Camila Coronado, a Master of Urban Design student with the Gibbs College of Architecture, is collaborating with Kendall-Whittier Main Street, a Tulsa based non-profit, on a project to envision enhancements to Whittier Square, a historical district in Tulsa.
Whittier Square was Tulsa’s first suburban shopping district. Along Route 66, businesses popped up in the late 1920s and the neighborhood thrived for decades. In 1967, however, a section of interstate highway bisected the neighborhood, which resulted in serious deterioration of the area. Kendall-Whittier Main Street was formed in 2010 in an effort to revitalize the area into what it once was. Since their founding, they have worked to bring back community events and an economic base to the area.
Camila Coronado is working to help Kendall-Whittier Main Street with their mission. She is pictured above promoting her Photovoice research activity at a recent event at Whittier Square. This activity involved distributing bilingual flyers to merchants as well attending community events to recruit residents to share their photos and stories about Whittier Square and the surrounding neighborhood. This firsthand information from residents and merchants will inform her designs for the Whittier Square area.
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Robert L. Wesley, a pioneering architect and beloved mentor, has died at age 88. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Wesley joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1964 and became the firm's first Black partner in 1984. Throughout his career, he contributed to significant architectural projects while maintaining a strong commitment to civic engagement and professional mentorship.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to celebrate a series of recent accomplishments by Dr. Jim Collard, Professor of Practice in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design, whose work continues to shape conversations around Indigenous economic development nationally and internationally.
University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture Dean Hans E. [PA1.1]Butzer returned to one of his most significant works on December 15, joining survivors and past and present board members for the groundbreaking of a $15.8 million expansion of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
