by OU IQC | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, Featured Posts
Monday marked the 20th year of the leadership of OU President David Boren and First Lady Molly Shi Boren here at The University of Oklahoma. Over the last two decades, Molly Shi and David Boren have promoted beautiful public spaces and architecture on the OU campus....
by OU IQC | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Featured Posts
The New Deal programs of the 1930s transformed the nation with public construction projects. A new interactive map from Berkeley’s Department of Geography lets you find New Deal projects anywhere in the country. In Oklahoma towns, many examples of these civic...
by Shane Hampton | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog, Featured Posts
Today, a Jeff Speck article published on CityLab shares an excellent argument for narrower travel lanes. In the article, Speck tells how 12′ lanes have become a national standard, despite many disadvantages when applied in urban settings: When lanes are built...
by Shane Hampton | Sep 25, 2014 | Blog, Community Events, Events
PARK(ing) Day is a worldwide event where citizens turn parking spaces into places for people to hang out. Last year 8 parklets appeared around Oklahoma City, but this year more than 20 parking locations in 10 districts were transformed into creative miniature parks....
by Shane Hampton | Sep 8, 2014 | Blog, Featured Posts
In a hot summer climate, shade is an important part of making people comfortable outside. When famed photographer Dorothea Lange visited Sallisaw, Oklahoma in August of 1936, she noticed farmers were gathered on the shady side of the street to sit or stand in groups...
by Shane Hampton | Aug 14, 2014 | Blog
Guthrie, Oklahoma is famous for its beautifully preserved downtown, which was named a National Historic Landmark in 1999. The city got lots of attention for hosting a music festival with more than 40,000 attendees last summer. Guthrie has been doing a great job...
