Tulsa is the second largest city in the state of Oklahoma and the 47th largest city in the United States. In July 2015, the population was 403,505, an increase of 11,599 compared to that reported in the 2010 Census. This is the main municipality of the Metropolitan Tulsa Area, an area with 981,005 inhabitants in MSA and 1,151,172 in CSA. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most populous area in Oklahoma, with urban construction extending to Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner county.
Tulsa was founded between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American. For much of the 20th century, the city has the nickname "The Capital of the World Oil" and plays a major role as one of the most important hubs for the American oil industry.
Historically, a strong energy sector boosted the Tulsa economy; However, today the city has diversified and leading sectors including finance, aviation, telecommunications, and technology. Two higher education institutions in the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I, Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa levels.
It lies on the Arkansas River between the Osage Hills and the foot of the Ozark Mountains in northeastern Oklahoma, the country region known as the "Green Country". Regarded as Oklahoma's cultural and art center, Tulsa has two world-renowned art museums, professional opera and professional ballet companies, and one of the largest concentrations of art deco architecture in the country. The city has been named one of America's most habitable big cities by Partners for Livable Communities, Forbes and Relocate America. FDI Magazine in 2009 city rank no. 8 in the US for the cities of the future. In 2012, Tulsa was ranked among the top 50 cities in the United States by BusinessWeek . The people from Tulsa are called "Tulsans".
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History
The area where Tulsa now exists is considered the Territory of India when it was first formally settled by the Lochapoka and Creek tribes in 1836. They set up a small settlement under the Oak Tree Creek Council at the intersection of Cheyenne Avenue and 18th Street. This area and this tree reminds the Chief Tukabahchi and a small group of traces of tear victims from a bend in the river and Creek Council of their former Oak Tree in the Talisi area of ​​Alabama. They named their new settlement Tallasi , which means "old town" in the Creek language, which later became "Tulsa". The area around Tulsa is also inhabited by another member called "Five Civilized Tribes" who have been transferred to Oklahoma from the Southern United States. Most of Tulsa is modern located on the Creek Nation, with sections located in the Cherokee Nation and the Osage Nation.
Although Oklahoma had not been a state during the Civil War, the Tulsa region saw its share of the fighting. The Battle of Chusto-Talasah takes place on the north side of Tulsa and numerous battles and battles take place in the nearby district. After the War, the tribes signed the Reconstruction Agreement with the federal government which in some cases required large land concessions. In the years after the Civil War and around the turn of the century, the area along the Arkansas River now Tulsa is periodically home or visited by a series of colorful criminals, including the legendary Wild Bunch, Dalton Gang, and Little Britches.
Establishment and prosperity "Oil Capital"
On January 18, 1898, Tulsa was formally established and elected as its first mayor, Edward Calkins.
Tulsa was still a small town near the banks of the Arkansas River in 1901 when its first oil well, named Sue Bland. 1, established. Most of the oil is found on land where the mineral rights are owned by members of the Osage State under the human rights system. In 1905, the discovery of the large Glenn Pond (located about 15 miles south of downtown Tulsa and the current city site of Glenpool) boosted the entrepreneurs' enthusiasm to the increasingly expanding fields of oil fields; The population of Tulsa swelled to over 140,000 between 1901 and 1930. Unlike the early inhabitants of Northeastern Oklahoma, most often migrating from the South and Texas, many of these new oil-driven settlers came to Tulsa from the East Coast commercial center and lower. Midwest. This migration distinguishes urban demographics from neighboring communities (Tulsa has a larger and more prominent Catholic and Jewish population than most Oklahoma cities) and is reflected in Tulsa's early high-class neighborhood design.
Known as the "Capital of the World Oil" for much of the 20th century, the city's success in the energy industry fueled the construction boom in the popular Art Deco style of the time. The profits from the oil industry continued through the Great Depression, helping the city's economy to be better than most in the United States during the 1930s.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Tulsa was home to "Black Wall Street", one of the most prosperous black communities in the United States at the time. Located in Greenwood neighborhood, it is the scene of Ras Tulsa Riot, one of the worst racial and civil unrest acts in the country, with whites attacking blacks. Sixteen hours of unrest on May 31 and June 1, 1921, ended only when the National Guard was brought by the Governor. An official report later claimed that 23 blacks and 16 whites were killed, but other estimates showed as many as 300 people were killed, most of them black. More than 800 people were hospitalized in local hospitals wounded, and an estimated 10,000 blacks became homeless as 35 city blocks, made up of 1,256 dwellings, destroyed by fire. Property damage estimated $ 1.8 million . Attempts to secure reparations for violent survivors were unsuccessful, but those events were reexamined by the city and state at the beginning of the 21st century, recognizing the terrible acts that have taken place.
In 1925, the Tulsa businessman, Cyrus Avery, known as "Father of Route 66," began his campaign to make a road connecting Chicago to Los Angeles by setting up the US Highway 66 Association in Tulsa, making it the nickname "Route of Birth" 66 "Once completed, US Route 66 took an important role in the construction of Tulsa as a city that serves as a popular stop for tourists, greeted by Route 66 icons such as Meadow Gold Sign and Blue Whale of Catoosa.In this period, Bob Wills and his group, The Texas Playboys, started their old duty in a small ballroom in downtown Tulsa.In 1935, Ballroom Cain became the base for the group, which is largely credited for creating Western Swing music.The place continues to attract famous musicians through its history, and still operates days this.
For the rest of the mid-20th century, the city has master plans to build parks, churches, museums, rose gardens, improved infrastructure, and an increase in national advertising. The Spavinaw dam, built in this era to accommodate urban water needs, was considered one of the largest public works projects of the era. In the 1950s, Time magazine dubbed Tulsa the "Most Beautiful City in America."
The national recession greatly affected the city economy in 1982, as the regions of Texas and Oklahoma were heavily reliant on oils that had fallen gas prices due to floods, and the massive exodus of the oil industry. Tulsa, heavily dependent on the oil industry, is one of the cities hardest hit by the fall in oil prices. In 1992, the country's economy has fully recovered, but leaders are working to expand into sectors unrelated to oil and energy.
Tulsa in the twenty-first century
In 2003, the "Vision 2025" program was approved by voters, to improve and revitalize Tulsa's infrastructure and tourism industries. The key project of this initiative, BOK Center, is designed to be home to small league soccer teams and small-city league soccer teams, as well as venues for concerts and key conventions. The multi-purpose arena, designed by the famous architect Cesar Pelli, broke out in 2005 and opened on 30 August 2008.
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Geography
Tulsa is located in the northeast corner of Oklahoma, 99 miles (159 km) northeast of Oklahoma City; lies between the banks of the Great Plains and the foot of the Ozarks in generally wooded hilly terrain. The city touches the eastern part of the Cross Timbers, a forest ecoregion and grassland that transitions from the drier plains in the west to the wet forests of the east. With a wetter climate from points to the west, Tulsa serves as a gateway to the "Green Country", a popular and official title for northeastern Oklahoma that comes from the region's green vegetation and a large number of relatively comparable hills and lakes with the central and western regions of Oklahoma. , which is mostly located in the drier Great Plains region of the Central United States. Located near the western edge of the US Plateau, the northeastern part of Oklahoma is the most geographically diverse section of the state, containing seven of the 11 Oklahoma eco-regions and more than half of state parks. This area includes 30 lakes or reservoirs and is bordered by neighboring countries in Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. Tulsa's geographical coordinates of 36Ã, Â ° 7? 53? N 95 Â ° 56? 14? W (36.131294, -95.937332), with a height of 700 feet (210 m) above sea level. Topography
The city is growing on both sides of the prominent Arkansas River, which flows in a wide and sandy channel. The flow through the Tulsa area is controlled by upstream flood control reservoirs, but their width and depth can vary greatly throughout the year, such as during periods of high rainfall or severe drought. A low water dam is built to keep the channel full at all times in areas adjacent to downtown Tulsa. This part of the river is known as Zink Lake. However, Tulsa City allows the dam to deteriorate and no longer serves to maintain the designed lake.
Heavily forested and with many parks and water areas, the city has several prominent hills, such as "Shadow Mountain" and "Mountain of Turkey", which creates a varied terrain, especially in the south. While the central and northern parts are generally flat to choppy soft, the Osage Hills extension to the northwestern part of the city further varies the landscape. The summit of Holmes, north of the city, is the highest point in the Tulsa Metro area at 1,360 feet (415 m). According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​186.8 square miles (484 km 2 ), which is 182.6 square miles (473 km 2 ) of it is the soil and 4.2 square miles (11 km 2 ) of it (2.24%) is water.
Cityscape
Architecture
A building explosion in Tulsa in the early 20th century coincided with the rise of art deco architecture in the United States. Most often in zigzag style and streamline, the art deco of this city is spread across older neighborhoods, especially in downtown and central cities. Collections of large art deco structures like the Mid-Continent Tower, Boston Avenue Methodist Church, Will Rogers High School and Philtower, have attracted events that promote preservation and architectural interest. In 2001, Tulsa served as the host city for the International Art Deco Congress, a semi-annual event designed to promote international art deco architecture.
In addition, the city's initial prosperity funded the construction of a number of elegant Craftsman, Georgian, storybooks, Tudor, Greek Revival, Italianate, Spanish revival, and colonial revival houses (many of which can be found in downtown Tulsa and Midtown neighborhoods).
Building a boom in the late 20th century gives the city a larger base than contemporary architectural styles, including a number of buildings by the famous architect Bruce Goff, who lives in Tulsa. South, East and Midtown Tulsa is also home to a number of Medieval Medieval farms and homes reflecting the bright post-war period in Tulsa.
The BOK Tower, built during this period, is the 2nd tallest building in Oklahoma and the surrounding states of Missouri, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Kansas. Tulsa also has the third building, and the fourth highest in the state, including the Cityplex Tower, located in South Tulsa across from Oral Roberts University, away from downtown. One of the region's unique architectural complexes, Oral Roberts University, built in the Futuristic Post-Modern style, incorporates bright gold structures with sharp edges, jet edges and clear geometric shapes. The BOK Center, Tulsa's new arena, combines many of the city's most prominent themes, including Native American, art deco, and contemporary architectural styles. Intended as an architectural icon, this building was designed by CÃÆ' Â © sar Pelli, the architect of the Petronas Tower in Malaysia.
Nearby Areas
Downtown Tulsa is an area of ​​about 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2 ) surrounded by inner-dispersal loops made by Interstate 244, Highway 64 and Highway 75. This area serves as both finance and business Tulsa district, and is the focus of a major initiative to attract tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the region's historic architecture. Most Tulsa convention rooms are located in downtown, such as Tulsa Center for the Performing Arts, Tulsa Convention Center and BOK Center. Famous downtown districts include the Blue Dome District, Brady Art District, "The Capital Territory of the Petroleum", Greenwood Historic District, Owen Park Historic Neighborhood, and ONEOK Field site, a baseball stadium for Tulsa Drillers opened in 2010.
The city's historic core is located in an area known as Midtown, which contains an upscale neighborhood built in the early 20th century with architecture ranging from art deco to Greek Revival. University of Tulsa, the Swan Lake neighborhood, the Philbrook Museum, and the upscale shopping district of Utica Square, Cherry Street, and Brookside are located in the region. Much of the southern part of the city has grown since the 1970s, which contains low-density housing and retail developments. This region, characterized by remote homes and suburban neighborhoods, contains one of the state's largest shopping centers, Woodland Hills Mall, as well as Southern Hills Country Club, and Oral Roberts University. East of Highway 169 and north of 61st street, diverse makeup marks the eastern part of the city, with large Asian and Mexican communities and many urban manufacturing industries.
The Tulsa area west of the Arkansas River is called West Tulsa, and is characterized by large parks, wild nature reserves, and large oil refineries. The northern level of the city is home to OSU-Tulsa, the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa Air and Space Museum, and the country's third largest city park, Mohawk Park.
Walkability
In 2016, Current Scores ranked Tulsa 34 "the easiest to live" in 141 US cities with a population of over 200,000.
The city lacks significant infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the city, but has made efforts to expand this infrastructure as part of "GoPlan".
Climate
Tulsa has a temperate climate of varying subtropical moist (KÃÆ'¶ppen Cfa ) with an average annual temperature of 57Ã, Â ° F (14Ã, Â ° C) and an average rainfall of just over 40 inches per year. The average monthly rainfall is the lowest from December to February, and the peak is dramatically in May, which averages 5.9 inches of rainfall. Early June can still get wet, but late June to late August is often dry. On average, Tulsa experienced peak of secondary rainfall in September and early October. As is typical of temperate zones, weather patterns vary by season with extreme temperatures and rainfall.
Especially in the spring and early summer, the city is subjected to massive thunderstorms, huge hail, destructive winds, and, occasionally, tornadoes, providing areas with a disproportionate share of annual rainfall. Bad weather is not limited to this season. For example, on December 5, 1975, and on December 24, 1982, Tulsa experienced a tornado. Due to its potential for major flooding events, the city has developed one of the most extensive flood control systems in the country. A comprehensive flood management plan was developed in 1984 following severe flooding caused by stalled weather on the front that dropped 15 in (380 mm) of overnight rain, killed 14 people, injured 288, and destroyed 7,000 buildings with total $ 180 million in damage. In the early 1990s and again in 2000, the Federal Emergency Management Agency honors Tulsa as the nation's leader in floodplain management. The three-digit temperature (> = 38 Â ° C) is observed on average 11 days per year, sometimes exceeding 100 Â ° F (38 Â ° C) from July to early September, usually accompanied by high humidity brought by the south wind ; The highest recorded temperatures recorded were 115 ° F (46 ° C) on August 10, 1936. Lack of air circulation due to heat and humidity during the summer months led to higher ozone concentrations, prompting cities to release "Ozone Warning ", encouraging all parties to do their part in compliance with the Clean Air Act and the United States Environmental Protection Agency standard. Autumn is usually short, consisting of pleasant days, bright followed by a cool night. The winter temperatures, while generally light, fall below 10Ã, Â ° F (-12Ã, Â ° C) at 3 nights, and sometimes below 0 (zero) Ã, Â ° F, the latter-like occurrence being -2Ã , Â ° F (-19 Ã, Â ° C) reading on January 6, 2014. Seasonal snow seasons average 9.6 inches (24.4 cm), and, by 2016, only three winters recorded have recorded traces or without snow, the last is 1910-11. The lowest recorded temperature was -16 Â ° F (-27 Â ° C) on January 22, 1930. August 6, 2017 tornado
Tornado hit Tulsa early on Sunday, August 6, 2017. The channel landed just after 1 am. near 36th Street and Harvard Avenue, then travel eastward for about 6 minutes. The heaviest property damage occurred along 41st Street between Yale Avenue and Sheridan Avenue. Two restaurants, T. G. I. Friday and Whataburger, were devastated, with several people being sent to the hospital for treatment.
Demographics
According to the 2010 Census, Tulsa has a population of 391,906 and racial and ethnic compositions are as follows:
- White American: 62.6% (57.9% Whites non-Hispanic, down from 85.7% in 1970)
- Black: 15.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 14.1% (11.5% Mexico, 0.4% Puerto Rico, 0.3% Guatemala, 0.2% Spain, 0.2% Honduras, 0, 2% Salvador)
- Some other races: 8.0%
- Two or more races: 5.9%
- Native Americans: 5.3%
- Asian America: 2.3% (0.5% India, 0.4% Vietnam, 0.3% China, 0.2% Hmong, 0.2% Korea, 0.2% Burma)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
In the 2010 census, there were 391,906 people, 163,975 households, and 95,246 families living in the city, with population densities 2,033.4 souls per square mile (785.1 km/sup> 2 ) There were 185,127 units of houses on an average density of 982.3 per square mile (379.2/km 2 ). Of 163,975 households, 27% had children under 18 living with them, 38.2% were married couples living together, 14.6% had non-husbands female households, and 41.9% were non-family. Of all households, 34.5% consisted of only one person, and 10% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size is 2.34 people and the average family size is 3.04.
In the right city, the age distribution was 24.8% of the population under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.9 % who are 65 years of age or older, while the average age is 34 years. For every 100 women, there are 93.5 men, while for every 100 women over the age of 17 years there are 90.4 men. In 2011, the average income for households in the city was $ 40,268 and the average income for families was $ 51,977. The per capita income for the city is $ 26,727. Approximately 19.4% of the population is below the poverty line. Of the urban populations over the age of 25, 29.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and 86.5% have a high school diploma or equivalent.
Metropolitan Region
The Tulsa Metropolitan Area, or region that directly encircles Tulsa with strong social and economic ties to the city, occupies most of the northeastern quadrant of the state. It is informally known as the "Green Country", an old name adopted by the state's official tourism office for all of northeastern Oklahoma (its use in relation to the Metropolitan Area of ​​Tulsa can be traced to the early part of the 20th century).
The Census Bureau defines the sphere of influence of cities as the Metropolitan Region of Tulsa (MSA), which covers seven districts: Tulsa, Rogers, Osage, Wagoner, Okmulgee, Pawnee, and Creek. The US Census Census 2015 shows MSA Tulsa has 981,005 residents In 2015, the US Census forecasts show Tulsa-Muscogee-Bartlesville CMSA has 1,151,172 inhabitants.
Religion
Tulsa has a rich and diverse religious history, with Christian communities, Jews, Muslims and other important and culturally important people.
Tulsa is part of a demographic and Southern commentator who is called the "Bible Belt," where Protestantism and, in particular, Southern Baptists and other evangelical Christian traditions stand out. In fact, Tulsa, home to Oral Roberts University, is sometimes called the "Bible Belt Buckle". Outside Oral Roberts, a number of prominent Protestant Christians have lived or studied in Tulsa, including Joel Osteen, Carlton Pearson, Kenneth Copeland, Billy Joe Daugherty, Smokie Norful and Billy James Hargis. Tulsa is also home to a number of mainstream surviving Protestant congregations. Some of these congregations were established during the oil boom in the early 20th century and are noted for their architecture (such as art deco Boston Avenue Methodist Church and First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa).
While the state of Oklahoma has fewer Roman Catholics than the national average, Tulsa has a higher percentage because of the large influx of East and West settlers during the oil boom. The Tulsa Catholic community stands out for a city in the South and includes US Governors and Senators Dewey F. Bartlett, Congressman James R. Jones and John A. Sullivan, Governor Frank Keating, US Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney and Mayors Dewey F Bartlett, Jr., Robert J. LaFortune, Bill LaFortune, and GT Bynum. The Holy Family Cathedral serves as the Cathedral for the Diocese of Tulsa.
Tulsa is also home to the largest Jewish community in Oklahoma, with an active Reform, Conservative and Orthodox congregation. The Jewish community of Tulsa includes some of the most philanthropic American philanthropists including George Kaiser and Lynn Schusterman. The Sherwin Miller Jewish Art Museum in Tulsa offers Judaica's largest collection of South-Central and Southwestern States.
Tulsa is also home to the progressive Unitarian All Souls Church, which is reportedly the largest Universal Unitarian trial in the United States.
Economy
Energy Inheritance and revival of the energy industry
Traditionally, Tulsa's economy has been led by the energy industry. The Oil and Gas Association of the United States, formerly the Central-Midwestern Oil and Gas Association, was established in Tulsa on October 13, 1917, six months after the entry of the United States into World War I. At Tulsa calling himself "The Oil Capital of the World ". At its founding, the association worked to provide oil for the Allied forces. In the decade since its inception, the association is recognized as a leading advocate for domestic oil and gas producers.
Throughout the city's history, many major city-based oil companies, including Warren Petroleum (which joined Gulf Oil in what was then the largest merger in the energy industry), Skelly Oil, Getty Oil and CITGO. In addition, ConocoPhillips is headquartered near Bartlesville. Industrial consolidation and increased offshore drilling threaten Tulsa's status as an oil capital, but new drilling techniques and natural gas rises have boosted the growth of the city's energy sector.
Today, Tulsa returns to the headquarters of many international oil and gas companies, including Williams Companies, SemGroup, ONE Gas, Syntroleum, ONEOK, Laredo Petroleum, Samson Resources, Helmerich & Payne, Magellan Midstream Partners, WPX Energy, and Excel Energy.
Diversification and emerging industries
Tulsa has diversified to capitalize on its status as a regional hub with a substantial asset of innovation. The products of the Tulsa plant account for about 60% of Oklahoma's exports, and in 2001, the city's total gross product was in the upper third of the metropolitan, state and state area, with more than <$ 29 billion in total goods , growing at a rate of $ 250 million every year. In 2006, Forbes magazine rated Tulsa as the second country in revenue growth, and one of the best cities in the country to do business. Usually among the lowest in the country in terms of the cost of doing business, the Metropolitan Tulsa Area in 2005 was rated among the five lowest metropolitan areas in the United States for that category.
Tulsa's main businesspeople are small and medium-sized businesses: there are 30 companies in Tulsa that employ more than 1,000 people locally, and small businesses make up more than 80% of municipal enterprises.
During the national recession from 2001 to 2003, the city lost 28,000 jobs. In response, a development initiative, Vision 2025, promises to incite economic growth and create lost jobs. Projects triggered by this initiative promise urban revitalization, infrastructure improvements, tourism development, riverside retail development, and further economic diversification. In 2007, the employment rate has exceeded pre-recession levels and the city is in significant economic growth and investment spikes. This economic upturn is also evident in the housing trends of Tulsa that show an average 6% increase in 2010. Since 2006, more than 28,000 jobs have been added to the city. Tulsa's unemployment rate in August 2014 was 4.5%.
Although the oil industry has historically dominated the Tulsa economy, efforts in economic diversification have created a base in the aerospace, finance, technology, telecommunications, high tech, and manufacturing sectors. A number of major financial companies are based in Tulsa, the largest of which is BOK Financial Corporation. Among these financial services companies are energy trading operations, asset management companies, investment funds, and various commercial banks. QuikTrip national department store chain, fast-food chain restaurant Camille's Sidewalk Cafe, and Mazzio pizza chain all headquartered in Tulsa, such as the Southern Rib Crib BBQ restaurant. Tulsa is also home to the Marshall Brewing Company.
Tulsa is also home to a growing media industry, including PennWell, ConsumerAffairs consumer reviews website, Stephens Media Group, Land Press This, Educational Development Corporation (GENERA/Miller publishing house), GEB America, Blooming Twig Books, and various local media including such as Tulsa World and local magazines, radio and television. Tulsa is also a center for national construction and engineering companies including Manhattan Construction Company and Flintco. A number of Cherokee Businesses are also headquartered or have major operations in Tulsa.
Tulsa's aerospace industry is huge and growing. American Airlines' maintenance base at Tulsa International Airport is the largest city and largest maintenance company in the world, serving as an airline global maintenance and engineering center, while Tulsa Port of Catoosa and Tulsa International Airport, the transit-focused industrial house. garden. Tulsa is also home to the Lufthansa division, Omni Air International headquarters, and Spartan School of Aeronautics.
Tulsa is also part of the Oklahoma-South Kansas Unmanned Aerial Systems (drone) industrial cluster, a region that gets funding from the US Small Business Administration to build on its progress as a thriving industrial center.
As the second largest metropolitan area in Oklahoma and central to the expanding Northeastern Oklahoma-Northwest Arkansas-Southwestern Missouri corridor, the city is also home to some of the most sophisticated laws, accounting and medical practices in the region. Its location in the center of the country also makes it a center for logistics business; Tulsa International Airport (TUL) and Tulsa Port of Catoosa, connecting the region with international trade and transport.
Culture
Tulsa culture is influenced by the Southwest, Southwest, and southernmost regions, as well as the existence of Native American inhabitants. This influence is expressed in city museums, cultural centers, performing arts venues, ethnic festivals, park systems, zoos, wildlife refuges, and a huge and growing collection of sculptures, monuments and artworks.
Museums, archives, and visual culture
Tulsa is home to several internationally renowned museums. Located in the former Waite Phillips oil pioneer villa in Midtown Tulsa, the Philbrook Museum of Art is considered one of the 50 best art museums in the United States, and is one of only five that offers a combination of historic homes, formal gardens and art collections. The museum's extensive collection includes works by diverse artist groups including Pablo Picasso, Andrew Wyeth, Giovanni Bellini, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Willem de Kooning, William Merritt Chase, Auguste Rodin and Georgia O'Keeffe. Philbrook also manages a satellite campus in downtown Tulsa.
At the Osage Hills of Northwest Tulsa, the Gilcrease Museum has the largest and most comprehensive collection of American art and artifacts in the world. The museum includes a full collection of native American oilmen and famous art collector Thomas Gilcrease with many works by Frederic Remington, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt and John James Audubon among the many featured.
In addition, the city has a number of galleries, experimental art space, smaller museums, and showrooms located throughout the city (mostly gathered in downtown, Brookside, and Pearl District). The Living Arts of Tulsa, in downtown Tulsa, is one of the organizations dedicated to promoting and maintaining an active art in the city.
Archives of Culture and History
Opened in April 2013, the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa Art District is Tulsa's newest museum and archive. In addition to the cutting-edge interactive museum exhibit, Woody Guthrie Center also stores the Woody Guthrie Archive, which contains thousands of Guthrie personal items, sheet music, manuscripts, books, photos, magazines and other items associated with the icon. Original Oklahoma. The Guthrie Archive protà ©  © gÃÆ' ©, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will also be featured in Tulsa when the new facility designed to showcase The Bob Dylan Archive is complete.
With remnants of the Holocaust and artifacts relevant to Judaism in Oklahoma, the Jewish Art Museum of Sherwin Miller maintains Judaica's largest collection in the Southwest and South-Central United States. Other museums, such as Tulsa Historical Society, Tulsa Air and Space Museum & amp; The Planetarium, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame and the Tulsa Geosciences Center, document the region's history, while the Greenwood Cultural Center retains the African American cultural heritage of the city, accommodating a collection of artefacts and photographs documenting the history of Black Wall Street before the Tulsa Race of 1921.
Public Art
Since 1969, the public exhibition of artwork in Tulsa has been funded by one percent of its annual budget. Every year, a sculpture of local artists is installed along the Arkansas River trail system, while other statues stand in local gardens, such as an enlarged version of Cyrus Dallin's work for the Great Spirit Statue at Woodward Park. At the entrance to Oral Roberts University stands a large statue of praying hands, which, at a height of 60 feet (18 m), is the largest bronze statue in the world. As a testament to the city's oil heritage, the 76-foot (23 m) Golden Driller guards the front door to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds.
Showcase art, movie, and culture
Tulsa contains several permanent dance, theater, and concert groups, including Tulsa Ballet, Tulsa Opera, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma Light Opera, Signature Symphony at TCC, Tulsa Youth Symphony, Heller Theater, American Theater Company, a member of the Theater Communications Group and the oldest inhabited professional theater in Oklahoma, and Tulsa Theater, the oldest community theater company that continues to operate west of the Mississippi River. Tulsa also has a Tulsa Spotlight Theater at Riverside Studio, which shows America's longest show (The Drunkard) every Saturday night. Many of the world's best choreographers have worked with Tulsa Ballet including: Leonide Massine, Antony Tudor, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Kurt Jooss, Nacho Duato (ten works), Val Caniparoli which is an official choreographer (with seven works and four world premieres ), Stanton Welch, Young Soon Hue, Ma Cong, Twyla Tharp and many others. In his first international tour in 2002, Tulsa Ballet was announced by the Portuguese national magazine Semanario "One of the best in the world." The company has received two feature articles on Dance Magazine for the past seven years, it has been featured on New York Times , Pointe Magazine and Dance Europe , among others. In March 2008, Tulsa Ballet was featured on the cover of Pointe magazine - a difference given only to one ballet company each year. In April 2008, Tulsa Ballet completed an $ 17.3 million integrated campaign, celebrated at the opening of the new Studio K; an on-site performance room, three hundred seats dedicated to the creation of new works.
The Tulsa music scene is also famous for its eponymous "Tulsa Sound" which blends rockabilly, country, rock 'n' roll, and blues and has inspired local artists such as J.J. Cale and Leon Russell as well as international superstars like Eric Clapton.
A number of concert venues, dance halls and bars bring Tulsa Sound but Ballroom Cain is probably the most famous. Cloth is considered the birthplace of Western Swing, housed in the performance hub of Bob Wills and Texas Playboys during the 1930s. The center of the Brady Arts District, Brady Theater, is the largest of five municipal performing arts venues listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The design features a broad contribution by American architect Bruce Goff.
The major performing arts complexes include the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, designed by Minoru Yamasaki World Trade Center architects, Cox Business Center, art deco Expo Square Pavilion, Mabee Center, Tulsa Performing Arts Center and Amphitheater River Park and Tulsa's largest, BOK Center. Ten miles west of town, an outdoor amphitheater called "Discoveryland!" holds an official title from the world performance headquarters for the musical Oklahoma !.
The city's film community hosts annual festivals such as the Tulsa United Film Festival and the Film and Music Overground Festival in Tulsa.
Festivals and cultural events
Cultural events and festivals of Tulsa include Mayfest, SCOTFEST, Blue Dome Art Festival, Tulsa Bluesfest, Juneteenth Blues and Jazz Festival, Jazz at Greenwood Festival, Festival Center of the Universe, Bluegrass and Chili Festival, Tulsa Greek Holiday, Shalomfest, Tokyo in Tulsa, Reggaefest , and others.
The famous literary prize, the Helmerich Award, was also awarded in Tulsa by members of the Tulsa Library Trust. Notable winners include John Updike, Toni Morrison, Neil Simon, Saul Bellow, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Chabon, and Norman Mailer.
Outdoor attractions
The city zoo, Tulsa Zoo, was voted "America's Favorite Zoo" in 2005 by Microsoft Game Studios in connection with the national promotion of Zoo Tycoon 2 computer games. The zoo covers a total of 84 hectares (34 ha) with over 2,600 animals representing 400 species. The zoo is located in Mohawk Park 2,820-acre (1.140Ã, ha) (the third largest urban park in the United States) which also has a 745-acre Oxley Nature Center (301Ã, ha).
On the west bank of the Arkansas River on the outskirts of the city of Jenks, the Oklahoma Aquarium is the only free-standing aquarium in the state, containing more than 200 exhibits, including a shark tank.
Tulsa State Fair, operating in late September and early October, attracted over one million people during the 10-day run, and the city's Oktoberfest celebration was named one of the top 10 in the world by USA Today and one of Germany's top festival food in the country by Bon Appetit magazine. A number of other cultural heritage festivals are held in the city throughout the year, including the Powwow Champions Intertribal Indian Club in August; Scotfest, Indian Fest, Greek Festival, and Viva Mexico Festival in September; ShalomFest in October; Art Festival Dia de Los Muertos in November; and the Asian-American Festival in May. The annual Mayfest arts and crafts festival held in the city center is estimated to have attracted over 365,000 people in four days running in 2012. On a smaller scale, the city hosts block parties during the "Party Feast of Blocks" throughout cities every year, with various festivals. various sizes throughout the city environment. Tulsa has one major amusement park attraction, Safari Joe's H2O Water Park (formerly Big Splash Water Park), featuring a storied water slide, a large wave pool and reptile exhibits. Until 2006, the city also hosted the Bell Entertainment Park, which closed after Tulsa County officials refused to renew lease agreements.
Music
Western Swing, a musical genre with roots in country music, became popular in Tulsa's Cain's Ballroom. The Tulsa Sound, a variation of rockabilly, blues, and rock 'n' roll, was started and was largely developed by local musicians J. J. Cale and Leon Russell in the 1960s and 1970s. The Tulsa Sound is heavily influenced by musicians Eric Clapton and Jimmy Markham. Musicians from Tulsa or who started their music career in Tulsa including Garth Brooks, The Gap Band, Hanson, Caroline's Spine, Ronnie Dunn, Gene Autry, David Gates, Jamie Oldaker, Jim Keltner, Bob Wills, David Cook, Broncho, Tyson Meade, John Moreland, The Damn Quails, LANY, and JD McPherson. In 2012, Tulsa was ranked as one of the best music scene outside New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville.
Cuisine
Tulsa restaurants and food trucks offer a number of cuisines, but some dishes stand out in its culinary landscape because of its distinctive history.
BBQ
Tulsa is nationally known for offering barbecue; its barbecue reflects its midpoint "between the pig and cow country," in the transition zone between South and West. City barbecue is also aided by his geography; wood used in roasting abundantly in Northeastern Oklahoma (including pecan, oak, hickory, mesquite and maple). Tribal diversity is also felt: his BBQ tradition bears the influence of whites, African-Americans, and American Indians. Tulsa is also home to a nationally recognized Hasty-Bake Premium cigarette manufacturer. Some of the Tulsa-based barbecue joints have progressed even beyond national borders, including Rib Crib and Billy Sims Barbecue. Joe Joeson the prize winner was founded by Oklahoman Joe Davidson, who mastered his expertise at Tulsa's T-Town BBQ Cook-Off.
Barbecue Oklahoma is also unique in its emphasis on hickory-smoked nonsense, nicknamed "Oklahoma tenderloin," and its fried okra.
Lebanese steak restaurant
Lebanese Steakhouses used to be a lot in the area that runs from Bristow, Oklahoma to Tulsa, but now most are in the Tulsa area. These restaurants were founded by Syrian and Lebanese families who immigrated to Oklahoma before the state. Traditionally, many of these restaurants have live entertainment (including players like Ella Fitzgerald and Ink Places) and feature Mediterranean dishes such as tabbouleh, rice pilaf and hummus alongside local favorites such as bologna BBQ smoke.
Chile and Coney Island Hot Dogs
Oklahomans have been consuming chili since before the state, due to the influence of Mexican-American culture on the country. In 1910, the iconic Tulsa restaurant, Ike's Chili Parlor opened and Ivan "Ike" Johnson was recognized to have obtained his recipe from a Hispanic-Texas named Alex Garcia.
The Greek immigrants to Tulsa who came through Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, and Michigan brought along the tradition of Coney Island hot dogs with chili on bread. Today, the relevant Greek-American family group operates Coney restaurants around the city, including Coney I-Lander which opened in 1926 and described by food writers Jane and Michael Stern as a perfect delivery of "cheap food ecstasy that is Coney's soul." Many of these restaurants sell Greek food, either year-round or on the annual Tulsa Greek Holiday, sponsored by the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (dating from 1925).
Southern "homestyle" food
In general, the traditional cuisine of Tulsa reflects the influence of Southern foods, particularly the "Southern highlands and... Texas where many of the 19th century residents came from Oklahoma." The benefits of certain foods reflect the agricultural heritage of the surrounding area. For example, at the advice of experts at the present place of Oklahoma State University, peanuts are becoming main crops in eastern Oklahoma now as a means of reducing dependence on cotton cultivation. The chicken fried steak is part of Oklahoma state food and is a typical dish at a number of Tulsa restaurants.
Dinner with wild onions
The wild onion dinner is a festive gathering coming from the Southeast tribe called the home of Eastern Oklahoma. Foods often feature wild onions, pork, fried bread, cornbread, Poke salad and a unique dish known as a wine biscuit. The Indian Women's Club of Tulsa has been hosting an annual Dinal Dinas Onions since at least 1932.
Sports
Tulsa supports a variety of sports at professional and college levels. The city hosts two NCAA Division academies and several professional minor league sports teams in baseball, soccer, hockey, and soccer.
College College Sport
Tulsa has two universities that compete in the NCAA Division I: Tulsa Golden Hurricane University, and Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles. The University of Tulsa basketball program has reached Sweet Sixteen three times, made an appearance at Elite Eight in 2000, won the NIT championships in 1981 and 2001, and won the College Basketball Invitational in 2008. The Tulsa football team has played in 16 games, including Sugar Bowl (twice) and Orange Bowl. Oral Roberts University's men's basketball team reached Elite Eight in 1974 and won the Mid-Continent Conference title three years in a row, from 2005 to 2007.
The University of Tulsa also boasts one of the nation's top tennis facilities, the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, which hosted the 2004 and 2008 NCAA tennis championships. The Golden Hurricane Tennis program has a series of successes, including the men's Missouri Valley championships in 1995 and 1996, Men's Conference USA in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 as well as the Women's Conference USA championships in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. In 2007, top rated player Tulsa Arnau Bruguà © s-Davi was ranked # 1 in country and four-time All-American, progressing to the quarterfinals of the singles competition at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship, improving her performance in the last 16 of 2006.
Golf
Tulsa is home to the famous Southern Hills Country Club, which is one of two programs that have hosted seven major male championships: three US Open and four PGA Championships, most recently in 2007. The course has held five amateur championships and from from 2001 to 2008 the LPGA has a regular stop tour, the latter known as the SemGroup Championship at Cedar Ridge Country Club.
Tulsa also has two golf courses designed by renowned golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast: Oaks Country Club and Tulsa Country Club. Golf Club designed by Tom Fazio in Oklahoma is located outside Tulsa. Karsten Creek Golf Course, host of NCAA Men's Golf Championship 2018, is also close, about an hour's drive west of Tulsa.
Tulsa Drillers Baseball
Tulsa has a Texas AA League baseball team, Tulsa Drillers. Famous Borrowers include Sammy Sosa, Matt Holliday, and IvÃÆ'¡n RodrÃÆ'guez.
In 2008, Tulsa funded 39.2 million to build a new roughage in the Greenwood District near the city center for Drillers. Ground breaking was held on December 19, 2008. ONEOK purchased naming rights for 10 million over the next 25 years. The first game at ONEOK Field was held on April 8, 2010. Country music star Tim McGraw threw out his first pitch. BOK Center: hockey, basketball and other sports
The BOK 19,199 seat is the center of the 2025 Vision project and completed in August 2008; BOK Center is in the top ten among indoor arenas worldwide in ticket sales for the first quarter of 2009 when it is home to the city's WNBA, football arena, and hockey team.
Professional Football
Tulsa is home to Tulsa Roughnecks FC, which competes in United Soccer League.
From 1978 to 1984, the city hosted the Tulsa Roughnecks, who played in the now defunct North American Football League and won the league championship in 1983. Also in 1984, the city hosted the Oklahoma Outlaws of the now defunct US Soccer League. for one season.
Sports High School: Friday Night Lights
At the intermediate level, the Tulsa area is home to several high school athletic programs that are often among the best nationally, especially in football (eg Union High School, Booker T. Washington, and Jenks High School).
Walking, Biking, and Tracks
Urban running and biking communities support events such as the Tulsa Tough cycling race, Hurtland cyclocross, Route 66 Marathon and Tulsa Run, featuring over 8000 attendees annually. Gambling is supported by communities where Indian games are allowed to expand gambling options. In 2005, the compacts between countries and various tribes allowed the facility to offer a game of table cards and slot machines. One of the other popular gambling lotteries, horse racing events are housed at the Fair Meadows Race Track and Will Rogers Downs near Claremore.
Motorports
In motor sports, Tulsa annually hosts the Chilean Chili Bowl in the Tulsa Expo Center. This is the biggest event in the world.
The current Tulsa-metro Professional Sports Team
Metro area campus team
Garden
In 2016, Tulsa city manages 134 parks spread over 8,278 acres (3,350 ha). Woodward Park, a 45-acre channel located in downtown Tulsa, doubles as a botanical garden featuring Tulsa's Rose Garden, with more than 6,000 rose plants in 250 varieties, and Linnaeus Teaching Gardens, which demonstrates most techniques success for growing vegetables, annuals, perennials, woody plants and groundcovers. Tulsa River Parks is a series of linear parks bordering the Arkansas River about 10 miles (16 km) from the city center to the Jenks bridge. Since 2007, most areas of the River Park have been renovated with new roads, landscaping and playground equipment. The River Parks Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area on the west side of the Arkansas River in southern Tulsa is a 300-acre area that contains over 45 miles of dirt road available for hiking, walking trail, mountain biking and horseback riding.
Government
A mayoral council government has existed in Tulsa since 1989 when the city was converted from a city commission government that was considered wasteful and less efficient. Since the change, the mayor of Tulsa has been given more power in accordance with a strong mayor system and has greater control over more consolidated branches of government. Plurality voting is used to elect the mayor, who serves the term in a four-year office. The mayor of Tulsa is now a Republican of GT Bynum who won the 2016 mayoral election and took office on December 5, 2016. Another Tulsa political character, Jim Inhofe, who now represents Oklahoma in the United States Senate, served as mayor of Tulsa early in his political career.
A city council member from each of the nine districts of the city council is elected every two years, each serving a period of two years. Council members are elected from their respective districts under a plurality voting system, and are assigned to the Tulsa City Council. Overall, the council acts as the city's legislative body, which aims to pass legislation, approve the city's budget, and manage efficiency in city government. In accordance with the form of mayoral council, Tulsa City Council and the Mayor's office coordinate in the municipal government operations. The third government agency, the city auditor, is independently elected from the city council and mayor to ensure that auditors can act objectively. The auditor is selected for a period of two years. Phil Wood, a Democrat, held a position for 21 years before being defeated by Republican Preston Doerflinger in the 2009 election. The city serves as the regional administrative center for Tulsa County, and is located mostly in the first congress district of Oklahoma, with the northwest region deep in the south Osage County in Oklahoma's 3rd congress district. City and State Law is enforced in Tulsa by the Tulsa Police Department, an organization of 781 officers per 2012.
The crime rate
Tulsa was once known for high-level gang violence in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Crack Cocaine flooded the neighborhood in North Tulsa. The problem of the Tulsa gang became apparent after the outbreak of gang-related crimes between 1980 and 1983 traced to the Crips. It was founded by two brothers whose family recently moved to Oklahoma from Compton. In 1986, a graffiti gang began to appear on the wall and the firing of the car began to occur late at night. In 1990 the city hit a record 60 highest murders since its peak in 1981. North Tulsa has the highest crime rates in cities with neighborhoods and housing projects such as Apache Manor, Morning Star Village, and Vernon Manor being the worst region in town. In 2012, Tulsa has 46 murders, 1,106 robberies, and 6,045 robberies, which is a 2% crime rate. It was reported that Tulsa was the highest ranking for some of the most diverse crimes in the state of Oklahoma, although every year the city of Oklahoma has the highest crime in the state. According to the local Tulsa Police there are reportedly at least 5,000 residents connected to local gang ties.
Education
education K-12
The Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) founded Presbyterian Mission Day School, a one-story building on what would become 4th Street and Boston Avenue in 1884. The second story was soon added to accommodate the number of children who would attend. The school operated until 1889. When Tulsa was founded in 1899, he took over the school and became the first public school. James M. Hall and three other men bought the property with their own funds and held the title until the city could return their money.
Tulsa built two of its first public schools in 1905. The construction of more schools began to accelerate in 1906. In December 1907, the control of public schools passed from the city government to the Tulsa Board of Education.
Tulsa High School opened in 1906 in the same block previously occupied by the Presbyterian mission school, which had been destroyed. The new school is a cream-colored three-storey brick building with a dome. The school was accredited by the North Central Schools and Colleges Association in 1913. It proved too small in 1916, when Tulsa voters approved the issuance of bonds to build a new secondary school on Sixth Street and Cincinnati Avenue, which was renamed High School. The northern half of the facility opened in 1917, while the southern half opened in 1922. The building remained in service until 1976, when it was replaced by a new building on West Edison Street. The old building was taken over by Oklahoma Public Service Company.
There are three main public school districts in Tulsa. Tulsa Public Schools, with nine secondary schools and over 41,000 students, is the second largest school district in Oklahoma and includes Booker T. Washington High School, the magnet school rated as the best 65th high school in the United States by Newsweek in 2008. Each with one high school, Jenks and Union school are the other two main districts of the city, covering the southern part of town near the town of Jenks and Broken Arrow. In 2006, there were over 90,000 students attending public schools in Tulsa County.
Several independent and sectarian schools exist in Tulsa, as well. Most, but not all, of private schools have religious affiliations with Christian, Jewish or Muslim denominations. Tulsa Catholic Diocese supports the parochial school system and the diocese, including the Kelley Secondary School, which is run by LaSallian (Christian Brothers of France). Another Catholic secondary school, Cascia Hall Preparatory School, is managed by Augustinian. Holland Hall School is independent but historically affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Riverfield Country Day School is a non-sectarian school.
Public library
The largest library system in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Tulsa, the Tulsa City-District Library, contains over 1.7 million volume spots in 25 library facilities. The library is active in the community, organizing events and programs in most branches, including free computer classes, children's stories, business and work assistance, and a scientific database with information on various topics. The McFarlin Library at the University of Tulsa is a federal storage library that stores over three million items. Founded in 1930, the library is renowned for a collection of original American works and the original work of Irish writer James Joyce. The Tulsa City-County Library and the Tulsa University Law Library is also a federal depository library, making Tulsa the only city in Oklahoma with more than two federal storage libraries. The Downtown Library of Tulsa City Library has been massively renovated and opened to the public on Saturday, October 1, 2016. Higher education
The first institute of higher education was established in Tulsa when Kendall College, a Presbyterian school, moved from Muskogee to Tulsa in 1907. In 1920, the school joined the McFarlin College proposed to become Tulsa University (abbreviated as TU). The McFarlin Library of TU was named for the main donor of the proposed college, oilman Robert M. McFarlin.
Tulsa has 15 higher education institutions, including two private universities: Tulsa University, a school founded in 1894, and Oral Roberts University, a school founded by Oral Roberts evangelist in 1963.
The University of Tulsa has enrollment of 4,192 undergraduate and postgraduate students and is ranked 83rd among national doctoral universities in the US. News and World Report 2009 edition of America's Best Colleges and among the 123 Best Western Colleges by the Princeton Review in 2007, which also places it in the top ten national schools for the quality of life, student happiness as a whole , and community relationships. In addition to doctoral and master programs, TU is home to the University of Tulsa Law of Law and Collins College of Business. TU also runs the famous Gilcrease Museum in northwest Tulsa and hosts the Alexandre Hogue Gallery on its main campus.
Oral Roberts University, a charismatic Christian charity with the registration of 5,109 undergraduate and graduate students, was ranked in 2007 by the Princeton Review of one of 123 best in the Western United States and among the top 50 universities in America by US News and World Report. in 2005. ORU's leading alumni include Kathie Lee Gifford, Joel Osteen and Ryan Tedder.
The two leading state research universities have campuses in Tulsa: Oklahoma State University has three campuses in the city, OSU Medical Science Center, OSU OSE Academy of Medicine, and OSU-Tulsa, which accommodates undergraduate and graduate programs. OSU-Tulsa has an advanced materials research facility and is home to the Oklahoma Writers and Writers Center.
Rogers State University is an original university in the Tulsa area, with a graduate degree, four years, although Tulsa Community College has partnerships that allow students to complete a four-year undergraduate degree through OU-Tulsa, OSU-Tulsa, LU-Tulsa and NSU-Broken Arrow. The largest community college in Oklahoma, Tulsa Community College (TCC) operates four campuses scattered throughout the area as well as a conference center in Midtown. Tulsa also has a branch of Tulsa Langston University, the only historic black college or university in the state, established in 1897. Tulsa also has a campus of St. University Gregory, a Catholic university with its main campus in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
The Spartan School of Aeronautics enrolls 1,500 students on its flight program near Tulsa International Airport and the city's vocational education is headed by Tulsa Technology Center, the country's largest and oldest vocational technology institute. Virginia College is a school that focuses on career training in Business and offices, Health and Medical and Network Engineering and has campuses in Tulsa. The campus offers day and night classes, some of which are available online.
Trade schools located in Tulsa include Vatterott College, Oklahoma Technical college, and Tulsa Tech.
Media and communications
Tulsa's main newspaper is the daily Tulsa World , the letter kaba
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