101 Park Avenue

[Pete]

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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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[Doug Loudenback]

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.

[Pete]

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.

[Doug Loudenback]

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.

[Dubya61]

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.

[Pete]

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.

[Larry OKC]

Sometimes change is good (and this is good)!