60 Years of Urban Change: Northeast

60 years has made a big difference in the urban form of American cities. This visual tool is a way to review the scope of these changes. In many cases, the most notable changes are a legacy of the urban renewal programs and planning of the mid-century period. This...

The Elk City Boom: Oil and Gas Boomtowns

This is a four-part series released Monday, December 15 through Thursday, December 18. Part 1: Oil and Gas Boomtowns Part 2: Current Growth Challenges Part 3: Moving Forward Part 4: Diversifying an Economy The story of “boom towns” in Oklahoma is not a new one. Given...

Where We Tweet

Geotagged tweets reveal interesting patterns in cities. A new map of more than 6 billion tweets from the last three and a half years shows where people around the world are tweeting. Here are some interesting regions in Oklahoma. Scroll to the bottom to explore the...

Cultivating Community at OU

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....

The New Deal Around Oklahoma

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...