The old Safeway/Homeland on Denver

[Breadburner]

Saw Steve Kitchell in the parking lot of that old Safeway last week.....Midnight Rodeo Downtown..Maybe....Probably would be a good draw from west of town...

[Ibanez]

What the hell? All I did was post that something needed to be done with that lot. Looks like a prime area for redevelopment to me.

edited Hardly....I doubt you will find many people more conservative, and by that I mean old time REAL conservative, than me on this board.

I drive by that location 2 or 3 times a week and it pains me to see it just sitting there wasting away.

[BKDotCom]

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[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

Something really needs to be done with that property.....and by done with I DO NOT MEAN A PARKING LOT!

Someone ought to look into reopening it as a grocery store.  It is a small building by today's grocery store standards, but there are a lot of people that live in a .5-1.5 mile radius of that location.  Unless my memory is bad, the closest grocery store is the Albertsons at 41st & Peoria or maybe Petty's at Utica Square.  I would think a nice, reasonably priced grocery like a Reasors would thrive there, if they can keep the "undesireable" elements in check.  I am sure the nearby residents would be thankfull.

[aoxamaxoa]

There are lots of lots just sitting there empty all over the east,west and north sides and even a few south....probably, more to come. You'd think with the arena just a mile to the north the whole town would be falling over themselves trying to redevelop it.....

[swake]

I think everyone should refer to the plan from the Tulsa Community Foundation. There's a lot of money in the Step Up Tulsa plan that would go to a "research library", $80 million for a downtown facility that would be part of the city-county system. The foundation basically wants build what the voters turned down and my guess is that Shusterman's will still donate the same land to a research library that they were going to for the Grand Central Library.

Word was during the vote for the "Grand Central" that they were then going to develop the large amount of land they own in this area into a brownstone style residential development with some limited retail on Denver Ave.  I do not have "insider" information, but I don't think that plan is dead.

http://www.tulsacf.org/about_facts.asp

http://www.stepuptulsa.com/recommendations.asp


I hate to sound some others on the board, but, in Tulsa you often get to make a buck with one hand while doing good with the other, this may well be a case of that.

I'm actually fine with that so long as they don't ask for $600 million in new taxes for it.

[Vision 2025]

quote:Originally posted by ttown_jeff

I remember that bar.  That was actually a landmark.  They tore the whole corner out.

That was the Cognito Inn, aka "The Cog." In it's heyday directions to Downtown Tulsa were often given along the line of 'take Riverside North to Denver and at Cog Corner you...'

[aoxamaxoa]

I don't think so....the cog was on the land to the north by City Plaza Apartments on the north west corner of Denver and 11th....

The other bar mentioned was on the south east corner....it was scary.

[Moderator]

Please avoid personal insults.

[bacjz00]

Downtown cannot become a liveable place without basic necessities.  A grocery store WILL have to return to downtown sooner or later. Might as well be this location, but I think an even smaller "mareket" type store could do well down in the Deco district maybe.  After all, there will be plenty of lofts going in there.

[eb1983]

I think the skating rink idea is actually a good one. We need more places for the young and young-at-heart to go, especially for exercise and entertainment during the colder months. Roller City in Broken Arrow is doing extremely well. And let's face it, there is just not much to do in this town besides eat and watch movies. [}:)]

[aoxamaxoa]

So, a deleted insult from a moderator? Can we change that moniker to "insider"?

[Ibanez]

quote:Originally posted by aoxamaxoa

So, a deleted insult from a moderator? Can we change that moniker to "insider"?

Only if we can change yours to dickhead

[aoxamaxoa]

And you are
another reason why Tulsa sucks.

[Rico]

quote:Originally posted by aoxamaxoa

I don't think so....the cog was on the land to the north by City Plaza Apartments on the north west corner of Denver and 11th....

The other bar mentioned was on the south east corner....it was scary.

You are correct... The Bar on the Southeast corner was called "Bowen's Lounge"..

Think it was in the movie "Outsiders".