UnFrSaKn
11-05-2012, 10:48 AM
These are photos I found of Reno Ave where the Cox Convention Center is now.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/16247OklahomaHistoricalSocietyPhotographCollection-Photographs-TownsBox6TOWNS-OKLAHOMACITY-STREETS-RENONWCORNEROFRENOSBROADWAYAVESC1925LTORL.jpg
NW CORNER OF RENO & S. BROADWAY AVE'S., C.1925
View today (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=124+W.+Reno+Ave&hl=en&ll=35.464254,-97.514529&spn=0.000464,0.000733&sll=35.464722,-97.513495&sspn=0.003775,0.005863&t=h&hnear=124+W+Reno+Ave,+Oklahoma+City,+Oklahoma+7310 2&z=21&layer=c&cbll=35.464254,-97.514529&panoid=FBZ3aiTriGTyk4d3YUjI9w&cbp=13,327.21,,0,1.56)
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
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/20218-1788ClaytonESouleCollection-Photographs-Box1TOWNS-OKLAHOMACITYOK-STREETS-RENO-FROSTYWINTERMORNING-RENO1937-12-24WRENOAVETHEDAVIDSONAND.jpg
"FROSTY WINTER MORNING - RENO 1937" - 12-24 W. RENO AVE., THE DAVIDSON AND CASE LUMBER CO., 1937
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/215001591GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-ISIS-ISISTHEATRE124WRENOC19361936.jpg
ISIS THEATRE, 124 W. RENO, C. 1936., 1936
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/215001621GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATRE131WRENOCIRCA1946.jpg
RENO THEATRE, 131 W. RENO, CIRCA 1946. VIEW TAKEN PRIOR TO ITS BEING REMODELED. PHOTO BY WHITEFORD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK., 1946
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001624GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATREAFTERREMODELINGAUG181950GINTERPHOTOOKLA HOM.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001626GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATREAUG181950GINTERPHOTOOKLAHOMACITYOK1950. jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001623GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATRECIRCA1946PHOTOBYWHITEFORDOKLAHOMACITYOK 194.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001625GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATREAUG181950GINTERPHOTOOKLAHOMACITYOK1950. jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001622GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATRECIRCA1946PHOTOBYWHITEFORDOKLAHOMACITYOK 194.jpg
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.
View today (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=whiskey+chicks&hl=en&ll=35.464249,-97.509053&spn=0.000464,0.000733&sll=35.464254,-97.514529&sspn=0.000467,0.000733&t=h&hq=whiskey+chicks&z=21&layer=c&cbll=35.464249,-97.509053&panoid=xxiKBYNqYjvnsn4OBhfDrA&cbp=13,278.36,,0,0.08)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/16247OklahomaHistoricalSocietyPhotographCollection-Photographs-TownsBox6TOWNS-OKLAHOMACITY-STREETS-RENONWCORNEROFRENOSBROADWAYAVESC1925LTORL.jpg
NW CORNER OF RENO & S. BROADWAY AVE'S., C.1925
View today (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=124+W.+Reno+Ave&hl=en&ll=35.464254,-97.514529&spn=0.000464,0.000733&sll=35.464722,-97.513495&sspn=0.003775,0.005863&t=h&hnear=124+W+Reno+Ave,+Oklahoma+City,+Oklahoma+7310 2&z=21&layer=c&cbll=35.464254,-97.514529&panoid=FBZ3aiTriGTyk4d3YUjI9w&cbp=13,327.21,,0,1.56)
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
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/20218-1788ClaytonESouleCollection-Photographs-Box1TOWNS-OKLAHOMACITYOK-STREETS-RENO-FROSTYWINTERMORNING-RENO1937-12-24WRENOAVETHEDAVIDSONAND.jpg
"FROSTY WINTER MORNING - RENO 1937" - 12-24 W. RENO AVE., THE DAVIDSON AND CASE LUMBER CO., 1937
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/215001591GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-ISIS-ISISTHEATRE124WRENOC19361936.jpg
ISIS THEATRE, 124 W. RENO, C. 1936., 1936
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Ave/215001621GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATRE131WRENOCIRCA1946.jpg
RENO THEATRE, 131 W. RENO, CIRCA 1946. VIEW TAKEN PRIOR TO ITS BEING REMODELED. PHOTO BY WHITEFORD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK., 1946
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001624GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATREAFTERREMODELINGAUG181950GINTERPHOTOOKLA HOM.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001626GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATREAUG181950GINTERPHOTOOKLAHOMACITYOK1950. jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001623GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATRECIRCA1946PHOTOBYWHITEFORDOKLAHOMACITYOK 194.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001625GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATREAUG181950GINTERPHOTOOKLAHOMACITYOK1950. jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Reno%20Theatre/215001622GriffithAmusementCompanyCollection-Photographs-Box1OKLAHOMACITY-THEATRES-RENO-RENOTHEATRECIRCA1946PHOTOBYWHITEFORDOKLAHOMACITYOK 194.jpg
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.
View today (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=whiskey+chicks&hl=en&ll=35.464249,-97.509053&spn=0.000464,0.000733&sll=35.464254,-97.514529&sspn=0.000467,0.000733&t=h&hq=whiskey+chicks&z=21&layer=c&cbll=35.464249,-97.509053&panoid=xxiKBYNqYjvnsn4OBhfDrA&cbp=13,278.36,,0,0.08)