Devon Energy Center

[CuatrodeMayo]

the devon tower only has two more floors than the bok center, but is almost 300 feet taller....is that correct? How could that be?

Tulsans discussed it here: TulsaNow Forum - OKC to get highrise/ possible tallest skyscraper

[Toadrax]

It is kind of how like a geo metro seats 4, but so does my mercedes.

[amaesquire]

I saw some surveyors out around the new Devon property today, at approximately 9:30am. Looks like the ball is rolling.

[metro]

I've seen surveyors out there before the announcement.

[amaesquire]

Geez, metro, burst my bubble. I still think post-announcement surveyors are cooler. Ha.

[warreng88]

I know this is kind of an advanced question but do we know what the elevator situation will be like? I remember seeing a documentary on the twin towers (sorry, the only thing I can use to compare) and they had different sets of elevators depending on what floor you were going to. They also had mini lobbies around 30-40 stories apart for people to take an express elevator up to and then a regular one several more floors to the one they need. I am wondering if the Devon Tower will have something like this as well.

[Pete]

warren, with only 54 floors they should have elevators that go all the way from the ground floor to the top.

However, they'll like break up the elevator banks into 3 or 4 groups; for example 1-20; 1, 21-38; 1, 29-54.

However, since all floors will be used by Devon employees, I'm not sure if they'll make people on the top floors go all the way to the bottom before going back up to floors 1-20 as shown in the example.

[HOT ROD]

If you check out the renderings, there is a pic illustrating the cutaway of the floors with elevators. You can see there is three banks of elevators, going from ground with two as express to mid and highrise sections. There is another set of elevators which goes from ground all the way to the top floors (can you say CEO's offices....).

As was said, since the skyscraper will ahve a very high fsr - there's no need for a skylobby despite the tower being an almost supertall.

[OKCDrummer77]

warren, with only 54 floors they should have elevators that go all the way from the ground floor to the top.

However, they'll like break up the elevator banks into 3 or 4 groups; for example 1-20; 1, 21-38; 1, 29-54.

However, since all floors will be used by Devon employees, I'm not sure if they'll make people on the top floors go all the way to the bottom before going back up to floors 1-20 as shown in the example.

The other buildings downtown that have local/express setups have at least one floor overlap between each section to prevent having to go all the way down just to go to a different section. So, they might be 1-18, 18-36, and 36-54.

[Insider]

Here is the info on the elevators...

There will be a total of six (6) elevator banks (32 individual elevators) in the main loby...
1. There will be two service elevators that span the entire building (all 55 floors...floor 55 is the roof)
2. There will be four elevators that serve the rotunda (floors 1-6)
3. There will be eight elevators that serve the low rise (floors 7-23)
4. There will be eight elevators that serve the mid rise (floors 23-37)
5. There will be eight elevators that serve the high rise (floors 37-53)
6. There will be two elevators that serve the exec offices only (floors 52-53)

[warreng88]

Here is the info on the elevators...

There will be a total of six (6) elevator banks (32 individual elevators) in the main loby...
1. There will be two service elevators that span the entire building (all 55 floors...floor 55 is the roof)
2. There will be four elevators that serve the rotunda (floors 1-6)
3. There will be eight elevators that serve the low rise (floors 7-23)
4. There will be eight elevators that serve the mid rise (floors 23-37)
5. There will be eight elevators that serve the high rise (floors 37-53)
6. There will be two elevators that serve the exec offices only (floors 52-53)

Awesome, thanks Insider.

[Kerry]

...or they could have gone with wonkavators.

GRANDPA JOE: It's an elevator.

WONKA: It's a Wonkavator. An elevator can only go up and
down, but the Wonkavator can go sideways and slantways and
longways and backways . . .

CHARLIE: And frontways?

WONKA: . . . and squareways and frontways and any other ways
that you can think of. It can take you to any room in the
whole factory just by pressing one of these buttons. Any of
these buttons. Just press a button and ZING! You're off.
And up until now I've pressed them all . . . except one.
This one. Go ahead, Charlie.

CHARLIE: Me? (He pushes the button.)

WONKA: There it goes. Hold on tight. I'm not exactly sure
what's going to happen. Faster, faster . . . If we don't
pick up enough speed, we'll never get through.

CHARLIE: Get through what?

WONKA: Ah-ha!

GRANDPA JOE: You mean we're going . . .?

WONKA: Up and out!

GRANDPA JOE: But this roof is made of glass. It'll shatter
into a thousand pieces. We'll be cut to ribbons!

WONKA: Probably. Hold on, everybody. Here it comes.

(The Wonkavator crashes through the roof and flies into
the sky.)

[UnFrSaKn]

Tulsans discussed it here: TulsaNow Forum - OKC to get highrise/ possible tallest skyscraper

When can we begin construction on a few extra floors atop the BOK tower?

Some of them just aren't too bright.

[edcrunk]

and they're total a-holes to each other as well...

makes me appreciate the people who post on this forum.

[edcrunk]

...or they could have gone with wonkavators.

bwahahahahah... you rock!

[Doug Loudenback]

Tulsans discussed it here: TulsaNow Forum - OKC to get highrise/ possible tallest skyscraper

Many of the TulsaNow posters were favorable, or at least didn't resort to cheap shots. Of course, there are guys there like Conan71 who said,

Distinction of the tallest building in Oklahoma, but OKC will still suck. I mean what is the view from 900 feet in OKC?

"Beauty is fleeting, stupidity lasts a lifetime"

What makes this worse for me is that I like Conan the Barbarian! This guy's statement was, BTW, in a different thread at TulsaNow: TulsaNow Forum - Devon Tower in OKC Unveiled

[edcrunk]

just finished reading that thread doug. now i feel for the poor guys. they just have really bad leadership right now. however, i don't get what they're talking about okc hogging all the state money.

[progressiveboy]

just finished reading that thread doug. now i feel for the poor guys. they just have really bad leadership right now. however, i don't get what they're talking about okc hogging all the state money.

I personally think that Tulsa wants to blame us for their poor leadership to make themselves feel better. It is called "capital envy". They resort to blaming the State and OKC for their shortcomings. Even the Oklahoman wrote a scathing editoral a couple of months about Tulsa becoming so envious of OKC and that it's envy was on default setting. OKC has always been the capital city and always will be. We are a larger metropolitan area. Tulsa has it's trees and hills, however, it lacks the forward thinking, efficiency in their "leadership".

[OUGrad05]

just finished reading that thread doug. now i feel for the poor guys. they just have really bad leadership right now. however, i don't get what they're talking about okc hogging all the state money.

I live in Tulsa and post on Tulsanow a lot, I don't get it either, in fact I'm having that convo with a guy in a thread now. Why the hate for OKC? Its like the OKC hate for tulsa in the 80s/early 90s completely unfounded.

Tulsa has atrocious leadership, until they fix their own problems the city will not right itself. But I think Tulsans are beginning to get fed up and I'm hoping the next election cycle marks major change for Tulsa. Living and working in the Tulsa metro and working in the heart of downtown I have a pretty big vested interest in the city.

[UnFrSaKn]

Devon Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doug will love me for posting this.

[edcrunk]

Its like the OKC hate for tulsa in the 80s/early 90s completely unfounded.

completely unfounded?? pfffft!
so the constant ridicule, the everflowing, belittling comments about okc being an uncultured cowtown, treeless trailerpark of a wasteland had nothing to do with it? surely you were on the receiving end of some of that growing up in okc. i got all the time and still hear it.

however, i'm working through that anger now.

[OUGrad05]

completely unfounded?? pfffft!
so the constant ridicule, the everflowing, belittling comments about okc being an uncultured cowtown, treeless trailerpark of a wasteland had nothing to do with it? surely you were on the receiving end of some of that growing up in okc. i got all the time and still hear it.

however, i'm working through that anger now.

Of course I got it all the time, hell my Aunt lived in Tulsa in the 70s and was always talking about what a ****hole OKC was compared with it. People will think and say what they want, I knew OKC was up and coming when maps passed. I was a young chap but I knew the implications were positive for the city even though my father was dead set against it. I knew OKC would turn the corner, I just didn't know when. I knew tulsa when I visited was quite nice. But I tried not to allow the rampant hate or dislike of OKC spill over into my opinion of Tulsa. I don't think it did. The hate from OKC was uncalled for just like the hate from Tulsa today is uncalled for and quite frankly childish.

[edcrunk]

Of course I got it all the time, hell my Aunt lived in Tulsa in the 70s and was always talking about what a ****hole OKC was compared with it. People will think and say what they want, I knew OKC was up and coming when maps passed. I was a young chap but I knew the implications were positive for the city even though my father was dead set against it. I knew OKC would turn the corner, I just didn't know when. I knew tulsa when I visited was quite nice. But I tried not to allow the rampant hate or dislike of OKC spill over into my opinion of Tulsa. I don't think it did. The hate from OKC was uncalled for just like the hate from Tulsa today is uncalled for and quite frankly childish.

i understand why they're doing it and am starting to have some empathy. they're jealous about the nba team, the skyscraper and all the attention okc is getting from the media. they feel it should be them.
i have faith in tulsa... they have too many intelligent and talented people that care about tulsa.
you do reap what you sow, so hopefully tulsa learns some humility through all this (hell, i need to learn more as well). it's good to have some rivalry between our cities and it definitely helps okc by having a strong, thriving tulsa next door.

[HOT ROD]

can we please stop ruining every thread here with this talk about Tulsa (and Dallas).

jeez, start a new thread for that crap!

[metro]

Devon Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doug will love me for posting this.

Great job, any chance you can post a rendering in the wiki post?