At the celebration event, and as someone who has only lived here 5 years, I'm extremely grateful for the men and women before my wife and I as citizens of OKC who had the vision to get the wheels spinning on this greatness to make this city such a great place to live.

A very good new video:

NewsOK Videos (http://newsok.com/a-look-back-at-20-years-of-maps/multimedia/video/2902277035001)

Great job on the special section Steve!

An interesting compilation by Steve about investments made during the MAPS era in one of his articles on Sunday.

Investments from MAPS | News OK (http://newsok.com/investments-from-maps/article/3910458)

He shows a total of $3.1 billion.

MAPS 20th Anniversary - Neighborhood Legacies | News OK (http://newsok.com/maps-20th-anniversary-neighborhood-legacies/article/3912620)

I'm pretty sure I voted NO in 1993. Much as I loathe the expression, I now see I was on the "wrong side of history" in OKC.

Great job on the special section Steve!

I agree, Steve. You did a fantastic job. You're recording history and influencing the future all at the same time. Keep up the great work. In fact, I'm praying you have many more years to write about all that's coming. I can't wait to read about it.

MAPS 20th Anniversary Legacy - What's Next? | News OK (http://newsok.com/maps-20th-anniversary-legacy-whats-next/article/3912730)

^ you page through these projects and it is astonishing what all is happening....and Like Steve said, he didn't even get them all listed.

I'm surprisingly excited about the memorial parking garage (if there's retail on the ground floor). With the amount of visitors the memorial gets, there's no reason it shouldn't be ringed with retail options, and the lack of this has always surprised me. Also surprised Blu's BBQ doesn't get as much traffic from the memorial (per the owner) as it's a great place, but maybe more retail to pull people over will help?

I agree, Steve. You did a fantastic job. You're recording history and influencing the future all at the same time. Keep up the great work. In fact, I'm praying you have many more years to write about all that's coming. I can't wait to read about it.

Thanks Rick, Urban Pioneer and others... and thanks for all your passion and enthusiasm for OKC.

Steve,

I picked up a copy and read all of it -- and renewed my subscription. Excellent job!

I, too, renewed my subscription. Hopefully we get to read at some point this week about these Christmas gifts Steve alluded to.

Yes, nicely done Steve.

Oh yeah, please tell whomever came up with the idea for a way more than affordable W, F-Su, Holidays package, that also give fantastic, more than pays for the package, many times over, discount coupons to places like Qudoba, Pappajohn, etc., something for me. Genius ... pure genius.

I know its now 2015, but I came across this and thought it would be interesting to post. Here is a list of the "Best of OKC" for 1993, the year that MAPS was passed. I have listed items that really show how far OKC has come today compared to then.

Link: Best of OKC 1993 | Oklahoma Gazette (http://okgazette.com/2014/08/01/best-of-okc-1993/)

Best Local Attraction: Remington Park
Best Place to Shoot Pool: Henry Hudson's Pub
Best Place to Dance: In Cahoots
Best Place for a First Date: Movies

Best Italian: Olive Garden
Best Oriental: Hunan Chinese Garden
Best Seafood: Red Lobster
Best Steakhouse: Outback Steakhouse
Best Deli: City Bites

Best Pipe Dream: Riverfront Development
Best Symbol of Oklahoma City: National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Best Local Sports Team: Oklahoma City Blazers
Best Architectural Gem: Myriad Gardens

I know its now 2015, but I came across this and thought it would be interesting to post. Here is a list of the "Best of OKC" for 1993, the year that MAPS was passed. I have listed items that really show how far OKC has come today compared to then.

Link: Best of OKC 1993 | Oklahoma Gazette (http://okgazette.com/2014/08/01/best-of-okc-1993/)

Best Local Attraction: Remington Park
Best Place to Shoot Pool: Henry Hudson's Pub
Best Place to Dance: In Cahoots
Best Place for a First Date: Movies

Best Italian: Olive Garden
Best Oriental: Hunan Chinese Garden
Best Seafood: Red Lobster
Best Steakhouse: Outback Steakhouse
Best Deli: City Bites

Best Pipe Dream: Riverfront Development
Best Symbol of Oklahoma City: National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Best Local Sports Team: Oklahoma City Blazers
Best Architectural Gem: Myriad Gardens

Awesome post. I'm cracking up over the term "Oriental". Sounds like something my uncle would say.

OMG, what a list.

We should update that list with the 2015 version then post them side by side. What a kick that would be.