it looks like its 100 feet taller

the tops of the two tallest tower cranes can't be seen on the Skyline cam currently.
You can, however, see them from downtown Tulsa.

the tops of the two tallest tower cranes can't be seen on the Skyline cam currently.

Judging from what I can see over near 44 and Hefner Parkway, Crane 2 is smack dab between the Oklahoma Tower and Chase in height.

Any info when the cam will be back-up?

Any info when the cam will be back-up?

First reply 3 1/2 hours later, I'd say no. I think it's a conspiracy!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5031566098_ac828180ab_z.jpg

Sorry gang. For some weird reason we can't upload images to our web server.

I can only access from my iPhone.

Hope to have resolved in a day or two.

The tower is actually a lot closer. The phone is making it appear further away. Drive by and you will see how massive it is.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-mtq1JTrA8

Thanks Kinggober...you always seem to come through with images right about the time I am about to crack with desperation since the camera has been down. I realize now how much I must be on here just checking in for interesting shots of things transpiring on the web cam! That is probably not as good, as I am sure it takes up much more time than I realize. Thanks again for keeping me sane and sharing a glimpse of what it looks like from the the top of the Oklahoma Tower. Some how the tower seems much taller from that perspective.

I was wrong , as you can see from kinggober's above picture from the Skyline cam, that the east tower crane can be seen still. Sorry about that .

Sorry gang. For some weird reason we can't upload images to our web server.

I can only access from my iPhone.

Hope to have resolved in a day or two.

Pete, if you need somewhere temporary to stick the pics, I'm sure I can make it happen.

The forms for the 14th Floor are in place on the SE side.

Here are some pictures I took yesterday (9-28-2010) around 12:15 pm.


http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac263/ndmoore84/Devon%20Tower/700338cc.jpg

http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac263/ndmoore84/Devon%20Tower/8f671adc.jpg

http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac263/ndmoore84/Devon%20Tower/2403fc68.jpg

http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac263/ndmoore84/Devon%20Tower/0ecda435.jpg

Thanks for the pics ndmoore!

Here's some from today. The glare from the windows is pretty bad but still worth looking at.
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/4ebbd432.jpg
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/b902bea2.jpg
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/3f3ee7c3.jpg
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/5f8a71c6.jpg
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/f35710b8.jpg
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/99aac905.jpg
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/cc44abdb.jpg
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/34a49418.jpg
http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu235/okcmomentum/1c483d38.jpg

Would be great to have a cam from the top of the Hightower building, or the bldg just to the south with a wide-angle view cuz pretty soon this thing is going to soar and the current cam won't cut it.

Would be great to have a cam from the top of the Hightower building, or the bldg just to the south with a wide-angle view cuz pretty soon this thing is going to soar and the current cam won't cut it.

Is the current Cam even back up? I am not able to see it if it is...this is driving me crazy!!! The only thing keeping me sane is the great photos that are being posted here! So thank you very much for all of your contributions!

Should have the cam Images later today. Will make an announcement when active.

Thanks Pete for the update. Sure will be glad to see the cam going again!

Thanks Pete

Back on-line if you didn't already see the banner announcement.

just made my day.

Whoa, the changes in these several days since the camera went down are really dramatic. Thanks for giving us our camera fix once again!

Yep, while we were away they started adding the frames for the glass on the podium building.

What floor is is up to today? 13 or 14? I don't know.

Yep, while we were away they started adding the frames for the glass on the podium building.

They haven't started on the glass for the Podium building yet...the framing you see on the Northeast side of the Podium is actually for the stairwell.

What floor is is up to today? 13 or 14? I don't know.

They have started framing the 14th floor on the Southeast side. So 14 floors is the highest level right now.

They haven't started on the glass for the Podium building yet...the framing you see on the Northeast side of the Podium is actually for the stairwell.

I meant the structure immediately north of the tower... Devon is now calling this the 'podium' and the other, larger structure to the west the 'garden building'.

Is the roof of the north podium building going to be used for anything special?

Yep, while we were away they started adding the frames for the glass on the podium building.


Pete, are you talking about the area within the red box on this image?

http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac263/ndmoore84/Devon%20Tower/DevonConstructionCam.jpg

Pete, thanks for all your work on this site.

Yes, ndmoore that's what I meant.

But it seems you meant the same thing... So this is to be the stairwell? I thought it was mullions for glass.

Yes, ndmoore that's what I meant.

But it seems you meant the same thing... So this is to be the stairwell? I thought it was mullions for glass.

I believe it is going to be the stairwell, maybe just like they did with the west parking garage. The podium actually has built in brackets to hold up the glass just like the tower.

YAY! I'm soooooooo glad the still cam is back up. Now I can get back to checking it out every night before I go to bed, lol!

Thanks to all involved.

Ditto on the tower cam being back online although I fear my productivity level at work will go back down. =) Myself and a co-worker were beginning to have withdrawals. Cannot say this enough.......thanks to all who post photo's of the work site.

Does anyone else's "Thread" pages look different? Also, I'm not seeing the link for the cam, old one doesn't work for me... pardon if I'm just slow tonight... thanks.

Does anyone else's "Thread" pages look different? Also, I'm not seeing the link for the cam, old one doesn't work for me... pardon if I'm just slow tonight... thanks.

Everything looks the same for me and I can see the cam image with no problem.

new direct link here should cover your problems, mburlison. http://www.tnttri.com/OKCTalk/DevonConstructionCam.jpg

If it's ok Pete, I'd like to share with the national forums. ...

new direct link here should cover your problems, mburlison. http://www.tnttri.com/OKCTalk/DevonConstructionCam.jpg


Thank you for posting this!

I believe it is going to be the stairwell, maybe just like they did with the west parking garage. The podium actually has built in brackets to hold up the glass just like the tower.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/devon/devon9.jpg

Your right, its a stairwell.
Here is a rendering of that side of the building.

Thanks everyone!

Hey everyone. It's been awhile since I've been on here. I drive by downtown regularly and see the progression. It's looking great. Does anyone know how tall it is supposed to be. I remember it started out at 950 ft I think. Then I think I heard they knocked it down to 850 ft. What's the latest news on that?

Hey everyone. It's been awhile since I've been on here. I drive by downtown regularly and see the progression. It's looking great. Does anyone know how tall it is supposed to be. I remember it started out at 950 ft I think. Then I think I heard they knocked it down to 850 ft. What's the latest news on that?

Their still saying 850 ft with 50 floors. Some people on here are hoping for a surprise increase in height. LOL

Their still saying 850 ft with 50 floors. Some people on here are hoping for a surprise increase in height. LOL

850 is an embarrassment to OKC considering many other places shoot for much taller.

850 is an embarrassment to OKC considering many other places shoot for much taller.

If Devon only needs a 850ft building than OKC gets a 850ft building. I would have preferred the orignal height, but 850 ft is a pretty good sized tower for a city the size of OKC. Only the biggest of cities see buildings over 1000ft and many of the those projects are on hold or cancelled.

In Chicago, the spire is most likely cancelled and they also have a ugly unfinished structure which was suppose to be waterview tower that has now been cancelled.

Towers 2 and 3 at the WTC site are only going to be built up to ground level for the time being pending market conditions.

These are just the few projects I can think at the top of my head.

I don't think embarrassment is the right word to use here. I'm not sure what you mean by "other places" but OKC has no say in how tall the building is. It's a gorgeous building that trumps anything else in Oklahoma so I honestly don't see where the embarrassment is.

Nm

Love the building and everything, just would like for Devon to shoot for 1,000. It would have more impact to show the nation how strong OKC is. 850 just seem too average to me.

Thunder I wonder if you've ever been outside of okc to other major metros to even realize that this is still very impressive.

I know its impressive. Just wonder why they are not shooting for 1,000 now. In 10 years, they'll wish it was done.

Too many speculators on here...criminal...

Remember the tallest building in Dallas is 921ft., that's only 71ft. taller than ours. I'm disapointed it didn't end up being 925ft., but I'm really proud of the of the height it's going to be. It will be the 31st tallest in the U.S. when finished! Going to look great in the skyline! Hopefully more new buildings are coming in the future (convention hotel, etc.)

I am very satisfied with 850 feet. Considering the skyline as an entity, I even wish it were slightly lower than that. The beauty of a skyline comes from the interplay of the bulldings with each other. When one builiding is significantly taller than all the others, it tends to make the remaining buildings look smaller---the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs effect. I remember when Charlotte NC added a building (Wachovia, I think) much taller than the existing buildings and the resulting skyline looked odd. Later other builidings filled in the gap, and today its skyling is stunning. Be that as it may, to say that 850 feet is an "embarrassment" is, well, embarrassing.

850 is an embarrassment to OKC considering many other places shoot for much taller.


Love the building and everything, just would like for Devon to shoot for 1,000. It would have more impact to show the nation how strong OKC is. 850 just seem too average to me.

WHAT?!? ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!? C'mon seriously! That has to be one of the stupidest comments I have EVER seen you make! After seeing what time these comments were made, surely they were made after SEVERAL alcoholic beverages.... 850 ft. is embarrassing but if you add 150 ft. it's all of the sudden not embarrassing? Yeah, because I'm sure there's 850 ft. buildings popping up everywhere right now. Actually... If someone feels like doing the research (maybe somebody knows), Tell us how many buildings are being built in the U.S. right now that are 850+ ft. It's amazing how we get something SOOOOOO BIG for the city of OKC and the image of OKC and some people on here are STILL negative about it and it's NEVER good enough.

A big THANK YOU to Watson410 for putting into words what most of us on here were thinking about the comments in question! I will say that I am embarrassed for those who think having a beautiful new 850 ft. skyscraper is embarrassing because it's not the height they want. I'm glad we aren't all that negative on this thread!

And btw Thunder, i would hold off on advertising for the so-called OKC Market Center until there is an announcement or some sort of concrete evidence of this "transaction". Just my opinion though. :-)

850 is an embarrassment to OKC considering many other places shoot for much taller.

Ridiculous.

WHAT?!? ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!? C'mon seriously! That has to be one of the stupidest comments I have EVER seen you make! After seeing what time these comments were made, surely they were made after SEVERAL alcoholic beverages.... 850 ft. is embarrassing but if you add 150 ft. it's all of the sudden not embarrassing? Yeah, because I'm sure there's 850 ft. buildings popping up everywhere right now. Actually... If someone feels like doing the research (maybe somebody knows), Tell us how many buildings are being built in the U.S. right now that are 850+ ft. It's amazing how we get something SOOOOOO BIG for the city of OKC and the image of OKC and some people on here are STILL negative about it and it's NEVER good enough.

Only 5, all in New York. The Chicago projects don't count in my opinion because construction workers haven't been at those two sites for over a year now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_under_construction,_approved,_and_ proposed_buildings_in_the_United_States

And btw Thunder, i would hold off on advertising for the so-called OKC Market Center until there is an announcement or some sort of concrete evidence of this "transaction". Just my opinion though. :-)

View the other topic. :-)