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Title: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on April 28, 2017, 02:25:56 pm It's pretty amazing how much downtown has changed in just a few short years.
Bragging rights to the first person who can identify what perfectly respectable establishment now occupies this space: (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/El-Guapos-BEFORE.jpg) Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: Tulsa Zephyr on April 28, 2017, 02:33:04 pm El Guapo's?
Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on April 28, 2017, 03:57:00 pm Ding, ding, ding!
Well done! (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/el-guapos-AFTER.jpg) Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on April 28, 2017, 04:01:47 pm OK... next up...
(http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/elgin-hotel.jpg) Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: BKDotCom on April 28, 2017, 06:23:54 pm "Brady" Tavern
Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: DowntownDan on April 29, 2017, 10:31:17 am I went to Bad Girls' once in college right after I turned 21. Downtown was really depressing back then and this place was pretty sad. We also went to a grungy place where Dilly Diner now is. So much has changed.
Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: erfalf on April 29, 2017, 10:57:20 am OK... next up... (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/elgin-hotel.jpg) Hodges Bend. Oh crap never mind. That ain't right. It's Midtown Adult isn't it? Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on April 29, 2017, 11:47:34 am Midtown Adult Theater, it is!
It could be used as an example of what not to do when "upgrading" a historic building. (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/midtown.jpg) Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: DowntownDan on April 29, 2017, 12:25:30 pm Wow. That's turrible. I still don't know how that place stays open with rising popularity of that area and the internet.
Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on April 29, 2017, 01:00:11 pm OK, here's one that's too easy. I'll even give you two versions:
(http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gates-hardware.jpg) (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/elgin-hardware.jpg) Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: Tulsasaurus Rex on April 29, 2017, 01:19:38 pm OK... next up... (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/elgin-hotel.jpg) I wonder if these features are underneath the current facade and can be restored when that place finally folds. Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: Tulsasaurus Rex on April 29, 2017, 01:19:56 pm Ponder, thanks for this. It's really fun. More please!
Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: DowntownDan on April 29, 2017, 01:45:23 pm OK, here's one that's too easy. I'll even give you two versions: (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gates-hardware.jpg) (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/elgin-hardware.jpg) Elgin Park. I forget if it was "Carsons" or "East End" but it's another skeezy place I happened to visit while in college. Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on April 30, 2017, 01:33:47 pm Elgin Park is the winner. (I told you that one was easy.)
(http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/elgin-park.jpg) Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on April 30, 2017, 02:17:17 pm This one is just because I'm feeling sorry for myself. I'm definitely grateful that the Williams Cos is still around, and that they are dedicated to Tulsa and the local community. But... if I'm right about the location of this photo, this is 2nd Street looking east towards Main. We traded these buildings for mall that lasted a little more than a decade, and then became cubicle space at the Williams Resource Center...
(http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2nd-street-looking-east-towards-Main.jpg) (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WRC-from-2nd.jpg) Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: Tulsasaurus Rex on May 01, 2017, 07:45:54 am (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2nd-street-looking-east-towards-Main.jpg) (http://www.accidentalurbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WRC-from-2nd.jpg) This is fun. More please! I take it back. Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: johrasephoenix on May 01, 2017, 09:14:15 am Dam dude. Brutal.
I think it's interesting that the places where downtown's renaissance is focused are the places that were so forlorn, so forgotten, and so far from the business core that nobody bothered to tear them down for parking. The best thing that could happen for an urban district in Tulsa was to be forgotten from 1950-1990. Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: sgrizzle on May 01, 2017, 09:50:50 am I wonder if these features are underneath the current facade and can be restored when that place finally folds. I'm pretty sure no-one wants to go digging. Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on May 26, 2017, 07:09:14 pm Here's one I haven't seen before, from the Tulsa Historical Society. Hmmm...what's there now....?
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_283/005/20039420022116.jpg) Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: Red Arrow on May 26, 2017, 09:51:02 pm Here's one I haven't seen before, from the Tulsa Historical Society. Hmmm...what's there now....? (https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_283/005/20039420022116.jpg) Any idea what the address is? Title: Re: Downtown trivia.... Post by: PonderInc on May 27, 2017, 10:12:25 am Yes, sadly. 2nd and Main, looking south.
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