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On some days, it takes Joey Toler eight minutes to back out of his driveway.

Toler, who lives in the Maple Ridge neighborhood, also has to begrudgingly put up with constant noise, increased foot traffic and all the daily intrusiveness that has come along with owning a home near Gathering Place.

“The aware factor alone has heightened drastically,” he said. “The street is just lined with cars. It’s hard to back out of my driveway. It’s been noisy, intrusive and a pain in my rear.”

Toler has not been the only resident of the midtown neighborhood to voice similar complaints about the many headaches Gathering Place unexpectedly presented.

The biggest issue to date concerns parking and the liberty some Gathering Place visitors have taken to make their trip to the park a convenient experience even at the expense of space and safety for area homeowners.

Lise Glaser, also a longtime resident of the community, told the Tulsa World that while she appreciates Gathering Place, she and others have experienced the “first-hand negative effects” of being in the middle of one of the busiest sections of the city.