As information is gathered on the small local grocers that dotted our neighborhood this post will be updated over time. These are the known groceries over time in and near the neighborhood. The ad below from 1928 helped me identify some of the neighborhood groceries, including the flat roofed store fronts that are still standing in the neighborhood on Atlanta Avenue and Delaware Place. Tulsa World 1928 1137 S Atlanta Avenue: Graham Market Owned by Harrison "Harry" Canfield Graham was a Tulsa grocery operator for 18 years. In 1930, Graham and his wife, Cora, and four of their six children lived in the neighborhood at 1336 S. Gary Place. Their home was a craftsman bungalow with a stately red brick front porch. Following his death in 1938 he was interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa. Cora lived until 1975. She was 99 years old. Tulsa Tribune December 1938 Tulsa Tribune 1934 ad that mentions Graham Market Google Maps Image of 1137 S. Atlanta Avenue 1337 S. Dela
The Renaissance Neighborhood is defined by 11th Street on the North, 15th Street on the South, Lewis Avenue on the West and Harvard Avenue on the East. This is the heart of midtown Tulsa.