Tulsa as Art, article by Bates

[TheArtist]

Ran across this nice article by Bates in the Urban Tulsa. Thought I would share it.

http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25443&cb=7c30c38f70037204a2ff4afb5f025670#comments

[MichaelBates]

Thanks for the link and the kind words!

[RecycleMichael]

I really like this line..."I'll pause while you roll your eyes."

[carltonplace]

Michael, I enjoyed the article. I found it very positive and as I was out running I tried to envision some of our neighborhood streets as paintings. Trenton Ave between 26th and 27th has a very picturesque feel, as does Elwood at 15th, Brady Heights, Owen Park, North Maple Ridge, Swan Lake and Carson Ave. All of these could be captured on canvas or photography and hung over a couch. We are very lucky to have such great neighborhoods in Tulsa that have such a timeless feeling to them.

I also began to notice how many of the strip shopping centers try to approximate that feeling with canopies and stone or brick exteriors; but with the parking up front seperating the building from the street they just feel like a strip mall.

[joiei]

Other looks at Thomas Kincade designed communities in the real world,

Hiddenbrooke in California

quote: Imagine if the enormously famous Kinkade had brought his "artistic sensibilities" to a new-urbanist architect and an enlightened group of town planners instead of an enormous profit-seeking development conglomerate, and matched his cutesy aesthetics with their concepts of a new American suburb: He could have built something responsible and meaningful, and helped promote a community-building movement that is still struggling for widespread recognition.  

IdahoCheck out the video under virtual tour.

Closer to home, Columbia, MOThis community appears to be all about the golf course living behind gated walls.  

Seaside, Florida is probably the closest to what your looking for.  That is if you want to live in the middle of a very expensive tourist attraction with tourists trying to stare into your windows.  

The idealic vision is nice but can it be brought to reality in a financially feasible way?

[JCnOwasso]

Don't you have some coding to do?

Regardless, nice article sir.