Neighborhoods Oklahoma City

automobile alley in oklahoma city



looking in heart of oklahoma city s central business district

oklahoma city neighborhoods extremely varied; pin-neat affluent historic neighborhoods sit next districts have not wholly recovered economic , social decline of 1970s , 1980s.

the city bisected geographically , culturally north canadian river, divides north oklahoma city , south oklahoma city. two-halves of city founded , plotted separate cities, grew together. north side characterized diverse , fashionable urban neighborhoods near city center , sprawling suburbs further north. south oklahoma city more blue collar working class , more industrial, having grown around stockyards , meat packing plants @ turn of century, , center of city s rapidly growing latino community.

downtown oklahoma city, has 7,600 residents, seeing influx of new private investment , large scale public works projects, have helped resuscitate central business district left deserted oil bust of 1980s. centerpiece of downtown newly renovated crystal bridge , myriad botanical gardens, 1 of few elements of pei plan completed. in next few years massive new central park link gardens near cbd , new convention center built south of north canadian river, part of massive works project known core shore ; new park part of maps3, collection of civic projects funded one-cent temporary (seven-year) sales tax increase.