Downtown Oklahoma City is located at the geographic center of the

Oklahoma City metropolitan area The Oklahoma City metropolitan area is an urban region in the Southern United States. It is the largest metropolitan area in the state of Oklahoma and contains the state capital and principal city, Oklahoma City. It is often known as the Okla ...

and contains the principal,

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of the region. The CBD has over 51,000 workers and over 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

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s that ring the Central Business District; including the retail oriented A-Alley, the Arts District, the Bricktown Entertainment District, the

Deep Deuce Deep Deuce historic neighborhood is a district in Downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was home to Zelia Breaux's Aldridge Theater and Dr. W. H. Slaughter's Slaughter Building his Cove Pharmacy and Slaughter's Hall in it. Author Ralph Waldo Elliso ...

residential neighborhood, and the

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. 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 BC Clark Jewelers is a full-service jeweler that currently operates three stores in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The company, founded in Purcell, Indian Territory in 1892, claims to be "Oklahoma's oldest jeweler." Today, the company operates three loc ...

, Oklahoma's oldest jeweler (founded in 1892) * Bricktown **

Academy of Contemporary Music The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) is a music academy in Guildford, Surrey, England providing contemporary music-based courses. The school of music has a focus on rock, pop music, electronic dance music and a vocational approach. T ...

University of Central Oklahoma The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO or Central State) is a public university in Edmond, Oklahoma. It is the third largest university in Oklahoma, with more than 17,000 students and approximately 434 full-time and 400 adjunct faculty. Founde ...

American Banjo Museum The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to the history of the banjo. The museum's exhibits document the rise of the banjo from its arrival in North America via the Atlantic slave trade to modern times. The museum was founded in 198 ...

Bass Pro Shops BPS Direct, L.L.C, doing business as Bass Pro Shops, is an American privately held retailer which specializes in hunting, fishing, camping, and other related outdoor recreation merchandise. With headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, Bass P ...

**Bricktown Canal Riverwalk **Bricktown Fountain **Bricktown Riverwalk Park ** Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark ** Harkins Theatres **'' Centennial Land Run Monument'' *Campbell Art Park *Central Park (Union Park), to be developed in the Core-2-Shore/Downtown South *Century Center *

(original black downtown currently gentrified as an urban residential district) *Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery * Kerr Park *

Midtown Oklahoma City Midtown is located northwest of downtown Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ...

* 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 ** Hightower Park **

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Oklahoma City National Memorial The Oklahoma City National Memorial is a memorial in the United States that honors the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were affected by the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The memorial is located in downtown Oklahoma City on th ...

*Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center (formerly City Arts Center) * Oklahoma River **RiverSport (formerly Boathouse) District **Finish Line Tower * Paycom Center *Plaza Court * Prairie Surf Studios *Rocktown Climbing Gym *Scissortail Park * Skydance Bridge *

Triangle District The Flatiron District (also sometimes called the Triangle District) in Oklahoma City is so named because several buildings in the district were built in a flatiron (triangular) architectural style due to Harrison Avenue diagonally intersecting the e ...

* The Underground *WestTown *The Womb

Downtown living

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 *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 The Regency (formerly known as the Regency Tower and Oklahoma Continental Apartments) is a 24-story residential building located at 333 Northwest 5th Street, in the northwest section of Downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw ...

*Seiber Motor Hotel Residences *Sycamore Square Apartment Homes *SoSA neighborhood upscale modern residences

Notable buildings and skyscrapers

Oklahoma City Streetcar passing east end of historic U

* BOK Park Plaza *Central High School, now

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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

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* 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

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, Santa-Fe Depot (Intermodal

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) * Oklahoma City Federal Building *

* Oklahoma Tower * Paycom Center, home of the NBA's

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Petroleum Building The Petroleum Building is a 50-meter/10-floor building at 420 South Boulder in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1921, and is a steel and reinforced concrete structure faced with buff brick. The name was given because most of the early tenants w ...

Renaissance Hotel Renaissance Hotels is a luxury hotel brand of Marriott International. It was founded in 1981 as Ramada Renaissance, an upscale brand of Ramada Inns. In 1989 the brand was relaunched as Renaissance Hotels. It was bought by Marriott in 1997. As ...

* Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library * Saint Anthony Hospital campus *Saint Joseph's Old Cathedral *Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral *

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* 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 The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

Notable residents

* Mick Cornett - former Mayor of Oklahoma City * J. Clifford Hudson -

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, and

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References

External links

Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc.
under contract with the City of Oklahoma City to implement Business Improvement District initiatives in the CBD and surrounding urban districts
Oklahoma River Attractions and Redevelopment
{{Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area Neighborhoods in Oklahoma City Economy of Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and ...

Tourist attractions in Oklahoma City