Letter to the Editor: Save Tulsa gem
BY Rick Gragg, Tulsa
Sunday, March 25, 2012
The pending land swap between
the University of Tulsa and the city
of Tulsa contains the very best park
land in our city. Stuart Park is a little-
known gem that abuts Gilcrease
Museum to the north, and extends
west to 33rd West Avenue. If this
land is traded to TU, Tulsa will lose
this wonderful natural setting to development,
and that would truly be
a tragic loss for all of Tulsa.
This park contains more than
a mile of existing asphalt trails
that wind by ponds and streams,
through woodlands and along beautiful
meadows containing deer, wild
turkey, fox, and a variety of fowl. We
could never remake the beauty that
exists there. It is possible to be in
“the country” there, five miles from
downtown.
Our leaders appear ready to trade
this valuable land for inferior land
near the airport to enable some possible
development that appears to
have no funding now.
I urge all city councilors, and the
mayor as well, to go to Stuart Park
and walk the beautiful trails, experience
the wildlife, and see the absolute
wonder that exists there. After
visiting this park, I doubt any one of
them would want to relinquish this
natural scenic beauty to construct a
few more buildings. I urge Tulsans
to search out Stuart Park to see for
themselves what a gem we have
there. One we should protect and
nurture for the future of all Tulsans.
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