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| Beautiful Downtown Tulsa |
Dave and I just returned from a trip to the Midwest. Unfortunately, we chose to do this midst a bunch of bad weather, including tornadoes. All this to say our flight home was cancelled for two days and we were forced to hole up in a hotel close to the airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Of all the things to do in Tulsa (a city I'd never seen) we chose to dial up Uber and spend the day downtown, ogling the beautiful art deco buildings.
The centerpiece is the BOK Tower (not to be confused with the BOK Tower in Florida - an altogether different thing.)
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This is where our Uber driver dropped us
off. BOK Tower in the center. |
Tulsa's BOK Tower is a 52 story building - tallest in the plain states until recently. Like the World Trade Center, it was designed by Minoru Yamasaki. The buildings look somewhat similar.
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First United Methodist Church
Tulsa, "Cathedral of the South." |
We had our Uber driver drop us off about eight blocks away, straight down Boston Avenue, so it looked like the Tower was built in the middle of the street. Downtown Tulsa isn't very big so you can see lots of sights in a short time.
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Boston Avenue United Methodist
Church, An Art Deco Icon |
If you're ever there, check out the two big, breathtakingly beautiful United Methodist churches across the street from each other. There has to be a story about how that happened but I can't find it. My friend told me they split during the Civil War.
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