The Cherry Street District is set near downtown in the northern midtown area, defined by a portion of 15th Street dubbed "Cherry Street." 15th Street has been a major east-west thoroughfare in Tulsa since This street was named Cherry Street prior to the early 1900s, when a city ordinance mandated a numerical street name. The eastern and western boundaries of the present-day district are rather vaguely defined in common usage. A 1992 article in the "Tulsa World" stated that the district extends from Peoria Avenue on the west to Utica Avenue on the east. The northern and southern boundaries of this informal district are apparently undefined.