Efforts to Rename Brady Arts District

[AquaMan]

I have to credit him with representing the wishes of his constituents, if it is indeed what his constituents want.

He represents some people but not the northside blacks I work with. Most show little interest in the issue. The same little interest they show in the downtown area period.

Now, name a Jazz club after Dewey or LaFortune....you may have some problems.

[Gaspar]

But he opposes urban gardens, because he claims his constituency would just use them to grow pot.

He sure is good for Tulsa!

[Conan71]

Well, damn the unintended consequences! Turns out Tulsa's "Burlington Street" was named for Burlington, Kansas which was named for Burlington, Vermont which was named for the Burling family which turns out were slave traders.   

[RecycleMichael]

I like the name "Bob Wills" street. I think it would be a cool addition to the throwback coolness of the whole area.

[Conan71]

I like the name "Bob Wills" street. I think it would be a cool addition to the throwback coolness of the whole area.

Main would be more appropriate since that's the street The Cain's is on.

Besides, I'm sure the Wills family traded slaves, fought Indians, or kept pygmies in their basement.

[RecycleMichael]

Well, damn the unintended consequences! Turns out Tulsa's "Burlington Street" was named for Burlington, Kansas which was named for Burlington, Vermont which was named for the Burling family which turns out were slave traders.   

That is enough degrees of separation from Tulsa to not matter to me. I am sure you are at least three degrees of separation from Conan the Destroyer.

[Red Arrow]

That is enough degrees of separation from Tulsa to not matter to me.

So now we are just discussing "price".

[AquaMan]

So now we are just discussing "price".

[BKDotCom]

That is enough degrees of separation from Tulsa to not matter to me.

And it keeps the theme of naming our streets for something not related to Tulsa

Boston MA
Boulder CO
Cincinnati OH
Cheyenne WY
Detroit MI
Denver CO
Elgin IL
Frankfort CT
Greenwood AR
Peoria IL
Harvard
Yale
Xenophon
Xanthus
...

Lewis = local businessman and "me monster" named the street after himself

I've got a fun street naming scheme idea..  communicable diseases:
Anthrax
Babesiosis
Cholera
Diphtheria
E Coli
Fifth
Gonorrhea
Herpes or Hepatitis  (take your pick)
Influenza
Jamestown
Kawasaki
Leprosy
Malaria
Norwalk
OA (Osteoarthritis), Obesity, Onchocerciasis   (not good O options... )
Powassan
Q
Rabies
Shingles
Tetanus
Undulant
Varicella
West Nile
Xenotropic
Yellow (fever)
Zoster

[BKDotCom]

So now we are just discussing "price".

Picking a street name is like picking a politician.
Gotta go with the lesser of two evils.

[AquaMan]

I still think "B" street is the best. It stands for whatever you want it to.

[BKDotCom]

I still think "B" street is the best. It stands for whatever you want it to.

...as long as it starts with the letter B   

[custosnox]

On the whole subject of street naming, RM, I've got to ask, how long has your family been in Tulsa?

http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/10/tulsas-street-names.html

[RecycleMichael]

I don't think I am a relative to Gus and Dan Patton. My cousin on my mother's side (who is into genealogy) says yes, but my uncle on my Dad's side says no.

Now that street naming is controversial, I say no. 

[carltonplace]

How about Buchanon St or Bush Street?
Bold St?
Brave St?
Bucolic?
Buffalo?