Downtown development recap

[rdj]

I saw all the traffic cones going up last week and this weekend.  However, no one confirmed what was going on.  Be nice of a local publication to do a story on it...

[carltonplace]

I saw all the traffic cones going up last week and this weekend.  However, no one confirmed what was going on.  Be nice of a local publication to do a story on it...

Hey rdj! They've started the work on the traffic circle by placing a ton of cones on the street! Thought I'd send you a heads up.

[AquaMan]

I love that little jog and wish someone would carefully, conscientiously, and gorgeously turn every one of those old apartment buildings into gut rehab condos. 

I also wish I could have a pony. 

WeVus, if its where I'm thinking, my first office when I opened an ad service was there. A quanset hut building right where the road curves from 11th into Elgin. Used to be a cab company next door. Cold in the winter for sure. That was in 1989 I believe.

I wanted to buy the multi story apartment building on the North East corner that sits next to an empty lot. It backs up to a convenience store. Cool old building that hadn't had any updates since the twenties. Each of the apartments had Ice Boxes since the Warehouse Market was simply a walk across the street for tenants. It had a large ornate entry way awning. I think it was only $50k. Problem was, the savvy real estate guys who listed the property had convinced the owners to split off the parking lot and sell it separately. To buy the two together was too much. Hard to rent a flat without any off street parking when there are several other apartment buildings nearby. Couldn't make the numbers work and gave up on it. It has has declined sine then. I should have persevered.

Ponies are over rated. Poop a lot and have nasty dispositions.

[Conan71]

Ponies are over rated. Poop a lot and have nasty dispositions.

I agree. Unicorns are better.

[Townsend]

I agree. Unicorns are better.

So much better.

[Hoss]

Per Day & Nite Rug Cleaners' FB post today:

that's not the old Western Sun FCU building is it?

[Conan71]

That's been Day & Night as long as I can remember.

[Hoss]

That's been Day & Night as long as I can remember.

I'm pretty sure that was WSFCU in the late 70s/early to mid 80s.

[Conan71]

I'm pretty sure that was WSFCU in the late 70s/early to mid 80s.

I asked my boss if he remembered as we used to work on Day & Night's boiler and he said: "forever".  Having been in the back part of the building, it would have been pretty funky for a credit union, JMO.  The location would have made sense with the Sun building not being far away.

[rdj]

Are you sure WSFCU wasn't in the building on the corner of 10th & Detroit?  It's currently/was MCC Communications?

[Hoss]

I asked my boss if he remembered as we used to work on Day & Night's boiler and he said: "forever".  Having been in the back part of the building, it would have been pretty funky for a credit union, JMO.  The location would have made sense with the Sun building not being far away.

But at one point they weren't in the Sunoco Building.  That much I'm sure of.  And I remember that old cubed glass in the front entrance.  This may not be the building, and for all I know that building may be gone, but that cubed glass entrance stands out.

[Bumby]

Per the 1971 Tulsa phone book, Day and Nite Cleaners was "At the jog", 11th and Elgin.

[rdj]

Per the 1971 Tulsa phone book, Day and Nite Cleaners was "At the jog", 11th and Elgin.

Are old phone books available online to search?

[AquaMan]

Are old phone books available online to search?

I don't think so. I spent a lot of time looking through them at the downtown library (its lots more fun than online anyway). I think it would be difficult to scan them without damaging them.

They are so much fun to analyze. For instance, my home phone number was originally listed as Mr. ______occupation, President, Home Ice Company. A few years later it was listed in 1928 as Mr. and Mrs. _____  with Mr's occupation as stockbroker. By 1929, its owner was listed as Mrs_____ and occupation...... widow. One might deduce the stock market crash created that widow.

[Townsend]

Are old phone books available online to search?

I don't think so. I spent a lot of time looking through them at the downtown library (its lots more fun than online anyway).

Anyone got a smartassed comment to do this justice?  I'm empty.