BOK Park Plaza

[Bellaboo]

Since were talking about oil and not BOK Park Plaza, did anyone notice the price surge ? All because of a cold front on the East coast that put heating oil in demand. Oil at $32.00, was floating around $26 a couple days ago.

[bchris02]

Since were talking about oil and not BOK Park Plaza, did anyone notice the price surge ? All because of a cold front on the East coast that put heating oil in demand. Oil at $32.00, was floating around $26 a couple days ago.

That's good news. Maybe we'll get lucky and $26 will be the bottom.

[gopokes88]

Since were talking about oil and not BOK Park Plaza, did anyone notice the price surge ? All because of a cold front on the East coast that put heating oil in demand. Oil at $32.00, was floating around $26 a couple days ago.

Ehhh kinda.

The cold front helps but the bigger reason was the February contract expiry on the 20th. People still holding positions at the settlement time would have to take delivery of the oil. That lead to heavy selling. The next day is the March contract which was already trading at a premium, and since everyone in the market was selling the downward rally exhausted itself.

The oil panic that wasn't?

[Pete]

Ground level shot:

[Pete]

Garage going up fast; columns for tower starting to go in:

[Pete]

Another angle:

[Pete]

[TU 'cane]

Now that is a pleasure to see.

[David]

It certainly is nice when someone actually builds new buildings after they knock other buildings down for it.

[adaniel]

^
I see what you did there.

[bchris02]

It certainly is nice when someone actually builds new buildings after they knock other buildings down for it.

Agree. While I hated losing the buildings that were there and would rather them still be standing than this tower/parking complex, at least financing was in place and they were ready to start construction at the time of demolition.

[soonerwilliam]

At 433 ft. this tower will be as tall as some 30 story towers.

[Bellaboo]

In that first picture, those are some tall support columns they are setting up to pour. If you look at the top of the page you can see there are several of them that will span 2 floors on the east side of the tower.

[bchris02]

At 433 ft. this tower will be as tall as some 30 story towers.

Will be one foot shorter than the Oklahoma Tower. Should make an impact on the skyline.

[Bellaboo]

Will be one foot shorter than the Oklahoma Tower. Should make an impact on the skyline.

Especially from North and South views.

[warreng88]

Ground level shot:

That's a good view of the "Parking District"...

[edcrunk]

Especially from North and South views.

I think it will stand out when looking at it from the West.

[Just the facts]

It is going to stand out from every angle, mostly because it is out of scale compared to adjacent buildings. We will have the Chase Tower gap on the westside now.

[Architect2010]

It is not going to stand out from every angle, because from some perspectives you will have several towers blocking the view to this one. I think it will bookend the skyline well because of the similar gap between Chase and the other towers. JMO.

[Bellaboo]

I think it will stand out when looking at it from the West.

You will see it from the West, especially at night, but with the North and South view, it will 'widen' the skyline.

[HOT ROD]

Best views will be from the WSW, WNW, S, and SSE - all of which will lengthen the skyline while it also having some decent height.

Next best views will be from the due W but it will blend with Devon/Chase a bit from this angle. I suspect lighting may come into play from this angle.

Next best views will be from the SE and ESE but it will have the Chase effect (when dt is viewed from the SW or NE) where it looks alone but significant height

Next best view (really final) will be from the due N but it will appear even smaller than OK tower from that angle, widening the skyline - YES, but too short to give a balance and too further 'back' to really impact from this angle.

Worse views will be from the NE, NNE, ENE, and E - it will be lost. This is what 'was' nice about the Clayco proposals, it would have added to this prospective - albeit would have been better if one or more of those were taller. But crying over spilled milk there - BOK will look good enough from every angle except the NE and E.

[skanaly]

That's a nice footprint

[Pete]

[Pete]

[Anonymous.]

Damn that last one is a cool shot, wish there was another round of cranes in the far background, building on EKG/4th.