OK so that makes way more sense to me that the old ones are being removed.
All you have to do is kick the person out of their office while you remove their window. Not exactly a problem with a building that's this empty and especially during COVID.
OK so that makes way more sense to me that the old ones are being removed.
All you have to do is kick the person out of their office while you remove their window. Not exactly a problem with a building that's this empty and especially during COVID.
I live near downtown so i went to go check it out. It is going to look drastically better when this is done. It really isn't as blue as it looks in the pictures and its going to reflect so well, while still having a classic look. I am curious about the crown however. Will it be going up above the current top of the building that is currently present and cover up some of the guts on top of it? If so, this could slightly increase the height just a bit I would think. I am guessing it will come in about 515 feet after its done. I am very excited to see how this is going to look when its done. In a way, it feels like a brand new high rise for us. Wish we could get a couple more and it would look amazing. I wish several of the buildings in OKC were just a little bit taller as they get lost in the shuffle from afar and can't really be seen to well until you get to downtown. If only 3 more buildings had just 75-100 more feet in height, it would dramatically change the look of our skyline. Oh well, we are improving, but it is a bit sad that they aren't very visible and get lost in the shuffle so to speak except from certain angles and views.
This is really going to look sharp when finished:
BancFirst will essentially have a new tower. I especially like the glass pyramids that cover the openings to the Conncourse. I would like to see those adopted throughout downtown where possible!
That glass will blend with our two newest Skyscrapers (Devon, BOK Park Plaza); a new look for the skyline. Can't wait to see the night view of the nation's 25th largest city...
I think it is safe to say this glass is going to provide a striking new look for the building and the skyline.
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Awesome photo. Thanks so much.
I couldn't agree more. or at least if downtown were built on a hill as opposed to a ditch/former river bed, then the buildings wouldn't look so short from far away. We should have compensated for the lower elevation by having 100-150 to all buildings - then they'd look like they're supposed to from far away.
OKC's #2-7 skyscrapers towers are about the same as Tulsas big 3 (#1 Devon obviously much taller than theirs) yet OKC's core pre-Devon looks shorter from far away. Dallas towers look so much taller than ours (sans Devon), when they really aren't but 100-200 feet.
I really hope BankFirst crown increases its height a bit, 520 would cover up the elevator core and Petroleum Club vent nicely.
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
Wow Pete...what a difference!
i guess i'm weird, but i wonder what the logic was to put in that cluster of 8 panels first. looking at the picture goldfire posted on the 22nd, it looks like those 8 were already installed even back then.
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I'm sure it was a test and that is probably an unoccupied floor.
As I said before, they have a lot of work left to reskin the entire building.
30+ floors x 4 sides. They'd better start picking up the pace otherwise this is going to take years.
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the picture on the 22nd looks like they're just working on one side... is that still the case today? if that's true, then in the last week they've only managed to put up two rows of glass!
Does anyone know how much additional height this will be when its completed? I'm telling you now, this is going to look great when its all done and change the look of our downtown. I can only imagine how completely different our downtown would look if First National if they added only about 50 more feet and had more girth in the tower. Also if SandRidge tower had a crown to add height and was well lit up and the 2 medium sized towers at ne Leadership Square could add on somehow about 10 more floors and connect the 2 buildings. Maybe I am a bit of a dreamer, but every time I drive by Leadership, I stare at them at how cool they look, yet get frustrated by how they aren't tall enough to be seen until you get close to them. I envision a skywalk to connect them and 12 stories of residential connecting them both and as it goes up it continues to get more narrow. Love those buildings as well and wish something could be done to build upon it and let its presence be known. Can someone with the skills to do a photo of what all this would look like please give us a glimpse of how this would look? Also, way off topic, but I think all this land southwest and southeast of DT would be a great spot to recruit companies to OKC. Make them a great offer like Tulsa did with Tesla, and have in the proposal to develop both commercial and residential. With this pandemic and OK not hitting high numbers, we may be a model for people to want to come and live here. We have a big city with things to do, yet still have the the smaller town charm and great affordability when it comes to cost of living. The potential of things that could happen are unreal. I also wish we had our Hamm doing things like Kaiser does for Tulsa. We have one of the richest guys in the world here in OKC, yet he hasn't done nearly anything to help the city of OKC like others do for their cities.
Looks like its a dangerous job, and the winds can't be too high in order for them to work. So with this Oklahoma weather, yea its going to be a while. Unless they get another crew to work on the other side simultaneously.
I have a friend who is a rope-access person who I showed this project to. He said short of getting more crews, there is no speeding this up. As G.Walker mentioned, it's a dangerous environment where slow and steady is the name of the game. There may be a slight speeding up as crews become familiar (assembly line), but largely it depends on how many people they are willing to hire at once. In Oklahoma that's a high demand job with the number of wind farms under construction.
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If the structure is to be the top of the new crown, then the new height would follow the blue rectangle I added here.
We know the new signage is 14 feet; don't know if that's in addition to the existing crown or how much of it will be shaved off to make room for the 14 feet of signage.
If this angle is correct (blue shade) it appear to extent 7 feet more than the existing height.
The structure has a height listed at 500 feet.
Good thoughts Catch22. It's interesting that they're using this method but it makes sense. Yeah, they could probably get a crane or two and bust this bad boy out a lot quicker but why? If you have these 4 units at your disposal and it gets the job done that's wayyy cheaper than dealing with crane services. It may be a minor headache for tenants but really their main focus for now should be the lobby area and podium anyway. Good things take time.
I was thinking today though, with the Skirvin Tower (not Hotel) and Petroleum Building (Dowell Center) nearby I really hope this update isn't a mistake. I personally kindof hate the arches at the top as they are now BUT, we lost some much more significant architecture than is in place now due to updating the two buildings. I think the biggest and best change that is occurring is the reflectivity and "pop" of the new glass. Wonder what it would look like if they kept the arches and covered them rather than ditching them for more squares/rectangles.
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