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Didn't the post office there do a lot of sorting that is now done in OKC?

Yes, it's only partially occupied.  Another reason the Post Office should relocate and open this site up for redevelopment.  Hopefully our new mayor will take this up - as horrible as he was Mayor Bartlett was actively working on a plan.  From the TW article:

Under Mayor Dewey Bartlett, the city in 2011 began the process of trying to purchase the Page Belcher building, but the complicated transaction never gained traction.  The plan included having the Tulsa Industrial Authority partner with a private, third-party entity to purchase the building - the estimate then was for $10 million - and lease it back to the federal government over 15 to 18 years.  At the end of the lease, TIA would take take ownership of the building.

(yes its just a few extra feet but this is Tulsa, people circle the lot at Walmart for a half hour to park 10 feet closer).

And get their car doors dented.

Not Me!  I just wish they had more of the small shopping carts.  Parking way out gives me the opportunity to view more cart corrals to find a small cart.   

I've said that for years.  There was a TW article in 2018 about the obstacles surrounding that building: https://tulsaworld.com/news/a-big-development-problem-in-the-middle-of-downtown-why-the-federal-building-might-stay/article_a8a0a2fd-1035-5a13-bea3-d0fe3814acf7.html  Basically USPS owns it and would have to find a new location so the city could buy and demolish it.  By the time they do that we may need another hotel in that area.

Didn't the post office there do a lot of sorting that is now done in OKC?

[OG&E Coliseum, Oklahoma City State Fair Park.]

           OG&E Coliseum, Oklahoma City State Fair Park.

            


           Project cost:  $126 million  (Owner, City of Oklahoma City)
           Funding:  MAPS 4 - $1.07 billion eight year penny sales-tax collection initiative.
           State-of-the-art facility, spanning 216,000 square feet and comprising 11 hundred-cubic-yards of concrete, will boast seating for more than
           7,000 - 8,500 people.
    
            

          Video link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6VA2SrJKiw

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Really wish we could get a new federal courthouse somewhere else downtown and build this on that spot next to the BOK Center. Would make far more sense as an entertainment district and for concerts (yes its just a few extra feet but this is Tulsa, people circle the lot at Walmart for a half hour to park 10 feet closer).

I've said that for years.  There was a TW article in 2018 about the obstacles surrounding that building: https://tulsaworld.com/news/a-big-development-problem-in-the-middle-of-downtown-why-the-federal-building-might-stay/article_a8a0a2fd-1035-5a13-bea3-d0fe3814acf7.html  Basically USPS owns it and would have to find a new location so the city could buy and demolish it.  By the time they do that we may need another hotel in that area.

Really wish we could get a new federal courthouse somewhere else downtown and build this on that spot next to the BOK Center. Would make far more sense as an entertainment district and for concerts (yes its just a few extra feet but this is Tulsa, people circle the lot at Walmart for a half hour to park 10 feet closer).

[Oklahoma City MAPS 4 beautification projects identified--MAPS 4 Citizen Advisory Board is set to approve a $33 million beautification master plan for various improvements throughout Oklahoma City.]

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Oklahoma City MAPS 4 beautification projects identified--MAPS 4 Citizen Advisory Board is set to approve a $33 million beautification master plan for various improvements throughout Oklahoma City.

       Projects:  https://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=1034-MAPS-4-beautification-projects-identified

         

[$400 million Development]

          
                             $400 million Development
             Pic:  via OKCTalk.com
          YouTube OKANA month 22 https://youtu.be/OMd8cZ03td8