"Tulsa Brand" Slogans

[sauerkraut]

I've always liked "Livin' on Tulsa Time."

Reminds me of that song "24 Hours To Tulsa"

[sauerkraut]

Some cities have structures for their I.D. or brand-  With St Louis it's the Arch, in Seattle it's the Space Needle and so on. In St Louis they have pictures of that arch on everything from coffee mugs to "T" Shirts.. The city of Omaha about 15 years ago or so had talk about building what they called a "Tornado Tower"  to give the city an I.D. like St Louis, it was supposed to be the tallest structure on the Great Plains it was to be  shaped like a tornado and inside it there would be a musium, with displays showing the power of tornados, tornado damage displays in short everything about tornados. The project never really got off the ground, but it was a topic many times on local radio talk shows. It was a hoot. http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/16/news/mn-13605

[Ed W]

Yes, it's true that some cities have iconic landmarks (the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Arch in St Louis) so perhaps Tulsa would benefit by having a similar signature landmark.  We could nominate the Golden Driller or the Route 66 gateway, but I think the one thing most people would associate the humble orange traffic barrel with Tulsa, along with a detour sign inscribed with "You can't get there from here!"

Just sayin'

[Townsend]

but I think the one thing most people would associate the humble orange traffic barrel

I voted for those orange traffic barrels to exist.

We could show a picture of Holmes Peak and say "Here's where Tulsa's "The American" would'a been."  

"TULSA, WHERE IT WOULD'A BEEN"                                                                                                                                                                                 "TULSA, WHERE IT WOULD'A BEEN"

[Red Arrow]

I voted for those orange traffic barrels to exist.

How about "Tulsa, home of traffic barrel diversity"?  I have seen barrels, cones, and posts.

[sauerkraut]

Actually the city should have some I.D.  or some structure first, and the Brand or slogan comes off of that, We should not be  finding a brand first and making the city into that brand. The Golden Oil driller idea would not be bad, I like the Oil Capital theme, we'll always need oil, everyone uses oil, I strongly support more oil drilling, but the oil driller structure would need to be much larger than the one on 21st street,  I like it- let's  put Tulsa's focus back on Oil/Gas/Natural resources like a new kind of  "Oil Capital" ... Perhaps Tulsa can build a new "Golden Driller" near downtown and make it huge with viewing platforms or observation decks and perhaps even a restaurant on top  It would be  like the Space Needle in Seattle except it would be a big driller rig platform,  make it a 600' tall like the St Louis arch and place it near downtown and have it become part of the Tulsa Skyline. I like the Golden Driller idea.

[sauerkraut]

I lived in Texas in the 1980's  many Texas cities have or had  (if not a real brand) they had a nickname-- or at least they did have nicknames in the 1980's.. Fort Worth was called "CowTown" "Dallas" was known as "The Big "D" Austin was called "The Weird City" and Houston's nickname was "The arm pit of Texas". Some Texas cities had more than one nickname.. As I posted above about  15 years ago the city of Omaha wanted to build a "Tornado Tower" or "Vortex Tower" as some called it at 600'-700' tall, if built it would of been a weird looking structure, one design of the structure had "fold outs" on the top to represent the cloud base of the tornado with a viewing platform  located there and a slowly rotating restaurant that turned one time counterclockwise each half hour giving diners views of the Missouri River to the east & Downtown Omaha and the great plains to the west. Anyhow Tulsa needs to get in gear and figure out some Brand before OKC beats us to it... I like the huge oil rig idea myself.. Or what about a 700'-1000' tall orange barrel? -Yes,  a downtown skyscraper building designed to look like like a traffic barrel, it would (or could) be the tallest structure/building  in Oklahoma (if we can build it over 1000' tall).. Anyhow, it will really look wild from a distance and stand out as tourists head for downtown it would re-make the Tulsa skyline and  would attract alot of attention nation wide. Brand Tulsa the "Construction Capital" of America.. The "Barrel Building" would just be a regular downtown office skyscraper inside, but on the outside it would be look like a traffic barrel complete with a orange ring around it- perhaps put a restaurant on top of the barrel building. It's a thought.

[Teatownclown]

The only brand I   can think of is: "Tulsa, America's number one "T" Towne" -It's short & to the point. 

Close Sauer. But TeaTown is more identifiable with who we are.

I think we should pass a vision thingy and raise 700 million $$ for beautification and go back to "America's Most Beautiful City." Of course, I don't know what we do about those hideous street lined containers, our refineries, and our poisoned water.

[sauerkraut]

Close Sauer. But TeaTown is more identifiable with who we are.

I think we should pass a vision thingy and raise 700 million $$ for beautification and go back to "America's Most Beautiful City." Of course, I don't know what we do about those hideous street lined containers, our refineries, and our poisoned water.

Yes, That may work too, but the bottom line is, be it a huge oil rig in Tulsa's skyline  or a big sky scraper size orange barrel in the Tulsa skyline- Tulsa really needs to have a identity first, something that screams  "Tulsa" then the brand can follow that. If we wanna have Tulsa the "tea" capital we need to really get rolling on making Tea a big thing here. The rest will follow. St Louis and their  arch made a big brand for that city.. BTW We visited that St Louis Arch in 1978 it's 630 feet and you ride up to the top in a washing machine like cycliner that seats 5 people, Below the arch is a musium and a film showing the const. of the arch in 1964. Installing the final keystone piece was a big job.

[BKDotCom]

found this via Reddit:
http://kcmeesha.com/2012/12/02/there-is-something-about-tulsa/

[DolfanBob]

found this via Reddit:
http://kcmeesha.com/2012/12/02/there-is-something-about-tulsa/

I liked his review of Tulsa. For a first timer he did very good finding places and taking very nice pictures of what the City has to offer. If there was a rating scale on his trip here, I would give it a B-

[Townsend]

I liked his review of Tulsa. For a first timer he did very good finding places and taking very nice pictures of what the City has to offer. If there was a rating scale on his trip here, I would give it a B-

Too bad he missed the Ambassador and the Mayo.

The Doubletree is okay but I'd prefer a different location.

[sauerkraut]

What about Oral Roberts? He did not give that much of review.

[Townsend]

What about Oral Roberts? He did not give that much of review.

How much does it need?

[DolfanBob]

How much does it need?

I know right? Looks like the State Fair with no rides.