Downtown Oklahoma City facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Downtown Oklahoma City
Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Downtown Skyline as seen from the Wheeler Ferris Wheel
Nicknames:  OKC, downtown
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
Counties	Oklahoma
City	Oklahoma City
Area
• Land	1.2 sq mi (3 km2)
Elevation	1,200 ft (400 m)
Population  (2013)
• Total	7,475
• Density	6,229/sq mi (2,405/km2)
ZIP code	73102, 73103*, 73104*, 73106*, 73109*, 73129
Area code(s)	405
Website	http://www.downtownokc.com

Downtown Oklahoma City is located at the geographic center of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and contains the principal, central business district of the region. The CBD has over 51,000 workers and over 12,000,000 sq ft (1,100,000 m²) of leasable office space to-date. Downtown Oklahoma City is the legal, financial, economic, nightlife, and entertainment center of the region.

Downtown Oklahoma City consists of several urban districts that ring the Central Business District; including the retail oriented A-Alley, the Arts District, the Bricktown Entertainment District, the Deep Deuce residential neighborhood, and the Flatiron District. Unofficial/new areas of downtown OKC include "Lower Bricktown", MidTown urban neighborhood, SOSA (South of Saint Anthony 'hospital'), WestTown, Film Row urban district, Farmer's Market, and the new Downtown South "Core-2-Shore" neighborhoods.

Attractions

• Artspace at Untitled
• Automobile Alley Historic District
• BC Clark, Oklahoma's oldest jeweler (founded in 1892)
• Bricktown Entertainment District
  • Academy of Contemporary Music At University of Central Oklahoma
  • American Banjo Museum
  • Bass Pro Shops
  • Bricktown Canal Riverwalk
  • Bricktown Fountain
  • Bricktown Riverwalk Park
  • Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
  • Harkins Theatres
  • Oklahoma Land Run statue

Winter 2012 in Downtown OKC, from Bricktown

• Central Park (Union Park), to be developed in the Core-2-Shore/Downtown South
• Century Center
• Chesapeake Energy Arena
• Cox Business Services Convention Center
• Deep Deuce Historic Neighborhood (Original black downtown currently gentrified as an urban residential district)
• Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery
• Kerr Park
• Midtown Oklahoma City
• Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge Conservatory
• Oklahoma City 89'Er Museum Park
• Oklahoma City Civic Center
  • Bicentennial Park
  • City Hall
  • Civic Center Music Hall
  • Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• Oklahoma City National Memorial
• Oklahoma River
  • Boathouse District
  • Finish Line Tower
• Plaza Court
• Rocktown Climbing Gym
• SkyDance Pedestrian Bridge
• Triangle District
• The Underground
• WestTown

Downtown living

Automobile Alley district

Since the mid-1990s, residential housing has made a significant rebound in downtown Oklahoma City as numerous projects have been completed with many more proposed or are currently in development in each district. Examples of the various residential communities available today include:

• City Place Tower, the Penthouses
• 21C Museum Residences
• Park Harvey Place
• Civic
• Steelyard
• LIFT
• The Frank
• Edge @ MidTown
• Metropolitan
• Block 42
• The Brownstones at Maywood Park
• Central Avenue Villas
• Centennial on the Canal
• The Lofts at Maywood Park
• Deep Deuce Apartment blocks
• The Hill
• Avana
• The Montgomery
• Regency Tower
• Seiber Motor Hotel Residences
• Sycamore Square Apartment Homes
• SoSA neighborhood upscale modern residences

Notable buildings and skyscrapers

Devon Tower, Oklahoma's tallest.

OKC Streetcar passing the historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Building

• BOK Park Plaza
• Central High School, now Oklahoma City University Law School
• Chase Tower, including the renowned Petroleum Club on top floors
• City Place Tower
• Civic Center Music Hall – the city's premier performing arts and auditory performance hall
• Colcord Hotel, the city's first skyscraper
• Devon Energy Center – Oklahoma's tallest skyscraper
• Federal Reserve Bank
• First Baptist Church, cathedral
• First Lutheran Church, cathedral
• First National Center
• Kerr-McGee Tower (now SandRidge Energy headquarters)
• Leadership Square, the city's largest leasable class A office complex
• Littlepage Building-National Historic Site
• Mid America Tower (Continental headquarters)
• Oklahoma City Amtrak, Santa-Fe Depot (Intermodal Transit Center)
• Oklahoma City Federal Building
• Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• Oklahoma City National Memorial
• Oklahoma Tower
• Paycom Center, home of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder
• Petroleum Building
• Renaissance Hotel
• Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library
• Saint Anthony Hospital campus
• Saint Joseph's Old Cathedral
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
• Sheraton Hotel
• Skirvin Hilton Hotel
• Union Bus Station, demolished
• Union Station
• U.S. Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Office Building, on the National Register of Historic Places