Hmmmmm.... this article isn't about Tulsa.... it's from the Portland Tribune.
Where have all the bold ideas gone?ANALYSIS • Critics say Portland is a city that thinks small, but city leaders say part of their job is to listen
By Jennifer Anderson
The Portland Tribune, Aug 13, 2009
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story_2nd.php?story_id=125010604757119300And yes, I purposely linked to pg 2 of the article, lest you read the soccer part first.
“All the architects can do is threaten you with slide rulers and pocket protectors and sharp pencils."
“Big ideas in Portland are rarely enthusiastically, overwhelmingly positively embraced at the outset,” he says. “Light rail – huge controversy. Streetcars – very difficult to get off the ground initially.”
“It seemed sometimes there were multiple layers of process – I can see how that would be frustrating for a developer if they were from out of town. We had a term for that: That was the Portland way.”