At its March 30, 2010, meeting the Oklahoma City Council approved a sculpture, The Compass Rose, to be placed in the Bicentennial Park (east of the Civic Center). The $350,000 project was 100% funded by a grant from the Inasmuch Foundation without cost to the city. The sculptor is/was New York artist Owen Morrel. Exemplar images of the design approved by council are shown below:





The sculpture was to be constructed from aluminum and stainless steel with a 30' diameter and was to have been completed in 2011.

However, with the subsequent approval by the City Council of a Project 180 Bicentennial Park plan designed by Rand Elliott which has turned Bicentennial Park into sort of an art deco (if viewed from an elevated angle) symmetrical series of walkways and trees ...



... Compass Rose is not to be found within it.

Substituted location and/or plans for Compass Rose has not been discussed in the media and its present status is presently unknown. See this OkcTalk thread for more.