PRESS — AUTOMOBILE ALLEY

PHASE I OF FACTORY OBSCURA SET TO STUN

Just hours before Factory Obscura’s (FO) phase I opening of their latest endeavor, Mix-Tape, located at the iconic OKC art venue, the Womb, there was a flurry of activity about the place.
02/28/20

ART-OMOBILE ALLEY

Late in the first decade of the millennium, a strip of Northwest Ninth Street between North Broadway Avenue and the railroad tracks in Oklahoma City’s Automobile Alley started to come alive.
︎02/01/20

JUST PUSH PLAY

OKC artist collective Factory Obscura mixing it up with new 'Mix-Tape' experience at The Womb
09/13/19

Q&A WITH AUTOMOBILE ALLEY, PLAZA DEVELOPER STEVE MASON: 'THE PLACE TO BE IS IN THE URBAN CORE'

Developer, engineer and President of Bluebird Consulting and Mason Realty Investors Steve Mason is known for his firm’s work in Automobile Alley, the Plaza District, the Oklahoma State Capitol, 1200 Penn and Capitol Hill.
05/17/19

GREATEST HITS

Factory Obscura estimates more than 1,000 visitors attended the phase one opening of its interactive installation Mix-Tape.
04/13/19

THE WOMB REMIXED:

Flaming Lips' iconic Auto Alley art complex reborn with Factory Obscura's 'Mix-Tape' Wayne Coyne likens The Flaming Lips and their crew to pirates, constantly voyaging with their otherworldly music to audiences around the globe.
03/15/19

BUILDING MOMENTUM

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition holds its 18th annual Momentum art show Friday-Saturday. Since 1988, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) has celebrated the work of Oklahoma artists.
02/20/19

MRI TENANT — WICKED HIPPIE POP-UP STORE @ THE WOMB

Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne’s girlfriend, Katy Weaver, will open her Wicked Hippie pop-up store this Saturday (11/25).
11/22/17

DEVELOPER RENOVATING CAPITOL HILL'S YALE THEATER

Steve Mason, whose work to date includes helping revive Automobile Alley and the Plaza District, is setting his sights next on Capitol Hill where he is starting to renovate the long-neglected Yale Theater.
︎01/20/17

RECIPE FOR GROWTH: PLAZA DISTRICT MOMENTUM PICKS UP SPEED

The Plaza District, nestled along NW 16 between Classen Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue, is a popular destination for trendy dining and entertainment, so it's easy to forget the rapid nature of this transformation.
12/12/16

OWNER OF CARDINAL ENGINEERING SELLS DOWNTOWN FIRM

Steve Mason, owner of one of the city's leading civil engineering firms, and a developer along Automobile Alley and the 16th Street Plaza District, is starting his “second chapter” and selling Cardinal Engineering to two prominent engineers formerly associated with the Benham Group.
01/25/15

STEVE MASON DISCUSSES OKC'S AUTOMOBILE ALLEY WITH OKV'S KATIE KURTZ

Katie Kurtz Parker sits down with Steve Mason, one of Oklahoma's Oklavisionaries, to talk about revitalizing OKC's Automobile Alley.
︎07/01/13