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'I remember the day': OKC Federal Building architect weighs in amid possible sale

March 14, 2025
3 2025 Oklahoma Article

The Fed­er­al Build­ing in Okla­homa City, designed by Ross Bar­ney Archi­tects to replace the Alfred P. Mur­rah Fed­er­al Build­ing, which was destroyed in a 1995 domes­tic ter­ror attack that claimed 168 lives, may be put up for sale. 

Click here to watch the inter­view, as Car­ol Ross Bar­ney speaks on why it’s impor­tant to main­tain the building’s cur­rent use as a Fed­er­al Office Build­ing, stat­ing, ​“I Remem­ber the Day Vivid­ly”… ​”After the bomb­ing, they did­n’t want… to be chased away. They want­ed a build­ing that rep­re­sent­ed open­ness, solid­i­ty, sym­bol­iz­ing our resilience.”

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