Heavy machinery has started the process of tearing down long-vacant housing duplexes in northeast Oklahoma City, marking a milestone in a redevelopment effort after more than four years of stalled progress due to community negotiations and inflation in the cost of construction materials.
Demolition recently commenced at the Northeast Duplexes to make way for housing along Northeast 28th and 29th streets and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
It’s part of a four-block housing project that will span from Northeast 26th to 29th streets, as federal regulations currently limit activity to the two northernmost blocks…