I realize that. When I am making my judgement from 23rd & 235 you are really more NE of downtown, so you can see in from the side, which defeats the illusion.

235 and 23rd is more NNNNNNNNNNE of downtown. You exit off onto 23rd going southbound and you're on Broadway...which (line of sight) runs into the Cox Convention Center. The tower is just a few blocks to the west. Every once in a while News9 will do a live shot view of downtown during their newscasts and you can see the tower creeping around the side of the Oklahoma Tower. I think their cam is in the apartments.

If you look at the KSBI webcam, it looks like Devon is still a little shorter than the OK Tower.

Probably catch/pass it with two more floors:

http://ksbi.bimedia.net/nwokc2.htm

235 and 23rd is more NNNNNNNNNNE of downtown. You exit off onto 23rd going southbound and you're on Broadway...which (line of sight) runs into the Cox Convention Center. The tower is just a few blocks to the west. Every once in a while News9 will do a live shot view of downtown during their newscasts and you can see the tower creeping around the side of the Oklahoma Tower. I think their cam is in the apartments.

Dude...you don't have to be so picky...I have essentially agreed with your original post and you are still arguing with me...about what, I'm not sure.

BTW, there was talk about them picking up the per-floor pace, but that doesn't seem to be happening.

Looks like it is still taking about 8 days per level.

Dude...you don't have to be so picky...I have essentially agreed with your original post and you are still arguing with me...about what, I'm not sure.

I'm not arguing dude. I'm anal retentive and I think I have a slight capacity for being OCD with a spill of ADD. Take no offense. It's just how I am...


BTW, there was talk about them picking up the per-floor pace, but that doesn't seem to be happening.

Looks like it is still taking about 8 days per level.

Not arguing with ya Pete but it sure seems like they're less than 8 days a floor. I don't know. Maybe time is going by so fast because it's the end of the year. Maybe it's spending time with the girlfriend. Buuuuut, it seems like yesterday that they were pouring the columns for the floor they're wrapping up now and they're already pouring columns for the next level. Windows are going pretty fast too. I'll have to go back in the thread and see how many days were in between my 14th floor and 15th floor observations!

It was such a beautiful day today, I went ahead and did a December construction update. It's probably one of the last nice days of the year. Couldn't believe it was low 60s. I'll try and have the video up later tonight or into the morning. There's a lot to it.

By the way what floor in Oklahoma Tower is the construction cam? The light was shining into the windows of all the buildings and I tried to spot it on my video camera.

Anyone seen The skyline from MWC around Reno/Air Depot you can really see how The Devon Tower is impacting The skyline from this angle and other than The NW side of OKC I'd have to say this is my second favorite skyline view!

Anyone seen The skyline from MWC around Reno/Air Depot you can really see how The Devon Tower is impacting The skyline from this angle and other than The NW side of OKC I'd have to say this is my second favorite skyline view!

I hardly ever get over that way but when I do, I get easily distracted driving back toward the city. It definitely is an awesome angle!

From Skyscraperpageforums

Testing the LED Lighting Systems!

Thunder Blue!
http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/LordOfDeception/photo2.jpg

http://i929.photobucket.com/albums/ad131/LordOfDeception/photo4.jpg

AWESOME!

ahhh.....behold, the wealth-creating power of free-enterprise!

From Skyscraperpageforums

Testing the LED Lighting Systems!

(removing pics cause I'm not stretching the thread out)

AWESOME!

Originally from post #3567, courtesy OKCMacGruber, on page 143 of this thread, lol.

Originally from post #3567, courtesy OKCMacGruber, on page 143 of this thread, lol.

MY BAD! lol!

How could I miss that? I check this thread everyday!

Uploading videos now.

In one shot I zoomed in on the top of First National. Noticed some green graffiti. Wonder if anyone else has spotted it.

Anyone going to do a time lapse video?

December construction video update. Enjoy!

Pt 1

http://vimeo.com/17871405

Pt 2

http://vimeo.com/17873213

First National graffiti is at 2:30 in Part 2.

Anyone help me spot the construction webcam in Oklahoma Tower? It's at 8:30 in Part 2.

By the way, Vimeo is having HD issues so the quality of all videos aren't what they should be. They're "working with their technicians to fix it."

As always, thanks for those incredible videos William! Saw tons of things you simply can't see on the webcams.

Looks like they've started on the auditorium (foreground):

http://www.tnttri.com/OKCTalk/121610aud.jpg

First National graffiti is at 2:30 in Part 2.

......How does someone get up there to do that?

High res screencap from the original HD video
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Downtown%20OKC/devonauditorium1.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Downtown%20OKC/devonauditorium2.jpg

First National graffiti
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Downtown%20OKC/firstnationalgraffiti.jpg

Where's the construction cam?
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Downtown%20OKC/oklahomatowerwebcam.jpg

Arent spires used in calculating building heights?This is for anyone who can answer it because The first National is 493'ft tall to The spire and 446'ft tall to The roof!In either case The FNC is currently OKC's second tallest! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National_Center_(Oklahoma_City) here is alist of OKC's tallest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Oklahoma_City

FTFY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National_Center_%28Oklahoma_City%29

How could I miss that? I check this thread everyday!

We are the original source, lol. Although, I might have posted one pic over there that I never did here. Hard to tell.



In regards to the graffiti, my coworker said it best... What's the point?? That's like getting a tattoo of a freckle on your body!



I didn't know the cam was that close to the west wall of the Oklahoma Tower. I figured it was set closer to the east side...

I think it's not far above Corporate Tower on the far east side. Didn't double check beforehand. I'll look closer next time.

I think it's not far above Corporate Tower on the far east side. Didn't double check beforehand. I'll look closer next time.

It's 3 levels below the vents, 5 1/2 windows over from the west side...

I had to jack your photo to make it visible...

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r170/OkStateBBall78/oklahomatowerwebcam.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5266188845_ea646f6680_z.jpg

It's 3 levels below the vents, 5 1/2 windows over from the west side...

I had to jack your photo to make it visible...

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r170/OkStateBBall78/oklahomatowerwebcam.jpg

That's actually just someone's trophy. :)
I had to zoom in just to see what it was from that distance. I'm pretty sure I completely missed it. My fault.

Seems like they fixed the video quality issues.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5266188845_ea646f6680_z.jpg

I had a dream you were going to post one of these today, lol.



That's actually just someone's trophy. :)
I had to zoom in just to see what it was from that distance. I'm pretty sure I completely missed it. My fault.

Oh well. I figured it was the cam because in the afternoon hours when the sun is low, you can see its reflection in the window and that trophy looks to be the same size. Who knows. Like I said, I figured the cam to be more east than west since it lines up pretty good with the west face of the building (according to Google Maps) that houses IKON Office Solutions.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p314/Dulahey/IMG_1314.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p314/Dulahey/IMG_1314.jpg

Very nice photo thanks for posting!!! Man what a great morning sky and winter tones of the landscape! Beautiful!

^^Sweet pic!Thanx 4 postin it!

Dulahey, Please take a picture in the exact same spot when the tower is finished!

That's a nice morning shot.

I can not tell you everything but it will be very exciting and highly visible when done. The design team had some brilliant ideas for this lighting and when fully operational i suspect you all will cheer!

I will try to take pictures from that spot more frequently. My last one was over a month ago. I actually took another one this morning since it was so cloudy. It was a bit darker than normal.

But I wanted to post that this morning as I was heading north on I-35 onto I-235 the entire bottom 5 or 6 floors of glass were lit up red on the SE side of the tower. For being about a mile away it looked pretty nifty and was very bright. When the whole tower is lit, it's going to be VERY bright.

I can not tell you everything but it will be very exciting and highly visible when done. The design team had some brilliant ideas for this lighting and when fully operational i suspect you all will cheer!

Grinning ear to ear!!!! Can you give any hints or testing times!!!

Grinning ear to ear!!!! Can you give any hints or testing times!!!

Just go there every night and wait somewhere. They are working on it each night as more glass panes are installed.

Just go there every night and wait somewhere. They are working on it each night as more glass panes are installed.

What a brilliant idea - shall we set up shifts?

Notice on each side of the light posts in the middle of the picture. On the right, Devon, and its elevator cores. On the left, Oklahoma, and the top of its mechanical housing. I took this photo 15 minutes ago on my way to work.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r170/OkStateBBall78/Mobile%20Uploads/2010-12-1795103927.jpg


Also, I noticed that they've windowed up the 7th floor of the NW corner of the building. There went my theory about the lip and waiting for the rotunda to be fully built...

Somebody that can just needs to go to the roof on the Oklahoma Tower and end this arguement or we can just wait until it is obvious that the Devon Tower is taller.

It's not an argument when you have a decent picture to back it up, lol. The best thing to do would be for someone to have a gps monitor with an elevation indicator. Difference from ground level of the Devon site to whatever floor they're working on now (not including the top of the cores). I went to skyscraperpage.com to look at the diagrams of the Oklahoma Tower, which is listed at 132.3 meters, or 396.9 feet. Does anyone know if that's the roof level or the top of the mech. housing? I just wonder how they count it.

^^Good question!I dont know either!but here is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Oklahoma_City OKCisOK4me Nice pic btw!

going to be tested in larger chunks as floors get done. 9 floors tested so far. probably next month before it mysteriously happens again up higher!

ledman, can you tell us when the next test is scheduled so we can be sure to watch on the webcam?

^^Good question!I dont know either!but here is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Oklahoma_City OKCisOK4me Nice pic btw!

Judging from the diagram, they count the mechanical housing...

Thanks. It's not the greatest, lol. Especially 5mp on a cellphone from 5 miles away. But it's my favorite view from the NW side. I drive down that industrial road everyday as a shortcut to work. I wish those two wooden light poles weren't there!

I will drop a hint before I board the plane to come to OKC! Great town by the way-really nice folks.

Judging from the diagram, they count the mechanical housing...

Thanks. It's not the greatest, lol. Especially 5mp on a cellphone from 5 miles away. But it's my favorite view from the NW side. I drive down that industrial road everyday as a shortcut to work. I wish those two wooden light poles weren't there!

^^Hmmm...5 mp that means you have an iphone?much clearer than my 2.3 mp Blackberry!

^^Hmmm...5 mp that means you have an iphone?much clearer than my 2.3 mp Blackberry!

Samsung Mesmerize - Android. I will never be like everyone else--NEVER!! lol

Great pics from this flickr poster!ptcruiser4dogs' http://www.flickr.com/photos/18284386@N02/ there is some good Devon tower shots in here but mostly I-40 construction pics!

From that set on Flickr I cropped a westside view of the skyline:

http://www.tnttri.com/OKCTalk/devon121710.jpg

I like that view of downtown. Thanks Pete

Here are some shots I took earlier today. (12-17-2010)

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d85/hansnet/devon1.jpg

and

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d85/hansnet/devon2.jpg

Samsung Mesmerize - Android. I will never be like everyone else--NEVER!! lol

Likes this!

654

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll14/Platemaker_photos/Photo1190.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll14/Platemaker_photos/Photo1190.jpg

Almost looks like Italy

^^Why not,Robin Williams said Bricktown was a Red Neck Venice!

I'll add these photos that I took this morning (December 18, 2010).

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/devon_tower/devon_2010_12_18_01.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/devon_tower/devon_2010_12_18_02.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/devon_tower/devon_2010_12_18_02a.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/devon_tower/devon_2010_12_18_03.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/devon_tower/devon_2010_12_18_04.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/devon_tower/devon_2010_12_18_05.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/devon_tower/devon_2010_12_18_06.jpg

Wow! Thanks Doug! That last pic is impressive!