Devon Energy Center

[OKCisOK4me]

William, thanks for the vids--especially for posting the links on skyscraperpage so I could watch them on my phone! Really excellent. It'll be interesting when they start moving employees into the building. The lone man walking down the street will be many more before we know it. Can't wait for the third installment!

[Thunder]

I had a dream recently and it was so twisted. With all the earthquakes and scare all around, I dreamt that OKC had a very violent earthquake. All the buildings was shaking, twisting, jumping up and down, but only the Devon Tower completely fell down.

Anyone have any dreams about the construction...tower...anything? I'm sure we all had a dream at least once.

Oh, I forgot, all of the cranes was still standing...did not seem to have a damage to it. And a guy up there laughing like crazy. Yeah, weird dream.

[plmccordj]

They may have found the 908 feet from this About.com story http://okc.about.com/od/attractionsa...devontower.htm

[dcsooner]

Great videos. thanks for taking the time to shoot. I get homesick everytime I see a video.

[ZYX2]

I can honestly say that I do not have dreams like that Thunder. Lol

[dmoor82]

Wow those are some great video's and photo's!!!!!Thank's to UnFrSakn and others!

[YO MUDA]

Thunder, you got to lay off that spicey food so close to bedtime.

[poe]

Excellent pics. I still can't believe how massive this building is.

[earlywinegareth]

Taken on Monday from Newcastle, near the microwave tower if you know the area...it's the best zoom I got.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlywi...th/5469490653/

[Dustin]

^^^ That should be the OKC skyline wiki photo. LOL

[mrktguy29]

I work for a real estate company and did a photo shoot from one of the Block 42 units. It was a facing downtown and the rooftop patio view was AMAZING and this was even before the Devon Tower was started or even publicly known. I will have to see if I can find the image and I will post it.

I finally found the shot. Nice angle from Block 42, I believe it was off of the 3rd floor balcony or rooftop patio.

[Kerry]

Taken on Monday from Newcastle, near the microwave tower if you know the area...it's the best zoom I got.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlywi...th/5469490653/

It took me a few minutes but I found the exact spot you took your photo. It is 18.5 miles (97,863 feet) from where you took the photo to the center of Devon Tower. There aren't many places on Earth where you can see 18.5 miles unless you are on a mountain.

[earlywinegareth]

^^^That area is known as "top o' the world" for those of us who grew up in Norman. There's a stretch of Hwy 9 a couple miles east of where Hwy 9 meets US 62 that offers a really spectacular vista. From there you can plainly see the Norman skyline and OU to the east, Tinker to the northeast, and downtown OKC to the NNE. At night when planes are coming in to WRWA, well, words fail. I recommend it.

[Dulahey]

Ahh! Thanks Gareth for taking the picture lol. Yeah, it definitely needs a major zoom. That's pretty much exactly where I was saying for someone to take the picture from.

Growing up in Newcastle, I've got to see that view my whole life. At night time... it's spectacular to look DOWN on the lights of the entire metro.

Most people don't even know of this geography, but it's a pretty high spot. It's about 200 feet higher elevation than the tower farm up north, but apparently the property is so pricey, most towers are built up north.

Although, it must not be too pricey for Boren... should see the "house" he just built that looks down on Norman.

Oh, and that Microwave tower got renovated into the new KFOR radar. Even though the idiots were advertising it in Moore. /sigh. Playing off the May 3rd tornado over 10 years later.

[KayneMo]

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

I took this a few weeks ago. (:

[jbrown84]

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

I took this a few weeks ago. (:

THAT should be the Wikipedia skyline photo!!

[HOT ROD]

yep, THAT is the money shot. ...

[maestro6]

This view from the northwest has always been my favorite vantage point of downtown. Nice photo.

[UnFrSaKn]

THAT should be the Wikipedia skyline photo!!

That's actually been the Wikipedia photo for a while now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City

[David]

That is an awesome picture, Kayne.

[Pete]

Yep, perfect angle where all the buildings line up just right and you can also see Leadership Square, which helps to make the skyline look more modern.

And because Devon Tower is more to the back of the photo, it won't completely overwhelm everything else even when finished.


Back to the photo from Newcastle, I've grown to love how you can see so incredibly far from certain places in town. There are some spots well north of Lake Hefner where downtown is clearly visible.


Thanks to everyone for all these great photos and videos!

[UnFrSaKn]

Here's the one I wanted up yesterday. Sorry folks. A lot goes into it. I'm adding screen captures to the video pages and takes extra time. They're on a Flickr page.



Here's the unedited 1080p version on YouTube. It's still compressed by YouTube however.



If anyone would want the 1080p screen capture instead let me know. They look much better.

[UnFrSaKn]

At 6:55 in the Vimeo clip, when it says "West on Main. St.", I didn't notice until I zoomed in that a cop was at the light down the street. I forgot to unmute the microphone too. It was a perfect shot and I re-used another audio clip. He came down towards me and flew down the nearest street on that corner. I wonder what he thought when he stopped at the light and saw somebody standing in the middle of Main with something in their hand. I just ignored him when he drove past me.

[OKCisOK4me]

Back to the photo from Newcastle, I've grown to love how you can see so incredibly far from certain places in town. There are some spots well north of Lake Hefner where downtown is clearly visible.

There's a spot on Sorghum Mill Road (NW 234th St) that's between May and Pennsylvania that gives a great view of downtown! That's 17 miles as the crow flies.

[KayneMo]

Thanks everyone! I complete forgot that I put that up as the Wikipedia photo also.... Jesus, my memory. :/

But that view of downtown is probably my favorite too! I also like the view of the skyline when viewed from either the east or west. (: