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Posted Sep 19, 2021, 5:15 PM
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Thanks for the comments!
Pedestrian: Our son rented a room in the 3rd floor of a home on Page Street--pretty close to you. He loved it!
Bilbao: The Saltair Pavilion in the early '60s movie burned down. The current one was built in 1981. The actual water in the Great Salt Lake is a LONG distance from the Pavilion.
Here's the rest of trip back to Ohio. Fortunately, we had no car problems and I had built in a decent amount of time to explore OK City, Tulsa, Joplin and Springfield. Of these places, I had been to Tulsa before but that was about 30 years ago.
While I wasn't that impressed with the heart of downtown Oklahoma City, the edges had some interesting areas. I'd like to know more about Film Row and the history of movies and OK City. The Myriad Gardens in downtown Oklahoma City was VERY impressive. It included a Botanical Garden, Sculpture, a children's play area, an Amphitheater, plus a dog park. I also liked the Bricktown District which provides lots of bars and restaurants close to their baseball stadium and convention center. Someone told me about automobile row after my trip so I missed that but hope to see it sometime in the future.
 Crystal Bridge in Myriad Botanical Gardens, Downtown Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Two Ducks at Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Colcord Hotel from Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Bandshell at Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Amphitheater within Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Bricktown, Downtown Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Canal in Bricktown, Oklahoma City by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Sheridan Avenue, Looking west to Devon Energy Center from Bricktown, downtown Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Sandridge Center, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Air Force Monument, downtown Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 The Skirvin Hilton Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Downtown Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Clock on First National Bank Building, Oklahoma City by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 United States Post Office and Federal Building, 215 Dean McKee Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Oklahoma City National Memorial by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Oklahoma City National Memorial by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
23rd Street on the city's north side includes several interesting buildings. I found out about this area after I was researching the gold domed performing arts center in Reno (shown previously). I found out there was another gold-domed structure in (you guessed it) Oklahoma City.
 Braum’s Dairy Store, Oklahoma City by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 The Gold Dome, 23rd & Classen Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Tower Theater along NW 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 NW 23rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
Next stop was Tulsa, which , due to a huge oil boom in the 1920s, is famous for its collection of Art Deco buildings
 Downtown Skyline, Tulsa, Oklahoma by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Downtown Tulsa Buildings by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Tulsa Towers: Philtower (1927) with Mid-Continent Tower (1918, expanded 1984) in background, Tulsa, Oklahoma by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Boston Avenue from 5th Street, downtown Tulsa, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Boston Avenue Skyscrapers, Tulsa, Oklahoma by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 320 South Boston Building, Tulsa, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
On Tulsa's south side is CityPlex Towers, which was originally known as City of Faith. It was built to fulfill a "vision" beheld by Oral Roberts for a huge medical center that the rest of Tulsa really didn't think it needed. It was built anyway, but reportedly only a fraction of the tower was ever finished out for its original purpose. Adjacent to Cityplex is the campus of Oral Roberts University, which I really like as its classic early-mid '60s space age/Jetsons era architecture (think Seattle's Worlds Fair):
 CityPlex Towers, Tulsa, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 CityPlex Towers, Tulsa, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Prayer Tower, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
Joplin MO looked pretty sleepy to me. I know that a terrible tornado destroyed a swath of the city south of downtown, which may explain why there were several vacant buildings along their Main Street.
On the other hand, Springfield looked reasonably lively. They have a nice town square in their downtown. On the way home, just had a quick drive through downtown St. Louis before heading straight to Ohio.
 S. Main Street, downtown Joplin, Missouri by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Pearl Brothers Hardware Store, S. Main Street, downtown Joplin, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 DSC_5110 by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 827 S. Main Street, downtown Joplin, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Abandoned Building, S. Main Street, Joplin, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Former Woolworth's and Former Heer's Department Store, downtown Springfield, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 South Avenue, downtown Springfield, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Park Central Square, downtown Springfield, Missouri by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Park Central Square, downtown Springfield, Missouri by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Downtown Springfield, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Springfield, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Grand Avenue, St. Louis, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 Fox Theater, Grand Avenue, St. Louis, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 The Tudor Building, Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 White Knight Diner, 18th & Olive, downtown St. Louis, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
The Shell Building has always been one of my favorite buildings.
 Shell Building, Downtown St. Louis, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 The Bogen Apartments, downtown St. Louis, MO by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
 St. Louis Skyline from I-70 Bridge by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr
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