Everything that was here
- 1930–1999
Belle Isle Power Plant (OG&E)Other
OG&E's art deco plant ran as a standby until 1980 and was imploded in January 1999 for retail space.
See the map in 1931 → - 1908–1928
Belle Isle ParkPark
A streetcar company dug a lake to cool its power plant, then sold rides, boats and dancing to ride it, until the park gave way to a power plant and a mall.
See the map in 1909 →
Nearby history
VZD's Restaurant & Bar
4200 N Western Ave · 1.7 km away
A Western Avenue music bar that Chad Bleakley ran for 24 years. The Tax Commission shut it in 2014 and it closed for goo
Taft Stadium
2901 NW 23rd St · 3.7 km away
A WPA stadium whose three-story native rock wall on May Avenue is the one feature the 2013-2015 renovation left unaltere
Jamil's Steakhouse
4910 N Lincoln Blvd · 3.9 km away
A Lebanese steakhouse in an early-1930s house that was once a dance hall and speakeasy, with glass salvaged from the Hot
Tower Theatre
425 NW 23rd St · 3.9 km away
A Streamline Moderne movie house with a pipe organ that went adult in 1989, closed in 2000, and came back as a music ven
Blue Note Lounge
2408 N Robinson Ave · 4.2 km away
A Route 66 lounge whose neon sign went up in 1961 and which the state historical society calls one of the city's oldest
Cities Service gas station
4106 NW 39th St · 4.5 km away
The building's first use, on Route 66.
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