Kayne, I love this skyline perspective (I cropped one of your photos):

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/skyline102911.jpg

It will be interesting to see what that view will look like in the foreground when they redo that portion of Broadway Extension!

Yes it will be interesting! Will that portion of the freeway be widened?

That's a very nice viewpoint. It almost looks like you were riding the rails when you took it. Great job!

Thank you!

Kayne, I love this skyline perspective (I cropped one of your photos):

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/skyline102911.jpg

Thanks, Pete! It's probably my favorite perspective of the city as well!

This is the first I've heard on the Broadway Extension. I wonder why I'm always the last to know when it comes to highways and roads...

This is the first I've heard on the Broadway Extension. I wonder why I'm always the last to know when it comes to highways and roads...

It is part of the same project has been widening Broadway Extension north of i44 and south of 36th over the past 15-ish years, the last part does the i44 junction and the last strip of 4 lane between the junction and 36th.

It is part of the same project has been widening Broadway Extension north of i44 and south of 36th over the past 15-ish years, the last part does the i44 junction and the last strip of 4 lane between the junction and 36th.

See, now I just look like I'm retarded cause I've been driving the Broadway Extension for 15 years and never knew the plan besides they were doing something constantly. Lol but thank you snowman, now I feel like I'm part of the crowd again. Lol

Saw a dude out last night and his costume was the.Devon tower. Quite ingenious to be honest. I did take a pic. Just have to get it on here. Took him 20 hours to complete!

Saw a dude out last night and his costume was the.Devon tower. Quite ingenious to be honest. I did take a pic. Just have to get it on here. Took him 20 hours to complete!Was his child dressed as a white van?

Was his child dressed as a white van?

Yeah, no, this was at Dan O'Briens...21 to enter. His friend had a coke can on his head so I guess that meant he was a cokehead, lol.

I just went all the way out SE OKC to a 24-Hour CVS Pharmacy to pick up a med. Drove back on 44th, stop at McD to get something at Shields intersection, then went north toward 23rd. Not planned...same street...same location, so I stopped for some night pictures. These are regular and enhanced, two of each.

I just hate street lights glare. Hopefully the next smartphone won't do that. It'll be at least one to two years before I upgrade again.

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-27-51_org.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-27-51.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-29-56_org.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-29-56.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-30-10_org.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-30-10.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/2011-10-30223246.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/2011-10-30223259.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-33-22_org.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-33-22.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-34-04_org.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc92/thunderokc/Devon/C360_2011-10-3022-34-04.jpg

Is that blue light on Chesapeak Arena?

on edit - never mind, I see in the other thread that it is. Very cool.

We really need the other downtown towers to step it up in terms of lighting, especially when Devon unleashes it's megawatt light show in combination with the Myriad Gardens and the arena.

Chase Tower in particular needs to do something to move it out of the mid-70's.

Are they done with fire proofing the crown yet? Does anyone know for sure?

During the Sunday Night Football game last night, I noticed the skyline of Philadelphia when they showed it. Most of their towers just had a little strip of LED lighting around the top of each of them. Similar to how you put Christmas lights around the edge of your roof.

It was nice looking and something that would be easy to install. (compared to a complete lighting retrofit)

The skyline from the east end of the Dallas Junction, looking west:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayneshots/6300282767/in/photostream

During the Sunday Night Football game last night, I noticed the skyline of Philadelphia when they showed it. Most of their towers just had a little strip of LED lighting around the top of each of them. Similar to how you put Christmas lights around the edge of your roof.

It was nice looking and something that would be easy to install. (compared to a complete lighting retrofit)


Philadelphia is a TRUE world class city

The skyline from the east end of the Dallas Junction, looking west:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayneshots/6300282767/in/photostream

OMG. That's almost scary looking. It would've been even scarier if it were takin today, Halloween.

Check out this series of aerial shots by nash.zach: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nashcreative/6300000724/in/photostream/ and these sunrise shots by 54fytng: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30680967@N03/6295563285/in/photostream/

Fantastic shot...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6098/6300000724_fcab5edab9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nashcreative/6300000724/)
Downtown Oklahoma City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nashcreative/6300000724/) by nash.zach (http://www.flickr.com/people/nashcreative/), on Flickr

Love this one!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6299473271_f677ca9820_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nashcreative/6299473271/)
Downtown Oklahoma City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nashcreative/6299473271/) by nash.zach (http://www.flickr.com/people/nashcreative/), on Flickr

I love the way it looks like you can see through Devon. The first time I ever seen a picture of it from that view I thought I actually was looking through it.

Great shots! I love how the building has a translucent appearance as seen from the air.

Great shots! I love how the building has a translucent appearance as seen from the air.

You just had to use a bigger word than me, didn't you. Lol

Most pics from the ground when there are clouds in the sky make it look translucent also.

Great shots! I love how the building has a translucent appearance as seen from the air.

It will look even better when they clean all those windows, post construction.

It will look even better when they clean all those windows, post construction.

I didn't realize these windows were dirty. We won't even be able to see Devon once they are clean. Lol

I didn't realize these windows were dirty. We won't even be able to see Devon once they are clean. Lol

I'm sure they will be dusty from either laying in a warehouse for a couple of months and/or laying on a tower floor before being installed. The inside glass will especially be dusty from all the work going on inside. Plus, the lower levels have been installed over a year and haven't had any regular cleaning.

I'm sure they will be dusty from either laying in a warehouse for a couple of months and/or laying on a tower floor before being installed. The inside glass will especially be dusty from all the work going on inside. Plus, the lower levels have been installed over a year and haven't had any regular cleaning.

That seems pretty realistic. I wonder if there will be a noticeable difference once they are clean.

i imagine they should be noticeably cleaner. ;-)

i imagine they should be noticeably cleaner. ;-)

Lol I deserved that.

I bet they are cleaner than you all are thinking.

I bet they are cleaner than you all are thinking.

I bet you're just jealous cause you didn't come up with the idea.

Just kidding. ;-)

Philadelphia is a TRUE world class city

I just started a 2 month project here in Philly. This place is very cool.

photo by 54fytng on Flickr http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6295554669_c0e907895c.jpg

Klay Kimber from Devon and John Woods from Hines Development came to OU to speak about Devon Energy Center, and Mr. Woods told us that the tower topped out at 843' (he said they like to round up, lol!) He also mentioned that the whole complex will weigh around 120 million pounds!

Steve just posted this on his twitter account... The elevator ride up to the top of the Devon Tower:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ7pIF16oag&feature=share

Part Two:
http://www.youtube.com/user/okchistory#p/a/u/1/9f5158PAf7M

Part Three:
http://www.youtube.com/user/okchistory#p/a/u/0/lw4PMmAJawA

So will 843 ft. be the official height that will be listed on "The List of the Tallest Buildings in the U.S."

The number that was posted on here a while ago was something like 843.67 or something and I think it would be rounded to 844, but maybe that was inaccurate.

Cool!

Very strange to be looking way *down* on Chase Tower.

The videos are private.

The videos are private.

They must have been changed because they were public previously.

Devon most likely told Steve not to share it. I think we should send a message to Devon about this. We should be able to see views on top.

Devon most likely told Steve not to share it. I think we should send a message to Devon about this. We should be able to see views on top.

Yeah, I'm starting to hate Devon over their privacy BS. *sarcasm*

Yeah, I'm starting to hate Devon over their privacy BS. *sarcasm*

Yeah, they been bad sometime. We had pix from a crane above but Devon demanded those pix to be removed....even tho they do not own the pix.

No, they contracted the company who contracted the crane company who employed the crane operator who posted the photo that he took on company time while working on a closed jobsite. Same difference.

Yeah, they been bad sometime. We had pix from a crane above but Devon demanded those pix to be removed....even tho they do not own the pix.

The pics I posted had to be taken down? Wow... At least I have access to them.

I don't think many on here understand the basic premise of private vs. public. We nave no "rights" to things Devon controls and they are not being unreasonable to withhold permissions...in fact they are being responsible and prudent. They have MASSIVE liability issues and you never know how any picture, video, etc. taken on the property may be used in the future should any incident occur. It is easy to criticize them, but people need to walk in their shoes. People need to grow up on here and understand what the real world of business is like.

This is kinda off topic but is the new i-40 open yet, how much longer does the consruction take?

It's on topic, just the wrong thread.....it's over in transportation.

What happened to poster JMarkRoss....? six month ago he said he knew that Devon was going to surprise us all and erect a spire or something dramatic on the top of the tower ??? Said he had inside info ?

JMark, you out there anywhere ?

I don't think many on here understand the basic premise of private vs. public. We nave no "rights" to things Devon controls and they are not being unreasonable to withhold permissions...in fact they are being responsible and prudent. They have MASSIVE liability issues and you never know how any picture, video, etc. taken on the property may be used in the future should any incident occur. It is easy to criticize them, but people need to walk in their shoes. People need to grow up on here and understand what the real world of business is like.


No excuse. The blueprint of the entire building is openly available to the public. That is more damaging than harmless pix and vidz.

No excuse. The blueprint of the entire building is openly available to the public. That is more damaging than harmless pix and vidz.

Yeah, that's like Geraldo drawing our US Troops location in the sand on CNN not realizing the enemy is probably watching. Public access to floorplans is far more damaging than posting a view from 1,000 feet in the air.

Rover, please tell me the liability costs for Devon if something were to occur in a timeframe that varies completely from the day those pics were taken and I was given permission (not by Devon, but by the company i received them from) to post them.

Devon most likely told Steve not to share it. I think we should send a message to Devon about this. We should be able to see views on top.

No. The person who first posted the link on this site could tell you that they found out about it on Twitter. I chose to post the videos for a two-hour period last night as a way to reward those who follow me on Twitter. I announced at the start the videos would only be open for two hours. They are material for a book I'm working on. It was my choice, and only my choice, to limit access.

No. The person who first posted the link on this site could tell you that they found out about it on Twitter. I chose to post the videos for a two-hour period last night as a way to reward those who follow me on Twitter. I announced at the start the videos would only be open for two hours. They are material for a book I'm working on. It was my choice, and only my choice, to limit access.

I follow you on twitter but I didn't really check last night. =( it's okay though, I should keep up more. =)

Will Devon continue to use 850 ft. as the official height of the tower even after the project is complete?

No. The person who first posted the link on this site could tell you that they found out about it on Twitter. I chose to post the videos for a two-hour period last night as a way to reward those who follow me on Twitter. I announced at the start the videos would only be open for two hours. They are material for a book I'm working on. It was my choice, and only my choice, to limit access.

You're right, Steve. I got the links from twitter, but I guess I missed they'd just be posted temporarily. My bad. At least a few people on here saw them...

We're cool Kilgore. Just hate how things get made up sometimes.

No excuse. The blueprint of the entire building is openly available to the public. That is more damaging than harmless pix and vidz.

Don't think you grasp the issue.

Took several photos this afternoon during a very brief visit to the Landrun Park.
[IMG]http://www.flickr.com/photos/20681375@N03/6310078655/
[IMG]http://www.flickr.com/photos/20681375@N03/6310077341/
This one was from a couple of days ago...I really liked the clouds.
[IMG]http://www.flickr.com/photos/20681375@N03/6303875759/

I follow you on twitter but I didn't really check last night. =( it's okay though, I should keep up more. =)

That's what I get for going to happy hour instead of checking my Twitter, darn it! I am a faithful follower, however.