Public Notice about a development in Jenks on Elm

[safetyguy]

Last night I was driving on Elm St. in Jenks in the area south of Reasors and just north of the Kum and Go. My wife and I noticed a public notice sign with a mailbox near the road. Does anyone know what that's about? I wanted to jump out of the car at the stop light, but the wife didn't like that idea since I was driving and in the middle lane []

I know that they have been working for a while to clear all of the land. I just didn't know what the need for the Public Notice was.

[spoonbill]

quote:Originally posted by safetyguy

Last night I was driving on Elm St. in Jenks in the area south of Reasors and just north of the Kum and Go. My wife and I noticed a public notice sign with a mailbox near the road. Does anyone know what that's about? I wanted to jump out of the car at the stop light, but the wife didn't like that idea since I was driving and in the middle lane []

I know that they have been working for a while to clear all of the land. I just didn't know what the need for the Public Notice was.

That would be Leinbach's new commercial tract.  It's upscale office.  Not sure what the architecture will be yet.

[joiei]

Just a wild guess on my part, but I would project that the desired look will be fake Tuscan.  Why does Oklahoma thinks it needs to look like a bad reproduction of someplace in Italy.

[spoonbill]

$10 bucks says it looks like country french meets strip center.

[safetyguy]

I was hoping for like urban industrial design like the inside of a Chipotle!!

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by joiei

Just a wild guess on my part, but I would project that the desired look will be fake Tuscan.  Why does Oklahoma thinks it needs to look like a bad reproduction of someplace in Italy.

Its actually an age old tradition of sorts for Tulsa. Except back in the day they tried to make it a "good reproduction" of some place in Italy. They once even had on the drawing boards a Ponte Vecchio, Florentine style bridge to go across the river. Having buildings and shops perched on either side. Wish I could find the drawings, saw them once. Think Philtower, Philbrook, the old Theater Palaces and churches etc. They really did want to emulate the great old cities of Europe, especially Florence. Perhaps people long for the romance, beauty and lifestyle those places conjur in peoples minds. But yes a lot of newer construction only gives that a slight visual nod and doesnt really try in any other way. I think Utica Place is a good contemporary example however.


An old sketch of downtown Tulsa.




The Ponte Vecchio