Quote Originally Posted by cad_poke View Post
As someone that worked in facilities at Kerr McGee for 17 years, there is something that not very many people are aware of. Back in the 80's before the bust, Dean McGee was considering tearing down the same buildings to build a second tower. It was planned to have been built just west of the existing tower and it would have resulted in the plaza that is in front of the building being expanded to take up all of the southwest corner of the block. It would've been very similar to what Sandridge is proposing. I wonder if there would've been the same uproar then as there is now to tear down those buildings.
The difference is that he was going to replace the demolished buildings with a tower. Sandridge is proposing replacing them with grass.