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    101 Park Avenue

    [category=]Office Buildings[/category]
    [category=]Buildings with Retail Space[/category]
    [category=]Central Business District[/category]
    [category=]Tall Buildings[/category]
    [category=]Undergound[/category]

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    Address: 101 Park Avenue
    Status: complete
    Owner: 101 Park LLC
    Cost:
    Architect:
    Start Date:
    Finish Date: 1938
    Contractor:
    Height in Feet / Floors: 180 feet / 14 stories
    Sq. Feet: 194,504
    Acreage: .3214
    Other: 33.3% vacancy
    Information & Latest News

    In an earlier life, 101 Park Avenue was known as the Skirvin Tower. The Tower was completed in 1938 as a luxury apartment-hotel annex to the Skirvin Hotel. It quickly became the center of Oklahoma City with all important events held in the Persian Room and with offices of the Chamber of Commerce, the Men's Dinner Club, the All Sports Association and downtown civic clubs housed in the building. The Tower Club was the watering hole of choice for meetings of the who's who of Oklahoma City; many business deals were made in its midst.

    The Tower was totally remodeled in 1974 into a glass-enclosed office building, and has been updated through the years to meet the demands of 21st century tenants.

    The building was also the birthplace of Balliet's, which opened in the then Skirvin Tower in 1936 before moving to Penn Square in 1973 before ultimately landing at Classen Curve in 2010.
    Links

    County Assessor Record
    Property website
    Doug Loudenback history article
    Tenants

    Business Type of Business Sq. Feet # of Empl. Website
    Applied Scence Discoveries Inc Commercial physical research 2,887 4
    B C Clark Inc Jewelry, precious stones and precious metals 10,000 26 www.bcclark.com
    Bays Exploration Inc Drilling oil and gas wells 3,500 7
    Bays Explrtion Prtners 2007 LP Oil and gas exploration services 2,368 2
    China Chef Restaurant Chinese restaurant 2,246 3
    Clark & Mitchell PC General practice law office 2,194 5 WWW.clarkmitchell.com
    Clark Stakem Wood & Patten PC General practice law office 2,425 7 WWW.cswp-law.com
    Compressco Partners LP Gas field machinery and equipment 85
    Ducere Management LLC Management services 2,184 2
    Exploration Max LLC True Oil and gas exploration services 2,253 5
    F & P 2000 LLC Real estate agent, residential 3,471 2
    Glitter Farms LLC General farms, primarily crop 1,772 1
    Goza Law Firm General practice law office 3,318 6
    Greenleaf Energy Corporation Oil and gas exploration services 1,798 1
    H & M Exploration Geological consultant 2,175 3
    Harrell Verlan W Oil & Gas Co Crude petroleum production 1,590 2
    Human Services Oklahoma Dept Child related social services 13,377 20 WWW.okdhs.org
    IKON Office Solutions Inc Photocopying and duplicating services 8,397 30 WWW.ikon.com
    Imanut Farms General farms, primarily crop 1,772 1
    Inqtek LLC Commercial physical research 2,920 4
    International League of Corp Training and development consultant 1,100 1
    James E Britton Esq General practice attorney, lawyer 2,184 2
    John B Davis Labor and employment law 1,671 3
    Kenneth G Cole Men's shoes 2,620 3
    Kirk & Chaney Legal services 4,703 14 www.kirkandchaney.com
    Lewann Tangible Asset MGT LLC Financial management for business 2
    Mansell Engel & Cole General practice attorney, lawyer 3,178 5
    Metheny and Pointer General practice attorney, lawyer 1,914 4
    Metis International Dist LLC Fuel dealers, nec 3,714 7
    Patton Babette Attorney At Law General practice attorney, lawyer 2,184 2
    Robert L Scott Co Oil and gas exploration services 2,000 4
    Robert Raftery Legal services 1,432 2
    Schnake Turnbo Frank Inc Public relations services 5,247 20
    SMA Tandem Architectural services 3
    Stream Energy Inc Crude petroleum production 5,800 18
    Summa Engineering Inc Professional engineer 1,200 3
    Tandem Design Studio Inc Design services 2,218 2
    Valley Timbers LC Cattle services 3,016 10
    William T Strange & Assoc LLC Business services, nec 2,184 2 WWW.svnbest.com
    Bruce F Klein PC Legal services 2,588 3
    Energy Financial and Physcl LP Natural gas production 1,800 6
    Energy Financial Solutions LLC Financial consultant 1,800 3 www.energyfinancial.com
    Wiggin Properties Real estate agent, commercial 4,587 4
    Radiator Express Radiators 3,271 3
    Stream Resources Partnership Crude petroleum production 9,500 28

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    The problem with the wiki-type notes about 101 Park Avenue is that they don't give proper due to this building's rich historical past. Today's 101 Park Avenue was yesterday's Skirvin Tower. One of several Oklahoma resources for this building is here. Among many other things,

    WKY Radio operated here from 1936-1951 (TV from 1949-1951), occupying 2 floors. An underground tunnel, the first in the city (I think) connected the Skirvin and Skirvin Tower, as shown below. The building was gutted and completely rebuilt in 1971-73 and renamed as the 101 Park Avenue Building.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doug Loudenback View Post
    The problem with the wiki-type notes about 101 Park Avenue is that they don't give proper due to this building's rich historical past. Today's 101 Park Avenue was yesterday's Skirvin Tower. One of several Oklahoma resources for this building is here. Among many other things,

    WKY Radio operated here from 1936-1951 (TV from 1949-1951), occupying 2 floors. An underground tunnel, the first in the city (I think) connected the Skirvin and Skirvin Tower, as shown below. The building was gutted and completely rebuilt in 1971-73 and renamed as the 101 Park Avenue Building.
    We've only had this wiki function about a week. The articles are placeholders; starting points to fill in information over time in a collaborative nature.

    Doug, I've added links to some of your relevant blog articles. I've made you a wiki editor and you can add / change information on any of the articles.

    The whole point is to get people to collaborate, ala wikipedia.

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    I'll be glad to help but perhaps you should seed me a PM explaining what I might do to be useful. I'm confused ... probably Alzheimer's in early stages.

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    Naturally, it's not what I'm used to, so I dislike it ... but I'm really starting to like the features. I like the map link on the main article page, and I really like the idea of having an history link there, too. If that's not what you are proposing, forgive the misdirection.

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    This is really just the tip of the iceberg.

    Before long, we'll have an article on every significant building, business, restaurant, retailer, etc. And slowly but surely, content will be added that is going to be incredibly comprehensive, categorized and indexed.

    There is information about OKC scattered all over the internet (and in people's minds) and the goal is to consolidate it here to educate and to serve as the basis for discussion.

    Much more to come. Trust me, it's going to be great.

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    Sometimes change is good (and this is good)!

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