Downtown Oklahoma City

Downtown Oklahoma City
Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City

Downtown Oklahoma City skyline from the Northeast
Nickname(s): 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 city. With 115 city blocks and more than 6,000,000 sq ft (560,000 m2) of leasable office space to-date,[1] downtown Oklahoma City also 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, Bricktown Entertainment District, 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

Winter 2012 in Downtown OKC, from Bricktown

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:

Notable buildings and skyscrapers

Devon Energy Center

References

  1. http://www.downtownokc.com/Default.aspx?tabid=72
  2. "B.C. Clark inducted into retail group." Journal Record. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Downtown Oklahoma City.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.