Last weekend, I was doom scrolling through Twitter when something shocking appeared on my feed.
According to former journalist turned government employee turned "PR pro" Michael Kimball, the old OK 89 Olympic Festival logo that emblazoned the Lake Hefner water tower since, I assume, 1989, has been removed. It's perhaps the biggest sign controversy in OKC since the Arby's on NW 39th removed their vintage neon cowboy hat sign in 2018.
Check out this madness:
Maybe old news but I guess they finally got rid of the OK ’89 Olympic Festival logo on the Lake Hefner water tower? I always liked to see it. pic.twitter.com/mLF3Kkq3BL
— Michael Kimball (@mkimball011) March 12, 2022
I, admittedly, don't drive down Lake Hefner as frequently as I used to, and when I do, I'm not generally looking at the water towers, but this was also news to me! Where were the preservationists and Steve Lackmeyer when this disgraceful destruction of our city's past took place?
Hell, just a couple of years ago, Mayor McSelfie was celebrating the tower's 30th anniversary: