Discover Downtown Gems on Tulsa Treasures Tour

This Saturday you can tour some of Tulsa's most important buildings. TulsaNow is sponsoring a walking tour of architecturally significant downtown Tulsa buildings. The free tour will allow visitors to see the ins and outs of four historic buildings. Art Deco to Mid Century Modern is on the menu!

Just one type of Zig Zag you'll see on the tour.The event comes on the heels of a recently completed survey of Tulsa's architectural assets located within the Inner Dispersal Loop. The survey cataloged over 500 buildings and evaluated their historic and economic assets. This information is valuable to developers seeking tax credits for restoration, or submitting a structure for addition to the National Register of Historic Places.

Tulsa Treasures Tour
Saturday, December 5, 2009
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Begins at the ONG Building
624 S Boston

For more information contact TulsaNow at info@tulsanow.org

Comments

Vintage Roadside said…

Looks like a wonderful tour! We visited Tulsa last year for the National Trust conference and really enjoyed our week downtown.

December 1, 2009 at 2:54 PM

JRB said…

Thanks for dropping in. Glad to hear you enjoyed visiting Tulsa during the Nat'l Preservation Conference.

I think we may have met on the "Back to the Future" bus tour?

December 11, 2009 at 2:02 PM

Home of ORU Architect on the Auction Block

Frank Wallace is best known as the man behind the futuristic look of the Oral Roberts University campus. On October 14, 2010 his unique home overlooking ORU will be sold in a public auction conducted by Mister Ed's Auctions. Jackie and I recently had a chance to visit with Mr. Wallace and learn more about the house, his career and his thoughts on architecture.

When we visited we expected to snap a few photos of an empty house and speak with a rep- resentative from the auction company. To our surprise the door opened and we were greeted by Mr. Wallace himself. After assuring him we were not architects, he let us look around. Unfortunately we were not prepared to interview the man whose buildings incite such extremely diverse reactions- but that didn't stop me from asking him several questions anyway.

The home, completed in 1980, was designed and built by Wallace who is now 87. The expansive home is so large that Wallace spends most of his time in a room that was his late …

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