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{{Main|Downtown Tulsa}}
[[Image:Downtown Tulsa OK.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Tulsa]]
Tulsa includes many structures built during the Oil Boom in the 1920s and 1930s, including [[Art Deco]] buildings such as [[Boston Avenue Methodist Church]] and [[Union Depot (Tulsa, Oklahoma)|Tulsa Union Depot]]. [[Waite Phillips]] left a significant architectural impact on downtown Tulsa through the [[Philtower Building|Philtower]] and [[Philcade Building]]. Other notable downtown Tulsa buildings include the Exchange Bank Building (today known as the [[320 South Boston Building]]), the Cosden Building (later expanded into today's [[Mid-Continent Tower]]), [[Atlas Life Building]], [[Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa|Holy Family Cathedral]], Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, and the [[Mayo Hotel]]. Known for a time as "[[Terra Cotta]] City",<ref>Tulsa City-County Library, "Art Deco in Tulsa." Accessed August 22, 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/artdeco/artdecointulsa.php |title=
[[Image:BostonAvenueMethodist.jpg|thumb|left|Boston Avenue Methodist Church]]
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===Uptown===
[[Image:Tulsa, Oklahoma.jpg|thumb|right|Riverview, along the Arkansas River in Tulsa]]
Riverview stretches along the east bank of the Arkansas River, just west of Downtown. Uptown is the region just to the south of Downtown. The
===Buena Vista Park Historic District===
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Some of the other major shopping centers in this part of the city include the Promenade Mall, Highland Park Shopping Center, Southroads, Ranch Acres, The Farm Shopping Center, and The Plaza. [[University of Oklahoma|OU]]-Tulsa is across the street from the Promenade Mall at 41st and Yale, on the southern edge of Midtown.
In northeast Midtown, the Tulsa State Fairgrounds, now called [[Expo Square]], is home to several Tulsa landmarks. In addition to the site being the former home to the [[minor league baseball]] [[Tulsa Drillers]], the [[Art Deco]] [[Expo Square Pavilion]], the Fair Meadows horse racing track, and the annual Tulsa State Fair, it boasts the Quick Trip Expo Center, the largest clearspan building in the world, providing 354,000 square feet (33,000 m
The Expo Center is also home to the annual Darryl Starbird Rod and Custom Show. Held in early February, it is touted as 'The World's Largest Indoor Car Show' and often draws around 1,500 custom and classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Antique car auctions are also held here and draw many visitors from across the nation.
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===Cherry Street===
[[Image:SwanLake.jpg|thumb|right|Swan Lake]]
The Cherry Street District is set near downtown in the northern midtown area, defined by a portion of 15th Street dubbed "Cherry Street." 15th Street has been a major
[[File:McGregor House (Tulsa, Oklahoma).jpg|thumb|right|McGregor House]]
South Quaker Avenue intersects Cherry Street one block east of Peoria. The 1400 block of South Quaker contains five houses of historical interest because they represent the style of homes constructed during the very early 1920s. The most notable is known as McGregor House at 1401 South Quaker, at the intersection of Quaker and 14th street. It is a {{frac|1
Visitors to this neighborhood can find many local restaurants, boutique shops, art galleries, antique shops, funky [[vintage (design)|vintage]] stores, and even a scooter shop now filling old storefronts built in the 1920s & 1930s, as well as some notable old homes in the surrounding residential areas. Numerous condos have been built in recent years just north of Cherry Street. Cherry Street is surrounded by four of Tulsa's designated Historic Districts: the [[Swan Lake (Tulsa)|Swan Lake]], [[Maple Ridge, Tulsa|North Maple Ridge]], [[Gillette, Tulsa|Gillette]] and [[Yorktown, Tulsa|Yorktown]] neighborhoods. Other neighborhoods adjacent to Cherry Street are [[Florence Park, Tulsa]] and the [http://www.rnatulsa.org/ Renaissance] neighborhood.[[Image:Skellylg.jpg|thumb|left|Skelly Mansion, Maple Ridge]]
===Maple Ridge and Sunset Terrace===
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===Lortondale===
This is a subdivision of modern homes along South Yale Avenue near 26th Street. Based on a master plan by Tulsa architect Donald Honn, the low-pitch roofs and clean lines of the houses typify the style known as Mid-Century Modern, and the neighborhood was the city's first housing development with a community pool. Construction began in 1953 and all Lortondale homes featured central heating and air conditioning—reportedly the first such subdivision in the nation.<ref>David R. Million, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143328/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-164571468.html "Thoroughly modern living: Tulsa neighborhood weathers futuristic look as residents pursue historic recognition."] ''[[Tulsa World]]'', June 6, 2007
===Ranch Acres===
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Florence Park & Florence Park South neighborhoods runs from Harvard Avenue on the east, to the Broken Arrow Expressway on the south & west, and stops at 15th Street on the north. There's a particularly good mix of 1920/30s houses, mostly revival styles, and two of midtown Tulsa's first neighborhoods to be re-discovered and appreciated after the 60/70s flight to suburbia.
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[[White City, Tulsa|White City]] is a residential neighborhood in Midtown, [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. It is bounded on the north by 2nd Street, on the east by Fulton Avenue, on the south by 11th Street and on the west by Yale Avenue. The neighborhood was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001. The area includes 480 buildings, of which 325 retain their historic significance. Two parks are also included in the listing.<ref name="nom">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=01000663}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: White City Historic District|
==Northside==
Tulsa's north side originally referred to the area north of the Frisco Railroad tracks up to the northern city limits. It was annexed by the city of Tulsa in 1904.<ref>Tulsa Preservation Commission Website. "Urban Development (1901 - 1945)." Accessed May 5, 2011.[http://www.tulsapreservationcommission.org/history/urban/]</ref> The north side is home to a large percentage of Tulsa's [[African-American]] community in addition to working-class Tulsans of other races and ethnicities. The area's [[Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa)|Booker T. Washington High School]], Tulsa's African-American high school during the segregation era and now a magnet school, was recently{{when|date=August 2023}} judged to be the 58th best high school in the nation by [[Newsweek]]. Northeast of downtown, close to [[Tulsa International Airport]], is Mohawk Park, which includes the [[Tulsa Zoo]] and the Oxley Nature Center, and the [[Tulsa Air and Space Museum]]. This area is also home to the [[American Airlines]] maintenance facility, one of Tulsa's largest employers.
==="Black Wall Street:" The Greenwood Historical District===
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[[File:BradyMansion.jpg|thumb|left|Brady mansion on North Denver Avenue]]
Brady Heights is a historic district in Tulsa, Oklahoma named for early resident, [[W. Tate Brady]]. Its boundaries are Marshall Street on the north, the alley between Cheyenne Avenue and Main Street on the east, Fairview Street on the south, and the Osage Expressway right-of-way on the west. From territorial days until the 1920s, Brady Heights was an important part of the then-fashionable north side of Tulsa. Young professional businessmen and oil men, like G. Y. Vandever, I. S. Mincks and
===North Cheyenne Historic District===
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St. Francis Hospital and its surrounding medical practitioner's offices is located at 61st and Yale and is one of the largest in the state. Prominent in that area of town is the upscale Braeswood neighborhood, East 61st to 63rd Streets and Louisville to Oswego Avenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://braeswoodtulsa.com/|title=Braeswood Homeowners Association website, About Braeswood | accessdate=2017-08-11}}</ref> Another healthcare cluster exists around South 91st and Mingo, including Hillcrest Hospital South, [[Cancer Treatment Centers of America|Cancer Treatment Center of America]] and Saint Francis Hospital South.
[[Woodland Hills Mall]], the largest in the state anchors the 71st street corridor. Numerous dining options are available in the area. Additionally, shopping centers surrounding the mall are panoramic in scope, as the options for shopping are seemingly endless. It is in this area that the 4-star John Q. Hammonds Renaissance Hotel is located, including conference and meeting rooms. It is located right off [[US 169]], a major
The schools in the area are some of the state's largest, including Jenks and Union High School, with neighboring Broken Arrow being the largest. Tulsa Public School's Memorial High School is located here, along with prestigious, private [[Holland Hall (Tulsa, Oklahoma)|Holland Hall]]. Jenks, and Union High Schools are annually among the best in the state and nation in football and their rivalry has drawn national attention. [[Tulsa Community College]], the largest 2-year school in the state, has its Southeast campus off 81st and US 169.
Parks in the area include [[LaFortune Park]], with 2 public golf courses, playgrounds, swimming pool, and jogging trail, Hunter Park, with a disc golf course, jogging trail, playground, and fishing pond, and the Riverparks, which extend south to 101sts St.
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The Riverparks system, also here on the bank of the river, includes the Riverwest Festival Park, with its floating stage amphitheater overlooking downtown. Riverwest is home to such popular events as Tulsa's [[Oktoberfest]], one of the largest of its kind in [[North America]], and the Gatesway Balloon Festival.
Tulsa's westside is also home to The Oaks Country Club, one of Tulsa's three major country clubs, and Inverness Village, a large [[retirement community]]. In addition to these companies,
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