Paseo Arts District

A building in the district, 2014

The Paseo Arts District, originally referred to as the Spanish Village,[1] was built in 1929 as the first commercial shopping district north of Downtown Oklahoma City by Oklahoman G.A. Nichols.[2]

Early business in the area included a swimming pool called the Paseo Plunge,[3] a dry cleaner, drug store,[4] shoe repair store,[5] and restaurants. The Spanish Village era is said to have ended in the mid-1950s.[6]

  1. ^ "Weekend Paseo Festival". The Daily Oklahoman. May 22, 1980. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "About Paseo". thepaseo.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Swim!". The Daily Oklahoman. May 30, 1951. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "Drugstore Thieves Work Under Lights". The Daily Oklahoman. February 20, 1939. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Pippin's Paseo Shoe Rebuilders". March 31, 1933. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "Paseo wiping out its hippy-era". May 27, 1983. Retrieved July 27, 2018.