It is amazing to me that there is no communication with the building owner and local officials about the lack of progress and a timeline for repairs.
Why is there no accountability?
It is amazing to me that there is no communication with the building owner and local officials about the lack of progress and a timeline for repairs.
Why is there no accountability?
If building condition accountability was a priority the Dowell Center would be not how it is today I suspect.
It looks like they've repaired all but one window and maybe the tip of the very top:
Glad they were able to replace the Devon Tower windows before BancFirst finished its reskin. Our skyline should glow once Sandridge is filled with the state's relocation of some of its tenants.
Notice some improvements of the Skyline lighting July 4th weekend; can't wait to see how First National Center's lighting will add to OKC skyline. Should be IMO a game-changer.
Just fix the windows already. Yeah there are a lot of windows to replace but Devon has had a lot of time and a lot of money to address their responsibility to be a good citizen.
Well, I tried...
Guest said:
Why aren't all the windows on the Devon Tower fixed yet, why has it taken so long, and why can't/won't the city do anything about it? It's been over a year, it's embarrassing.
Steve Lackmeyer replied:
Sigh.
Last night I noticed there were still a bunch of windows that have not been repaired.
They were broken on May 15th, 2019; that was 495 days ago.
And the plaza (but not the sidewalks) are still closed off by "temporary" fencing.
Probably an excuse so they don't have to pay for the Christmas decorations this year (assuming they didn't do it last year).
^
They did some last year, but not what they typically do.
They also have hosted Saturdays with Santa as part of Downtown in December, but last year that had to move to the Myriad Gardens.
The shorter days allows you to see how many floors are completely dark at Devon:
What’s funny is without those dark floors, Devon Tower would fall largely in line with the rest of our skyline in terms of height. Perhaps they should’ve gone with two smaller structures instead of one behemoth (easier to divest excess space if no longer needed). Or perhaps they’ll scale up again sometime in the future.
The decision to build that tall may not be aging well for Devon but I'm glad that they did it, it's a great asset for the city.
The WPX acquisition should brighten that tower some.
I’m very glad they built it this tall if you could send me back in time I’d try to still convince them to go with the originally proposed super tall which was scaled back.
So are all the the widows repaired yet?
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