freeman Walls, left his enslavers in North Carolina and settled in Canada. The Refugee Home Society supplied the money to buy land and he built a cabin.
United States federal government. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was a United States federal government complex located at 200 N.W. 5th Street in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On April 19, 1995, the building was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, which killed 168 people and injured 680 ...
Fifteen years ago, the MAPS 3 Convention Center, the OKC Streetcar and the 70-acre Scissortail Park were only ideas on a ballot. Since then, Oklahoma City has undergone an incredible transformation.
The Oklahoma City Streetcar (OKC Streetcar), also known as the MAPS 3 streetcar, is a streetcar system in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, that opened in 2018 and is operated by Embark. The 4.8-mile (7.7 km) system serves the greater downtown Oklahoma City area using modern, low-floor streetcars, [1] the first of which was delivered in ...
Downtown Oklahoma City. Downtown Oklahoma City itself is currently undergoing a renaissance.Between the mid-1980s and 1990s, downtown was unchanged and largely vacant. It was the scene of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on 5th Street between Robinson and Harvey Avenues, caused by convicted domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh; most buildings within a 1-mile (1.6 km) radius ...