Quote Originally Posted by soondoc View Post
I actually posted this on another thread but think this applies here. I really love all this new construction but wish we would not limit ourselves to all of them being in the 25 foot range. They provide some density but not much to the skyline from any distance. You will still only see the Devon sticking out like a sore thumb. Actually, it will now look more like a flipped off middle finger! Why not lessen a couple buildings to 18 stories and add a couple to around 35 stories? This would give us a couple of 600 foot jewels that would add so much more to to overall look and feel of downtown. These would be close to as tall as the Williams Towers and would be seen from long distances for every person traveling through our city. I just can't figure out why we are stuck in the 25 floor range when going up by 8-10 would make a huge difference in balancing things out so much more and be soooo much more visually appealing.

I don't want to make anyone upset because I still think this is huge for OKC but once again it shows that we don't always have the go big or go home mentality. We sometimes do things a little less than what we could do on certain projects, except the Devon, which I mentioned dwarfs everything around it. We need something that will not so much surpass Devon but that won't keep it from just looking out of place because that's the most common reaction about our DT buildings. People say the Devon looks great but you don't notice anything around it because that's about all you really see.
Motion to delete any post that complains about the floor count from here forward? This dead horse doesn't need to be beaten anymore.