I'm not sure why anyone would be "saddened" that the skyline of OKC is so much shorter than the NYC skyline was with the WTC towers, or will be with the new WT1 (Freedom Tower). Maybe "saddened" refers to the great loss of WTC? Those buildings are massive by any standard. They were the largest in the world for a quarter century. The new one will be the tallest building in the western hemisphere. And it's NEW YORK, fercryinoutloud.
Devon Tower would create a sensation in ANY U.S. city OTHER than NYC or Chicago. It would be tied for the 10th tallest building in NYC (a city with hundreds of skyscrapers), with the iconic (and huge compared to its neighbors) GE Tower at 30 Rockafeller Center. It vaults OKC (the 31st largest population) into the top 11 skylines by height in the U.S. It is a VERY respectable building by any standard outside of Asia and the Middle East.
There is literally nothing - ZERO - to be embarrassed about when it comes to Devon Tower.
William, you provide awesome pictures! I showed Taz the latest and all he could say (or do) was wag his lil tail. He likes it!
The building doesn't seem out of scale at all from certain angles, especially Deep Deuce and from Bricktown. It only completely dominates when viewing the entire skyline from far away, especially looking at it from the north and south.
We are 28th in population not 31st. As of 2010 census.
I saw different information online. I'd love to see a link to your info so I could quote that number with confidence. Nevertheless, that's a minor issue to quibble over. My point is still valid; for even the 28th-largest city to have the 11th-tallest skyline is hardly an under-achievement.
This table shows the MSA of Oklahoma City to be 44th. Makes the point even more salient.
^^He is going by the city population only,some lists' have OKC as the 28th largest city but these lists' leave out consolidated city/county cities like Nashville,Louisville and Jacksonville,If OKC used city/county consolidation it would have a population of roughly 740,000 and our pop. density would be even lower!Urbanized you are correct,OKC is the 31st largest city and 44th largest metro both by population!
I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about state population rank. Sorry, my mistake.
Well crap. Duh, you're right. Tallest buildings in NYC for a quarter century.
I've seen this shot somewhere before...
http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-...,5373981.story
Why can't local media get it right? No public incentives were used to lure CR to OKC. The money is for expansion AFTER they get here. They could just as easy add those new jobs in Enid where they will have 2 vacant office buildings.
Shadid needs to wake up or shut up!!!
I have posted the following in the forum in the past: Shadid is tired of being a Doctor and is tired of living in OKC. He wants to be elected to Congress or the Senate and live in Washington, DC. Expect him to seek out every opportunity he can get to be in the newspaper or on TV.
Not to stray too far from the topic, but OKC has an existing Quality Jobs program that is seperate from the state program. No incentives were used to lure CR to OKC; the incentives are to encourage CR to locate their 400 or so NEW jobs in OKC. The incentives are available to every company that meets the requirements of the program. The program is working exactly as designed.
say, about that tall building downtown ... ain't it moving right along?
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