All the photos that follow are from Metro.

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Should I still bother posting mine?

In a word - YEPPERS

There's about 5-6 days worth of photos... I'll never get around to adding my name to them all.

Yes.

It's hard to imagine they are going to start moving in and even open the food court in three weeks!

But at the rate they are moving, I'm sure it will look a lot different then.


You can see, for example, just how dirty the windows are in the rotunda. Just cleaning the glass and all the other surfaces will be a massive undertaking.

Hard to believe that we'll simply be able to walk in there in less than a month.

Post your favorites...

February 17 2012

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Great photos. Not that I'm a shill for OKCBiz, but the magzine did a story on CHK's restaurants. CHK puts a lot of emphasis on their employees, and they do a great job with creating a "campus" environment, complete with lots of perks that makes employees feel special and part of the team. I think they are doing noble things.

http://okc.biz/oklahoma/article-6096-culinary-careers.html

Pete, thanks for posting some of my pics. I know it may look like a long way to go, but the Garden Wing is almost done. In some of my pictures on my photobucket that didn't get posted, you can see the interior of the Garden Wing.

I cropped one of Will's photos to show something that I had long suspected: That red/orange railing in the auditorium lobby is just painted lumber. I hope the permanent one is a similar color because it provides a dramatic contrast to all the glass and steel:

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

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Can someone request a visit of the completed parts of the interior to take photos? I am just too curious on how it looks and dont have the patience of waiting another 9 months :-)

I love Will's photos with the Oklahoma River in the foreground.

Good points but it also has to be said that Chesapeake chose a location that would isolate them while Devon chose a location that would allow them to bring the public into their facilities.

With their budget, I'm sure they could have gone anywhere they wanted, so just maybe this is what they wanted, a non-public campus, not every Company wants people traipsing about. That said, they certainly are civic minded and have done a lot of good in OKC.

I'm sure others have done this, but I thought I'd put together a short time lapse from the webcam. I added some local music for extra flare.


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Link is http://youtu.be/qaQ3ylepdV0

February 18 2012

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Very cool!

I could do something similar to that timelapse with the photos I've saved over the construction period. Just haven't used them yet.

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Those are amazing!! the holes in the glass are bothering me haha..

Thanks! And yes, they bother me too! Lol.

Also, I noticed in a few photos that Sandridge and FNC are considerably taller than City Place, even though Sandridge is listed as being shorter by 47', and FNC taller by 6'.
Are their listed heights correct?

February 19 2012

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RetroMetroOKC Meeting

February 20 2012

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http://newsok.com/first-of-two-restaurants-at-devon-energy-center-set-to-open-next-month/article/3652307

First of two restaurants at Devon Energy Center set to open next month

BY STEVE LACKMEYER Business Writer slackmeyer@opubco.com
Published: February 26, 2012

Two of the most anticipated new downtown restaurants soon will open at Devon Energy Center with the first, Nebu, overlooking the Myriad Gardens, set to open its doors next month.

February 22 2012

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Two more collections from the 23rd and 24th... but I'll have to post them later.

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Having spent my four years of undergrad at OCU, this picture is painfully awkward for me. It looks like The Classen is north of the OCU campus. Where is this taken from?

It was taken from Integris, looking southeast towards downtown.

This.

Flat dry land, cactus, tumble weeds, cowboys, belt buckles, cowboy boots just screams a Southwestern culture and that is exactly what Texas and Oklahoma are. Heck, look at University of Texas's football games. The entire band has southwestern clothes on and wear cowboy hats. They prance around with a long horn steer as a mascot. People walk around saying "Howdy Partner". Pre game festivities have the feel of being at a rodeo.

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February 23 2012

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That is an absolutely beautiful building and campus! Wow. If OKC can get another large company to make a similar investment DT, watch out! Impressive. Love the narrowed streets with horizontal parking, really gives the DT an urban look.

Thanks! And yes, they bother me too! Lol.

Also, I noticed in a few photos that Sandridge and FNC are considerably taller than City Place, even though Sandridge is listed as being shorter by 47', and FNC taller by 6'.
Are their listed heights correct?

Sandridge is on higher ground. Not sure, but City Place used to have a rotating 'time and temp' sign on top of their building, maybe that is the difference.

Photos from the Oklahoman of Nebu (Devon Food Court). The last two are of Vast.

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Thanks Pete, can't wait to make reservations.

Great day to take pics! I'll upload them later.

Morning fog from above.http://rhodesdesigns.com/fog.jpg

That is AMAZING. Love.

Very excited about Vast. Can't wait to eat there. Hopefully Nebu and the coffee shop can move to a more 7 days a week operation at some point, as downtown grows.

Wow. Some really great pics of late.

Metro, I just LOVE your last picture in the group that Pete posted for you. That's beautiful. ( http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=19439&p=512516#post512516 )

February 24 2012

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Wow. Some really great pics of late.

Metro, I just LOVE your last picture in the group that Pete posted for you. That's beautiful. ( http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=19439&p=512516#post512516 )
Thanks. Feel free to use it, I'm not worried about copyrighting. This is all for public enjoyment.

Here's a cool photo from about a week ago:

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

^^Very cool!

I got some cool shots on the old I-40 this morning and afternoon. I totally went out in the middle of the highway. Where else can you do that in a major city? Steve told me on Wednesday, they are going to let people go out there and take photos one last time but I haven't seen an article.

We spent time at Coney Island, then went driving around the blocks south of the old I-40 in the Core to Shore demolition area looking at the completely neglected but interesting buildings around there. Stuff that I've driven past a hundred times but never stopped. Honestly, that's not a great area to be walking around. Last thing I need is someone saying "I want that camera you got there", then end up stabbed and left between one of the abandoned buildings there. Plus you have the eerie forever silent hulking mass of concrete called I-40 that adds to the strangeness.

I only wish Doug had been in the car with us - he would have loved seeing some of those forgotten old buildings (including one stunning architectural masterpiece I myself had NEVER noticed)

I added a pic I took today. Did some editing work on it and removed the construction windows. I'm adding a black and white series later. http://iconoklahoma.blogspot.com/2012/02/devon-energy-center-tower.html

I added a pic I took today. Did some editing work on it and removed the construction windows. I'm adding a black and white series later. http://iconoklahoma.blogspot.com/2012/02/devon-energy-center-tower.html

Cool pic. Nice to see the "windowless" portions glassed in.

I added a pic I took today. Did some editing work on it and removed the construction windows. I'm adding a black and white series later. http://iconoklahoma.blogspot.com/2012/02/devon-energy-center-tower.html

Wow! Looks great! The colors near the top look EXACTLY like the rendering! Thanks for sharing with us!

Admiring Devon Tower from Afar

Here's some from yesterday. You could call these "Lost Highway" or something like that. Totally bizarre walking on an abandoned highway.

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It almost looks like the apocalypse has occurred. It's just eerie seeing the old crosstown empty like that. Great pictures, Will.

Cool pics, very post apocalyptic feeling. Shouldn't these go I the I-40 thread? Also, in today's Oklahoman, there are more interior pics of Devon restaurant and not just renderings.

Does it matter? Put them in both. See there you go. How many pages back is that? Not finding it.

It's in the transportation section.

It's in the transportation section.

Ok thanks. I'm always looking for it here for some reason. I hardly go anywhere else. Should it go under the New I-40? You know... Feel free to post this yourself and save me the time of having to ask and worry someone won't like where I post something.

It almost looks like the apocalypse has occurred. It's just eerie seeing the old crosstown empty like that. Great pictures, Will.
It was strange enough seeing the eastbound lane vacant when we came through with the moving truck earlier this month.

It reminds me of some of the pics taken after the evacuation but right before hurricane Ike hit near Houston. It was eerie seeing highways and Downtown Houston almost completely vacant.

I deleted a ton of posts that have nothing to do with Devon Tower.

Please stay on subject.

Thanks Pete.

Steve told me on Wednesday, they are going to let people go out there and take photos one last time but I haven't seen an article.


http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/newsmedia/press/2012/12-009_public%27s_last_opportunity_on_old_i-40_crosstown_interstate.pdf

February 24 2012

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