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 by caminoreal
It's possible to ride, walk, jog many miles, from near Bixby in southeast Tulsa to Sand Springs northwest of Tulsa, along the Creek Turnkpike, River Parks and Sand Springs trails which all connect. There are other trails elsewhere, and more are being built as funds become available.
The trails have restrooms, water fountains, fields for soccer, rugby, parcourse, disc golf and other sports, as well as picnic facilities. There is also a skate park, a school for trapeze, a sidewalk bar and cafe (warmer months only) to be enjoyed by the trail users.
Several miles of the trail runs along the shores of the Arkansas River, a major river which drains parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, Missouri, as well as Oklahoma. There is a bicycle-pedestrian bridge that links trails on both sides of the river.
There are bicycle/pedestrian bridges across the Arkansas River. Leave a Comment
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I had not been to downtown Tulsa in a long time. After finishing a reunion activity, I walked around a bit. I never realized there were so many churches downtown. Maybe urban renewal has removed some old buildings and they are just more evident now. Leave a Comment
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The former Warehouse Market is located at 10th and Elgin. It was built in 1929 in art deco style. I remember going there as a small boy right after World War II. We lived further east on 11th Street (10th merges with 11th there), which was also Highway 66. I seem to remember getting ice cream cones and that the ice cream was made there. I heard that someone wanted to tear it down recently but that the historical society helped save it. Leave a Comment
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When I was a boy in the 1950's, I used to look toward downtown at night and watch the top of the tallest building, the National Bank of Tulsa, change colors (it was illuminated by different colored lights which cycled). The Philtower Building was the second tallest building. They were the two tallest, most prominent buildings in the Tulsa skyline. Now, you can barely see them among the other larger buildings. The Philtower is the building in the middle with the sloped red and green tile roof.
According to the Tulsa Preservation Commission...
"This unusual building was built in 1928 and 1929, by Waite Phillips, who made over twenty-five million dollars in the oil industry. He gave away most of his money to his employees, the City of Tulsa and the Boy Scouts. This building has an Imperial English colorful, shingle tiled roof, two 13th Century gargoyles (ugly human figures) at the street level and a 25-foot high Gothic arch entrance. Inside, the lobby has a carved Italian marble ceiling, a ceiling fan and specially made lighting fixtures suspended from the ceiling. It has huge elevator doors made of marble and brass with the distinctive WP (Waite Phillips initials) shield."
"Perhaps more than any other building in Tulsa, the Philtower Building is believed by many to have figured in the major decisions affecting the oil and gas industry in the United States. This was particularly true through the 1950s, when many of the most influential of the industry's leaders were either tenants in or visitors to the Philtower. " Leave a Comment
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