Devon Energy Center

[OKCisOK4me]

Is there going to be a helipad on top?

I asked this question a few pages back with no specific answer. But I bet we'll find out next time Google releases their newest satellite shots!

[metro]

I doubt it due to shape of building but it'd be sweet. I'm seeing helicopters downtown almost daily from my office window, of course they are mostly either medical choppers at Saints or OU, or a news chopper, but would love to see more choppers DT

[Pete]

I doubt very seriously there would be room on top for a helipad, plus it would have to land in the middle of the crown, surrounded by structure on all sides.

I'd sure hate to be the one trying to land that thing up there in OK winds. I don't think any other downtown building has a helipad.

[geterdone]

I couldn't see Mr. Nichols putting a helipad on top. He doesn't seem like the type, in other words he seems pretty basic. Since Thunder uploads so many pictures he is going to have to start paying for bandwidth. J/K

[Thunder]

I couldn't see Mr. Nichols putting a helipad on top. He doesn't seem like the type, in other words he seems pretty basic. Since Thunder uploads so many pictures he is going to have to start paying for bandwidth. J/K

Cameron_405 donated my Photobucket account to Pro recently. Bandwidth shouldn't be a problem and all the pictures will remain available.

[Pete]

Finally got my hands on a detailed drawing and can confirm the final height of the building will be 844 feet.

More specific details:

Levels 1-6: 20 feet
Levels 7-46: 14 feet 8 inches
Levels 47-50 (will be labeled 47, 49, 50 and 51): 19 feet 6 inches
Crown (labeled 52): 59 feet 3 inches


Not counting the first steel going in for the crown, we are at 784 feet currently:

[Thunder]

...the final height of the building will be 844 feet.

[soonerwilliam]

To bad, we lost 81 ft. from the first announcement to the end. Would like for it to have been 925 ft. (taller than any in Dallas) but still glad to have 844 ft. tower. Hope we get more tall ones. Thunder, I'm disappointed too!

[Groovemaster23]

yesir guys i'm a little bummed out too, because it makes it closer to 100ft shorter than 50ft of the original 925ft which yeah, sucks, but nevertheless it will be awesome, and still looks tall too. Its just with 81 ft shorter, it does look real thick and not as twin tower like at certain angles. But at other angles, towers very well and just keeps going up, which is what we all want. i can't wait to actually see how the crown will look in real life and on real pictures compared to all these computer shots. Ithink we are ready for the real thing

[dankrutka]

Quit focusing on just the height compared to other skyscrapers. Devon has completely redefined downtown and actually dwarfs it. There's really no need for it to be taller unless Devon requires it.

[Thunder]

Lets take a moment to reflect back on history.

It was four years, one month, and eleven days ago when Pete first broke the news to us. Fast forward, the tower is dominating our skyline. Can you believe it? Over four years, the time flashed before our eyes.

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=10593

[Maynard]

Lets take a moment to reflect back on history.

It was four years, one month, and eleven days ago when Pete first broke the news to us. Fast forward, the tower is dominating our skyline. Can you believe it? Over four years, the time flashed before our eyes.

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=10593

Are you as excited as I am about the next four years (and beyond)?

=)

[kevinpate]

For the big fixated, if it helps any, just remember Devon did take a few floors out of the tower and put the data center which would have occupied that space in a separate structure across town. Danged smart move all in all, even if it does leave the tape measure dangling for some.

[bucktalk]

Driving into OKC from Edmond I get caught up in the massiveness of the Devon Tower. In some ways it seems so out of scale with the other buildings because it just swallows up the 'new' OKC skyline. But then this thought hit me! Wasn't the twin towers in NYC TWICE as tall as the Devon Tower? Does any know if this is correct?

[David]

According to wiki, 1 WTC was 1,368 ft and 2 WTC was 1,362 ft. Counting the spire, 1 WTC was 1,727 ft.

[dankrutka]

If the Devon Energy Center is to be 844 feet then that means that it will be tied with Chicago's Park Tower for the 35th tallest building in the U.S. and 153rd in the world.

[Urbanized]

For some perspective, here is the view from the observation deck on the top of the 850-foot-tall GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center. When in Midtown Manhattan, standing on top of a building with near-identical height to Devon Tower, you FEEL like you are on a building that is a peer to the Empire State and that towers above the rest of NYC. Devon Tower is NOT a short building, in any city.


GE Building Top of 30 Rock View 2601 by Brechtbug, on Flickr

Another view:

[soonerwilliam]

It will be the 36th tallest (not 35th).

[OKCisOK4me]

It will be the 36th tallest (not 35th).

If Chicago's Park Tower is 35th at 844 and we tie with it, essentially we will be 36th but if Devon is a foot or 6 taller at 850, we'll be the 35th.

[UnFrSaKn]

Got back from doing video of the steel work going on the crown. Interesting story...

I parked on 2nd and Hudson to get one last show closer to the tower. I'm extremely busy today with flying to Denver tomorrow and being gone all next week and still gotta pack. I'm kind of in a hurry.
When I get out, I noticed a construction worker had either just parked and was on his way south towards the tower. He saw me and smiled and said hey, then we started talking as we walked. I told him about what I've been doing over the past year, and I found out he was a worker at Devon. He said something like, "See this mark on my hardhat? It means I can go all the way to the top if I wanted to." He talked about how beautiful the view is of the Myriad Gardens looking down in the morning, and how he can see Tinker AFB and very far away. He said that looking straight down the elevator shaft is something else. I said that I heard that the crown will be finished by late September, and he said that's probably about right. He said that they'll keep the bucket hoists (elevators) up for quite some time, since he said there are no working elevators inside yet. I mentioned OKCTalk, and that a crane operator took a cell phone camera picture and posted it.

I quickly showed him one of the time lapse videos I did. He said Devon should have "paid me for that shot". The one he saw was of the glass going up from June. We only talked for maybe five minutes, then he said he had to go to work.

I got a close up of two guys welding the steel for the crown. I also got two shots of new sections going up then being left at the top. I would get more, but I'm too busy. Maybe next Friday when I get back, it won't be too hot. The following Wednesday will be my last day off this month, and is the last day of the month.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I couldn't pass up getting some dramatic video of the demolition of the old Post Office on 5th and Harvey. It's a gigantic pile of twisted rubble. Lots of noise and dust. They have equipment standing on 30-40 feet of rubble, scraping the sides of it and pulling it down. It's about 98% gone.

[UnFrSaKn]

By the way, this is off topic. I'm also trying to sell a PS3 Slim and if I don't find a buyer by today, I'll be gone for a week. Took it to a post office to ask about this Nigerian address. I knew it was a fraud but thought I'd ask them. It was some scam garbage from Craigslist. So...not a lot of luck so far. Send a PM if you're interested. It's used, but brand new and you know I take care of stuff.

I'll post the photos from video today when I get it done.

[dankrutka]

If Chicago's Park Tower is 35th at 844 and we tie with it, essentially we will be 36th but if Devon is a foot or 6 taller at 850, we'll be the 35th.

According to this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._United_States, we'd be tied for 33rd with the Chase Tower in Chicago and the GE Building in NYC if it were 850ft.

[OKCisOK4me]

According to this list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._United_States, we'd be tied for 33rd with the Chase Tower in Chicago and the GE Building in NYC if it were 850ft.

Either of those would be way more awesome!

[UnFrSaKn]

August 18 2011

[Thunder]

William, have we mention how much we love you? How about you get in contact with Devon to set up an area at the opening ceremony day where people can get an autographed picture (of either you, you next to the tower, or tower itself)?