With a dearth of retail opportunities downtown , residential developments envisioned in the Pei Plan failed to develop . Later phases of reconstruction centered on public works projects rather than private redevelopment . In 1977 the last major demolition was accomplished to make way for the Myriad Botanical Gardens west of the convention center . That year also saw the construction of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building — later the target of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh . By 1980 , little if any redevelopment activity remained
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
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