View Full Version : New "Vintage" Clickable Map



Doug Loudenback
07-27-2007, 01:55 PM
I'm presently working (earnestly) to update my former vintage "Downtown Clickable Map" which was limited to NW 7th on the north, Grand (Sheridan) on the south, Dewey on the west and Broadway on the east ... a small version of the old map (incorrectly showing "Santa Fe" west of the RR ... that street did not exist) appears below:

http://www.dougloudenback.com/downtown/vintage/oldmap.gif

The clickable map is at Downtown Oklahoma City Vintage Map (http://www.dougloudenback.com/downtown/vintage/oldmap.htm) .

The new clickable map will be much larger in scope to include everything I can find which is "near" center city ... in additon to correcting "errors" in the earlier map (e.g., Santa Fe did not not exist in those days along the west side of the Santa Fe RR, and Santa Fe Station was NOT the same thing as Union Station), the new "boundaries" are NW 13th on the north, Union Station (south of the current main Post Office) on the south, Klein on the west, and Stonewall on the east. The "background" is a true map I've located of Okc in 1957, before E.K. Gaylord existed along the Santa Fe RR, and before the interstates existed. My intention is to include most everything that was near-downtown in those days that I can find, inlcuding Delmar Gardens and Wheeler Park, houses and businesses on 13th, Deep Deuce on the east, and Union Station on the south.

The "preliminary" map is just that ... a work in progress. A small version of that map as it presently exists is below. For a larger version, click here: http://www.dougloudenback.com/downtown/vintage/maps/1957downtownmap2d2.jpg

http://www.dougloudenback.com/downtown/vintage/maps/1957downtownmap2d2s.jpg

Unfortunately, with the map expanded as much as I'm doing it, "readable" text as to building identities will not be possible on the map itself, as I did in the orignal "vintage" map. At least, I don't think that it will work to have "text" identifiers on the map itself.

I'm in the process of "populating" this map with "vintage" buidlings and I'd welcome any suggestions or criticisms. Generally, buildings are color-coded (e.g., "public" buildings (government, school, etc.) are one color; "hotels" are another; "business" another, and so on. All of this is subject to change.

Input is welcome!