I too made it downtown today - gotta love federal holidays! Haven't seen a pic taken from this side of downtown in a while (looking SE). Pardon the quality, all I had was my cell phone.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5365643293_5e51fe5b5b_b.jpg

^^My favorite angle viewing the skyline,would be real Awesome at night!Thanks for posting!

VERY NICE Jonno and swilki!

my favorite view of downtown just got much nicer! thanks swilki!

^^My favorite angle viewing the skyline,would be real Awesome at night!Thanks for posting!

Me too. The buildings are much more condensed from this angle!

I agree. I really like that view of downtown. Also, have they started the 30th floor/story yet?

Me too. The buildings are much more condensed from this angle!

^^My Least favorite angles are from The SW part of The city, like coming from The Airport or from The NE part of The city like around The Med.district or The State Capitol!

Hello - long time lurker and first time poster. I own a webcam and work in the Chase Building on a fairly high floor. I will see about setting up the cam up here for you guys. It may be a bandwidth issue, but at the very least, maybe I can figure out how to send still pictures every hour or somesuch. Anyway, I would post a pic I took today with my iPhone from where the cam would be located, but apparently, I need to be a member longer to do that. Coming soon, I guess!

ChaseDweller, thanks for your interest and kind offer! I sent you an email about how we might proceed.

Also, you should be able to upload your photo now -- we simply moderate the first few posts of all users to avoid the board being spammed.

Hello - long time lurker and first time poster. I own a webcam and work in the Chase Building on a fairly high floor. I will see about setting up the cam up here for you guys. It may be a bandwidth issue, but at the very least, maybe I can figure out how to send still pictures every hour or somesuch. Anyway, I would post a pic I took today with my iPhone from where the cam would be located, but apparently, I need to be a member longer to do that. Coming soon, I guess!

The Power of Prayer...

Yeah!!!!

Coming soon...as OPEC goes for the gold...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_natural_gas

I agree. I really like that view of downtown. Also, have they started the 30th floor/story yet?

Not yet. They are working on the ceiling for the 28th level or the floor for the 29th level depending on your point of view.

ChaseDweller, that sounds great! Even updating once every 10 minutes or 5 wouldn't require much bandwidth at all if it is a still image. Could probably work something out where it uploads the image to somewhere offsite so you aren't serving out to everyone on the board.

True. I have used CoffeeCup's software to upload images from my cam when I had it on a tank every second. For this project, every minute or five is fine. There are many free hosting to set up with a simple code on a web page to display the images on whatever intervals.

Thanks ljbab728 for the info.

My friend works downtown and get to her office quite early in the morning. She knows about my interest in thw tower and said it looked amazing this morning lit up. She shot a picture with her phone, its not the greatest quality but a different perspective than what we have seen. She also said she would take me sometime with her and let me in her garage so I could get some good shots with a better camera.

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l527/mrktguy29/devontower119am.jpg

Anyone see the City's Flickr construction photos?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50408515@N06/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5343417647_8563173d38_b.jpg

Original:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5343417647_c2fb7b3aef_o.jpg

thanks for the link ... what a great pic that is the new glazing on the crystal bridge looks great

What is the height of the tower now? 460ish feet?

Shanghai: 1990-2010
http://i.imgur.com/AqNdG.jpg

Anyone ever heard of EarthCam?

http://www.earthcam.net/construction/

The new World Trade Center site uses something like it.

http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/live-camera.html

http://oxblue.com/archive/487d07189e5fd2b7edce94fc0bcf4b68/800x600.jpg

http://www.national911memorial.org/site/PageServer?pagename=New_Visit_EarthCam

The World Trade Center reached 52 stories back in December, making it half way to the finished height.

http://www.observer.com/files/full/1_WTC_Halfway_Night_Lights_0.JPG

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/16/132114994/freedom-tower-reaches-halfway-point

I clicked the link on the bottom and found EarthCam. This would be great to use for Devon Tower.

http://www.earthcam.net/pdf/ConstructionCamHD.pdf

http://www.webcamstore.com/professional/product.php?systemid=1092


Contact Us for Pricing
1-800-EARTHCAM / 1-201-488-1111

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Here's a comparison page with live video samples.
http://www.earthcam.net/products/comparisonchart.php

I still think something using UStream would be better.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/towerbridge

BTW this is still my favorite webcam. Actual live video you can control in real time.

http://www.littletongov.org/cupolacam/default.asp

^WOW. I had no idea Shanghai went through that much of a transformation. That's a neat photo comparison!

Dubai 1990-2003

http://www.dubai-architecture.info/Dubai1990-full.jpg
http://www.dubai-architecture.info/Dubai2003-full.jpg

http://www.abdolian.com/thoughts/?p=1818

Services like EarthCam and OxBlue (used by Chesapeake's contractor) are expensive and meant to be mounted on the exterior of an adjacent building. The people at Chase Tower aren't going to let us do that, cost aside.

We are working on getting something setup on an upper floor in Chase Tower and also near the new LEVEL and Aloft construction. In both cases -- just like the current Devon webcam -- a poster on the board simply volunteered and I've helped them in various ways.

I too made it downtown today - gotta love federal holidays! Haven't seen a pic taken from this side of downtown in a while (looking SE). Pardon the quality, all I had was my cell phone.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5365643293_5e51fe5b5b_b.jpg

swilki, would you mind if I uploaded this picture to the OKC wikipedia page? There is a terrible picture up now and this one would be a huge improvement. I won't do it without your permission...

Shanghai: 1990-2010


Holy crap!

swilki, would you mind if I uploaded this picture to the OKC wikipedia page? There is a terrible picture up now and this one would be a huge improvement. I won't do it without your permission...

The Wikipedia picture is from a photo posted on here a few months ago. I thought at first it was a capture from my latest video.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Downtown%20OKC/okcskyline1-13-11.jpg

Either way though. It's terrible. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Oklahoma_city_skyline.JPG)
The one you suggest, from that angle it makes all the buildings look the same size and out of proportion, but that's just my opinion.

Any ideas of other pics then?

Any ideas of other pics then?

Just use the one you were wanting to use. I have no idea how to update the Wiki with new profile avatar.

The Wikipedia picture is from a photo posted on here a few months ago. I thought at first it was a capture from my latest video.

Either way though. It's terrible. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Oklahoma_city_skyline.JPG)
The one you suggest, from that angle it makes all the buildings look the same size and out of proportion, but that's just my opinion.

I think a shot from the place above (SE 15th, just west of I-35) would be awesome during spring time with storms in the background behind downtown!

And random thought here but is it just me or would downtown look even more awesome if a midrise skyscraper was built in the square block where, currently, Devon construction employees park? I may have brought this up in the past, but honestly, I can't remember...

I agree with Thunder and KilgoreTrout. Post that view. I'ts much better than what is being used now.

swilki, would you mind if I uploaded this picture to the OKC wikipedia page? There is a terrible picture up now and this one would be a huge improvement. I won't do it without your permission...

sheeeesh. I would be honored. Go for it!

Just use the one you were wanting to use. I have no idea how to update the Wiki with new profile avatar.

Thunder,

Not that I know exactly how copyright laws work vs. public domain. Not that I even care. But it always nice to ask someone permission before using something they did.

Thanks for asking KilgoreTrout.

Thunder,

Not that I know exactly how copyright laws work vs. public domain. Not that I even care. But it always nice to ask someone permission before using something they did.

Thanks for asking KilgoreTrout.

He already asked you. Now everyone was just waiting for your response. Once an answer is given, then it is all a go. Wiki has all that info to put in who produced the picture, etc.

Is it just an optical illusion or me because the WTC doesn't look like it is 52 stories. Devon hasn't reached 30 stories and it looks as big as the WTC, unless of course it just has to do with the buildings in each of the surrounding areas

Is it just an optical illusion or me because the WTC doesn't look like it is 52 stories. Devon hasn't reached 30 stories and it looks as big as the WTC, unless of course it just has to do with the buildings in each of the surrounding areas
Have you been to NYC, specifically the WTC site, those buildings are MASSIVE.

Have you been to NYC, specifically the WTC site, those buildings are MASSIVE.

^^No doubt,having been to NYC a few times it will Amaze you how Massive and Tall towers can get in NYC!Downtown OKC's towers/highrises could fit in a few blocks of dt Manhatten!

^^No doubt,having been to NYC a few times it will Amaze you how Massive and Tall towers can get in NYC!Downtown OKC's towers/highrises could fit in a few blocks of dt Manhatten!

I love Manahattan--but only for a few days at most--at a time.

Not sure why every one is dismayed at the picture of DT OKC. DT OKC is relatively sparse in terms of tall buildings, old, with most of the high rise buildings having been built circa 1960's, whichi means boxy and plain. DT OKC has a long way to go to be photogenic

Not sure why every one is dismayed at the picture of DT OKC. DT OKC is relatively sparse in terms of tall buildings, old, with most of the high rise buildings having been built circa 1960's, whichi means boxy and plain. DT OKC has a long way to go to be photogenic

C'mon. It was obviously just a bad picture; everyone is aware of what our Downtown lacks, so no need to reiterate "DT OKC has a long way to go to be photogenic." However, the very least we can do is to get a decent picture of it, and not one that looks like complete crap. Thankyou very much.

Is it just an optical illusion or me because the WTC doesn't look like it is 52 stories. Devon hasn't reached 30 stories and it looks as big as the WTC, unless of course it just has to do with the buildings in each of the surrounding areas

I think floor spacing is also in play here. Devon tower has 20' spacing on the first six floors and 15' spacing on each floor above that. The floor spacing on the Freedom tower looks smaller to me. A previous post said 600 something feet and 52 floors also. That equates to 11 to 12 feet per floor.

KilgoreTrout are you still planning on replacing the current picture of OKC on Wiki with the other one? I hope so because the one on there now doesn't do anything for the downtown skyline.

I went ahead and made the change. Wikipedia doesn't make it very easy to change pictures IMO. Also removed the "Big Friendly" nickname. Who uses that?

Anyway, if someone has a better pic go and ahead and remove mine.

Google Maps has First National now in 3d.

C'mon. It was obviously just a bad picture; everyone is aware of what our Downtown lacks, so no need to reiterate "DT OKC has a long way to go to be photogenic." However, the very least we can do is to get a decent picture of it, and not one that looks like complete crap. Thankyou very much.

You are very welcome. If the picture posted is "factual: than maybe DT OKC is just bad/ugly or whatever and investment (like what Devon and Sandridge are doing) needs to occur to modernize DT. However, if photoshoping pictures of DT OKC to make it appear more dense or urban that is well, just stupid.

Also removed the "Big Friendly" nickname. Who uses that?


Totally agree

I went ahead and made the change. Wikipedia doesn't make it very easy to change pictures IMO. Also removed the "Big Friendly" nickname. Who uses that?

Anyway, if someone has a better pic go and ahead and remove mine.

I sent the updated link to some friends around the nation...expatriates...and they all think it was a great improvement...thanks!

Big Friendly sounds like an exotic dancer...

Thanks so much KilgoreTrout for changing the downtown picture on Wiki. I think it looks great now! A big improvement. Also, our downtown is starting io look alot better. I'm proud of what is going on and can't wait to see it change for the better. Hopefully, there will be even more announcements in the near future!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Oklahoma_City

It still says the Devon Tower will be 925ft. Would someone whose wiki savvy please change it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Oklahoma_City

It still says the Devon Tower will be 925ft. Would someone whose wiki savvy please change it?

Yes--they should change it to 1,032. Remember that figure...

Not the greatest shot, but, last night after the Kathy Griffin Comedy show at the Civic Center:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r170/OkStateBBall78/Mobile%20Uploads/2011-01-21-22-10-48-031.jpg

A little blurry, but nice all the same. How was the performance?
I clean forgot she was even coming to town.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5170/5378370322_d0d9fb7ee6_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5378370554_8de7e5c688_b.jpg

A little blurry, but nice all the same. How was the performance?
I clean forgot she was even coming to town.

Went with the girlfriend. I laughed a few times times but considering I don't have cable, I don't any of the shows she was talking about.

King, sweet shot! I know a post on here that will appreciate the direct south view you have provided!

Yes--they should change it to 1,032. Remember that figure...Interesting, if not cryptic. Can you elaborate?

Interesting, if not cryptic. Can you elaborate?

Think black helicopters

Interesting, if not cryptic. Can you elaborate?

It is a simple thing...just remember that number--1,032. Think of it as black helicopters, raving lunacy, giggly stuff for teenage not-it-alls...just simply write it down on a piece of paper and keep it in a book somewhere. I mean--how hard is that?

1,032 - that is what page we will be on when Devon Tower is completed.

Does anyone know what percentage of height is completed? Are they half way?

It is a simple thing...just remember that number--1,032. Think of it as black helicopters, raving lunacy, giggly stuff for teenage not-it-alls...just simply write it down on a piece of paper and keep it in a book somewhere. I mean--how hard is that?

Thanks, Dan Brown.