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Blake Ewing asking for "Game-Changing Ideas" to be submitted online

Started by TulsaGoldenHurriCAN, June 26, 2015, 09:05:58 AM

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heironymouspasparagus

"So he brandished a gun, never shot anyone or anything right?"  --TeeDub, 17 Feb 2018.

I don't share my thoughts because I think it will change the minds of people who think differently.  I share my thoughts to show the people who already think like me that they are not alone.

Tulsasaurus Rex

Blake asked Kinslow, Keith, and Todd to do some renderings. Here's what they came up with.

https://vimeo.com/139608850

cannon_fodder

Heck of a vision - and practical purposes too.  Really cool renderings, lots of private-public partnership to make that happen (which is a good thing, IMHO). It incorporates the existing Jazz Building and the anticipated Pop buildings nicely. Love the idea of the "sky bridge" building (apartments?) and covering the tracks to make green space.

But to think critically...

The Heartland Flyer folks appear to be a little less gun-ho than one would hope - train in operation by June has turned into "we may someday get a train running depending on what goes on with the Oklahoma City depot thing." I understand the need for portal to portal, but they sure bragged about not needing it to get out of the gates. Then again, if we had the train platform it would be easier to say "The line from OKC to Joplin/KC needs to pass through Tulsa, not Wichita). I view losing that line like missing out on an interstate interchange back in the day (cost us big in the long run).

Also, we have an award winning bus station as it stands. With access from 3 sides, room for ~8 buses, and an indoor area for people waiting. What's the plan for that? The new City Hall cost us more than anticipated because we had no plan ahead of time (held it for 3 years at a purported cost of $500k per year, sold it for $1mil). Also, I'm not terribly clear on where the actually buses service is supposed to tie in - utilize the bridges as the bus stop or was there something I was missing?

Adding bike access would be easy.  Archer is already a bike route tying into Greenwood, which leads to 1st, which goes East past Hodges Bend to either the trials (which heads south to Central Park, follow the IDL to 918 Cross fit and Cherry Street, then through Maple Ridge to the Gathering Place) or 3rd Street is a "Share the Road" bike route which goes to TU, then past the highschool and straight to east Tulsa or south on New Haven, past/through Expo to Pittsburgh, under the BA, 28th to New Haven again, which goes south to 36th - which Splits east (to the roundabout) and west (to Riverparks). What I'm saying is it could easily tie in --- add some bike lockers and biking to Ball games, gathering place, etc. would be a real possibility. Add a few bike lanes from hodges Bend through downtown and we are really in business.  [fwiw, the route on Archer goes to David L Moss, behind which is a homeless camp and the Katy Trail, which leads to Sand Springs, where you head south to Avery Drive and head back home!).

Make it a portal for cabs, lyfts/Uber, those little pedi cabs, the shuttle, etc. and it could be really well utilized.  And that's ignoring the green space we added, as well as the benefit of turning a "barrier" into a true bridge between districts.

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heironymouspasparagus

"So he brandished a gun, never shot anyone or anything right?"  --TeeDub, 17 Feb 2018.

I don't share my thoughts because I think it will change the minds of people who think differently.  I share my thoughts to show the people who already think like me that they are not alone.

ElTurnado

Hi TulsaNow!
Longtime lurker, first time poster here. I'd love your feedback on and hopefully your support for my Vision Proposal. 

Here's the video from my council presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_c7fZVyi3U

Cheers!