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Nu-way Cleaners was constructed around 1928 and stayed at it’s location during the entire life of the business. Extensive renovations were completed during it’s life, mostly during the 1930’s, as noted by the Art Deco architecture and details present still to this day.
Nu-way closed in the early 1990’s due to lack of business in the ever failing downtown area. In 2005 a community action program was planned for the useable space in the building. Opened for only a few weeks if that, it was to hold a thrift store, homeless advocacy groups, and aid for the surrounding poverty stricken area to the west of the downtown area. Lonely now and dark it seems as everything stopped one day, with machines, and hangers dangling from the drive through, ready for the next customers to arrive
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All that scribbling on the walls was really weird! Could you determine what that was all about?
weird yes. I googled a lot of the phrases and the websites, and from all I can assume, is that some homeless mentally ill person had converted the walls into their own personal note pad… kind of strange. Do some google’ing…
Yeah, looks like the ravings of a madman to me. Very cool building though. I noticed you took a few pics through windows, had some trouble getting inside?
There was a truck driving around inside of the building! It was really strange. We bolted after the sighting.
Lol!!! Yes, Fiend & I know all too well about bolting from trucks! its happened to us twice now.
Once at the Lincoln powerplant & once at Chilocco!
Why cant they just let us explore in peace!!!!
This building is a beautiful example of Art-Deco Streamline moderne. It is perhaps the largest and most elegant representation of the style in downtown OKC. I am excited to know that there are plans to reinhabit the building. Hopefully OKC will participate in the refurbishment of the fabric of the building and its interior to the fabulous 20’s and 30’s era of its origination. The community would be well rewarded in investing in this landmark. What an addition such a beautiful and hisoric builidng would be to the new downtown area. In the multitude of brick its pristine white and black curved lines would certainly strike an impressive stance. Thank you for showcasing this building.
Thanks for your wonderful commentary on this location. It is great to see that there are others who can appreciate specific design motifs and architectural accents in a building in such a state as this. Thanks
Hi thanks for posting the pictures of Nuway….You said they closed in the early 1990,s. You sure it was not in the mid 2000,s. In Moore off I -35 there was a Nuway cleaners the building with the gold dome.When Moore had that tornado in 1999.the Nuway was damaged and then rebuilt…they were there till 2005.and then it was sold to a stone slab store….Thanks
This building has been purchased a few years ago by a compassionate ministry center called Love Link Ministries. They are currently in process of renovating the building and hope to be in the Nuway building by the end of this year. I know this because I am on staff at Love Link.