Fontana Shopping Center — Local services in Tulsa

Just a "Drive By" visit. I was looking for Animal Aid of Tulsa. Found it, got my information, and left. The other businesses seem to do a lot of business as the parking spaces were fairly full. When I have time I may venture to check out some of their Specialty Shops that do not appear to be tied to large chains. I prefer supporting LOCAL business4s since they do not have the big multi corp conglomerates backing them. Their place in the communities are hard won, hard fought to STAY in business! Like the Quilt Shop...I did stop there, they had everything and then some, like JoAnns's Fabrics on my side of town that closed a year ago! I HATED having to buy my fabric from the large beast of a store that has taken over EVERYWHERE. I KNEW their founder, he would NOT like what his vision has become with foreign products bought over in a ship that comes here loaded goes back empty, then another ship docks and takes its place. The founder of this chain wanted to negotiate with American Businesses, promote American products, to be bolstered by American shoppers. That vision died the moment he got ill, then died! I refuse to support them any more than necessary! I support...

This was once a great place with more to see and do. It's kind of a ghost town of empty spaces now. What IS here however, is busy with great food choices and a bar that is 18+, a Hideaway Pizza (one of the best) and a few other great little spots to check out like the Flower Shop, etc. The place is well kept up with no riffraff hanging about that I saw or noticed symptoms of. Cute, little courtyard with a fountain is in the center with a pet supply/vet clinic. They should attract some more vendors maybe by offering some advertising benefits or something because this shopping center could be...

I don't know when this place was built, but if I had to guess it would be some time between 1975 and 1980 - well before the 1980s conception of "The Mall" became a reality. This place is aging and decrepit and mostly empty except for a handful of businesses, but I think it's awesome. You walk past windows of long forgotten retail businesses that failed years ago ... peering inside you see a reception desk made of glass bricks and the faint outline of lettering on the back wall which reads...