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It is serviced by two stops on the Washington Metro rail system: Farragut North on the Red Line and Farragut West on the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines. [3] Designed by Pierre L'Enfant in 1791, Farragut Square is a hub of downtown D.C., at the center of a bustling daytime commercial and business district. The neighborhood includes major hotels ...
Tulsa was the first major Oklahoma city to begin an urban renewal program. The Tulsa Urban Renewal Authority was formed in July, 1959. Its first project, the Seminole Hills Project, a public housing facility was begun in 1961 and completed in 1968. [37] The Tulsa Urban Renewal Authority was renamed the Tulsa Development Authority (TDA) in 1976.
Location of Tulsa County in Oklahoma. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
James Pepper Henry resigns as director of Gilcrease Museum, effective April 14, to become Director of the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum in Oklahoma City. EF-2 Tornado strikes southeast Tulsa after midnight August 5–6, causing major property damage, especially to Promenade Mall and 18-story Remington Tower office building near 41st ...
Antlers, Oklahoma—Stephenson’s hometown—and Pushmataha County of which it is the county seat were not, until 2015, beneficiaries of Stephenson’s philanthropic efforts. During that year the Stephenson Foundation donated $100,000 (approximately half the cost) for construction of a multipurpose sports complex for Antlers Public Schools. [ 5 ]
The Petroleum Club Building at 601 South Boulder in Tulsa got its name from the private club that moved into its top three floors when it was built in 1963. The building is 196 feet (60 m) tall, has 16 stories, and contains 118,000 square feet (11,000 m 2) of floor space. In 1994, a major fire heavily damaged the top two stories, forcing the ...
The McBirney Mansion in Tulsa, Oklahoma was the home of James H. McBirney, co-founder of the Bank of Commerce in Tulsa in 1904. [2] [a] He was the original owner of the mansion, built by architect John Long in 1928, and lived there until 1976. The mansion contained 15,900 square feet (1,480 m 2) and sits on a 2.91 acres (11,800 m 2) lot. The ...
The City of Tulsa has a mayor-council form of government. This form of government has been in place since 1989, at which time Tulsa converted from a city commission form of government. The mayor is elected by the entire population and each of the 9 Councilors are elected from districts based on population. Tulsa is the county seat for Tulsa County.