Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA

Land Use
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street-Facing architecture
Streets are more attractive and safe when they are
lined building entrances and windows, rather than
parking lots or blank garage doors. By minimizing
front setbacks, buildings contribute activity and
informal surveillance to the street, which encourages
walking. Porches provide families with a protected
place where they can engage in neighborhood life.
By reducing setbacks, buildings also establish a more
intimate and village-like scale. Established areas
that lack pedestrian-supportive architecture can
transform over time through infill, intensification,
and redevelopment.
downtown Revitalization
Tulsa’s downtown represents, not only the heart of
the region, but a location where an intense sense
of community can be generated by strengthening
its array of cultural and retail destinations, and by
encouraging urban housing options. The downtown
contains many assets including historic buildings
and uses with higher intensities. Replacing some of
downtown’s many surface parking lots with urban uses
would contribute to the area’s vitality. The Downtown
Area Master Plan proposes urban design guidelines for
new development.
Corridors-Boulevards
Aging or vacant strip commercial properties represent opportunities for
future infill and redevelopment. Change and intensification of these areas
can be shaped to create multi-use corridors, which can offer a range of
shops and services and encourage walking for many trips. Street trees and
other enhancements can help beautify these frequently traveled routes.
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July 2010
Tulsa comprehensive plan – Land Use