That's only what I'm praying for cause the other reason would be sad...

I am not being sarcastic, I really want to know why the lights are really like that

I am not being sarcastic, I really want to know why the lights are really like that

Uhhhhhhhh, because it spells THUNDER...lol

Uhhhhhhhh, because it spells THUNDER...lol

Oohhh I see now lol? It probably would have been easier to notice if the used orange leds to spell it out

When do they start taking reservations for dinner at Vast?

Likely not until 60 days before open at the earliest...Unless opening gets pushed back to December, in which case they will probably start taking reservations no later than October 1st (that's when Christmas Party/New Years Eve reservations generally start being made)

I'm sure Vast will be open October 1; I heard this directly from the people at Williams.

Devon has made every time goal thus far and the grand opening for the entire complex will be mid-October.

Found on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61026808@N08/7452029750/

I stopped by the post office at 6th and Harvey after work yesterday about 4:30 pm. I walked out looking South, and WOW, what a great picture. An old Cathedral in the foreground, with the Devon Tower looking space age dominating the skyline in the back ground. Kind of breath taking !

The views up and down Harvey are really slick now, rivaling Robinson for best urban street scene in OKC.

Attended a wedding Saturday at the Gardens. Snapped this for those who haven't seen it yet.

1870

I think one has to keep in mind that this looks a lot better from half a mile away than it does right beneath it.

just a note but the temp construction fence is now totally removed north of sheridan ... the Flint patio is close to opening (any day now) and the landscaping is wraping up around the devon building

just a note but the temp construction fence is now totally removed north of sheridan ... the Flint patio is close to opening (any day now) and the landscaping is wraping up around the devon building

Thanks for the update.


Photos someone, please!

WHEN will the windows ever get put in? Pete, I know you've thought it had to do with the permanent crane on top of the tower being used, but my goodness it's taking along time. Wish we knew what the hold-up is!

WHEN will the windows ever get put in? Pete, I know you've thought it had to do with the permanent crane on top of the tower being used, but my goodness it's taking along time. Wish we knew what the hold-up is!

They just finished adding the last two windows in where the crane was attached on the east side, the only window that is left to be filled on the east side is the one that got broke, when they were lowering the crane, and I am sure that will be filled soon.

Thanks for the info. What about the windows where the construction elevator was attached. Have they been replaced yet?

Thanks for the info. What about the windows where the construction elevator was attached. Have they been replaced yet?

Most of them have. For some reason they've been replacing them from top to bottom and just a couple of levels are left.

Thanks. Glad to hear that. I was beginning to wonder when they would start replacing them.

Don't know if someone has already posted this or not. Here is a cool time lapse video of the Devon Tower being built.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaQ3ylepdV0&feature=player_embedded

Not sure if last night was the first night or what, but I was driving back from Dallas and passed by downtown at about 1:20AM and the tower was lit green from Top to Bottom and the Triangles were also lit green.

It was actually really bizarre because I had just driven by Bank of America in Dallas at like 10:30.

Definitely would love to see some pictures in a couple weeks when they have all the programming and lights figured out. From 235 I could clearly see that some of the lights on the triangle were not functioning like they should.

It was beautiful though, The green was easily noticeable from Moore.

^ On the 10:00 news they showed a still of the tower all lit up and it was changing colors. The triangles were also lit as you mentioned! Cool sight!

I got a picture yesterday morning - about 5 AM - with the full green. Tried to email it to Pete, but his mailbox is full. Will upload to Flickr this weekend from computer
The effect was dramatic - could see it from I-40 at Sunnylane coming in.

I've seen pictures of the tower completely lit in green and in purple on Instagram.

My understanding is that they are still finishing the lighting hardware install and will get to serious final programming around mid-August.

why hasnt anybody posted pictures yet, seriously? If they are on instagram put them here.

why hasnt anybody posted pictures yet, seriously? If they are on instagram put them here.

We'll have to leave that to him. I just tried to do a Google image search and it did not yield any results. It's all about who you know on Instagram.

We'll have to leave that to him. I just tried to do a Google image search and it did not yield any results. It's all about who you know on Instagram.

Found some.

http://distilleryimage7.s3.amazonaws.com/16308fa4ca4111e1a94522000a1e8aaf_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/3485f768ca3811e1b00112313800c5e4_7.jpg

I really like it lit in purple.

This is from a few days ago; looks like they were down to one set of windows on the west side:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7524572470_bc7e7f1796_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7139/7559013196_22e432902f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559013196/)
Devon Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559013196/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7559016236_834b180517.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559016236/)
Devon Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559016236/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7255/7559017068_afba291982.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559017068/)
NE 2nd St (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559017068/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7559040320_d47d9e5d48.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559040320/)
Hudson Ave. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559040320/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7118/7559039454_6dc9db8f30.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559039454/)
Hudson & Dean A McGee (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559039454/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8014/7559041020_526dbeb1d0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559041020/)
Hudson Ave (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559041020/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7136/7559041724_3eac450c70.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559041724/)
Hudson Ave (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7559041724/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8432/7563972764_793b5657b8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7563972764/)
American 777-200 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7563972764/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr

Found this one on my computer from a long time ago. Fun to look back.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7563946276_9becc9847d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7563946276/)
FedEx A300-600 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbridgesokc/7563946276/) by Matthew Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/people/mattbridgesokc/), on Flickr

Great photos catch22. I have never seen a passenger wide body at Will Rogers. Was the AA 777 a charter?

Great photos catch22. I have never seen a passenger wide body at Will Rogers. Was the AA 777 a charter?

Thanks! It diverted from Dallas.

Sheridan Avenue is now completely open in front of the complex. I drove and my wife took some pictures through the open convertible:

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/OKCDrummer77/July%2010%202012%20Downtown/Devon2.jpg

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/OKCDrummer77/July%2010%202012%20Downtown/Devon1.jpg

Here's one from Harvey Avenue just across from the Myriad Gardens:

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff342/OKCDrummer77/July%2010%202012%20Downtown/Devon3.jpg

I saw the maintenance crane hovering around the glass that was damaged on the East side this evening. Maybe it'll be fixed this week.

I see Project 180 is working. I can't tell you the last time I saw a picture of downtown OKC street that showed any kind of human existance. It always looked like the 'after' scene in the plague movies.

I see Project 180 is working. I can't tell you the last time I saw a picture of downtown OKC street that showed any kind of human existance. It always looked like the 'after' scene in the plague movies.

I was at the Devon building last week having lunch, and it was cool to see all the life outside around the building and across the street in the Gardens. There were guys in the park playing some kind of sport, soccer maybe (couldn't tell what exactly, just saw some running etc), people walking around, eating lunch both at outside the building and in the park, school groups walking through the park, families playing with their kids. It was cool.

Just wait until the Colcord work is finally finished and the Flint patio opens and they wrap up the P180 mess on Robinson and Hudson and Main and around the Civic Center and the SandRidge buildings are all finished and they open the MG restaurant and Vast...

There is WAY more life downtown that just two years ago and we are just getting started.

From Flickr:


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7580112554_f708eacfa5_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7257/7580105922_5dff07d4bf_b.jpg

Is the restaurant open yet? Any internal pix to post?

Vast (restaurant at the top) does not open until October.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8023/7607076256_6be5ae628d_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7607075454_8700f73e47_b.jpg

I love that first picture. It took me a while to get oriented. That is not a view that has existed very long.

Very very true. Thanks. Looked way better on my phone but I guess that's because of the AMOLED display!

Wow! The picture with the new arena addition looks fantastic!

I haven't been down there in a long time. The view without I-40 looks like a different city. Haven't seen how far along the arena is either. I got really burnt out on it having done so much over the past two years. I might pick it back up when it cools down.

I haven't been down there in a long time. The view without I-40 looks like a different city. Haven't seen how far along the arena is either. I got really burnt out on it having done so much over the past two years. I might pick it back up when it cools down.

Good to "see" you Will.

You've been missed, and not just for your photos. Hope all is well on your end.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8023/7607076256_6be5ae628d_b.jpg


Wow, it took me a minute to orient myself... Think about how much has changed just in this photo.

I wonder if the new lobby will color-shifting LED lighting??


Thanks for sharing.

I'm not too crazy about the pics that show the Devon Tower tilting like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

I'm not too crazy about the pics that show the Devon Tower tilting like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

LOL!!!

It's really accentuated by the tapering of the tower too.

well ... the wind was sweeping down the plains.

Wow, it took me a minute to orient myself... Think about how much has changed just in this photo.

I wonder if the new lobby will color-shifting LED lighting??


Thanks for sharing.

What's even crazier is how much is GOING to change (convention center, boulevard, central park, hotel, etc.)

^ The sky looks great though!

I'm not too crazy about the pics that show the Devon Tower tilting like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.


Sorry that the dynamics of my cell phone aren't up to your specifications. Call 1-800-Samsung and you may be able to resolve the issue by working with their technology staff ;-)

I'm not too crazy about the pics that show the Devon Tower tilting like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

You're starting to sound like thunder... Lol!

A recent photo showing the triangles lit with LED and different colors on the indentions.

And remember, these can be made to be much brighter:



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8423/7616840414_5cb5ace145_o.jpg

Beautiful! I don't know if this has been posted before or not.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFYSscLnJuQ

anyone notice the Devon cam lately?

haha. awesome.

Haha! That's funny!

Oh that is great.

It appears someone is monkeying around with the cam!

I am enjoying watching the cam again! That is one laid back pirate. Thanks for the chuckle(s)