OKC's skyline ranked ahead of New York...

[AFCM]

...cities, such as (56) Buffalo, (59) Albany, and (60) Rochester. OKC (41) is one ahead of (42) San Antonio but behind (26) Tulsa.

Oklahoma City (41)

Sorry if the title is a little misleading or ambiguous in nature. How else was I supposed to attract attention? Sex sells, but is also inappropriate for message boards.

[Midtowner]

Tulsa was #26.

How does the poll rank the cities?

[Patrick]

Looking at the site myself, I believe the formula they're using is # highrises plus height. That's what one poster on there says anyhow.

[AFCM]

To piggyback on my previous post, Oklahoma City is ranked in the top 10 category for "hottest cities for development".

Oklahoma City (8)

Also, Tulsa (19) squeaked into the top 20.

[Pete]

OKC's skyline is much more interesting than Tulsa's IMO.

[HOT ROD]

agreed.

[In_Tulsa]

Disagreed.

[okcpulse]

Of course. But we forgive you.

[st okc]

Where is the skyline that great? What about Denver???

[Nuclear_2525]

uh I think I disagree. Can't top having 3 of the top 5 tallest buildings in downtown, plus, all three of those buildings a prettier and look much better kept than OKC's.

This is one area where I say that Tulsa beats OKC!

[The Old Downtown Guy]

Kansas City Missouri ranked 23rd and Kansas City Kansas ranked 144th; very interesting.

[brannonterry]

come on hands down tulsa has a better skyline than okc.

[writerranger]

come on hands down tulsa has a better skyline than okc.

Yes, I pretty much have to agree. I love the OKC skyline, but that Tulsa skyline view down the river from I-44 is beautiful. However, OKC coming off I-35 westbound onto I-40 is pretty awesome too.

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[metro]

Two words: Personal Preference

[floater]

I think it depends on the perspective from which the viewer is looking at downtown. The trouble with OKC's skyline is that it is so compact that some buildings (Leadership Square or the Renaissance) are blocked partially or fully when viewed at certain angles. It's great for a pedestrian, but not a photographer. The dry similarity of hues also hurts the skyline.

I think Tulsa has a nice skyline, and IMO it is better than OKC's. The Mid-Continent Tower is a very distinctive icon, whereas First National will always be compared to the Empire State Building. But that doesn't mean the downtown is better, which we know not to be true.

Incidentally, my number one skyline would be Chicago's, daytime or nighttime, because it's defined and dazzling. Buildings are spaced just right. NYC's is just too dense and wide.

[writerranger]

I agree with you about Chicago, Floater. It's an awesome sight driving in from the Eisenhower (is it the eisenhower? I think so.) It's probably my favorite skyline as well.

[okcpulse]

uh I think I disagree. Can't top having 3 of the top 5 tallest buildings in downtown, plus, all three of those buildings a prettier and look much better kept than OKC's.

That doesn't impress me when the difference in height is less than 200 feet, and the difference is even smaller with the rest of OKC's and Tulsa's skyline.

I do love the Mid-Continent Tower in Tulsa, but I do not believe either skyline is "better kept". The only tower in OKC that needs work is the First National Tower.

What really counts in how I rank skylines is architecture. Art deco in Tulsa is awesome, but most of those buildings are less than 20 stories. I look for very tall office towers. I am not a big fan of international style architecture, and almost every single tower in Tulsa is square international style. And yes, so is Chase Tower in OKC. Again, I do not like the Chase Tower. UGLY!

But what sets OKC apart from Tulsa is shape. First National and City Place have shape and form. Oklahoma Tower also has shape... although not much, but has a modern architectural style. I do like the ONG building in Tulsa, but Leadership Square really stands out for OKC.

I would rank both skylines in the same area. But honestly, OKC does need a new signature tower to replace Chase Tower.

[Doug Loudenback]

I'm surely a fan of Okc and the great changes we've all witnesses over the past 10-years, but, as to skylines, consider the following downtown buildings which are 100 meters or more:

Oklahoma City

1- Chase Tower (1971, 36 stories)


2- 1st National (1931, 33 stories)


3- City Place (1931, 33 stories)


4- Oklahoma Tower (1962, 31 stories)


5- Kerr McGee (1973, 30 stories)


Tulsa

1- One Williams Center (1976, 52 stories)


2 - 1st Place Tower (1973, 40 stories)


3 - Mid-Continent Tower (1984, 36 stories)


4 - Bank of America Center (1976, 32 stories)


5 - University Club Tower (1966, 32 stories)


6 - 110 W 7th Building (1971, 28 stories)


7 - Philtower (1927, 24 stories)


8 - 320 S. Boston Building (1928, 22 stories)

[Doug Loudenback]

For some reason I don't know (maybe Emporis.com has something that keeps its images from being used directly, I don't know ... it worked fine when I previewed the message), images are not showing up in the prior message, even though the images' properties are (right-click, Properties).

Anyway, here's a list of the buildings and images I tried to stick into the above message. Just "posting" the links doesn't work ... you get a "forbidden" page ... if you really want to see them, though, you can right-click on a link and select "copy shortcut" and then paste the shortcut into your browser's address box and the image should open.

Oklahoma City

1- Chase Tower (1971, 36 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../06/115753.jpg

2- 1st National (1931, 33 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../10/406355.jpg

3- City Place (1931, 33 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../02/247571.jpg

4- Oklahoma Tower (1962, 31 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../10/406158.jpg

4- Oklahoma Tower (1962, 31 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../10/406158.jpg

5- Kerr McGee (1973, 30 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../03/251347.jpg

Tulsa

1- One Williams Center (1976, 52 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../03/254169.jpg

2 - 1st Place Tower (1973, 40 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../01/130228.jpg

3 - Mid-Continent Tower (1984, 36 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../01/116072.jpg

4 - Bank of America Center (1976, 32 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../01/115445.jpg

5 - University Club Tower (1966, 32 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../01/128641.jpg

6 - 110 W 7th Building (1971, 28 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../03/254341.jpg

7 - Philtower (1927, 24 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../06/123330.jpg

8 - 320 S. Boston Building (1928, 22 stories)
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../04/188500.jpg

[okcpulse]

Correction, Doug. Oklahoma Tower was built in 1982, not 1962.

[Shake2005]

and you listed it twice

[writerranger]

Thanks, Doug.....

Nice job pulling those together for comparison.

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[Doug Loudenback]

Thanks, writerranger, my heart was in the right place. And, yes, when I copied & pasted links in the 2nd message, I listed the Oklahoma Tower 2x, and yes it was built in 1982. Woe!

I've saved the linked images to my website so that they can be displayed here. I'll list Okc's & Tulsa's over 100 meter downtown buildings in 2 rows and hope they'll fit. Let's see if I can get it right this time:

OKC
1-Chase Tower (1971, 36 stories)
2-1st National (1931, 33 stories)
3-City Place (1931, 33 stories)
4-Oklahoma Tower (1982, 31 stories)
5-Kerr McGee Tower (1973), 30 stories)



Tulsa
1-One Williams Center (1976, 52 stories)
2-1st Place Tower (1973, 40 stories)
3-Mid-continent Tower (1984, 36 stories)
4-Bank of America Center (1967, 32 stories)
5-University Club Tower (1966, 32 stories)
6-110 W 7th Building (1971, 28 stories)
7-Philtower (1927, 24 stories)
8-320 S Boston Bldg (1928, 22 stories)


Is that better?

Edited Note: That's weird. The buildings are now showing up in my original post this morning. They were only "x's" later this morning when I made my 2nd post, and also before I saved the images and reposted them in this message. Go figure.

[OUman]

There's nothing wrong with Oklahoma City's skyline, it's one of the best around the southern states IMO.

OUman

[Luke]

Tulsa's is kind of bland. It definitely is "big city" lookin' though with more taller buildings than OKC. OKC's is unique, with all the different styles of buildings and the Crystal Bridge is the kicker... very cool.