The announcement will take place Thursday, August 21, at 10:15am in the lobby of the Philtower, located at 427 S. Boston Avenue (map it).

For more information, please call 576-5669.

If you plan on attending the COA Subcommittee Meeting on August 12 or the TPC Meeting on August 14, please note that the meetings will be held in our new location at One Technology Center. Parking is available in the lot across the street on the southeast corner of the intersection (it is a pay lot). Please enter the building from 2nd Street and check in with security. This might take a few minutes, so please arrive a few minutes early.

Tuesday’s COA meeting will be on the 3rd floor. Thursday’s TPC meeting will be on the 10th floor. We will have signs posted to direct you to the right rooms.

If you need to contact TPC Staff, we have updated the staff directory with our direct phone numbers.

The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Building is located in Capitol Square in downtown Tahlequah at the intersection of Keetoowah and Water streets (map).

Tulsa’s historic Brady Heights neighborhood is featured on This Old House online as one of the best old house neighborhoods in the country.

Brady Heights is listed among the neighborhoods deemed to be the "Best Places to Get a Bargain on an Old House", "Best Places for First-Time Buyers to Get an Old House", "Best Places for City Slickers to Buy an Old House", "Best Places to Buy a Craftsman House", and "Best Places in the Midwest to Buy an Old House."

Congratulations to the Brady Heights Neighborhood Association and residents who have worked so hard to make their neighborhood a great place to live for historic home lovers!

Whereas downtown St. Louis seemed destined for continued abandonment and decay as recently as ten years ago, quite the opposite has occurred. Downtown St. Louis has come alive thanks to the concerted efforts of community leaders in the public and private sectors. The transformation has proven so successful that this year the National Civic League tabbed St. Louis an All-America City for the first time since 1956.

And what was the key to this transformation? Historic preservation. Peirce writes:

They focused heavily on restoring the city’s grand architectural legacy, tapping a landmark state historical preservation tax credit. And the "going back to the future" strategy paid off handsomely. As Richard C.D. Fleming, president of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association and a leader in getting the Missouri Legislature to pass the credit explains: "The total new investment in downtown is almost $5 billion. And close to 90 percent of it is historic preservation — great old structures rehabilitated for offices, condos and more — not just a bunch of new megastructures." The downtown residential population, close to zero in 1997, is up to 10,000, and growing.

Preservation continues to be one of the strongest economic development tools available to communities large and small. All the more reason to be excited that Tulsa is featured on the cover of the July/August issue of Preservation magazine. Our rich architectural heritage provides a tremendous opportunity for economic rebirth in downtown Tulsa.

The event will include remarks from Tulsa Art Deco Society President Rex Ball, FAIA AICP, Tulsa Foundation for Architecture Board President Matt King, AIA NCARB and Preservation’s editor in chief, James Schwartz. Learn more about the upcoming National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference in Tulsa Oct. 21-25 and local community events with the Tulsa Art Deco Society and the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture.

Want to be involved? Find out how:

When: Tuesday, June 24, 5:30 p.m.
Where: The Philcade Lobby, 509 South Boston Avenue

This event is free and open to the public, so bring a friend!