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AUDIO: Come Along on a Tour of the Gathering Place Site

Public Radio Tulsa | By Matt Trotter
Published December 9, 2015 at 8:00 AM CST
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Gathering Place Executive Director Jeff Stava led a tour of the construction site starting at the office at 31st Street and Riverside Drive.
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Two bumpouts into the Arkansas River will be distinctive features of the park. This is a view of them from the south side of Zink Dam.
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Riverside Drive is still somewhat recognizable, and it offers a good view of the downtown skyline.
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Workers install a metal safety barrier inside the area excavated for the park's main lodge near the north end of the site.
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Jeff Stava talks about the park's pond, which is being built on the east side of Riverside Drive north of 31st Street.
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Workers see these words on the construction office's interior and exterior walls and on their hard hats.
Matt Trotter / KWGS

Construction on A Gathering Place for Tulsa, a $350 million crown jewel park, started last September, and it’s nearly impossible to see what’s going on behind the construction fences.

Gathering Place Executive Director Jeff Stava recently led some tours of the site.
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Matt Trotter
Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.
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