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Originally posted by booWorld
Three years ago, some of us had hopes of saving the Skelly Building from destruction at the hands of World Publishing -- but to no avail. World Publishing demonstrated their power to all of Tulsa by trashing their art deco building for about 13 seldomly used parking spaces and an absolutely precious statue of a young Paul Williford (or a Williford wannabe). We were expecting 12 parking spaces, but I think World Publishing was able to provide 13 spaces. Lagniappe!
If I could turn the clock back about 10 years, I'd try to save the Cadillac Building from implosion. The memory of hearing those explosives inside my house several blocks away -- it rattles me a decade later. Tulsans continue to destroy their own historical buildings.
And its our leading institutions that do it. Churches, Newspaper, TCC.... They now all have plenty of parking.
Your Williford note is funny. The destruction of the old Cadillac building was not. I also miss the Ford and Chrysler dealer buildings. You just can't landscape a church or school parking lot enough to make up for their loss.
