Original plans for The Galleria (with images)

[Pete]

I was doing some research in the Oklahoman archives and came across a couple of images of the original model for the Galleria site.

This was back in the early 80's and I remember going into the Corrozza leasing offices and seeing it.

The original plan was for a 50-story office building on the site now occupying by the new library, a 750,000 square foot mall and a 400-room hotel immediately south of the first Galleria office building:

[fromdust]

wow, all of that would have been so awesome! 50 stories... stupid oil bust.

[Pete]

Yeah, but it's probably best the mall was never built.

Not sure it would have been viable at that time... Maybe not even now.

[fromdust]

Yeah, but it's probably best the mall was never built.

Not sure it would have been viable at that time... Maybe not even now.

so true, so true.