From warreng88:



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I would think just to the left of bok

It will definitely be left of BOK... potentially closer to Devon, in fact. It will depend on where the height of the hotel accumulates. If it's just right, it might close the majority of the gap between those two from the NW view.

I guess the next major structure will be the convention center hotel.

Will it be to the right of BOK Park Plaza from this angle ?

Has the city decided on which of the four hotel chains will anchor or be the flagship for the convention center hotel?

From warreng88:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/bok081316c.jpg

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This is a really painful visual.

Can anyone advise me on how to create diagrams on SkycraperPage? I want to create one for Cummings Building and Times Square if they get added once I submit info. I've also requested for OKC to be shown on Skyrisecities and I'm updating Skyscraper Page forum as well.

Is it difficult to learn?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp3FbjwUIAA_hDn?format=jpg&name=large

https://twitter.com/artscouncilokc/status/764984609608114176

Came across this photo on my Twitter feed from tonight I assume. A good example of how much street wall impact this really will provide to the gardens. The initial renderings showed this building to appear smaller than it seems to in reality. I'll hopefully be in OKC this week and hope to see it in person from the park.

Yeah, the renderings didn't fully display how WIDE this building is going to be. It's going to be pretty close to being as wide as Devon Tower; though it's full base size won't be as large (I don't think). Going to be a nice visual piece in the city. Especially when you consider that in the picture above, it would be over twice as tall as it is now, heading above the top of the picture.

Starting to make it's presence felt on the skyline:
http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/bok081216.jpg

Someone care to photoshop this for me?? ;)

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It just struck me how ironic it is that I watched the Devon Building go up from the 7th floor of the old Hotel Black and now someone is sitting in the Devon tower doing the same in reverse.

Safe to say its half way complete on the vertical.

Safe to say its half way complete on the vertical.

I would say one more. They're pouring floor 13 if I can count correctly.

I would say one more. They're pouring floor 13 if I can count correctly.

13th floor? Looks as though we are nearing the mid point in height (27 floors).

Yes, but below the glass there are two floors, you just cant see them from this angle. Once this building is complete and covered with its glass curtain, Ill post the pictures I've taken. They have all been from the same angle on the east side of Hudson right in the middle of Reno and Shereton

It's not quite halfway in height, as there will be a crown on the building that doesn't count as a floor.

That crown in some renderings look to be equal to 2.5 to 3 floors. If that's the case then halfway would be 15 floors maybe ?

That crown in some renderings look to be equal to 2.5 to 3 floors. If that's the case then halfway would be 15 floors maybe ?

Great!

Going off of one of the diagrams on the first page, the top of the 13th floor (or the floor of the 14th floor) is about 194'. So, halfway of the total height would be about halfway through the 15th floor.

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I like how much heft this building adds to the skyline, particularly when viewed from the Myriad Gardens. It's amazing how much impact one development can have in making our city feel much larger & more impressive!

I agree, I love the fact this will help continue the 'building border' around the gardens. Not going to lie though, it also reminds me of what-could-have-been, with the Rainey/Clayco pad across the street.

Still can't get over how impressive this will be when finished.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/bok081216.jpg

14 floors and counting...

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/bok082716.jpg

Great view of the parking garage district...

Hines finally did a placement on their website for this project:

https://www.hines.com/properties/bok-park-plaza-at-499-sheridan-oklahoma-city

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^^^^^
Thanks!

Big aesthetic improvement over the current BOK building...

Hines finally did a placement on their website for this project:

https://www.hines.com/properties/bok-park-plaza-at-499-sheridan-oklahoma-city

I noticed they have it listed twice as having 28 floors.

They could be counting a mechanical floor I guess.

Cool!
It's amazing what TWO towers (Devon, BOK) have done and will do to this skyline.

Cool!
It's amazing what TWO towers (Devon, BOK) have done and will do to this skyline.


Too bad the Rainy Willams / Clayco pipe dream turned to dust. If that project would have came through it would have made a decent impression even though they were mid rises.

RT, would you consider this tower (BOK Park Plaza) to be a midrise?

Clayco would have been the same height; definitely NOT a midrise.

RT, would you consider this tower (BOK Park Plaza) to be a midrise?

Clayco would have been the same height; definitely NOT a midrise.

Yes I would now that Devon Tower is there.

Yes I would now that Devon Tower is there.

Well, you're wrong. But at least you're consistent. ;)

Too bad the Rainy Willams / Clayco pipe dream turned to dust. If that project would have came through it would have made a decent impression even though they were mid rises.

Agree. Those towers were gorgeous.

I know I'm wrong since I just looked it up. But to me,I have always went 10 stories and under low rise. 10-30 mid-rise 30-50 highrise and 50 plus skyscrapers. But my main point was the Rainey/Clayco project. That would have really been a huge addition to the skyline IMO.

Good you see you're wrong on this.

Low rise is actually lower than 3, hence you can't see it except up close. Midrise is below 12 floors generally or less than 120 feet. Highrise is 12 or higher floors and higher than 120 feet. Most buildings in OKC's CBD are highrise since they are over 12 floors/120 feet and OKC already has four highrise hotels (in order: Renaissance/Marriott, Sheraton, Skirvin Hilton, and Colcord) even though we usually consider a 'highrise hotel' to be above 20 floors.

Skyscraper is usually for towers above 300 feet (if clustered together, like in a CBD) but can also include lower towers if they are by themself (like on NW Expressway - nearly all of those are less than 300 feet but would be considered skyscrapers/highrises). OKC has numerous skyscrapers in the CBD and several in NW Expressway; they're not supertall (save Devon) but their still skyscrapers and would appear moreso if the topography permitted.

Here's another way to think of it.

If you jumped off a low-rise with no protection, you would surely survive if you hit the flat ground below and very likely not get too injured depending upon how you landed. If you jumped off a mid-rise, you MIGHT survive but you surely will be quite injured. If you jump off a high-rise, you WONT survive at all. If you jump off a skyscraper, you will become mince meat instantly once you hit the ground.

Given this, tell me which low-rises in downtown OKC you'd jump off of? I bet all of them you'd say would be three floors or lower. ...

I can tell you, if you jump off the Clayco towers or BOK Park Plaza (or any other identifiable tower in the CBD) you will not survive and very likely will be mince meat once you hit the ground.

In the second picture, you can see they have started to put up the siding on the north garage along Main Street.



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Took this one tonight:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/bok090616.jpg

Very nice. Looking good.

That's just a bit taller than what I would like to see fill up south midtown. Lop off about 3 stories and that's about the perfect height for your average city-center (basically all that is considered downtown) development.

Looking sharp!

I was going to try and start snapping a pic from this view every week until completion but I missed last week.... Here is this weeks.

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That's just a bit taller than what I would like to see fill up south midtown. Lop off about 3 stories and that's about the perfect height for your average city-center (basically all that is considered downtown) development.

exactly. washington dc height buildings would be ideal there

Fresh one from this AM:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/bok091016.jpg

What floor are they working on now Pete?

You can easily see this coming all the way down I-235 now. Awesome seeing cranes on the horizon.

What floor are they working on now Pete?

The roof of #15 is just about complete and the elevator cores above are for floor 16.

This building will add much needed balance to the skyline. 2-3 more would be impressive.

The roof of #15 is just about complete and the elevator cores above are for floor 16.

It's half way up now.

You would think the parking garage crane would be coming down soon.

Just heard a construction worker drove a fork lift off a building at Sheridan and Hudson. He didn't survive. Was it off the BOK building?

http://kfor.com/2016/09/09/construction-worker-dies-after-falling-off-building-in-downtown-oklahoma-city/

http://kfor.com/2016/09/09/construction-worker-dies-after-falling-off-building-in-downtown-oklahoma-city/

My god, that's terrible.

https://twitter.com/benfelder_okc/status/774286388015489027

Oh My God, let us offer condolences to his family. How tragic!

It is horrific. We have gone through so many years of construction without a tragedy like this. So sorry to hear. Just sad.

So sad... Hopefully them memorialize him somewhere in the building.

http://m.newsok.com/article/5517382