Tulsa Topics

Mark Radzinski, President of the Historic Yorktown Neighborhood, passes along this information -

You will be receiving a flyer at your door and a post card in your mail concerning the Midtown Redux Study which is currently being conducted by the OU Tulsa Urban Design Studio. The Study is very important to the future of older Tulsa Neighborhoods and any redevelopment which will take place.

The results of this study will be used to plan our future and will be promoted as a joint effort by the neighborhoods and developers. So it will be stated that we all had an opportunity to take part and plan our future. Now is your opportunity to have a say. The study will be completed with or without your voice.

Please plan on attending the Residents Meeting scheduled for Saturday January 28th, 9am-Noon, at OUTulsa 41st and Yale. Keep your post card for a map to the meeting room. I have also attached a copy of the flyer.

final invitaion(COHN) copy.pdf

Regards,

Mark Radzinski, President
Yorktown Neighborhood Association

The Yorktown Neighborhood Association and others requested City Councilor for District 4, Tom Baker, to address the process of redevelopment in this area and to include the neighborhoods in the decision-making process.

As a result, Councilor Baker and the City of Tulsa Urban Development Department asked the University Of Oklahoma College Of Architecture Urban Design Studio to study the effects Commercial Infill Development has on Historic Neighborhoods. They are studying Utica from 11th to 21st Streets and 15th St. from Peoria to Lewis.

A pilot area in Midtown Tulsa including Swan Lake, Yorktown and Gillette Historic Neighborhoods as well as other older neighborhoods within a one square mile area surrounding the intersection of commercial corridors 15th Street and Utica Avenue will serve as a laboratory for the study. It is hoped that the results of the study may be generalized and applied to other areas of the city.