(PROJECT) A Gathering Place For Tulsa

[TeeDub]

I wish they would put up mileage markers on the southern part of the trail.

If you knew a boy scout (church, club, etc.) that would make a great service project.

[sauerkraut]

If you knew a boy scout (church, club, etc.) that would make a great service project.

Indeed, some running groups spray paint  numbers on the pavement, or when they run a race on the trail they mark off the mileage distance.  For me, I'd like to see those mileage posts instead of the mile markers buried inside the pavement. With a mileage post you can see it off in the distance and you know how good (or slow)  your pace is as you approach it. It gives you good encouragement to speed up to make the post before your timer gets you. The buried mile markers you can't see ahead of time until your right over them. But that's just me.

[carltonplace]

or you can download a running ap to your cell phone.


IN RE: your never ending parking complaint: You can park across Riverside at Johnson Park and then cross to the trail.

[ZYX]

Yeah I just noticed that, they have a big fence up around the whole area the trails are torn up, and a big sign warns people to keep out. That could be why on Sunday afternoon the southern part of the trails were super  busy. To me it looks like a step backwards.. All that mess for a big over-glorified playground for kids. They can't leave well enough alone. A lot of money was spent 2 or 3 years ago putting in those new trails now they tear them up.

It's not just a "big over-glorified playground for kids." Come on, look at the renderings and models. Whether or not you think the park is necessary is your opinion, but at least characterize it correctly.

While I agree that it is frustrating and annoying that these new trails are being closed and torn up, give it 2 years and they'll be open again, along with one of the best parks in the country. More outdoor recreation opportunities are always a plus in my book.

[Townsend]

Caution tape kids...he's just trying to get people to respond to his bucket of dumbass.

The trails getting torn up were paid for by the same organization building the park.

Don't let the bastard win.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

or you can download a running ap to your cell phone.

He uses a Motorola Dyna TAC

IN RE: your never ending parking complaint: You can park across Riverside at Johnson Park and then cross to the trail.

Won't work for him, he hates parking lots with handicapped spaces.

[carltonplace]

He uses a Motorola Dyna TAC

Is that the one with a rotary dial?

[sauerkraut]

I don't know-- from what I read the "Gathering Place" is just more or less one big playground. I hope it'll be more than that, but looking at maps and models of the area there is not much for adults to do. I still have not found where people are supposed to park, parking is always a bear on at the Riverparks. I seen many model maps of the  Gathering Place area and nothing  lists "parking" areas.  Being  a jogger who uses the trails a lot - another trail issue is down at the casino. They have talked for years about moving the jogging trail from the front of the casino to the back of the casino  near the river to get away from the traffic & casino driveways. The progress is going on now slow & steady. That's a pain as the casino area gets more congested.

[dsjeffries]

I don't know-- from what I read the "Gathering Place" is just more or less one big playground. I hope it'll be more than that, but looking at maps and models of the area there is not much for adults to do. I still have not found where people are supposed to park, parking is always a bear on at the Riverparks. I seen many model maps of the  Gathering Place area and nothing  lists "parking" areas.  Being  a jogger who uses the trails a lot - another trail issue is down at the casino. They have talked for years about moving the jogging trail from the front of the casino to the back of the casino  near the river to get away from the traffic & casino driveways. The progress is going on now slow & steady. That's a pain as the casino area gets more congested.

Parking has been addressed on here many times, and parking is clearly displayed on maps of the project. Your perception of the park as "one big playground" has also been addressed many times on here, and it's still wrong. There are spaces for many kinds of activities and age groups.

[Townsend]

Parking has been addressed on here many times, and parking is clearly displayed on maps of the project. Your perception of the park as "one big playground" has also been addressed many times on here, and it's still wrong. There are spaces for many kinds of activities and age groups.

He's copying the FOX news model on here.  Say it enough and discount facts and he hopes he can get his minions to rise up as Fox's minions do.

[swake]

I don't know-- from what I read the "Gathering Place" is just more or less one big playground. I hope it'll be more than that, but looking at maps and models of the area there is not much for adults to do. I still have not found where people are supposed to park, parking is always a bear on at the Riverparks. I seen many model maps of the  Gathering Place area and nothing  lists "parking" areas.  Being  a jogger who uses the trails a lot - another trail issue is down at the casino. They have talked for years about moving the jogging trail from the front of the casino to the back of the casino  near the river to get away from the traffic & casino driveways. The progress is going on now slow & steady. That's a pain as the casino area gets more congested.

[sauerkraut]

Parking has been addressed on here many times, and parking is clearly displayed on maps of the project. Your perception of the park as "one big playground" has also been addressed many times on here, and it's still wrong. There are spaces for many kinds of activities and age groups.

OK - I hear ya, I'm just saying I never seen that on a map of the Gathering Place. The Tulsa World posted a map and model of the Gathering Place, I did not see anyplace marked for parking.  Here is another map no place is for parking.>>> http://agatheringplacefortulsa.com/

[sauerkraut]

It still seems like a big playground to me: "Swing Hill",  "Blair Pond", "Adventure Garden Playground", "4-Seasons Garden",  "Great Lawn",  "Mist Mountain", "Skate Bowl".. and so on. Nothing much for older adults or for parking according from what is on the map. That's all I'm sayin' no biggie. I guess the map and park models are wrong.

[saintnicster]

It still seems like a big playground to me: "Swing Hill",  "Blair Pond", "Adventure Garden Playground", "4-Seasons Garden",  "Great Lawn",  "Mist Mountain", "Skate Bowl".. and so on. Nothing much for older adults or for parking according from what is on the map. That's all I'm sayin' no biggie. I guess the map and park models are wrong.

original map


Parking that I see.  I'm assuming that the two big parking spots in the top left corner are probably connected.



Also, the "adult" sounding names that you failed to mention - "Museum Hill," "Boathouse," "Sports Courts", "Lodge". 
Blair Pond, Four Seasons Garden and Sky Garden don't sound very child-like, but that's just me. 

[Noodlez]

OK - I hear ya, I'm just saying I never seen that on a map of the Gathering Place. The Tulsa World posted a map and model of the Gathering Place, I did not see anyplace marked for parking.  Here is another map no place is for parking.>>> http://agatheringplacefortulsa.com/

And yet a normal person looks at that map and see about 6 parking lots.  It's Tulsa, you should be familiar with what a parking lot looks like and not need it labeled.