Steve Lackmeyer

Steve Lackmeyer is an award-winning author and journalist whose books are considered the authoritative history on downtown Oklahoma City.

Lackmeyer's books include "OKC Second Time Around," a history of downtown Oklahoma City's Urban Renewal era in the 1960s and 1970s, its revival in the 1990s; "Skirvin," a history of the century-old Skirvin Hilton Hotel; "Bricktown," a history of Oklahoma City's downtown warehouse entertainment district; "Foraging in Oklahoma," a book about Chef Andrew Black's journeys in Oklahoma searching for locally produced food to use in recipes in his restaurant; "Operation Scissortail," which details the development of Devon Energy Center and Project 180 in downtown Oklahoma City; and "Cornerstone," a history of the Oklahoma City YMCA.

Lackmeyer is jokingly referred to as a "downtown partisan" by Richard Mize, real estate editor at The Oklahoman. He is a frequent speaker on the history and development of Oklahoma City, with speaking engagements including the 2010 National Main Street Conference. Lackmeyer is a columnist with The Oklahoman, hosts the blog "OKC Central," and has been voted one of Oklahoma City's best local authors by readers of the weekly alternative newspaper the Oklahoma Gazette.

In 2012 Steve authored a 1,500-word cover story about the history of development and architecture in Oklahoma City for the magazine Architectural Record. His work has appeared in the Milwaukee Journal, the Seattle Times, The Dallas Morning News and he was quoted multimple occassions in stories printed in the New York Times.