Stanley Draper earned the tag of “one of the greatest city builders this country has yet produced” by his amazing 48-year run in the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, 40 of it spent as the Chief Executive Officer. During his time in Chamber of Commerce the population of Oklahoma City quadrupled in size. In order to provide for all the fresh citizens, Draper was influential in the realization of what is now Tinker Air Force Base, the Federal Aeronautical Administration Center, and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. He moved the railroad tracks from downtown to accommodate for the building of the Civic Center, developed Lake Hefner and a pipeline from a reservoir in Atoka, Oklahoma to provide the city with water, which is now named Lake Stanley Draper in his honor. Draper was born in 1889 in Lasker, North Carolina where he grew up on a farm with his Scotch-Irish parents and his eight siblings. At age 19 he gained a teacher’s certificate and taught school. With his salary from teaching and odd jobs he saved up enough to go to college in Virginia. He then attended school at the University of Chicago before being drafted into WWI. When discharged Draper came to Oklahoma City where he became membership secretary for the Chamber of Commerce, where he would work for the rest of his life. Stanley Draper died in Oklahoma City in 1976.

This 26-foot-tall sculpture rises up from the ground in a perfect circle in front of City Hall, evolving from the reddish brown of our Oklahoma soil into a reflective surface that pulls in the sky and surrounding environment. “In Oklahoma, the red earth and the expansive blue sky are the two natural elements that let me know I am in Oklahoma and nowhere else,” said Phillip K. Smith III. “Throughout the State’s proud history, the red soil has played a crucial role in the development of place. It has been staked and claimed, worked and tiled, excavated and drilled. All the while the big blue sky has served as the visual backdrop to this history. My creative intent with this sculpture is to merge the natural elements together by lifting the earth to the sky, and bringing the blue sky down to the earth.”

"Oklahoma Rhapsody", an etched glass piece by the famous Paul Housberg, depicts images unique to Oklahoma scenery including an oil tower and the Great Plains. It reaches from floor to ceiling in the basement of City Hall and is lit from behind. It is composed of eight different panels that depict a single scene of Oklahoma.

Allen Street was born on June 17, 1885 in Mexia, Texas. His family moved to Oklahoma City where his father served as a City official. He attended Vanderbilt University for two years before returning to Oklahoma City in 1907. In 1910, he helped organize Boy Scouts in Oklahoma City and donated a downtown building to serve as the headquarters. He served five terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and as Speaker of the House in 1928. He was then elected Mayor in 1947 after four years of City Council work. He was the first Mayor elected for three consecutive terms. During his term, the population of Oklahoma City boomed as Mayor Street passed $68.6 million in bond issues. In 1995 bond issues funded construction of Lake Atoka to provide an additional water supply for the City. It was during his term that Oklahoma City was selected for the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Street always maintained healthy working relationships with the Council and other city officials which led him to be in high regard of the citizens of Oklahoma City. His sculpture, by Leonard McMurry, now sits at the entrance of the Oklahoma City mayor's office next to Patience Latting, another influential Mayor of Oklahoma City.

Project 180 streetscape renovations installed a series of destination markers throughout downtown Oklahoma City. The destination markers depict an aerial map with a small silver pin that denotes “you are here.” The outer ring of each destination marker highlights a local historic or pop culture event specific to the city. Historical significance: Built with funds from the Depression Era Public Works Administration, the Municipal building is part of a match set that includes the County Courthouse to the East and the Municipal Auditorium to the West. These buildings were constructed on the former railroad right-of-way for the Frisco and Rock Island lines, which once sliced through the middle of town. Residents were understandably proud of the permanent elegance of their new City Hall, the first and only building the City has ever had dedicated to that purpose. This marker reads: The Municipal Building, the seat of Oklahoma City’s government, was erected in 1935-36 on a site once occupied by a territorial home and later a railway depot. At the time it was built, the city was 25 square miles in area with a population of under 200,000.