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The Brady Heights Historic District is one if Tulsa’s Best Kept Secrets:
Here are a few of the most frequently asked questions - If you need more or specific information email us at master@gaybradyheightstulsa.com
 Q: Why is the Brady Heights Historic District revitalizing?
Brady Heights Historic District and the Brady Heights Neighborhood Association were both created in 1980. At that time a group call Preservation Tulsa surveyed all of the older neighborhoods in the city and did the work to get them placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This gave a few Tulsa Neighborhoods an opportunity to be saved from Urban Renewal's Wrecking Ball and through the Brady Heights Neighborhood Association a strong Neighborhood Group started working to preserve and improve the Brady Heights Historic District.
Q: What does being listed on the National Register of Historic Places mean to Property Owners?
To most property owners it is just bragging rights. The biggest benefit is it prevents any destruction of historic structures by a government entity.
Q: What Does the Historic Preservation Overlay Zoning mean for Property Owners?
The HPOZ helps keep the Brady Heights Historic District.......well.........Historic. There are a lot of details in the Historic Preservation Overlay Zoning but basically it protects both you and your neighbors from anyone doing inappropriate work on THE VIEWABLE FACADE of their home. It does not apply to the inside of your home or to most of the work you would want to do on your home. There is a committee of residents and professionals who review applications for work within any of the Historic Districts to make sure the proposed work or changes do not deter from the Historic Integrity of the structure.
Q: Just how Gay is the Brady Heights Historic District?
The Brady Heights Neighborhood Association was founded on a promise to respect and embrace diversity. The Brady Heights Historic District has drawn people who share that world view. This neighborhood has a more varied demographic and style than you will probably ever experience in this part of the country. All races, genders and orientations coexist and interact comfortably here. There is no exact count of GLBT residents in the Brady Heights Historic District but there are at least one and usually 3 or more homes in each block that are owned by GLBT families.
Q: Brady Heights is in North Tulsa - what about crime?
Actually, Brady Heights Historic District is a Downtown Neighborhood. All of the neighborhoods that abut downtown share some of the same problems and assets. They contain some of the oldest housing stock in Tulsa. They have a lot of "walking traffic". They are mistakenly perceived as having higher crime rate. IN FACT - most of the viloent crime in Tulsa moves throughout the city and Downtown is statictically no more likely than any other part of the city to have crime problems. The Brady Heights Historic District has traditionally had the HIGHEST CALL RATE (calls made to the TPD) and the LOWEST CRIME RATE than any other Downtown neighborhood in Tulsa. Brady Heights is Just Blocks (walking distance) from the New GLBT Pride Center
The Brady Arts District with Shopping, Restaurants, Shows and Music
The New Tulsa Arena, The Performing Arts Center
Great Downtown Views - Blocks from the OSU-Tulsa Campus - Blocks from Downtown - Minutes from Riverparks, The Majestic, Renegades, Tulsa Eagle and Easy Access to Other Bars and Clubs |