Just Camp - camping store downtown?!

[PonderInc]

Has anyone been there yet?  1209 S. Frankfort

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=53&articleid=20091211_53_E1_MikeLa154601

From the Tulsa World article:
The building is a new arm of Lassman's 6-year-old business, which previously focused on Internet sales of overstocked camping supplies.

Although the faltering economy hasn't spared his company, he said he couldn't pass up an opportunity for a much larger retail presence than the small merchandise area inside his original location at 2600 W. Albany St. in Broken Arrow.

http://www.justcamp.com/

[PonderInc]

Just stopped by today to have a look around.  I was surprised that I'd never seen this building before, even though it's a stone's throw from Home Depot.  (The entire Gunboat neighborhood is fascinating.)  From 10th and Elgin, take Elgin south until it loops back around...this "loop" forms the "gunboat" shape that gives the neighborhood its name.  (Originally Elm Creek?)

Nice selection of Coleman camping equipment.  If you're in the market for a tent, stove or lantern, be sure to stop by.  Lots of camo outdoor gear, sleeping bags, daypacks, Coleman boots, misc camping goodies, etc.

Even if you're not shopping for camping gear, you should pop in just to admire the building.  Cool terrazzo floor and tin ceilings on the ground level; oak floors on the second level; the "urban camp" with nice views on the third level. (Interesting built-in refrigerators on the third floor, too.)

Just Camp is open from 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Mon-Fri, and 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM on Saturdays.

Anybody know the history of this building?

[TheArtist]

Well my goodness, dont think I have ever seen that building either. May have to stop by. 

[Nic Nac]

This is the way I always remembered the building:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=tulsa,+ok&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.14569,-95.980875&spn=0.00454,0.006716&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=36.145598,-95.980871&panoid=y4XY6CKyI9ke4ULuZh_fEQ&cbp=12,62.31,,0,-14.48

Looks like he has made some great improvements!  Interesting concept too.

[buckeye]

Hooray!  So nice to see that great old building used well.  The "Better Price Warehouse" was a sh$thole, frankly.  Creepy looking salvage and overstock-type worthless junk priced very poorly.

It is a neat neighborhood, although the gas station quick-y mart on the corner of Elgin has spent the last ten years looking progressively scarier.

[GG]

I will have to get by there now that I am working in the downtown area.  

I have got to get me one of these.  

http://www.justcamp.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=22

It would be perfect for camping on those hot summer nights.

[jne]

Is that next to the REstore?

[AngieB]

Is that next to the REstore?

Nowhere close. The REstore is just SW of 11th & Sheridan.

[sgrizzle]

Great fixup job on the building. New entrance, windows, etc. look good.

What I want to know is if they have those tiny tents for sale. The ones that Walmart and Target have on display but they only let you buy the large versions of.

[JoeMommaBlake]

I love those tiny tents.

[patric]

It's a shame they had to crap on the facade with those WallPack lights.  Im sure it does as much for the appearance of the building as it does for helping you to see at night.  Even TCC's new addition looks better...   

EDIT:  I see from the Street View the glarebombs are leftovers from Better Price Warehouse.
Changing those out to something less prison-yard might go a long way to helping the block shed it's "crime area" look.

[Conan71]

Is this adjacent to the lot where Bell's is storing the remnants of their amusement park?

[buckeye]

Yes.

[MacGyver]

The Noni Juice building!  Did they keep the sign?

Gunboat park is a cool little neighborhood.  A shame its been industrialized with pre-engineered metal buildings - yet there is still some residential/Multi-family on Elgin and I noticed what looks like a professional building-type renovation of the 2-story old building on the same block near 11th.  Neat building with a garage door on the south side

Does anyone know what's going/went in that space?  Judging by the degree they gutted it, it looks like they plan on being there a while. 

MG

[RecycleMichael]

I love those tiny tents.

You two need to build model railroads together.