Bartlett Square Fountain

[OurTulsa]

The street is already "calmed." It's narrow. It's not smooth. There are buildings up to the sidewalk on most of that three-block stretch.

The speed limit's 25, but everything about that street tells you to go slower than that, like 15 or 20mph. The guy who hit that hard enough to cause that kind of destruction had to be seriously stupid plus seriously distracted.

The fountain itself may suck, but there's nothing wrong with that intersection other than its location in the middle of many dumbass drivers. People can't even get the fact that in America, we drive on the right. So many people turn left there rather than going 3/4 way around the fountain.

Agree.  That intersection is pleasant from many perspectives.  The slower speeds actually aid traffic through-put.  A 4-way stop would be an unecessary step back in terms of traffic management.  From a pedestrian and aesthetic perspective the circle adds alot of value.  The fountain itself isn't exactly beautiful but it is nicer than flat brick-stamped asphalt/concrete.

[Cats Cats Cats]

Agree.  That intersection is pleasant from many perspectives.  The slower speeds actually aid traffic through-put.  A 4-way stop would be an unecessary step back in terms of traffic management.  From a pedestrian and aesthetic perspective the circle adds alot of value.  The fountain itself isn't exactly beautiful but it is nicer than flat brick-stamped asphalt/concrete.

I think I have seen just about as many people hit the fountain as the average number of people sitting at it through the entire year.

[carltonplace]

I think I have seen just about as many people hit the fountain as the average number of people sitting at it through the entire year.

No one is going to sit at this fountain unless the street is closed for an event.
Maybe we can call it "fail fountain"

[Conan71]

No one is going to sit at this fountain unless the street is closed for an event.
Maybe we can call it "fail fountain"

Not as long as there's a big bullseye in the center of it they won't sit at it.

[BKDotCom]

Definitely not a "sitting fountian"  I never saw anything in the design that said "sit on me"
However, Kenny (or whatever the guitar singing dude's name is) regularly stood/sat around it.   He seems a little lost/misplaced right now.

[Cats Cats Cats]

Definitely not a "sitting fountian"  I never saw anything in the design that said "sit on me"
However, Kenny (or whatever the guitar singing dude's name is) regularly stood/sat around it.   He seems a little lost/misplaced right now.

That guy has been raising money for the last few years in his guitar case to rebuild the fountain.

[patric]

While that's a neat bulb, nathanm, I was thinking of linear cove lighting under the lip of the fountain, where the light source is concealed but the fountain itself is illuminated.

[Townsend]

I couldn't remember where the city was with the fountains.

Will it be a splash pad fountain?

[dsjeffries]

I couldn't remember where the city was with the fountains.

Will it be a splash pad fountain?

More like a bird bath. Replace the water once a month in the summer and hope that it rains enough the rest of the year to keep it filled.

[patric]

More like a bird bath. Replace the water once a month in the summer and hope that it rains enough the rest of the year to keep it filled.

The city of Tulsa has agreed to pay a total of $315,000 to the parents of two unrelated children who died from a rare, water-borne disease after playing at a Mohawk Park splash pad in the summer of 2005.

Terrell Hampton II, 9, and Martinez Owens, 7, both died Aug. 5, 2005, after becoming sick with the naegleria fowleri infection days earlier.

The lawsuit alleged that both boys were exposed to the naegleria fowleri amoeba while playing at the splash pad in the city park.

Naegleria is caused by an amoeba that lives in warm water. The rare infection caused by naegleria cannot be contracted by drinking water or merely wading in it; the water must go up a person's nose, where the amoeba enters the body through the nasal passage and then follows the central nervous system to the brain.

The water park and playground adjacent to the Tulsa Zoo opened in July 2003. After the illnesses, the city closed the splash pad and officials said the system would be revamped so it no longer used recirculated water.

[Townsend]

The city of Tulsa has agreed to pay a total of $315,000 to the parents of two unrelated children who died from a rare, water-borne disease after playing at a Mohawk Park splash pad in the summer of 2005.

Terrell Hampton II, 9, and Martinez Owens, 7, both died Aug. 5, 2005, after becoming sick with the naegleria fowleri infection days earlier.

The lawsuit alleged that both boys were exposed to the naegleria fowleri amoeba while playing at the splash pad in the city park.

Naegleria is caused by an amoeba that lives in warm water. The rare infection caused by naegleria cannot be contracted by drinking water or merely wading in it; the water must go up a person's nose, where the amoeba enters the body through the nasal passage and then follows the central nervous system to the brain.

The water park and playground adjacent to the Tulsa Zoo opened in July 2003. After the illnesses, the city closed the splash pad and officials said the system would be revamped so it no longer used recirculated water.

I don't think the plans were for a playground splash pad.

[swake]

I don't think the plans were for a playground splash pad.

But that could be interesting see as how attractive that spot is for cheerleaders from Owasso....

[Townsend]

But that could be interesting see as how attractive that spot is for cheerleaders from Owasso....

Undercarriage washes galore

[Conan71]

Undercarriage washes galore

[sgrizzle]

I couldn't remember where the city was with the fountains.

Will it be a splash pad fountain?

New fountain will have no bowl, basically submerged jets.