Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City Neighborhoods of Oklahoma City The City of Oklahoma City uses Special Zoning Districts as a tool to maintain the character of many neighborhood communities. Downtown Oklahoma City itself is currently undergoing a renaissance. Between the mid-1980s and 1990s, downtown was unchanged and largely vacant. It was the scene of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on 5th Street between Robinson and Harvey Avenues, caused by convicted domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh; most buildings within a radius were structurally damaged by the explosion, including the old Journal Record Building (now home to the National Memorial museum). Many other buildings,
Timothy McVeigh to pay back the money. He wrote an angry letter to the government inviting them to: McVeigh introduced his sister to anti-government literature, but his father had little interest in these views. He moved out of his father's house and into an apartment that had no telephone, which had the advantage of making it impossible for his employer to contact him for overtime assignments. He also quit the NRA, viewing its stance on gun rights as too weak. In 1993, he drove to Waco, Texas, during the Waco siege to show his support. At the scene, he distributed pro-gun rights