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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:30:00

The neon sign alone cost 85,000 dollars to resurrect - the beacon of a Route 66 movie palace that sat dark for nearly thirty years before Oklahoma City brought it back. The Tower Theatre at 425 NW 23rd Street anchors the Uptown 23rd district. Architect W. Scott Dunne designed the Art Deco house, which opened July 15, 1937 as one of the city's first suburban theaters - an ornate auditorium with a working stage, a Robert Morton pipe organ in the pit and scarlet waterfall curtains. Renovations in...