The Western Avenue District of Oklahoma City is a district along Western Avenue stretching roughly from NW 30th to Wilshire Blvd, near the suburb of Nichols Hills. The area is home to several restaurants, shops, and businesses that are unique to Oklahoma City and has become a favorite destination for residents.
Besides the restaurants, Western Avenue is also home to several Oklahoma City institutions, including the prestigious Bishop McGuinness High School and the rapidly expanding corporate headquarters of Chesapeake Energy.
Famous quotes containing the words north, western, oklahoma and/or city:
“Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West,
From North and from South, come the pilgrim and guest,
When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board
The old broken links of affection restored,
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye?
What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie?”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“I wouldn’t say when you’ve seen one Western you’ve seen the lot; but when you’ve seen the lot you get the feeling you’ve seen one.”
—Katharine Whitehorn (b. 1926)
“I know only one person who ever crossed the ocean without feeling it, either spiritually or physically.... he went from Oklahoma to France and back again ... without ever getting off dry land. He remembers several places I remember too, and several French words, but he says firmly, “We must of went different ways. I don’t rightly recollect no water, ever.””
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
“Follow good people and you will learn to be good; follow beggars and you will sleep outside the city gates.”
—Chinese proverb.