OKC Pics (Ponca City, May: restaurant, shop, design)

[colleeng47]

Nice pics, Cali. How do you like your new area in Nichols Hills?

[Cali_Okie_Girl]

I love it!!!! its so gorgeous there!! if i had to give advice on were to live in OKC and could buy any home i would say Nichols Hills!!!

[happytown]

Originally Posted by Cali_Okie_Girl

i was bored so i went on google and found some cool pics of OKC!!



my site that is always up on my computer...i always try to join in on the city things that are here..i did the ice clean which was actually alot of fun!!

City of Nichols Hills - HOME

Nice pics Cali....


This is called the Olverholser Mansion
Here is some history...many Mansions with names are in Heritage Hills.
Overholser, Henry (Mansion)

Nichols Hills has one of the most unique histories of any city in the United States. At one point in time NH was actually in the top 25 richest cities in the U.S.
Happy you enjoy the area.....I most certainly do. The parks are wonderful. If you have a dog then you should visit the doggie fountain to let it cool off/drink after a long walk.

[happytown]

Bricktown Ballpark





The top of The First National Bank Tower. The new owners are expected to make a big announcement soon about some huge renovations.



Detail of the Art Deco Oklahoma icon.



Part of the Grand Banking Hall in First National Tower.

[Cali_Okie_Girl]

Originally Posted by happytown

Nice pics Cali....


This is called the Olverholser Mansion
Here is some history...many Mansions with names are in Heritage Hills.
Overholser, Henry (Mansion)

Nichols Hills has one of the most unique histories of any city in the United States. At one point in time NH was actually in the top 25 richest cities in the U.S.
Happy you enjoy the area.....I most certainly do. The parks are wonderful. If you have a dog then you should visit the doggie fountain to let it cool off/drink after a long walk.

Thanks for the link...sure it was nice to be the richest man in OK!

[_redbird_]

Originally Posted by Cali_Okie_Girl

i was bored so i went on google and found some cool pics of OKC!!

Wow. You can't get much more bored than that.

Can you find some of Gotebo?

[happytown]

I would have picked the exciting town of Slick, OK.

[happytown]

Originally Posted by Cali_Okie_Girl

Thanks for the link...sure it was nice to be the richest man in OK!

Ya- Its interesting that the richest man at the time from Oklahoma was in OKC.
I dont know...Maybe its just the capital of a state or something.

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[n8tiv_okie]

Originally Posted by Cali_Okie_Girl

Thanks for the link...sure it was nice to be the richest man in OK!

I think Ponca City has the first house in the world with central air conditioning...if memory serves me correctly.
More useless trivia like the fact that OKC was the first city to install parking meters.
;P

[happytown]

Originally Posted by n8tiv_okie

I think Ponca City has the first house in the world with central air conditioning...if memory serves me correctly.
More useless trivia like the fact that OKC was the first city to install parking meters.
;P

"The concept of air conditioning is known to have been applied in Ancient Rome, where aqueduct water was circulated through the walls of certain houses to cool them. Similar techniques in medieval Persia involved the use of cisterns and wind towers to cool buildings during the hot season".

But that definitely doesnt take away from the The Marland Mansion which is an incredible home.


On another note....

Considering all the well established cities around the U.S. and the World and the mass amount of parking meters everywhere and the significance of them. It is actually phenomenal that OKC invented and had the very first one!! Although I already knew this fact along with other inventions in OK, I never really realized the significance given that OKC was founded in the very late 1800s.