I'm guessing they are pushing to have landscaping in front plus garden wing (and Sheridan, Hudson completions) done in time for Festival of the Arts.

Or are they pushing the Festival of the Arts to be when the Devon landscaping is done? LOL

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Anybody know when they are going to have the water surrounding the 1st floor like the one this rendering?

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The above picture is pretty good for having something not all that commonly seen in skyline pictures, a train.

I don't know why my links always get broken. I know the URL is still good, but the picture went away from the previous post after about half a day. Here's the picture again with a different linkl.
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Any idea when the rest of the windows will be installed?

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LOL....obviously I dont know what I'm doing. Taken from I40 in Del City.

Cooper, where are your new shots??

Early morning train.http://theseverts.net/Pictures/early_train.jpg

Took a ton of photos outside and inside the Garden Wing at Nebu this morning before work. Noticed the Continental sign and took some photos but didn't have time to get close or I would be late. I'll try to have them up tonight.

I guess now the trend-setter is to get a train in every picture? LOL =)

I guess now the trend-setter is to get a train in every picture? LOL =)

I just can't believe trains still have to blow their horns in 2012! :sofa:

I just can't believe trains still have to blow their horns in 2012! :sofa:

I still cant believe we have trains period. Yesterday during the Thunder game a train was going at least 2 mph downtown

I still cant believe we have trains period. Yesterday during the Thunder game a train was going at least 2 mph downtown

...and they travel through downtown on the viaduct, therefore, not disrupting traffic.

I like the shots. Good job DougS!

I still cant believe we have trains period. Yesterday during the Thunder game a train was going at least 2 mph downtown

You'd be surprised but trains are becoming ever more present, it's a (re)growing industry.

It was most likely closer to 10 mph unless it was coming to a stop which they do do there if they don't have a clear signal when heading south.

I like the shots. Good job DougS!

Yep, awesome shots!

I guess now the trend-setter is to get a train in every picture? LOL =)
I think trains add interest to the photo. I have a friend that took a picture from Bricktown when a train was passing through showing tourist walking along the river walk and a canal boat all with the skyline of OKC in the background. He won a prize from his Springfield photo club for that shot. I have to admit that he photoshopped the boat to get all of those elements in his picture.

I think trains add interest to the photo. I have a friend that took a picture from Bricktown when a train was passing through showing tourist walking along the river walk and a canal boat all with the skyline of OKC in the background. He won a prize from his Springfield photo club for that shot. I have to admit that he photoshopped the boat to get all of those elements in his picture.

You won't get any argument from me. Just the presence of a train when somewhere urban like that makes it feel even more urban IMO.

I like both of your pictures with trains in it a lot better than the pictures with no train and just the tracks, not that the train is the focus but still.

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This thread is a Wonderland of great pictures.
Exceptional, in every way. Extraordinary.
:bow: :tiphat:

Cooper, where are your new shots??

Hey Pete, I have some new ones but won't be able to share them for a little while due to client agreement. I have another oil field flight coming up and I'll be sure to grab some skyline shots then. I'd really like to get up during a playoff game.

Thanks Cooper! Looking forward to it as always.

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Colcord (http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/539143_384407971576952_100000232574591_1327729_179 0142581_n.jpg)

Riverwalk (http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/557061_384408954910187_100000232574591_1327730_191 3343765_n.jpg)

Families at Myriad Gardens (http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563530_384403118244104_100000232574591_1327716_276 314101_n.jpg)

Coffee on the Balcony (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/310037_384410528243363_100000232574591_1327737_132 9303609_n.jpg)

Thanks for the photos!

Nice to see many people out and about downtown.

I was in downtown this afternoon, and yes the Myriad Gardens was very active with people having picnics, walks, exercising, construction workers taking naps....a very cool feeling. Also the CBD had many people walking around. Very busy feeling. Next time I have guests in town, I am taking them downtown around noon.

Not to mention the weather was perfect today.

It was even a little warm as we walked from the Gardens to the Starbucks by the Canal. Got a few good ones and even shot a vid of the kids enjoying the wave fountain.
Mind you i have no video editing program yet, my whole photo/video set up is new to me, so im just experimenting here...

Myriad Gardens Wave Fountain (http://youtu.be/9FnUch0EYfQ)

The changes to the Myriad Gardens are an absolute home run.

Not only does it draw people in, it engages them and makes them want to stay.


Before this project I had no idea that a landscape architect could make such a monumental difference.

It draws me in once or twice a week.... I live in the suburbs and really want to live downtown if my income was high enough.. So I end up driving downtown on my days off to walk around and see what is going on. Hopefully I can move downtown in the next 5 years. I agree the Myriad Gardens change is a home run.

It draws me in once or twice a week.... I live in the suburbs and really want to live downtown if my income was high enough.. So I end up driving downtown on my days off to walk around and see what is going on. Hopefully I can move downtown in the next 5 years. I agree the Myriad Gardens change is a home run.

One of the beauties of an urbanized traditional neighborhood is that as your income increase (or decreases) you don't have to leave the neighborhood. There are housing options at all income levels. Downtown OKC might not be there quite yet as the full range of housing options isn't really available but there are other urban neighborhoods around downtown OKC that I'll bet are within your budget. You might have to live in something smaller than you want right now and maybe not have access to as many urban amenities but like they say "The pioneers take the arrows". Have you considered the Plaza Distirct or Paseo?

One of the beauties of an urbanized traditional neighborhood is that as your income increase (or decreases) you don't have to leave the neighborhood. There are housing options at all income levels. Downtown OKC might not be there quite yet as the full range of housing options isn't really available but there are other urban neighborhoods around downtown OKC that I'll bet are within your budget. You might have to live in something smaller than you want right now and maybe not have access to as many urban amenities but like they say "The pioneers take the arrows". Have you considered the Plaza Distirct or Paseo?
Actually, it is rarely true. The more dense and desirous the area the more it forces lower income further to the edges. I know that doesn't fit the idealistic dream, but is reality of economics. That's the irony of new urbanism when it goes from ideology to reality.

I guess now the trend-setter is to get a train in every picture? LOL =)


I'm waiting for when the trend setter is to have a streetcar in every picture.

I still cant believe we have trains period.

If it weren't for trains, how do you think all that stuff gets to all those Wal-Marts so fast?

Here's a rendering of the 50th floor banquet facility.

You can see the bottom of one of the "v's" and what looks to be a glass light well that opens to the triangle above.

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

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/devon32712.jpg

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/devon/devon15.jpg

That looks just like mine from yesterday. Check my Flickr in a while. I'm at work now.

Someone will have to post the photos for me. Uploading now...

One of the beauties of an urbanized traditional neighborhood is that as your income increase (or decreases) you don't have to leave the neighborhood. There are housing options at all income levels. Downtown OKC might not be there quite yet as the full range of housing options isn't really available but there are other urban neighborhoods around downtown OKC that I'll bet are within your budget. You might have to live in something smaller than you want right now and maybe not have access to as many urban amenities but like they say "The pioneers take the arrows". Have you considered the Plaza Distirct or Paseo?

It's not as easy as me just making the move if I did find something in my price range, if I worked downtown or nearby I could easily do it. But I'd end up moving even further away from my employer and even public transit, if it did become viable, my commutes are at odd hours that public transit would probably still miss. I report for work on the weekdays at 415am. I leave my house about 330am. On weekends I report for work in the evening and get off anywhere between midnight and 2am. So there are more factors into keeping me out of downtown than just the price point, it would be more inconvenient for me to at the moment. As much as I'd love to, I just can't do it at this point in time.

Edit to Add: I say my goal is within 5 year, because I believe by then downtown will have enough amenities to outweigh the negative of being further away from work. Hopefully we will have some more retail, and more everyday services within walking distance or on the streetcar line. Where despite being further away from work, with being able to walk to things I use everyday, my total time in my car will be lower on a weekly basis. So there is a curve to it, for my personal situation the curve has me in the suburbs for convenience (as much as I hate being in my car) vs. cost, as downtown grows and my income increases the curve vs. cost will place me at a net advantage for living downtown. I am waiting for the curve.

Tons of fantastic photos from Will... Worth the wait!

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Wow!

Wow, is right.

First, thanks so much to Will for busting his tail to not only get down there and take all these, but cover everything in a very comprehensive way AND get them all posted within a day.

Secondly, this complex is purely world class. That term gets thrown around a lot but it is well deserved here. Every aspect is extremely impressive and there is still plenty more to come: auditorium, finish the south entrance and park / courtyard, tower-top restaurant and banquet facility, connection to the Underground, connection to the newly revamped Colcord, park between Colcord and Tower, LED lighting, etc., etc.


This is one of the few times that a project seems to have exceeded expectations, and they were already very high.

Speaking of the Colcord, their new restaurant with sidewalk and courtyard seating will be opening very soon:

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the sign on the window a few weeks back said april 9th ... but from construction it looks like maybe middle april

I bet they'll want to be open for the Arts Fesitval which starts April 24.

I'm sure they are trying to get both Sheridan and Hudson finished by then, as well as the Devon park and south entrance.

In this photo you can see the construction on the coffee place that will be operated by the same firm that runs Nebu.

Considering Nebu stretches from this point west all the way to the Hudson entrance, it appears these will be the only services in the complex.

That is, unless they plan to add some on the second level of the Garden Wing, which I would think would be unlikely.

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Can people go to the 2nd - 10th floors to take pickures?

Can people go to the 2nd - 10th floors to take pickures?

The only level currently open to visitors is the first one; the rotunda and garden wing where the Nebu food court is located.

I'm pretty sure the public will also be allowed up to the 2nd level of the rotunda and garden wing when construction gets further along, as it's that level that will connect with a walkway to the downtown Underground system.

You will go up the escalator you see in the photos above then out through the third level of the City Center East parking garage, and that connects to the existing skywalk to Oklahoma Tower, which in turn connects to the broader system of tunnels and walkways.

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I'm sure this question has been addressed, and forgive my ignorance, but what are the black spaces on the tower? They're temporary, right?

I'm sure this question has been addressed, and forgive my ignorance, but what are the black spaces on the tower? They're temporary, right?

Yes.

The cranes were attached to the building at those locations and for some reason they have been slow to put in the permanent glass.

I didn’t know until today that the pattern in the floor of the rotunda is suppose to resemble a conical fossil and that the restaurant Nebu is named after the first successful rig that Devon had and of course Vast is so named because of the view.

Panoramas

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In the words of Ernie Hudson at the end of Ghostbusters as he throws his fists in the air:

"I love this town!"

If it weren't for trains, how do you think all that stuff gets to all those Wal-Marts so fast?

I thought it was by Semi's

Wonder when the first wedding/reception will be at the tower. Guess after the top floors are done.

Greta job Will, saves me a trip down there with my camera.

I guess I missed it, but does anyone know how many employees are in the building now? And when do they expect to have everyone in?

I would assume they're moving in quickly considering they're already changing the sign on the old building.