For more than three decades, Stanton Young was the guiding force in creating a medical hospital and research district east of downtown, protecting it from encroachment by any businesses or development not related to the core mission. Young’s approach worked, and a cluster of hospitals, bio-tech firms, and the University of Oklahoma’s medical schools have emerged along Lincoln Boulevard between NE 4 and NE 13 that is now home to a workforce totaling more than 17,000. Add thousands of patients and visitors into the mix and we have the equivalent of a major university campus adjoining downtown.
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