No BS Question

[guido911]

Why is the Bluedome area a "district"? Same for Brady, Riverwalk, etc. And are Cherry Street and Brookside "districts"? Where I hail from, I do not remember "The Hill" being "The Hill District" or "The Landing District", etc.

[custosnox]

it's all about branding, tying an area together under a common name.

[RecycleMichael]

 dis·trict

Function: noun

a territorial division (as of a nation, state, county, or city) for administrative, judicial, electoral, or other purposes: as a :  an administrative unit esp. of a town or city established for the performance of a special governmental function.

[AquaMan]

Why is the Bluedome area a "district"? Same for Brady, Riverwalk, etc. And are Cherry Street and Brookside "districts"? Where I hail from, I do not remember "The Hill" being "The Hill District" or "The Landing District", etc.

Honestly G, its just a marketing trick. "District" sounds like there is a lot of activity with many different locations. Think about the districts in big cities...industrial district, commercial district, refinery district, redlight district etc. That designation of "district" hopefully attracts people who want to be part of something big happening. The Blue Dome gas station is the most notable structure in that area so it can more easily locate the area in peoples minds. Most locals had at least some idea of where it was (though we called it skid row as a youth).

Same reason so many apartments are now called "Lofts" when they are in fact just modern apartments. Lofts in my day were the upstairs of abandoned manufacturing businesses or in one case the top floor of a parking garage downtown that were converted to living space. Zoning prohibited most of them.

[guido911]

it's all about branding, tying an area together under a common name.

Thanks. I can tell you that South Tulsa County's "Pain in the @SS District" is between 91st & 111th on Memorial. Tulsa's "Clusterfark District" is rather expansive since it covers both the I-44 and 244 construction projects.

[ZYX]

Easier to promote.

That section of downtown just north of the CBD, Williams Tower, etc.

OR

The Brady District.

Obviously the term Brady District is easier to remember, and the name ditinguishes it from other areas of downtown.

[guido911]

Just an upscale word for neighborhood. So my first impression that using "district" instead was wrong in that I thought it sounded a little snobby.

[guido911]

Easier to promote.

That section of downtown just north of the CBD, Williams Tower, etc.

OR

The Brady District.

Obviously the term Brady District is easier to remember, and the name ditinguishes it from other areas of downtown.

I get that. But again, I am from a much larger city than Tulsa, and people knew where The Hill, The Landing, Central West End (that one is snobby) and Soulard is and what is there without adding anything more.

Thanks for the info.

[Gaspar]

I get that. But again, I am from a much larger city than Tulsa, and people knew where The Hill, The Landing, Central West End (that one is snobby) and Soulard is and what is there without adding anything more.

Thanks for the info.

Didn't realize you were from the Lou?

[rdj]

I don't say "district".  I just call it Blue Dome, Brady, Cherry St, etc.

[guido911]

I don't say "district".  I just call it Blue Dome, Brady, Cherry St, etc.

How far away is Blue Dome from Brady?

[dbacks fan]

About 4 blocks?

[rdj]

I think the distance depends on who you talk to.  Some people consider ONEOK Field to be within the Brady District.  It is actually in Greenwood.

[guido911]

My only criticism, if that's what this is, of this "district" concept is that it leaves the impression that these places are so far apart from one another that you need a landmark to locate them. Four blocks apart and we need landmarks to distinguish Brady from Blue Dome from now Greenwood? It's almost like, "don't get the arts district confused with downtown".

To be clear Gaspar, I lived in St. Louis proper for a short time. I lived across the river about 10 miles away, near the Belleville, IL district. 

[Gaspar]

My only criticism, if that's what this is, of this "district" concept is that it leaves the impression that these places are so far apart from one another that you need a landmark to locate them. Four blocks apart and we need landmarks to distinguish Brady from Blue Dome from now Greenwood? It's almost like, "don't get the arts district confused with downtown".

To be clear Gaspar, I lived in St. Louis proper for a short time. I lived across the river about 10 miles away, near the Belleville, IL district. 

CWE for about 6 years until 2000 when I moved back to Tulsa.