TulsaNow

Luckily the adage of things being "on the drawing board" isn't literal or drawing boards may be the only thing outnumbering parking spots downtown. Progress is being made but often not in the fashion or speed in which we originally hoped or were promised. The Bartlett Square fountain's final design ended up being fairly simple and was hit by cars 3 times, making it look even worse. Now at last we are being promised repairs and a redesign to something that will be better looking and less attractive to the urban off-roader. Wasn't that the original concept?

Two buildings were removed downtown with promises of increasing a pedestrian plaza. Ironically, this is immediately adjacent to another pedestrian plaza (with fountain) that was supposed to be built and never was. Neither one came true as the two leveled buildings are now monthly parking.

This problem is not limited to downtown. The Arkansas River is another area experiencing these same problems. Where are our full riverbanks and mixed-use developments?

Tulsa suffers no lack of ideas, and recently we have suffered no lack of interest from developers, either. So what are we missing?

Sounds like we need a plan...