BancFirst Tower

[Pete]

The lights are on in the lobby and they are getting serious about the plaza:

[5alive]

In a year or so when a visitor sees this plaza, lobby and building they will think it is new construction...

[GoldFire]

Looks like the new elevators are coming along nicely:

[Pete]

[Pete]

This is inside the lobby from Tietsort Design, which did the glass installation on the mezzanine:

[HOT ROD]

In addition to the private Petroleum Club on floors 34-36, the coffee bar and snack shop in the lobby, and the shopp(es) in the Conncourse, they should really do a premium but affordable "OKC cafe" type restaurant (like the one in the Braniff bldg) on the 2nd floor with access to the patio. ...

Otherwise, this is ALL looking good!!!

[Pete]

In addition to the private Petroleum Club on floors 34-36, the coffee bar and snack shop in the lobby, and the shopp(es) in the Conncourse, they should really do a premium but affordable "OKC cafe" type restaurant (like the one in the Braniff bldg) on the 2nd floor with access to the patio. ...

Otherwise, this is ALL looking good!!!

The Petroleum Club Deli will have a large space in the lobby; will be far more than a snack shop.

And Hot Tamale will open in shiny new digs in the concourse with better access from street level.

They are also planning food trucks for the plaza on the east side of the building.

[Oski]

Beautiful, it lights up the whole area, can’t wait to see the final product.

[Pete]

The pergola structure on the east side of the plaza is going up:

[5alive]

Has installation of the blue glass halted for a bit?

[Pete]

Has installation of the blue glass halted for a bit?

They are finishing up the mullions on the north side, then they'll restart on the glass.

[soonerguru]

Gorgeous

[Pete]

Mullions almost complete as just a few top floors remain.

Then the rest of the glass will start to be replaced on the north facade.

[ChaseDweller]

My guess is that they will stop there with the Mullions on all sides until they are ready to do the crown of the building.

[Pete]

My guess is that they will stop there with the Mullions on all sides until they are ready to do the crown of the building.

They'll still need to finish up to the line, as from the renderings that seems to be the bottom part of the crown:

[Anonymous.]

There is definitely some sort of pattern with the glass. It may just be slightly opaque borders. You can see it in the last photo of post #1134.

Every other 6 window rectangle is bordered.

[5alive]

^^^^ If you look at the old glass in the photo right above the one you referenced you will see the same pattern. I think that may be opaque glass between floors...just a guess

[KayneMo]

The opaque glass is called spandrel glass (transparent is called vision glass), usually used in curtain walls to hide the spaces between floors. Here, the old spandrel glass is also used to hide the columns on the north and south facades. Looks like the new glass is doing the same thing, hiding the columns.

[Libbymin]

I don't normally get all that worked up over something like the remodel of a skyscraper but that new glass does look so much better.

[Pete]

[5alive]

Dang...the bottom left corner is broken off that center slab of marble...

[Pete]

[Bellaboo]

Looks like they've done a few more floors ?

[Pete]

Looks like they've done a few more floors ?

Yes, they've been finishing about 2 floors a week.

They have been making a lot of progress in the lobby and the plaza as well.

[HOT ROD]

so finished with this face in December?

Perhaps they can repurpose some of the workers now in the lobby to the other face to expedite, otherwise we're looking at the entire next year into next December to finish the reskin. <shrug>