Let us be clear. We love Tulsa. We love our history, our culture and our people. We love the renaissance taking place downtown in our Blue Dome, Pearl East Village, Greenwood and Brady Arts districts. And we are not alone, with Tulsa having recently been named by Forbes as America's No. 1 City for Young Entrepreneurs, one of Bloomberg's Top 50 Best American Cities, and one of the 35 Best U.S. Cities for People 35 and Under by Vocativ.

We realize that the secret about Tulsa is out, and we know that urban housing is an essential part of downtown's continuing revitalization.

But we also know that Tulsa is and always has been a city of distinct districts -- each with their own unique personality -- and a six-story tall, 24-unit luxury apartment complex literal feet away from "The Carnegie Hall of Western Swing" is an entirely unwelcome proposition in the Brady District.

"The kids are gone. The nest is empty. Time to move downtown," an image on the Davenport Urban Lofts Development Group's website proclaims, as if Easton and Main were the crossroads of a soon-to-be retirement village instead of one of Tulsa's most vibrant corridors for entertainment.

Herein lies the fear of the undersigned -- that it will become a retirement village, effectively stifling the atmosphere that makes the Brady Arts District an important destination for the others amongst us who can't afford one of the Davenport's $450,000 residential units.

Development Group member Lori Schram is quoted as saying, "We have no desire to do anything but blend into the fabric that's here", yet by virtue of its very existence, Davenport Urban Lofts and its residents will do anything but blend into the fabric that is already in the Brady Arts District.

"We won't be able to recognize this street in a few years," Schram said. "There is some natural resistance that happens, and I'm not too terribly concerned."

We, the petitioners, aim to cause her concern.

And so it is that this petition seeks an audience with two parties -- the Tulsa City Council and the Davenport Urban Lofts Development Group.

To the Tulsa City Council: It is unquestionable that both the City of Tulsa and others have taken immeasurable and intentional strides over the past decade to make itself more attractive to the under-40 population. This is reflected in no better way than our city's boom in capital improvement projects, perhaps most notably by the BOK Center, ONEOK Field, the Guthrie Green and now, A Gathering Place for Tulsa.

The overwhelming desire to make Tulsa an attractive place for young adults was one cited as an impetus for each, so what message is it sending Tulsa's burgeoning young adult population by building a luxury apartment complex that will quite literally hulk over one of the city's most popular destinations for young adults?

Likewise, the developers' own language -- much less the entry price point per unit -- indicates the Davenport will be marketed almost exclusively toward a population nearing or past retirement age. thus introducing an element to the Brady District's nightlife that cannot possibly hope to co-exist without great difficulty to both the building's residents and those who patronize the bars, restaurants and entertainment venues surrounding it.

We, the petitioners, implore the Tulsa City Council to stop before allowing the Davenport Urban Lofts to be developed.

To the Davenport Urban Lofts Development Group: We support your desire to develop downtown housing, and we applaud your mutual love for Tulsa.

And as your website states, the Brady Arts District is indeed a home for world-class museums, live entertainment venues, locally-owned restaurants and internationally-acclaimed events.

But it is also home to no fewer than a dozen bars within a three-block radius, in addition to the Guthrie Green amphitheater, the 4,200-seat Brady Theater, the 1,700-seat Cain's Ballroom and the nearby 7,800-seat ONEOK Field -- each of which draws quantifiable thousands of people to North Main on any given evening.

We ask if the Development Group has ever attended one of the Turnpike Troubadours concerts pictured on your website, or if you are prepared for the rowdy horde of concertgoers filmed here that will quite literally spill onto your lawn from Cain's with great frequency.

We ask the Development Group how it plans for residents to drive their cars from the building's "secure interior parking" when the street is blocked for the Tulsa Tough Brady Arts District Criterium that is also pictured on the developer's website.

We ask the Development Group how its residents will deal with the drone of live music being played next door at The Soundpony Bar and Yeti, and across the street at The Inner Circle Vodka Bar; and how its residents will react to the hundreds who congregate on the bars' patios.

And last, we, the petitioners, simply ask the Development Group why it must build its luxury low-rise in the heart of the Brady Arts District.

In Summary: We love the things that make Tulsa unique. The Davenport Urban Lofts Development Group loves the things that make Tulsa unique.

"Life is good," the Development Group's website says.

Indeed it is, but do not allow the Davenport Urban Lofts Development Group to alter what is enjoyed by so many for the privilege of a select few.