The boulders appeared on Fourth Street as if by magic. But their placement near Tulsa’s Metrolink station is no accident; the rocks are intentionally unwelcoming, placed to deter those without homes from spending the night.
Oklahoma City installed inhospitable landscaping, too. Those boulders, placed in January, successfully thwarted impromptu encampments under the Oklahoma City Boulevard bridge.
“We really encourage people to not stay at this location because it is not a safe place for camping,” said Jamie Caves, strategy implementation manager for Oklahoma City’s Key to Home Partnership…