Oklahoma – The Monumentous

The Oklahoma City National Memorial Enables Powerful Experiences for Audiences

Experiencing a Legacy of Loss and Remembrance

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Featured, Monumentous Monuments, North America, Public Space, United States

The Oklahoma City bombing changed the lives of countless individuals, numerous communities, and an entire nation. Created to commemorate this tragedy but also allow audiences to uniquely experience its impact, the Oklahoma City National Memorial is located in the literal footprint of the event in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The numerous landmarks that it contains […]

Owen Park Defines a Vision of Connection Across Audiences and Eras for Tulsa

The Notable Monuments of Owen Park

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Monumentous Vision, North America, Park, United States

Featuring notable monuments that have been interspersed amidst a 24-acre city park, Owen Park is connected to a vision that spans the past and present of Tulsa. By making the park much more than a simple green space, Owen Park showcases how a vision to embrace and celebrate pieces of history can enable engagement with […]

Modern Monuments: The Pioneers of 1889 by Leonard McMurry Celebrates the ’89ers and the Spirit of Oklahoma

One of Oklahoma's most notable sculptors

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Modern Monuments, North America, Sculpture, United States

The people who participated in the Land Run event that defined the founding of Oklahoma City became known as Eighty-Niners (89ers), highlighting their special status as the people who founded the city and state. This term was a source of pride for generations of settlers, which is reflected in the Pioneers of 1889 sculpture by […]

Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza Celebrates the Legacy of Route 66

Honoring and Experiencing the “Mother Road”

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Attraction, Monumentous Legacy, North America, United States

Honoring the “father of Route 66,” Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza is a unique tribute to an individual and the culture of an entire era in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Celebrating the legacy of Route 66 while also being connected to the actual history of the road, the Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza showcases what it can mean to […]

Monumentous Potential: The Center of the Universe

The potential to enable countless types of experiences

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Attraction, Monumentous Potential, North America, United States

Located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, the so-called Center of the Universe is a concrete circle that is slightly over eight feet in diameter. It has gained a following as an acoustic anomaly, with many claiming that any noise made inside the brick circle is loudly echoed, but only those inside the circle can hear it. […]

Modern Monuments: Artificial Cloud by Bob Haozous Forces Audiences to Recognize their Environment

Showing the effect of time and the atmosphere

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Modern Monuments, North America, Sculpture, United States

Installed for the 1991 Mayfest, a giant sculpture named “Artificial Cloud” rises 72.5 feet into the air and can be seen from various places in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Native American artist Bob Haozous created the piece as an expression of what it means to go against nature. Audiences can focus on the artificial cloud, rather than […]

The Blue Dome District Uses a Piece of History to Define a Unique Identity for a Tulsa Neighborhood

From Gas Station to Community Hub

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Attraction, Monumentous Identity, North America, United States

The distinctive Blue Dome building literally and figuratively defines the Blue Dome District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. What has become one of Tulsa’s most popular entertainment neighborhoods has an identity that residents and visitors can connect with in a profound way, all of which is the result of an endeavor to both preserve and celebrate a […]