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Work starts to restore Tulsa Country Club

Workers are busy with $4.7 million worth of major course renovations at the Tulsa Country Club, scheduled to be wrapped up by June 2011. The work, orchestrated by course designer Rees Jones, aims to restore the original character of the course, which was designed in 1916 by famed course designer A.W. Tillinghast. According to Jones, [...]

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AIA celebrates Architecture Week with bus shelter dedication

While for many the architecture profession evokes images of grand cathedrals and symphony halls, a local organization celebrated the trade on a more modest scale. AIA Eastern Oklahoma, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, kicked off its celebration of Architecture Week by dedicating a bus shelter designed and championed by local architect Jed [...]

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City Hall decision postponed again

Developers will have to wait a few more days for their chance to get their hands on old City Hall. City councilors moved last night to table the issue until their regularly scheduled meeting Thursday to guarantee the City Council had final say over which group of developers gets the project. Several councilors expressed concern [...]

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Architecture foundation director to discuss downtown revitalization

The executive director of the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, Lee Anne Zeigler, will be a speaker for the Page One series June 17 at the Tulsa Press Club. She will discuss TFA’s efforts to revitalize downtown. A nonprofit organization that started in 1995, TFA advocates downtown preservation and development. Zeigler will discuss the pioneers who [...]

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