Deco District decorators
Kelly Butcher, a longtime friend of Candy Castle owner Rachel Simmons, paints windows for Simmons' Pop Up Shop display at the Philcade building on Nov. 17, 2011. For the first town, empty downtown storefronts will be used as temporary stores for the holiday season. JEFF LAUTENBERGER/Tulsa World
Some downtown Tulsa feature hunting…For the first time, the mostly vacant lower level of the Philcade building is being decorated and used as temporary retail space for the holidays. The finishing touches were being put on before Thanksgiving weekend. Most of downtown is a retail dead zone, but 10 local stores are experimenting with mini outlets. We’ll see how it works.
Rachel Simmons, owner of Candy Castle at the Tulsa Promenade, works on a window display in the Philcade building ahead of this year's holiday season Pop Up Shopping in the Deco District. JEFF LAUTENBERGER/Tulsa World