Well at least they're not going to tear the thing down.  Man that just ticks me off.  Forget about the whole Bell's incident.  Yeah we'll just screw 50 years of Tulsa's history and part of its identity in favor of a parking lot.  Man.  Funny though that they'd scrap $300 G's worth of work after the Bell's fiasco.  "But its about the money!" Yeah, right.  What's next, tear down the Pavilion, too?  I'm sure that'd be the last straw.

At least the armory will remain.  (See the link.)

I wish the US had the same, I dunno, attitude towards architectural history thats present in say Europe.  Around here anything that's a little old is looked upon as trash in need of destruction to be replaced by some crappy metal building, parking lot, or cookie-cutter franchise store. 

I think people are finally starting to realize that once these monuments are gone, they're never coming back.  Yes it costs more money to maintain and restore them, but dammit that's not the point.

Link: "Armory Restoration Costing More Money" - KOTV.com - The News On 6

And yeah, I haven't been posting.  Busybusybusy.


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