The definitive Downtown Tulsa photo thread

[Spartan65]

Here are my photos of Downtown Tulsa. Really wish I had more time and could have gotten some of the Uptown skyscraper core and the Downtown skyscraper core. DT Tulsa is one of the Top 5 Art Deco concentrations in the U.S. Uptown Tulsa is a very impressive collection of awesome modernist architecture from the 50s and 60s (that isn't always functional).


Starting with the Pearl District, an area that is beginning to heat up just east of the IDL (Inner Dispersal Loop). There is a plan for the Pearl District involving a streetscape and a canal going through the area.



Partial skyline



Central Park townhomes

Central Park community center

Central Park +skyline



Blue Dome District in Downtown Tulsa--this is a really awesome emerging area of lofts, restaurants, art galleries, etc.



The glass cube is Tulsa City Hall..aka the Borg Cube















Truly one of Oklahoma's most popular restaurants



















The Brady Arts District is an area of restaurants, lofts, art galleries, music halls, theaters, museums, and primarily bars. Blue Dome is east of the DT core, Brady is north just across the railroad tracks.



Lesbian bar




This shot would be better if not for painted brick




The famed Cain's Ballroom, home of Bob Willis & the Texas Playboys and other musicians who started out in Tulsa. Ranked by many as one of the top music halls in the U.S.


Signs galore















Huge mixed-use artist community project underway

[Spartan65]

The Greenwood District was once the Black Wall Street of the U.S. Then it became the site of the worst race riot in this nation's history. The Tulsa Race Riot burned 35 blocks of downtown, left 10,000 homeless, and killed 3,000 (based on gravedigger's estimates, though officially only 39, still more than any other race travesty). Then it was swept under the rug by historians forever. Today the area is coming back, thanks to OSU who has put their Tulsa business campus there.



The brand-new Drillers Stadium downtown











The OSU-Tulsa campus:













The East Village, between the DT core and the east leg of the IDL, south of Blue Dome. This is an area of architecture firms, lofts, and the equality center: