Downtown Park Opening Ceremony

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Celebrating the H.A. Chapman Centennial Green

After years of planning and hard work, the H.A. Chapman Centennial Green in downtown Tulsa is nearly complete!

On Friday, November 7th, the park will be "officially" opened to the public during a brief ceremony with comments by Mayor Kathy Taylor.

When: Friday, November 7th
Time: 11am
Address: 6th and Boston in Downtown Tulsa
More Info: call Land Legacy at 918/587-2190

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At one point I heard this park was going to have a fountain that was an oil derrick that would "erupt" every now and then.  Am I crazy?  I drove by and failed to see such a thing last weekend.

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quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

At one point I heard this park was going to have a fountain that was an oil derrick that would "erupt" every now and then.  Am I crazy?  I drove by and failed to see such a thing last weekend.

The fountain is there and running. It was called a "gusher" fountain due to the varying height of the water but the only thing promised to be on top of it was an "oil themed piece of art" which is still planned and is being built by Shane Fernandez. It is not complete but a scale model of the art piece will be unveiled tomorrow. It is metal, glass, and (I believe) granite It looks very modern, while having the cross metal beam look and height similar to an oil derrick.

The Centennial Tree (large oak) was planted yesterday and the backpiece to the auditorium is still being built.