Downtown Wayfinding System

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

call city hall and ask.  this was the first reading of an ordinance to accept donor money to add additional trees to the landscaping plan and upgrade the exising concrete surface at the entrance with cast pavers to mimic what is already on the sidewalk.

You're funny.

Again, the entrance is already cast pavers. Walk over there and look if you don't believe me. It may be the first reading but this work was done a long time ago and documented over and over including in the world that this work was done thanks to donations.

Tulsa World - August 24th:

Excerpt from "Private Money Provided Upgrades"
...The George Kaiser Family Foundation gave $2.5 million to upgrade the exterior walkways to brick pavers, the landscaping to add trees, and the main concourse flooring, ramp, and staircase to terrazo. Nadel and Gussman Energy and Samson donated a total of $500,000 for a lighting system for the icon wall...

[Townsend]

At least someone's noticing...maybe they can post recognizable names now...PAC, TCC, etc.

http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/1008/560000.html

If you go downtown to the new BOK Center, you'll find new signs pointing the way.  But are they pointing the right way?


This fall, the city invested nearly a million dollars on 148 new signs to help people find their way around downtown.

The signs are geared for people who are new to downtown, but we found one sign that could send a visitor on a long drive.  The signs are part of what's known as the "Way Finding System."  But like any system, we found it is not fool proof.

From the corner of First and Cheyenne, the Convention Center is just 5 blocks away.

As long as you follow the sign pointing left.. and not the one pointing to the right.

When we pointed it out to Tulsan Richard Willis, he asked "Why is it pointing that way?"

On the same block, there are two signs that point to the Convention Center.  One says to go left and the other to go right.

Of course a local could tell you, the sign pointing right is actually wrong.

Daniel Miller tells us, "If you turn that way, you're going to the jail."

Mark Brown from the City of Tulsa explains, "The sign was supposed to say 'Corrections Center.'"

Not Convention Center.

The city knows about the mistake and will ask the contractor to re-label the sign.

NewsChannel 8's Diana Zoga asked Brown, "The city spends almost a million dollars on signs.  You'd like to think all of them will be right."

Brown replied "I agree, but any project of any magnitude is going to have things that get installed incorrectly."

The city did some inspections with the contractor and came up with a list that includes adjustments to other signs, though the one we found seemed to be the most directionally challenged.

Money from the Third Penny Sales Tax was used to pay for the signs.  They cost $739,000 to build and set up, plus $240,000 for the design.