925?!?!?! You all are thinking too small!!!!!! You guys must want OKC to remain a Tier 3 City!!!

This is how our skyline would look if only we would have some vision and build our own Jeddah Tower on the Cox site ;)

13570 Sooo realistic

States with the tallest tallest buildings. 13568OKC won't be that way for long. Miami has several towers either U/C or proposed over 1000ft.

OKC won't be that way for long. Miami has several towers either U/C or proposed over 1000ft.

Shhhhhh let me enjoy this!

We need to just build a space elevator and claim the crown once and for all.

OKC won't be that way for long. Miami has several towers either U/C or proposed over 1000ft.

Shhhhhh let me enjoy this!

Shhhhhh let me enjoy this!haha I would be so happy if OKC got a skyscraper over 1000ft in the next decade and if oil booms enough I don't see why it couldn't happen.

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Hopefully it will!

What I would prefer to see happen is the both of you become independently wealthy and each build your own super-talls in OKC, at the same time, so it can be a "race to the top" like FNC/Ramsey. Not even kidding. Get out there and make that money so you can make this happen in my lifetime! TWO super-talls in OKC in my lifetime would ROCK! My money is on PluPlan to get to the top first. But the new guy is pretty gung ho so he may surprise me!

pfftttt pluplan wouldn't even make it past 200 ft

Bahahahahaha. I think you underestimate him. Not only would he get much higher (than 200ft), but he'd have a 10-lane highway-grade ramp to the top with 80 MPH speed limits! You just wait!

Sure:wink:

Dallas isn't this list so we move down to 11.

:fighting2

Dallas isn't this list so we move down to 11.

Nope. This is a list of the tallest buildings in each state. Houston is on the list.

:yeahthat:

When going by list of tallest buildings by city, OKC is 12th.
https://s14.postimg.org/kbd5adopt/tallest_bldgs_by_city.png

If one world trade center can be #1 with a spire then why don't we just stick a 933 foot spire on top of the devon tower? :wink:

Does anyone know the details about the new connection to the parking garage currently under construction?

Also, I've always wondered why Devon doesn't let groups use the empty "storefronts" along the Hudson side of the garage as display spaces like the new development on Broadway is planning. Has anyone ever asked for access?

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Someone addressed that connection way up above, but basically it allows Devon employees to seamlessly get between their tower and the new one and from the all parking garages to the towers.

Also addressed even further back in the thread, the storefronts are entirely fake. They were made to be compliant with a review board request, but there's nothing behind them. While there is a "front", if you tore down the concrete there would be parking spaces behind them. They would have to build out real retail space and remove some parking for the "storefronts" to actually become storefronts and be used.

The garage connection is just a bigger construction project than I expected so I wasn't sure if it was going to include something more. It looks like it's going to be two stories with a lot more width than necessary for a simple covered passageway.

For the windows displays, I've walked by since they uncovered them and there's individual access to each one. I always wondered why they didn't do Macy's style window arrangements or even just partner with the Art Museum across the street. That's what they're planning on doing with the new development on Broadway.


http://newsok.com/automobile-alley-condo-designs-approved-construction-to-start-this-summer/article/5546266

"Architect Bruce Bockus with Bockus Payne & Associates explained parking will be on the ground floor behind a street-level facade of window display cases that will showcase work from local artists and promotions from community organizations. The corner is along the future streetcar system, which is under construction.

"We couldn't sell them if we couldn't provide the homeowners with parking,” Bockus said.

Bockus said the art displays in the windows will be a “gift” to the community."

Once upon a time there were displays, I don't remember if they were art, or just downtown in december stuff, but those have been used as displays before.

Ahh, ok. The ugly window clings are all I remember and those were more an eyesore than anything. I wonder if they'll get pressured to do something with the spaces once the new garages go in and the area turns into a concrete jungle.

it's possible I'm remembering the clings, apologies if so, but I thought it was more than that

Should see the Russell Westbrook MVP homage lit up on the tower tonight.

Should see the Russell Westbrook MVP homage lit up on the tower tonight.

I hope so!

http://i.imgur.com/dlOyGcI.jpg

I drove downtown to see if Devon was lit up to celebrate Russ' award, and I was happy to see that it said RUSS MVP. By the time I parked and got out to take a picture (about 10:50), all the lights were off. I got back in my car to drive to one of the other sides to see if maybe it was just turned off on the side I was on, and they had turned it back on to the normal lighting. I wish they had kept it up longer!

http://i.imgur.com/dloygci.jpg

love this!



EDIT: that didn't work. tried to get that image up again. sorry.

http://i.imgur.com/bwypvo9.jpg

Could someone please remind me what the fins that are on the outside of the building are for again

Could someone please remind me what the fins that are on the outside of the building are for again

Fun

Could someone please remind me what the fins that are on the outside of the building are for again

Reduce drag, aerodynamics, and horizontal stabilization.

Could someone please remind me what the fins that are on the outside of the building are for again

Helps to summon Gozer the Gozerian.

Helps to summon Gozer the Gozerian.

Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!

I couldn't fit the whole building in the frame, but this still turned out to be a great shot of Devon (and the rest of the CBD).

https://i.imgur.com/4Hn2pjz.jpg?1

Great shot ! I see the reflection of the BOK sign.

That is fantastic!

What camera are you using to take such amazing pictures?

Thanks! I'm using a DJI Mavic Air. For this particular shot I took 5 photos and merged them into an HDR photo using Photoshop.

Thanks! I'm using a DJI Mavic Air. For this particular shot I took 5 photos and merged them into an HDR photo using Photoshop.
Excellent, excellent work!

Amazing color!

Were you flying it at 7th and Hudson earlier this week? We were riding our bikes and spoke briefly to a couple of guys who were just finishing a flight.

Amazing color!

Were you flying it at 7th and Hudson earlier this week? We were riding our bikes and spoke briefly to a couple of guys who were just finishing a flight.

Thanks! No, must have been someone else. I flew in Kerr Park a few days ago, but that is all for this week.

Thanks! No, must have been someone else. I flew in Kerr Park a few days ago, but that is all for this week.

I guess it's getting to be a fairly common sight to see someone flying a drone around downtown and elsewhere.

I guess it's getting to be a fairly common sight to see someone flying a drone around downtown and elsewhere.

Definitely more and more common. I've got an office in Cotter Ranch Tower and we see drones popping up by our 22nd floor window fairly often.

With that particular tower, I almost wonder if potential buyers are using them for informal inspection and research on buildings on the market.

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I couldn't fit the whole building in the frame, but this still turned out to be a great shot of Devon (and the rest of the CBD).

https://i.imgur.com/4Hn2pjz.jpg?1

If one were to want to post this on their Facebook or print it off, would you have any objection?

Could someone please remind me what the fins that are on the outside of the building are for again

Don't think you ever got a real answer. My understanding is that the fins are what the LED lights actually "project" on to. They are basically serve as a reflector which is why they appear almost invisible at night when viewed at a direct 90° angle.

Yeah there's a bunch of jokers, but I'm talking about the ones that don't have LEDs in them.

Gorgeous

Yeah there's a bunch of jokers, but I'm talking about the ones that don't have LEDs in them.

they are like any building the architect's vision they have office space behind them

I understand the ones that house the LEDs, but I am just confused as to what purpose the others serve. They're all over the building and as they age, it makes Devon appear sort of dingy.

I understand the ones that house the LEDs, but I am just confused as to what purpose the others serve. They're all over the building and as they age, it makes Devon appear sort of dingy.

If you mean the stainless steel grid that covers the exterior, it's just ornamental.

I understand the ones that house the LEDs, but I am just confused as to what purpose the others serve. They're all over the building and as they age, it makes Devon appear sort of dingy.

It is the architect's "thing"... seems to be a pretty common feature of his works:

https://www.pickardchilton.com/work/river-point

https://www.pickardchilton.com/work/amegy-bank-headquarters

Thanks.

What is going on with the LED lighting here? The top half has been out for at least the last two days. I'd rather they just leave the whole thing dark until it gets fixed, it looks horrible as is.

I noticed they had the rooftop crane out over the weekend, maybe they have been trying to work on it? Maybe they will get it working correctly within the first decade of it being completed!

I have expressed so many times how disappointed I am with the lighting.. I know Pete has posted about what happened with it all and how it never got programmed or fixed from the start but that is just sloppy in my opinion. to have a brand new building that has never had all the lighting working properly just looks tacky.

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Right, regardless of the dispute between the lighting company and Hines/Devon I'm really surprised it has not yet been fixed.

And if it hasn't by now, it likely never will be.

I just want to take the time to remind everybody, that the initial plan was to have the entire building retrofitted with the LED fins. Imagine how horrible that would have looked with these issues.