Of the nine projects pitched for Oklahoma City’s original 1993 MAPS program, the idea of building a “canal” in Bricktown came with little logic or reason in a town that previously stuck to a utilitarian approach to infrastructure. Tuesday, July 2, marks the 25th anniversary of the canal, a chance to look back on why […]
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Oldest continuing business in Bricktown set to move out of the former industrial district
The last original industrial anchor and oldest ongoing business in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown, Federal Corporation, is set to move to a new location just west of downtown. Founded in 1918, the Federal Corporation at 120 E Main, specializing in boilers, piping and fittings, was led by three successive generations of the Loeffler family until it […]