I have aways found the cross illumination at Christmas a bit odd myself. I never look at Crosses as a symbol of Christmas more of Easter. But that's just me.
That looks fantastic! Ours is a little more humble, though we had a pretty tight budget
Designing a $12k Office On a $2k Budget - GoldFire Studios
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That is amazingly impressive!
I'm no fan of the CRT design/style, but I suspect we'd someday regret re-facading it much in the same way we regret 101 Park and some other structures being done that way... something still lost...
I also don't support re-facading it either. For better or for worse, that type of architecture represents what was considered "modern" in the 1970s and 1980s. I remember when I was very young, that type of architecture meant "big city." Many of the mistakes of the past have shown that you don't re-facade buildings just because their architecture is out of style. The exception is if you are somehow converting bad urbanism to good urbanism.
Light the crown at night and I'll be a lot happier with it.
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I agree. Just fix the lighting and leave the rest alone. I don't see a need to Re-Façade the building. and if you can't keep it lit how on earth do you think they would ever get a new Façade put on.
I really like the idea of creating a huge glass atrium as a pedestal to the building, one that goes all the way to the surrounding streets and incorporates retail and services on the ground floor and within.
The plaza now is completely useless and virtually unused and causes this huge wasted space right in the middle of the CBD.
I've noticed they are painting the crown of the Cotter Ranch Tower. Tonight the aircraft warning lights are off at the top of the building so obviously they are doing something. Anybody have any ideas?
Just putting in new windows, like they did with Founder's Tower, would make a world of difference.
Yeah, Founders looks brighter and more inviting with the new windows. Money well spent imo.
What's the story with the absence of lighting on this building now?
Is it just dark because the Foghorn Leghorn guy who bought the place is too cheap to turn the lights on?
Probably. Which is his right, as much as I myself don't like it.
That said, I would be interested to know if there is an option for an entity like DowntownOKC to "reimburse" businesses for their lighting bills if they agree to keep the lights on. The BID board would probably have to vote on that expenditure, but it would be a potential central way of doing it for "qualifying buildings".
Around early 2015, the LED lighting started to burn out at the top of the building and it appears they just removed it entirely instead of fixing it.
This would be an interesting idea. Do other cities have incentives like this to light their downtowns?
I haven't posted anything here in a few years. But from time to time I pop in and look over stuff that interests me. I've since moved to Dallas, then to Reno, back to OKC, and finally (hopefully for good) to Dallas. Anyway, I know this is off topic but I'm wondering if anyone knows just how tall the Biltmore Hotel was that was demolished in OKC... ? I've read some stuff that said it was 26 stories but doesn't specify the building's height.
Also, yeah... the downtown could use some lighting up to make it look more lively. I absolutely hate admitting Tulsa looks good. Ugh. Idk how. We're so much bigger and successful. It confuses me.
^ Two sources I found say 245' tall.
https://www.emporis.com/buildings/10...ma-city-ok-usa
https://www.controlled-demolition.com/landmark-hotel
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