100 Feet: Designing Oklahoma Main Streets

Our lecture series “Streets for People” has encouraged a dialogue about how streets can act as public spaces when they are not totally devoted to moving cars. The best example of this in Oklahoma is a great Main Street. Main Streets in Oklahoma, particularly in the...

Depew Fest

If you want to be encouraged and inspired about the future of community life in struggling small towns, mark your calendar for this upcoming event in Depew, Oklahoma, which has lately been responding to its challenges in a big way. (For a recap on Project Postcard in...

IQC Students Visit Pauls Valley

Students in the IQC’s first academic course this spring recently took a trip to Pauls Valley via the Heartland Flyer to scope out the site of their first project. Owners Larry and Jenny Wallace, of Pauls Valley, gave a tour of the property to the students, along...

Depew, Oklahoma: “Project Postcard”

A while back, we told you about Meagan Vandecar, a student at OU Tulsa’s Urban Design Studio, and her project focusing on her town of Depew, Oklahoma. In mid-November, several IQC staff members met with Meagan and groups from the Tulsa Urban Design Studio and...