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Gathering Place is a 66.5 acres (26.9 ha) park along the Arkansas River in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Created by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh, the park was established September 8, 2018. It is open to the public free of charge.
Some Tulsa-area park facilities are under the control of the separate RiverParks Authority, such as the Gathering Place, [3] the 300-acre Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness, [4] and the trails along the Arkansas River; [5] and, some are run by Tulsa County Parks, such as the 270-acre LaFortune Park in Midtown Tulsa [6] and the 192-acre Chandler ...
The Kaiser family foundation is responsible for the initial funding leading to Tulsa's A Gathering Place. This park is the largest privately funded park project in the United States. The foundation's donation amounted to $350 million. [38] Kaiser's family foundation was a large investor in the now-defunct Solyndra Corporation. The company has ...
Both Tallchief sisters will be heralded from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum during a free public event titled "Historic Change: Celebrating Maria & Marjorie Tallchief."
Many of the cultural and seasonal events feature a variety of specialty foods, such as ethnic foods of German and Scottish origin. Art of BBQ - downtown Tulsa, in September; ChristKindlMarkt - bratwurst, strudel; Food Truck Festival - Tulsa's Air and Space Museum - September; Harvest Beer Festival - downtown Tulsa, in September
2018 "Gathering Place" holds grand opening to public on September 8. 2019 Tulsa Club Hotel (formerly known as the Tulsa Club Building) opens for business on April 18. High water along the Arkansas River and its tributaries cause serious flooding in Tulsa Metropolitan area; forces shutdowns of Gathering Place and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. 2020
In 2014, construction began on "A Gathering Place for Tulsa," a major expansion and renovation of the Tulsa River Parks area near 31st Street and Riverside Parkway designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. Phase I consists of 66.5 acres and is scheduled for completion in 2017. [44]
Michael Robert Van Valkenburgh (born September 5, 1951) is an American landscape architect and educator. He has worked on a wide variety of projects – including public parks, college campuses, sculpture gardens, corporate landscapes, private gardens, and urban master plans – in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia.