ENERGY TOWER proposed to rival the Eiffel Tower??

[mmonroe]

I'd like to see something a little more restrained. I really like the classic monuments in Indianapolis. The first time I visited that city, I noticed that it had the feel of a much more cosmopolitain city than it was. Today, I think Indianapolis has actually become a more cosmopolitain city.

Those are beautiful structures, and works of art. But OKC needs something just a bit more Iconic. Would you agree?

But of course.

[andy157]

do we really need to copy the picture again the post after it was just posted?

No we don't. And we won't do it again. We're sorry.

[centaurian]

I can't see a giant oil derrick in the okc skyline, please tell me your kidding.
This isn't iconic nor modern. talk about revisiting the past. come on.
At least the Effiel Tower is somewhat original to its time.
Why don t we just put a big 10 story boot in the middle of town for that matter. lol.

[bornhere]

The boot will give people something to look at when they get to the observation deck.

[andy157]

The boot will give people something to look at when they get to the observation deck.

What about a big 10 gallon Hoss Cartwright looking cowboy hat sitting atop the boot. It could serve as an observation deck. You could use the hats center as a rotating restaurant, and the brim as a 360 degree walking platform with some of those 25 cent coin operated view finders. It could pay for itselve a quarter at a time.

[edcrunk]

do we really need to copy the picture again the post after it was just posted?

OMG BRO!!!

i can only imagine what you're gonna be like when you're old and crochity

[bornhere]

What about a big 10 gallon Hoss Cartwright looking cowboy hat sitting atop the boot. It could serve as an observation deck. You could use the hats center as a rotating restaurant, and the brim as a 360 degree walking platform with some of those 25 cent coin operated view finders. It could pay for itselve a quarter at a time.

Keep those ideas comin'! We are on the cusp of greatness here!

[metro]

OMG BRO!!!

i can only imagine what you're gonna be like when you're old and crochity

wouldn't matter except it's a ginormous picture and takes up more than a half page of posts. Do we really need it 3 times in a row?

[centaurian]

Hey born here good idea !! could have a country western club in the boot.
serve bbq, beers and have some 2 steppin....

[edcrunk]

wouldn't matter except it's a ginormous picture and takes up more than a half page of posts. Do we really need it 3 times in a row?

i just get a chuckle at how annoyed you get when people get off topic and what not.

[kevinpate]

I dunno metro, someone may have missed it the first time

[bornhere]

The big pic isn't nearly as annoying as an 1100 foot oil derrick over the Ackerman river would be.

[andy157]

wouldn't matter except it's a ginormous picture and takes up more than a half page of posts. Do we really need it 3 times in a row?

I said I was sorry. And I promise to never ever do it again for a long, long time. I'll even make myself go stand in the corner.

[kevinpate]

nah, just go stand on a really really tall derrick andy ... that way you'll still be ontopic
<insert snort here>

[wsucougz]

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[NativeOkie]

Can we make it actually drill Oil. That would be a help.

[mmonroe]

HAHAH! Asses.

[centaurian]

Ok this Shane Jett rep that has this bone head idea, said if a visitor pulled off I 40 they spend $250. well goodie. But he also said that this Monstrosity would cost about $100 million dollars , well do the math that would be 400,000 people needed to spend that $250 to pay for that thing. I hope he doesnt think the tax payers are paying for it. No, we dont need to spend 100 million dollars for some .
'iconic' tourist attraction oil derrick bridge observation deck erector set tower.

[mmonroe]

...if a visitor pulled off I 40 they spend $250.

I thought someone said Cornett is the one who made that statement.

[centaurian]

I thought someone said Cornett is the one who made that statement.

you are correct, Jett is quoting Cornett on that $250 statement , my bad.

[mmonroe]

Yeah, don't let it happen again, or we'll have to karate chop you in half with a miniature iconic oklahoma oil derrick figurine from the okctalk gift shop.

[centaurian]

As long as it has Oklahoma City on it and its made in China and contains lead.

[bornhere]

Whatever we end up doing, let's not forget the Tesla coil aspect. I think that whether we have a derrick, boot, hat or whatever, it's important that it have lightning bolts shooting out of it.

[centaurian]

heck we need to have a twister in there somewhere with that cow flying through the air.

[JWil]

I say it needs to look like an OLD derrick.

Oil will be dead and buried in 100-150 years, thats when it will become a TRUE landmark. There will people be coming around to see something thats truely ancient history.

That's probably the best thought I've read in this thread. When we're all dead and gone and our kids are too, something like this could really be a huge deal. Like some of the references about Eiffel throughout this thread, it was hated at first.

Here's something I was thinking about while reading this thread: Have our city leaders made a bad move with any of the urban renewal stuff in the past 15 years? I'm gonna say no. By and large, they've done a superb job of city planning and thinking ahead with their plans. Why do people on here suddenly think these guys are going to "get stupid."

Yes, the derrick in the video looks lame. But come on, initial concepts in videos and drawings almost universally look horrible. Do you REALLY believe they'll just build a huge oil derrick? Come on. That might be the initial idea, but it'll morph and change over the years and when its all said and done, it'll be a 1,200-foot tower that has a likeness to an old oil derrick, but it won't just stand out as one. It'll likely be something that is modern but tips its hat to the old look of the derrick. Some of y'all are freaking out way too much about this.

I, for one, say go for it. Come up with more concepts and see what happens. OKC didn't get where it is now by doing its best impression of Tulsa (eg, "Let's stand pat and do nothing... ever") over the past two decades. I'd love to see a 1,200-foot observation tower in OKC. Think of this just south of downtown spanning the river close to that central park-ish park that's gonna go from the river to Myriad Gardens.

There's no way in hell it would just be a giant derrick. The derrick would be implied in the design, but I bet it would end up with a lot of shiny glass and become a point of pride for OKC citizens.

And hey, if that is true about the kind of money the space needle brings in, we'd be stupid to just turn down that potential revenue stream. That's an amazing amount of jack to just go up a tower.