Okla-homey
6/25/2008, 10:23 PM
the planet takes note: Tulsa!>OKC ;)
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It may come as a surprise to learn that Tulsa is one of the nation's premier centers of art deco architecture, putting it in the classy company of Miami Beach, New York, and Los Angeles. The style was hugely popular here from the outset and remained so through several evolutions—as the geometrically ornamented structures of the 1920s gave way to the simpler and more heroic public architecture of the Great Depression and then to the sleek streamline moderne of the later 1930s.
Tulsa in the Spotlight
Architecture buffs and preservation enthusiasts from across the country will head to Tulsa in October for the 2008 National Preservation Conference. This year's theme: "Preservation in Progress." Sessions and lectures will address cultural diversity (with former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Wilma Mankiller delivering the opening speech), sustainability, historic roads, rural revitalization, and modernism.
Conference sessions will convene at several Tulsa landmarks, including the 1929 Boston Avenue Methodist Church and the 1924 dance hall at Cain's Ballroom. Attendees can also explore Tulsa's dazzling art deco buildings and historic neighborhoods as well as other Oklahoma treasures, including Guthrie (one of the country's largest National Register districts, known for its Victorian structures), downtown Sapulpa (called the Heart of Route 66 for its 1950s drive-in and other Mother Road landmarks), and Ponca City (a restored 1920s oil boomtown).
The conference runs Oct. 21-25. Sign up or learn more at PreservationNation.org/resources/training/npc. *
http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/
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It may come as a surprise to learn that Tulsa is one of the nation's premier centers of art deco architecture, putting it in the classy company of Miami Beach, New York, and Los Angeles. The style was hugely popular here from the outset and remained so through several evolutions—as the geometrically ornamented structures of the 1920s gave way to the simpler and more heroic public architecture of the Great Depression and then to the sleek streamline moderne of the later 1930s.
Tulsa in the Spotlight
Architecture buffs and preservation enthusiasts from across the country will head to Tulsa in October for the 2008 National Preservation Conference. This year's theme: "Preservation in Progress." Sessions and lectures will address cultural diversity (with former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Wilma Mankiller delivering the opening speech), sustainability, historic roads, rural revitalization, and modernism.
Conference sessions will convene at several Tulsa landmarks, including the 1929 Boston Avenue Methodist Church and the 1924 dance hall at Cain's Ballroom. Attendees can also explore Tulsa's dazzling art deco buildings and historic neighborhoods as well as other Oklahoma treasures, including Guthrie (one of the country's largest National Register districts, known for its Victorian structures), downtown Sapulpa (called the Heart of Route 66 for its 1950s drive-in and other Mother Road landmarks), and Ponca City (a restored 1920s oil boomtown).
The conference runs Oct. 21-25. Sign up or learn more at PreservationNation.org/resources/training/npc. *
http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/