Traffic Circle at 11th and Elgin

[LandArchPoke]

...and with our lack of automotive insurance coverage state wide...

We do this in Tulsa:

Maybe we should just add a special class for people in Owasso about traffic circles/round a bouts... and mandatory for the entire cheer leading squad.

[custosnox]

...and with our lack of automotive insurance coverage state wide...

We do this in Tulsa:

seen this one circling the net with claims of photoshopping.  Stupidity is so thick in Tulsa, apparently the rest of the world simply can't believe it.

[nathanm]

Had I not seen the hole in the building with my own eyes, I might not believe it either.

[cynical]

I have a couple of pictures of the same incident taken on my phone. I was in my office upstairs when it happened. No photoshopping is needed.

[BKDotCom]

I walked through 11th & Elgin at lunch today...
Looks like it'll open up any hour or day now.

[carltonplace]

I like the idea of the dark skies lighting that they installed but I hate the actual lights they chose. The blue makes them stand out too much (I know they were trying to work with the blue from the deco market facade) and the style is incongruous with my opinion of what RTE 66 is.

[Townsend]

I like the idea of the dark skies lighting that they installed but I hate the actual lights they chose. The blue makes them stand out too much (I know they were trying to work with the blue from the deco market facade) and the style is incongruous with my opinion of what RTE 66 is.

That is some bright blue.

[Weatherdemon]

Had I not seen the hole in the building with my own eyes, I might not believe it either.

When/where did this happen?

[TheArtist]

I like the idea of the dark skies lighting that they installed but I hate the actual lights they chose. The blue makes them stand out too much (I know they were trying to work with the blue from the deco market facade) and the style is incongruous with my opinion of what RTE 66 is.

I am juuuust old enough to remember Route 66 back when it still had some of its classic character.  It was a hodgepodge of quirky, fun, architecture, signage and lighting.  On vacation I remember sleping in a tee pee at one of the little motels that looked like an "Indian encampment" with each room being an individual tee pee in a semi-circle around the pool.  I remeber oodles of signs at night that were of neon and flashing lights.  Starburst light features of all shapes and sizes, the neon running "git-n-go" boy, the U-tote-em pole signs, neon rocket ships with flaming tails, flying saucers, lights and flags strung across the many car lots, flashing blinking turning hotel and motel signs.  My personal favorites as a kid were the signs that would look like a sky rocket firework, launching and then exploding in the sky.  Don't forget the classic neon and chrome diners. Who remembers the bowling alley with the sign where the neon boy would bowl, you would see the ball "roll" towards the pins then the pins would explode outwards?   What are some of the fun signs and architecture that you remember in and around Tulsas Route 66?  

Route 66 as we see it today in Tulsa is a dull, dead, rusty, gutted shell of what it once was.  Those blue light poles do indeed stand out now, but they wouldn't have back in the day.   Imho we could use more color, more quirky fun signage, lights and architecture.    

[Hoss]

I am juuuust old enough to remember Route 66 back when it still had some of its classic character.  It was a hodgepodge of quirky, fun, architecture, signage and lighting.  On vacation I remember sleping in a tee pee at one of the little motels that looked like an "Indian encampment" with each room being an individual tee pee in a semi-circle around the pool.  I remeber oodles of signs at night that were of neon and flashing lights.  Starburst light features of all shapes and sizes, the neon running "git-n-go" boy, the U-tote-em pole signs, neon rocket ships with flaming tails, flying saucers, lights and flags strung across the many car lots, flashing blinking turning hotel and motel signs.  My personal favorites as a kid were the signs that would look like a sky rocket firework, launching and then exploding in the sky.  Don't forget the classic neon and chrome diners. Who remembers the bowling alley with the sign where the neon boy would bowl, you would see the ball "roll" towards the pins then the pins would explode outwards?   What are some of the fun signs and architecture that you remember in and around Tulsas Route 66?  

Route 66 as we see it today in Tulsa is a dull, dead, rusty, gutted shell of what it once was.  Those blue light poles do indeed stand out now, but they wouldn't have back in the day.   Imho we could use more color, more quirky fun signage, lights and architecture.    

That's actually going on a little between 169 and Memorial on 11th.  I haven't been able to take photos but will try to this week.

[nathanm]

When/where did this happen?

Um, that's the Bank of America building, and it was a year or two ago, IIRC (4/28/2010 to be exact). There's a thread on this very forum. I wasn't downtown while the car was still sticking out, but was by there the next day. Unsurprisingly, the Tulsa World also reported on the incident.

[Weatherdemon]

Um, that's the Bank of America building, and it was a year or two ago, IIRC (4/28/2010 to be exact). There's a thread on this very forum. I wasn't downtown while the car was still sticking out, but was by there the next day. Unsurprisingly, the Tulsa World also reported on the incident.

LOL, not sure how I missed that!
Good lord!!

Thanks!

[heironymouspasparagus]

...and with our lack of automotive insurance coverage state wide...

We do this in Tulsa:

Where and when was that??

[Townsend]

Where and when was that??

Reference above.

[DowntownDan]

Drove through the circle yesterday and it looks like a liquor store called "Modern Spirits" is moving into the old Lyons Indian Store.  I'm guessing it will be higher end stuff like Whiskey Business to keep the Nighttrain crowd at bay.