That's lady was born to give tours. I lived in Tulsa most my life and knew alot of this stuff but she made as interesting as if I've never heard it before. Bravo.
I love downtown Tulsa. The city has done so much work over the past 30 years to bring it back to life. Great restaurants, pubs, music venues, hotels...etc. The only complaint I have it all the parking meters.
@Prolific Vision 2020 OMG really? Well, Cain's for one, more famous than any venue in OKC. Then, BOK Center, which won best large venue of the year a couple of years in a row. And, The Brady Theater (called something else now). And, the Tulsa PAC where the Tulsa Ballet, a top ten ballet company in the US and world-renowned, performs. Shall I go on?
@Prolific Vision 2020 OK, this is going to turn into a Troll Fight. But, BOK like any other? Nope. It was designed by Cesar Pelli and is a completely unique building. But, let's stop, since are just looking to fight, and not debate.
@Prolific Vision 2020 Tulsa may have shit roads, but at least we aren't like OKC's not popular for their wildfire of prostitution. I say shit roads are better to have then that. My point of argument is done & won't keep feeding the troll now.
@@tfubz yes there some bad story's of that tunnel crazy things happened down there when it come to horror style shit it's crazy been in those tunnels many time and it gets very creepy
Lived in Tulsa for 16 years. Weird, odd and wonderful city. I loved it! Still looking to go back soon. I'm only 6 hours north in St. Louis, MO but it doesn't hold a candle to Tulsa. It's the people and the attitude. The people are so nice and they're the most understanding employers I've worked with. Cost of living is dirt cheap too. All in all, not a bad place to call home.
This is so cool! Im in a graphic design class at Tulsa Tech and my class was split up into teams where we walked all over downtown and took pictures of all the buildings and designed our own walking maps for downtown with history of all the buildings and whatnot. This was for the Tulsa Chamber and they picked on of our designs, I really wish i took the chance to get the tour to the tunnels to add it into my project!
My dad worked in the old amaco building downtown. Around 1997 we had go to work with parents day so we got to go to the skyscraper and walk the tunnels downtown. Whats wild is the some of the skyscrapers are connected to each other.
There are tunnels through all of Tulsa not just downtown. There's a huge city of tunnels under the city itself. I lived in Tulsa for a decade and even East Tulsa has secret tunnels if you know where to look
Well done! I was born in Tulsa & have lived there off & on many times... though I’m now in OKC I will always consider Tulsa one of my homes. Good people & great memories! Thank you for this!
If memory serves it was the concrete paved public pedestrian area between the courthouse and main library. They remodeled that entire section after the opening and retrieval.
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I've been to Tulsa this year, wonderful city. Just learnt a little bit more about it. Fantastic video! I knew about the petroleum, but I didn't know anything at all about the tunnels.
I lived in Tulsa for many years, but we now live in Tampa, FL. I knew some of the tunnel history but not about the hidden tunnels. Great video! I sure do miss Tulsa!
America has tunnels all over, some older than America itself. The question IS, who made them? Some are very large, smooth, and extremely long. Tunnels have been found in Pennsylvania, that appear to have been "machined" ...?-And you could drive a large truck through them. The American Indians seemed to know about some of these tunnels. I love the whole idea of secret tunnels.
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Cade Thomas~Hi, thank you for the video! I heard her say 4th & 5th street but never any cross road. Do you live in Tulsa? I do and was wondering where to go for her tour, and also when she was sitting, it looked like a really cute store.... Was it and do you know the location of it??? Hope to hear back from you!!! 😊
@@andreaxoxo4034 You can find Kelly Gibson and her company at facebook.com/toursoftulsa. The tunnel between the Philtower and the Philcade (the main tunnel featured in the video) is underneath 5th and Boston. You can only access the tunnel from the Philtower side. The rest of the tunnel system can be accessed by going down the escalators in the lobby of the Mid-Continent Tower at 4th and Boston. The store she was interviewed at is called Decopolis. It's a really cool store and I would highly recommend checking them out! Thanks for watching the video! I hope this answered all your questions.
I worked in Mayo Bldg in '79 and Philtower & Atlas Blgs in mid '80's - glad to see K Adcock succeeded with Boston Mgmt Co. doing restoration of Philtower. The tunnels were known to us; the church walking tours could be taken on your lunch hour - I love them.
Ever since I was a kid, my dad told me about the tunnels under the city, and I always imagined them kinda like the place from Hellboy II, like there were shops and merchants and people who weren't quite human. When I got older, I still entertained that thought, and I always asled my dad to take me under the city, but obviously he couldn't. But now I know the history behind the tunnels, and thats pretty cool c:
In 1959 when I was senior at Tulsa Central we went into those tunnels to picnic, skip class, etc. etc. Never anything bad though, no drugs or graffiti. Several years later when there was a fair in the Blue Dome district we went into some tunnels along the Arkansas river and there shops in there. I've always been fascinated with the tunnels.
the philbrook museum is so cool, i go there all the time. Tulsa is so underrated for sure. lived here my whole life and i swear it gets better each year
Incredible, I had no idea we had that elaborate of a Utilidoor-esque system under the city. When I was homeschooled for a couple years, I remember my mom took me downtown and we tried to find our own way in, I'm glad we didn't, we might have gotten lost! Now as an adult, I gotta check it out again. I had no idea ONE oil baron contributed so much to the city, not just the tunnels, but one of the buildings AND the Philbrook Museum as well. I gotta do more research, I'm just now realizing how little I know about my own home.
When I first started working in downtown Tulsa (2nd & Boulder) in the mid-90s, we used the tunnels all the time during lunch. Back then the Hyatt Regency was Crowne Plaza Hotel, so I had to rely on trusty Google and refer to a map to refresh my memory. Once I went to work for ONEOK I didn't use the tunnel system much since there was only the one that led to our parking garage. I might have to take a tour for old time's sake! SIDE NOTE: Anyone else remember the awesome Pasta Bar (lunch) at the Crowne Plaza on Tuesdays? You picked the ingredients and type of pasta then the chef cooked it for you right there. It was located upstairs in the bar area and it was always packed!
I go to downtown Tulsa often especially during the weekends for the oilers game, shows at the Brady and Cain’s and the bars near and at the Blue Dome District, and I never knew about this at all. Fascinating!
Sam Sitar - There are partial underground walkways. I used to take them when I first worked downtown at 2nd & Boulder. But then I went to ONEOK and never thought about them again until now. I was told back then the tunnel system was more extensive, but that not all of it was accessible to the public. It sure would be great to have in the winter or during one of our crazy storms if you work downtown!
I grew up in Tulsa. My entire family live there now. Never heard about the tunnels. My grandmother lived on Houston and ran a grill in the Taloma building, late '60s. Relatives in Red Fork and Glenpool. Went to Clinton Jr high. Just got back from visiting there Thanksgiving. I'm recuping from a hip replacement. Can't wait to get better and I'm going to hunt down a tunnel tour.
I lived in Tulsa for a bit but never explored downtown much. I need to go back and explore. Great video! Houston also has tunnels, they are really cool to tour..
The tunnels used to connect to Roger's high school but have since been cut off. I used to do security there and found it to be kind of eerie down there. Although I found it to be eerie I never personally witnessed anything but many other officers and school staff reported that it was haunted down there and sightings of paranormal were occasionally reported in the remains of the tunnel area. It's not unusual since Roger's has significant historical connections to Tulsa and dr Carl Barnett passed away in the auditorium during the 70s and has reportedly never left. The tunnel underneath is a neat place but being a school highly restricted
The tunnels are said to be haunted form people that were killed by a cult there was like 6 victims if I'm not mistaken its creepy af down in those tunnels like some one is watching you but no one it there
I don't live anywhere near Tulsa and I've never been there but this is pretty cool. I am curious as to why that found extension is plastered off and not open?
I remember working for an auto parts store chain in Lincoln Nebraska. There was an old tunnel system there as well. It of course was bricked off when it was no longer used.
Oklahoma is never notice that much but looking at this... why aren’t they noticing us maybe it’s because we only get them oil? But this,this is history! And without Oklahoma we would never have noticed all the great wonders we have.
I haven't been in there since we were kids & for very good reason. If your ever seen when it storms & how high the water gets with sewage & waste water when they open the flood gates you probably or at least hopefully would quit wandering around in those sewer tunnels
Oh, yes, many cities had tunnels, like Omaha, Nebraska had tunnels so that shop owners could take their receipts to the bank he did business with. Ogden, Utah also has stories of tunnels along 24th or was it 25th street.
