What are the boundaries of "midtown" to you?

[carltonplace]

When I think midtown as a whole it is the area that AJ outlined, then broken down into the botique areas, downtown, uptown, Cherry Street, Brookside.

[YoungTulsan]

quote:Originally posted by MichaelBates



I-44 is like the Berlin Wall -- it's far easier to conduct your life entirely on one side of it or the other than to have to cross back and forth.

For some reason I find this hilarious.  But so true! [^]

[Aa5drvr]

Midtown:

61st to 111th
Yale to Garnett.

Your midtown aint necessarily my midtown.

[YoungTulsan]

quote:Originally posted by Aa5drvr

Midtown:

61st to 111th
Yale to Garnett.

Your midtown aint necessarily my midtown.

Do you actually call it "midtown" or are you just graciously pointing out to us that you live in the burbs and that your day to day life mainly occurs in this area?

[RecycleMichael]

So far it seems that Average Joe's assessment has the most agreeing posts.

I change my mind and agree too.

I-244 to I-44, Sheridan to the river.

Be it so.

[PonderInc]

Close enough.

[AVERAGE JOE]

WHAT DO I WIN??? []

[TheArtist]

Kewl, bout a hundred feet more to the South and I would live in South Tulsa instead of Midtown. []

[YoungTulsan]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

Kewl, bout a hundred feet more to the South and I would live in South Tulsa instead of Midtown. []

How does the sound of the semis driving down I-44 sound to you?

[Dana431]

quote:Originally posted by YoungTulsan

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

Kewl, bout a hundred feet more to the South and I would live in South Tulsa instead of Midtown. []

How does the sound of the semis driving down I-44 sound to you?

It sucks.

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by Aa5drvr

Midtown:

61st to 111th
Yale to Garnett.

Your midtown aint necessarily my midtown.

Cool, so if I live in Oklahoma does that mean I can tell people I live on the west coast?

[perspicuity85]

Midtown must be defined by cultural boundaries as much as geographic boundaries.  And the boundaries  don't have to be rigid.  I think TU's campus should be considered in Midtown, as well as Utica Square, Brookside, Cherry Street, the fairgrounds, and the Promenade area.  Midtown is really a combination of smaller individual districts.  That said, it seems that I've created a loosely defined boundary from 11th St. to 51st St., and from Peoria to Sheridan.  South of 21st St., Midtown extends to the river. The area between Yale and Sheridan is kind of a gray area, part Midtown, and part East Tulsa.  51st St. is also kind of a grey area, with 51st and Peoria as the beginning of Brookside, and 51st and Yale more a part of South Tulsa.

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

This discussion has come up in threads and I am curious as to what people think would be an acceptable definition of the boundaries of "midtown".

I would start with the borders of I-244 to 31st and the river to Memorial.

That would include Maple Ridge, Utica Square, Lortondale, Johansson Acres, Rogers High School and the fairgrounds.

It does not include Brookside, Whiteside Park, Promenade Mall, Tulsa Technology Center, etc.

Wadda ya'll think?

I guess "midtown" shifts constantly, with the continued nonsensical development of Tulsa to the south.  Personally, I would define midtown today as I244 to 41st St., the river to Memorial.  I would include Brookside, Promenade.

[tim huntzinger]

I would go further south even to 51st, and go north to Pine.

[Aa5drvr]

If you plotted sales tax revenue geographically where would "Midtown" be?  
(Remember, those girls on 11th street dont collect sales tax.)

I liked the remark about realtors squeezing as much into "midtown" as possible.  Years ago I asked a realtor why she listed her property with the heading "Bixby Schools."  
She told me that was code for "Not TPS.")