Comments on: Oklahoma City’s 1910 Plan for Grand Boulevard by W.H. Dunn

By: imagiNATIVEamerica » Things I should have posted over the last 3 weeks (5 of 10)

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:22:31 +0000

[...] firm was involved with projects including Fairlawn Cemetery, Belle Isle Park, Classen Boulevard, 1910 Dunn Parks and Boulevard Plan, and was hired by the city in 1920 to produce Oklahoma City’s first comprehensive plan, but [...]

By: imagiNATIVEamerica » Things I should have posted over the last 3 weeks (1 of 10)

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:11:11 +0000

[...] of Grand Boulevard, and the rights-of-way for significant portions of our interstate system. The 1910 Plan by Wilbur H. Dunn, it turns out, represents only a small part of a much longer story. I haven’t decided what [...]

By: The Oklahoman Park

The Oklahoman Park — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:12:42 +0000

[...] United States. Despite the addition of large parks on the edge of town constructed as part of the 1910 Parks and Boulevard Plan and the existence of other quality open spaces, such as Belle Isle Amusement Park north of the city [...]

By: Dale Birchett

Dale Birchett — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:02:24 +0000

At last nights meeting of the Audubon Society of Central Oklahoma I saw a slide similar to the first picture in your web article during a wonderful presentation by Brian Dougherty, director of the Parks and Public Spaces Initiative at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. This was indeed an inspired and progressive vision for Oklahoma City. It is too bad that its worth was not recognized by successive generations and the areas for the boulevard set aside and preserved then developed as funds became available.

Blair, I’m glad Brian’s presentation led me to find your work as it is important that this information be preserved and fortuitous that it can be made so universally available on the internet. Thank you for your efforts, I wish you the best and for a short while I’ll allow myself to imagine what great works you could do in Oklahoma City if you were funded and given your head.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:35:45 +0000

I love stuff like this. Thanks for posting.

By: Blair

Blair — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:38:10 +0000

Yeh…I found that picture of the house in a chamber pamphlet also produced in 1909. I need to read through it and then I will try to get it posted.

By: Dad

Dad — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:31:23 +0000

Blair,

Great work! Where’s the picture of that house on 14th Street?

Dad

By: Doug Loudenback

Doug Loudenback — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:40:12 +0000

Thanks, Blair. I suppose that you have the similar but different 1911 map but if you don’t feel free to use mine if it helps your research or paper in any way. This is one I actually own a paper copy of! A high-res image is available here: http://dougdawg.blogspot.com/2007/08/okc-street-map-history.html#1911%20Planning%20Map

By: Blair

Blair — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:17:17 +0000

Hey Doug – thanks. Definitely feel free to use any and all of it as you please. Please be sure and add a comment with a link to your post when it is finished.

By: dustbury.com » It’s all in the plan

dustbury.com » It’s all in the plan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:40:58 +0000

[...] never seen the actual plan in print, but now Blair Humphreys has a copy of it, in all its yellowing splendor, from the days when we dreamed, and dreamed big. (It took us a while [...]