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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSon in IA heard Tulsa anti racism protestors to march from fairgrounds to downtown. Can't find anyt
Can't find confirmation anywhere
Only found Tulsa World possibility (with firewall UGH!)
That would explain boarded-up Quik Trip at 21 and Harvard---Fairgrounds side with Tulsa Driller statue is on 21st between Yale and Harvard. You go north on 21 past Harvard toward the Arkansas River to get downtown.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)He'd love a protest so he could act tough.
There is nothing to be gained from tangling with that mess. Not one thing.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)1 mile of BOK Center where Trump's rally is)
I've read that after their homes and businesses were destroyed, many blacks were held in a (concentration??) camp where the Fairgrounds are now. That's about 4 miles from downtown (and within walking distance of where I grew up. When we were kids, our family would walk to the Tulsa State Fair every year. And to The International Oil Exposition every 3 years)
ETA---there used to to a major fireworks display at the Fairground stadium every 4th of July. We could see the bursts of color in the sky from our porch. Our poor dog hated it and wanted to escape the noise!
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)About 50 years ago a local family had leased land at the southwest corner of the site and had over the years built a gigantic amusement park that was a major attraction. Unfortunately for the owners, many of the rides were noisy, and residential areas had grown up around the grounds and amusement pool park over the years. And nearby residents complained ever more angrily about the amusement park's noise
The Fairgrounds is controlled by the county. A big international horse show wanted to use part of the Fairgrounds one year. A woman on the county board decided the land the amusement park was on was ideal!. So she convinced the board not to renew the lease. The owners were given several months to move
They fought the decision in court and lost. They tried to find another location in the general area. But the rides were indeed noisy, and the enterprise was very large. They failed and the amusement park disappeared. Many Tulsans were very angry--they had loved going to the park as kids then layer taking their children and eventually their grandchildren---and vowed never again to go to the fair and give money to the county board that controlled the ground
I believe the woman who pushed out th amusement park lost her re-election bid!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I hope our side stays the hell away.
My dog HATES fireworks too! I dread the 4th.