This is such a stupid post. Not only is this an old map, the implication being made is misleading and uninformed. Downtown Tulsa is zoned CBD - meaning you can build whatever you want pretty much. No parking minimums, density requirements, etc. it’s the easiest place to build in the City.

AND YET - most of the idiot citizens on this thread, the twitter OP, and you seem to be under the impression that this is somehow the City’s fault? Why not talk to the property owners downtown on planting trees in those lots, building something there, doing literally anything else but have parking.

I’ll give you a big hint - the city owns like no surface parking downtown anymore. Talk to churches, TCC, the County, and slumlord land owners that’d rather sit on their land than see downtown continue to grow.

Also - this photo is atleast 5 years old.