Devon Energy Center

[jmarkross]

Thank You UnFrSaKn...your video took me up there to see it all just like I was there! Spectacular! Great Video and great everything! Make plans for a trip to the Kodak Theater on Hollywood Boulevard--and work on the acceptance speech...this is Academy-Award-winning material...from my perspective. Thanks for letting me ride along...

[Troypin]

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Two mouths ago. A whole lot done.

[Fly on the Wall]

Big Gene's crane is going to have to move up within another floor or two.

On the way home from downtown I was passed by a tractor trailer at Reno and Hudson carrying two tower crane segments. Should be soon then that at least one will climb.

Fly

[peanutgallery]

Thanks for the great video! I never take the time to get out and walk around for such detail...noticed things never before seen while driving, and sitting at stop lights!!!! Appreciate that alot.

[Troypin]

something is going on with the tower crane on the left?

[dmoor82]

Niiiiice! Thank's for sharing UnFrSaKn,I watched every bit of that! Thank's

[MadMonk]

Finally finished up the time lapse video for July:

[dmoor82]

^^Cool,I appreciate people like yourself and others who are documenting this tower going up!Thank You!

[jmarkross]

Thanks for the monthly time-lapses MadMonk...they are great--particularly with some night shots thrown in as well. This forum IS the best one I know of--on any subject. Everyone on it seems to have a great interest in the subject and it runs from young to old...with minimal screeds--which can easily be found on other threads--where they belong. I suppose it is like being a kid again and having a great skyscraper go up right out your apartment window...and being able to just sit and watch anytime you want. Now THAT is something. Add to that...the ancillary additions of time-lapses and video and candid shots...once Big Gene is able to throw in a few aerial shots...well...that will be damn near perfection. Thanks to all.

[Troypin]

See, there moving the counter wights on the crane. Its about to go up!!!

[OKCisOK4me]

UnFrSaKn, fantastic video! I can't wait til the tower is so high that you'll have to lay on the ground to get a skyward shot walking around the block, lol. I think (just incase you uploaded this or future videos to websites like skyscraperpage) that you should also film The Underground so outsiders will see where all the people are at...

MadMonk, thanks for the timelapse. I watched the tower and then I watched it again, to watch the podium going up! I also enjoyed the 'musical cars' in their assigned parking spots. Whoever drives that red car is a loyal employee!

[OKCisOK4me]

I think Big Gene's crane is going up. It looks like #1 has a segment of the crane right now...

[dmoor82]

architect5311... looking forward to your response! I'm crossing my fingers that you accidentally spilled the beans on something! LOL

^^What gives?any beans get spilt?some more development coming our way?

[architect5311]

Here is another one that I downsized the devon tower from 925ft to 850ft without changing the height of the other buildings.

Also the height of the Bok tower(current tallest building in Oklahoma), is marked at 667ft and the chase building height is marked at 500ft. The chase building looks shorter than the 500ft in this rendering because it is set back further. The current height of the construction is also marked with red.

I wish OKC had the BOK, nice tower......

[clz46]

What a neat visual architect5311! That would really bring it all together if we had BOK just where you put it. Guess something would have had to go to do that. No more of that please! but still looks like it should be there.

[SkyWestOKC]

I'm sure we can have it arranged to be moved here if you let us know about the mystery building in that rendering of yours we are all so fixated on!

[Thunder]

I would like to see someone in OKC to buy the Space Needle in Seattle and relocate to here...next to the new Devon tower. With that... OKC skyline will be complete.

[architect5311]

I'm sure we can have it arranged to be moved here if you let us know about the mystery building in that rendering of yours we are all so fixated on!

Half circle by City Hall, yea the Library was a great project to work on.............lol

[SkyWestOKC]

Hah...nice one.

[Platemaker]

architect5311 - you're KILLING me!!!

[architect5311]

Kerry are you out there?

I was traveling last week to/from Savannah and on the flight into Atlanta I noticed a grouping of highrises north of the CBD, what is the area? The area appeared larger than OKC CBD and much taller as well....just curious.

[jmarkross]

I would like to see someone in OKC to buy the Space Needle in Seattle and relocate to here...next to the new Devon tower. With that... OKC skyline will be complete.

I think the new SkyDance Bridge over the new I-40 will be a start...I agree with you that a nice iconic tower would be distinctive...some sort of stylized oil-derrick-like tower would be a nice and appropriate idea...and not horribly expensive to do, comparatively speaking...every city needs something that you don't see anywhere else.

[jmarkross]

BTW--does anyone know what is going on with the marvelous Ferris Wheel that was on the Santa Monica Pier that was bought by someone and brought to OKC...what is going to become of it? Belongs on the south end of Core-to-Shore by the River--I think...

[Troypin]

horray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The cranes are going up they really are. Im so exited!!!!

[Thunder]

I think the new SkyDance Bridge over the new I-40 will be a start...I agree with you that a nice iconic tower would be distinctive...some sort of stylized oil-derrick-like tower would be a nice and appropriate idea...and not horribly expensive to do, comparatively speaking...every city needs something that you don't see anywhere else.

We did have plans for a mega oil derrick tower..... I guess it all fell through. >_<