Preserve Midtown

Protecting America’s Historic Neighborhoods:
Taming the Teardown Trend

Wednesday, May 28
6 o’clock
Harwelden Mansion
2210 South Main
Tulsa

Using examples from across the country, Jim Lindberg will describe the scope and impact of the teardown trend.

He will explain the forces behind it, and offer suggestions for how
neighborhoods and communities can foster sustainable growth without sacrificing historic character.

Jim Lindberg is the Director of Preservation Initiatives in the Mountain/Plains Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  He is the author of numerous articles and co-author of three books on historic preservation.  Mr. Lindberg lives in Denver.

Free and Open to the Public
Information and Reservations
info@preservok.org
(918) 583.5550

Sponsors
Preservation Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office
Kirkpatrick Foundation
Oklahoma’s Most Endangered Historic Places Program

Co-Sponsors
Tulsa Foundation for Architecture
Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa

     A new group, Brookside–Home of Neighbors and  Friends, has requested help from Brookside and other Tulsa area residents who would like to express their views regarding the proposed Bomasada project at 39th and Rockford abutting this Brookside residential neighborhood with a petition and action.  After sitting last Wednesday from 1:30 pm until 10:00 pm  to present their case against this mammoth project, concerned homeowners were allowed only three minutes each to state their positions.  At this very late hour, they were rejected by the TMAPC and the project was given a green light. The next step is the City Council.

     Please go to Enclave Petition Information to learn more and access this petition.  Laura Collins is spearheading this effort and lives across the street from this project on Rockford.

Many Brookside resident homeowners, business owners  and  city Urban Design staff meet together over several years to complete  the  Brookside Infill  Study Plan.  It was completed in May, 2002 and  “action  taken” in December, 2002.  However, it was never adopted into the  current  zoning plan.  We are providing copies of the residential infill  part of  this plan for you to read and study.  Ask your city councilor why this plan was not enacted into  our current zoning plan.  View the Design Policies for the infill here.

Dear Neighbors,

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!

I am giving you a heads up NOW that there will be a Brookside Neighborhood Association open meeting to provide  information and discussion regarding the proposed Bomasada Mid-Rise (4-story) Apartment and Parking Garage Proposal at  39th Street and Rockford Avenue

ON Monday,  MAY 19TH AT  5:30 P.M. AT  Wright  Elementary  School.

The developer of Bomasada has applied for rezoning this property for a higher density classification  – RM-3.

They are asking for a variance in height and setbacks. This property is currently RM-1/RM-2 — low to medium density.

This proposed change of zoning will set a precedent for future development in our community!

The impact on the families living along 39th Street and Rockford Avenue will be tremendously disruptive and will certainly result in changing the traffic along the 41st and Peoria shopping area.

You deserve to have an opportunity to learn about this proposed change and lend your voice in deciding this matter.

The City didn’t listen when they OK’d the Albertson’s food store.  Will they listen this time?

Let’s exercise our right to have a say in representative government.

I hope that many of you will be able to come and listen, ask questions and speak your mind.  You don’t have to be a member of BNA to attend this.   If you live in the Brookside area and care about the future of our community, then you should come and participate.

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 This was submitted to us by a supporter of PreserveMidtown and is included here for your enjoyment.

Slum Lords

The superrich make lousy neighbors—
they buy a house and tear it down
and build another, twice as big, and leave.
They’re never there; they own so many
other houses, each demands a visit.
Entire neighborhoods called fashionable,
bustling with servants and masters, such as
Louisburg Square in Boston or Bel Air in L.A.,
are districts now like Wall Street after dark
or Tombstone once the silver boom went bust.
The essence of superrich is absence.
They like to demonstrate they can afford
to be elsewhere. Don’t let them in.
Their riches form a kind of poverty.

Jerry Gustafson

Join Mayor Kathy Taylor for the citywide launch of PlaniTulsa:

Tuesday May 13, 2008 4:30 to 6:30 pm.                               Location: Central Center at Centennial Park, 1028 E. 6th St. (6th & Peoria)

5 pm- Presentation by Mayor Taylor and nationally renowned community planner, John Fregonese

PlaniTulsa is the process of updating our comprehensive plan.

“Someone has to make sure that Tulsa grows in a healthy new way.  And we want that someone to be YOU.”