This is a view of downtown Tulsa taken from near Cherry St., about 1.5 miles from the official center of the city. Cherry St. in my mind was one of the first urban redevelopment areas in Tulsa. Throughout my childhood this place just barely sort of hung on, with commercial enterprises bravely renovating abandoned buildings and sometimes (unfortunately) entirely replacing them; few if any of these early adopters remain.
Five years ago I lived right off of there on Quaker St. in a 1920s-era apartment complete with hardwood floors, a fireplace, tiled bathroom, and over-sized front porch - renting for 600 dollars or so a month. Since then many of the period buildings have been torn down and replaced with luxury condos renting at twice that figure.
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