![]() The building permit shows the company is working with the city to remove a one-lane southbound slip lane along Western Avenue that currently intersects with Classen Boulevard and NW 13. OnCue tore down another home deemed to be beyond repair and assisted in selling and helping move the third home to an empty lot near the Plaza District. The company also addressed traffic concerns by agreeing to help pay for changes to the intersection. The station at NW 13 and Western was protested by preservationists over concerns three historic homes on the corner would be destroyed to make way for the station. “We had absolutely no interest in tearing the property down.” “We got a flyer from Mark Inman with CBRE - the building was already torn down,” Griffith said. OnCue purchased the property one year after the demolition. In a 2020 interview with The Oklahoman, Jim Griffth, CEO of OnCue, said the company had no involvement in the demolition. The area is referred to as the Founders district. ![]() The football-shaped structure, built in 1964, was anchored by two 50-foot exterior arches and was a part of an area once home to several of the city’s most notable examples of mid-century architecture, including Founders Tower. The demolition came as a surprise with crews starting tear down the same morning the demolition permit was filed at City Hall. Preservationists protested when a Dallas development group destroyed the former Founders National Bank building at 5613 N May.
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