Downtown Oklahoma City is located near the geographic center of Oklahoma City and is the main business district of the city. Downtown OKC also is the economic, financial, and entertainment center of the state of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City's central business district skyline, as seen from Centennial Fountain in Lower Bricktown).

Downtown OKC consists of several districts including A-Alley, Arts District, Bricktown, Deep Deuce, the central business district, and the Flatiron District.

Unofficial areas include lower Bricktown, MidTown, Westowne, Film Row, and the new Downtown South neighbourhoods.

Attractions

• AT&T Bricktown Ballpark
• Automobile Alley Historic District
• Bass Pro Shops
• BC Clark, Oklahoma's oldest jeweler (founded in 1892)
• Bricktown
• Bricktown Canal
• Civic Center Music Hall
• Core 2 Shore/Downtown South
• Cox Business Services Convention Center
• Deep Deuce Historic Neighborhood (Original black downtown being gentrified as an urban residential district)
• Ford Center
• Harkins Theatre
• Kerr Park
• Midtown Oklahoma City
• Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge Conservatory
• Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• Oklahoma City National Memorial
• Stage Center for the Performing Arts
• Triangle District
• The Underground
• Westown

Downtown Living

Since the 1990s housing has returned to downtown Oklahoma City. Many projects have been completed or are in development. Some of the different communities include:

• Block 42
• The Brownstones at Maywood Park
• Centennial on the Canal
• Deep Deuce
• Legacy at Arts Quarter
• The Montgomery
• Park Harvey Place
• Regency Tower

Notable Buildings and Skyscrapers

• Bank of Oklahoma Tower
• Chase Tower, the tallest office building in Oklahoma City
• City Place Tower
• Colcord Hotel, the city's first skyscraper
• Federal Reserve Bank
• First National Center
• Kerr-McGee Tower (SandRidge Energy headquarters)
• Leadership Square, the city's largest office complex
• Mid America Tower (Devon Energy headquarters)
• Civic Center Music Hall
• Oklahoma City Federal Building (Adjacent to the Oklahoma City National Memorial)
• Oklahoma City Museum of Art
• Oklahoma City Public Library
• Oklahoma Tower
• Petroleum Building
• Renaissance Hotel
• Sheraton Hotel
• Skirvin Hotel

External Links

• Downtown Oklahoma City dot com

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