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Architect Frederick Vance Kershner left Tulsa a legacy of memorable art deco structures, from survivors like the Oklahoma Natural Gas Building and the Tulsa Fire Alarm Building to the demolished Union Bus Depot and Tulsa Municipal Airport Administration Building. But the essence of his aviation hub lives on in the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium.
The museum construction and exhibits demonstrate not only the artistic work behind Kershner's airport terminal, but the workhorse metal shed that served Tulsa's first working airport and the familiar curved environment of its first city-owned hangar.See the full content of this document
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These Walls: Tulsa Air and Space Museum
"The reason this whole property started was to honor the rich aviation heritage in Tulsa, much of that driven by oil," said museum curator Kim Jones.
The air and space museum opened...See the full content of this document
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