Downtown Oklahoma City | |
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Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City | |
Downtown Oklahoma City skyline from the Northeast
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Nickname(s): OKC, downtown | |
Country | United States |
State | Oklahoma |
Counties | Oklahoma |
City | Oklahoma City |
Area | |
• Land | 1.2 sq mi (3 km2) |
Elevation | 1,200 ft (400 m) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 7,475 |
• Density | 6,229/sq mi (2,405/km2) |
ZIP code | 73102, 73103*, 73104*, 73106*, 73109*, 73129* |
Area code(s) | 405 |
Website | http://www.downtownokc.com |
Downtown Oklahoma City is located at the geographic center of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and contains the principal, central business district of the region. The CBD has over 51,000 workers and over 12,000,000 sq ft (1,100,000 m2) of leasable office space to-date. Downtown Oklahoma City is the legal, financial, economic, nightlife, and entertainment center of the region.
Downtown Oklahoma City consists of several urban districts that ring the Central Business District; including the retail oriented A-Alley, the Arts District, the Bricktown Entertainment District, the Deep Deuce residential neighborhood, and the Flatiron District. Unofficial/new areas of downtown OKC include "Lower Bricktown", MidTown urban neighborhood, SOSA (South of Saint Anthony 'hospital'), WestTown, Film Row urban district, Farmer's Market, and the new Downtown South "Core-2-Shore" neighborhoods.
Since the mid-1990s, residential housing has made a significant rebound in downtown Oklahoma City as numerous projects have been completed with many more proposed or are currently in development in each district. Examples of the various residential communities available today include: