Woodland Park NA

Woodland Park NA

An Urban Neighborhood

Woodland Park is a culturally diverse, urban neighborhood located approximately three miles northwest from downtown Oklahoma City. Some 850 homes and numerous commercial properties lie within it's boundaries. One-story houses predominate, but there are also two-story residences, among them being the popular airplane bungalows of the 1920's. Gentle, rolling terrain characterizes the landscape, with a few deep draws which carry rainwater into the nearby Deep Fork creek. Wildlife of various kinds inhabit this woodsy environment, and it is not unusual to see raccoons, possums and rabbits. Along the northeastern edge of the neighborhood, Flower Garden Park occupies 3.7 prime acres and creates a spacious urban playground for the area.

History: A Neighborhood of Many Names...

Important milestones in the city's growth involved what is now known as Woodland Park Neighborhood. Records in the office of the County Clerk of Oklahoma County will reveal the various plats on file there, documenting the growth of the city over several decades of expansion from the original Oklahoma City townsite.

Builders submitted their new additions to the area by many names: Putnam Heights Annex, Butler's, Wileman's, Start's, Leavitt's, Belle Isle, Miner's, Milam's, Billington's, Gordon's Teams Ohio Realty and Lakeview. This construction stretched over a period of 50 years, from 1910 to the 1960's. Long before The Village, Nichols Hills, and what is now known as north Oklahoma City came into being, the homes comprising Woodland Park Neighborhood were important residential addresses.

Oklahoma Citians on their way to the famous turn-of-the-century recreational park at Belle Isle Lake necessarily went by or through the neighborhood, some riding the Belle Isle streetcars which were the public transportation of the day. Passengers traveling from Bethany rode directly through Woodland Park between NW 40 & 41 streets. Today, the remains of the tracks' right-of-way can still be seen at Indiana and Georgia Avenues.

Even historical Flower Garden Park harkens to the past, as it stands sentinel to an earlier day in the history of Oklahoma City's park development program.

Our Neighborhood's Future

Woodland Park Neighborhood now is the home of a solid citizenry of middle-income residents. It's neighborhood association has long expressed an interest in beautifying it's streets and reclaiming, in some measure, the former stature of the area.

In 2003, a committe was formed to oversee major landscape improvements to Flower Garden Park beginning with new live oak trees in 2004, stylish new identification signage in 2006, and the addition of over 75 assorted flowering & heritage-type tree species in the spring of 2008. With water costs and regular maintenance at a premium, all plantings were carefully chosen for longevity, durability and drought-tolerance.

Improvements will help amplify the park's recreational potential for future entertainment and summer respite. It's high visibility along Classen Boulevard offers unlimited possibilities for municipal pride. In this sense, Woodland Park Neighborhood Association hopes to educate it's neighbors and add to the overall aesthetics of the greater Oklahoma City metroplex.

About our association

WPNA Mission Statement

The purpose and objective of the Woodland Park Neighborhood Association is to work together to create an active, viable community of neighbors and to promote a safer, friendlier, and more beautiful neighborhood in which to live.

2007 - 2008Officers

President - Lin Hartgrove-Sanchez
sra.sanchez@cox.net

Vice-President - Nina St. Peter

Treasurer - Jodie Greer
jodie11@cox.net

Secretary - Alison Dunaway
AlisonDunaway@bfusa.com

"We're looking forward to interacting with more of our neighbors and really getting something important done for our neighborhood and the surrounding community!"