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UnFrSaKn
11-05-2012, 10:48 AM
These are photos I found of Reno Ave where the Cox Convention Center is now.

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NW CORNER OF RENO & S. BROADWAY AVE'S., C.1925

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http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/21412M1849BarneyHillermanCollection-Photographs-Box1VIEWLOOKINGWESTONRENOFROMSHIELDSOKLAHOMACITYc1 937.jpg

VIEW LOOKING WEST ON RENO FROM SHIELDS, OKLAHOMA CITY, c. 1937

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"FROSTY WINTER MORNING - RENO 1937" - 12-24 W. RENO AVE., THE DAVIDSON AND CASE LUMBER CO., 1937

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ISIS THEATRE, 124 W. RENO, C. 1936., 1936

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RENO THEATRE, 131 W. RENO, CIRCA 1946. VIEW TAKEN PRIOR TO ITS BEING REMODELED. PHOTO BY WHITEFORD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK., 1946

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http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/22194111007BobDuncanCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMAGLOBEACCT-200BLOCKOFERENO-OKLAHOMACITYOK1965.jpg

This one says: 200 BLOCK OF E. RENO - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 1965

But it must be near the Ballpark in Lower Bricktown. That must be the Rock Island Plow building, Whiskey Chicks and the railroad bridge in the far background.

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UnclePete
11-06-2012, 06:10 AM
The 200 East Reno picture is of the Katy Railroad freight house.