Devon Energy Center

[Thundercitizen]

Really nice, would it be too much trouble to add the finished Devon to the end of this rendering so we can see current and finished comparison side by side of these.

Or maybe just a near transparent finished extension to it's current status. The graphics are great...thanks Architect.

[UnFrSaKn]

Some pre-snow photos via Paul L McCord Jr's Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/plmccordj/page3/

[Dustin]

^^ Very nice, thanks for posting! If you right click, "view image", you can zoom in. High resolution pic!

[plmccordj]

Thanks guys... Those are my photos.

[dmoor82]

^^Nice pic's!I love that one three posts' above!

[architect5311]

[redrunner]

That's a huge bi***!

[Dulahey]

January 25


February 4

This morning's shot isn't zoomed because light was low and I didn't have a tripod with me. So it's a little blurry. I really wanted a snow shot though.

[Dar405301]

that snow shot is awesome

[OKCisOK4me]

I'd like to get back to that January 25th shot, 70's I mean...

[Watson410]

i'd like to get back to that january 25th shot, 70's i mean...

for sure!!!!

[Dulahey]

Here's another one I took on my way home during the moderate snowfall.

[Mike63]

Hard to tell from the cam but it looks like they may be fixing to raise crane 2.

[Mike63]

Hard to tell from the cam but it looks like they may be fixing to raise crane 2.

Confirmed, it is going up!

[OKCisOK4me]

Confirmed, it is going up!

KOCO just showed a live shot of downtown at the end of their newscast and it looked as tall or taller than Crane 1 from the angle they showed.

[earlywinegareth]

Got this one Saturday night...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlywi...n/photostream/

And from the south banks of the OK River at dusk...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlywi...n/photostream/

[Thunder]

Very nice, earlywinegareth!

Yesterday (since its passed midnight already), I was driving westbound and the tower seem to have dropped in height and Chase growing. LOL! Just seem weird. Maybe it was the cloudy weather. Then going eastbound, the tower seem to have went back up to Chase level. :-O

[earlywinegareth]

I think my favorite vantage point of downtown will be from the SW with DT front and center.

Took this from the OK River. http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlywi...n/photostream/

This from the new Western Ave bridge over the new I-40. http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlywi...7625993986908/

[CaseyCornett]

So, when does this officially become the tallest building in the city? Any day, right?

[Dulahey]

So, when does this officially become the tallest building in the city? Any day, right?

Pretty much. On Sunday I was looking at them from highway 9 in Newcastle and they're pretty dead even right now.

Btw, this vantage point is great. You can look down on the entire metro area. Somebody with a really good camera and tele lens could probably get a cool picture of downtown from here. It's exactly 20 miles away.

[earlywinegareth]

So the thread has been renamed "Devon Energy Center". Did I miss the name change from Devon Tower? Emporis calls it "Devon Energy Tower". There's already a "Devon Energy Center" skyscraper in Houston. Anyone have Larry Nichols' cell?

[Thunder]

So the thread has been renamed "Devon Energy Center". Did I miss the name change from Devon Tower? Emporis calls it "Devon Energy Tower". There's already a "Devon Energy Center" skyscraper in Houston. Anyone have Larry Nichols' cell?

I know. I disagree with the name change. Whoever did it, I'd like the discussion topic changed back to Devon Tower: Officially Under Construction as that is what we are talking about here.

[Kerry]

Not sure if it is the intention, but I do like a "place" driven form. So threads, when possible are about places. I could get used to the change.

I actually like the change as well. It creates longer threads about the same topic and not a bunch of short threads that get created everytime the paper comes out with a new story.

[Pete]

So the thread has been renamed "Devon Energy Center". Did I miss the name change from Devon Tower?

Yes, you must have because it is officially known as Devon Energy Center and has been for a while.

FYI, that is term for the entire complex which is what is being discussed on this thread.

[earlywinegareth]

Has been for a while? I googled/found only one reference to "Devon Energy Center" in a Jan 16 '11 column by Steve on NewsOk.com. I guess 3 weeks constitutes "a while". News to me...but makes sense.