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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Architects are working on constructing the tallest building in the United States in Oklahoma City.
Called Legends Tower, it is expected to be around 1,907 feet off the ground.
#OklahomaCity #LegendsTower
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Bricktown not Brickton lol
I was coming here to say the same thing! That's why I hate outside States covering our State
Exactly
@aaronjackson5142 ong, t f outta here if u can't even pronounce "brick" and "town". Don't even wanna here these goobers try an pronounce the nation town names 😂
This is a terrific idea! Oklahoma City is off most peoples radar. I live in Toronto and would go to OKC, to see this skyscraper. Furthermore, The USA is the birthplace of the skyscraper, yet skyscrapers in Asia are, generally, taller and more spectacular than those in The USA. The Legends Tower would help redeem the reputation of American architecture. Build it!!!
The ones in China are just tall glass boxes. Most of America's skyscrapers are unique and architecturally beautiful.
@juliaj7939 please view videos of Chongqing and Shenzhen at night.
It might be neat to see but overall it is costly and stupid to build in an economy that can't support it. OKC already has an abundance of unused space. Plus, if government funds support this in anyway, it is a loss to us.
The completion and opening of that tower should definitely bring plenty of tourism and revenue to Oklahoma City. From what I know Oklahoma City certainly doesn't have a large percentage of visitors annually compare to the visitors that go to Miami, NYC, Vegas and Orlando. So I certainly wouldn't mind visiting that city once that tower is complete and open to the public. I've been fascinated with skyscrapers since my childhood.
You took the words out of my mouth!
It might bring some visitors but won't fill up the building. OKC doesn't have enough population to support this. OKC and metro area has a population of just under a million people, which is way under what is needed to support this business.
@@SandraAdcock oh, well if it's not built in OKC I still believe it'll be built somewhere else in the US in a city that doesn't already have a lot of skyscrapers.
@@SandraAdcockthe OKC metro has 1.4m people…
having the tallest building in Oklahoma City is awesome…..need that view of ???? Also though. Good on them.
I'd rather have the nation's tallest building be located in Jacksonville, Miami, Charlotte, or Atlanta. Why in the world would you have the tallest building in Tornado Alley, of all places?
Goodness, we call them naders. I’ll let it slide this time.
We are not Tornado alley anymore that shifted to the east and plus we haven’t had a tornado in the city sense the Devon tower was built , natural disasters can happen anywhere, just look at 9/11 and what happened there
Tell that to Moore Oklahoma.
Exactly especially black Mecca of ATLANTA,CHARLOTTE & JACKSONVILLE
A tornado wouldn’t destroy a skyscraper. Only the windows
Considering how bad the commercial real estate market has been doing and still looks for the future, this move is very risky.
The video literally says it's primarily residential.
Makes sense if you put it in NYC or Chicago it would not stick out as much. Even Sears Tower's height is only noticed outside the city because when you are in the loop other buildings cover it up alot of the time.
No new york gets all the credit bout time it's another place besides new york
You want it to stick out! That's the whole point. If it was NYC or Chi, most wouldn't care cuz it would blend in.
@dontasearcy8584 That's what I'm saying. It's about time to give another city a chance to rise up on its feet. New York get all the credit. It's about damn time. Another city has the spotlight shine on it
Damn, that is gonna be one big building 👻
gurl "Brickton?" 😂
People are dumb for questioning “why Oklahoma?” Oklahoma has tons of skyscrapers already…including in Tulsa and OKC. This will be iconic!
No it doesnt. lol
But really why Oklahoma?
Lmao
I would not call a bunch of 6-8 story buildings skyscrapers. 😂😂😂
Even though there isn’t a universally recognized consensus on generalizing buildings, but it is generally considered anything over 150 meters (492 feet) would be classified as a skyscraper. Super-tall skyscrapers are anything above 300 meters (984 feet), while mega-tall skyscrapers are structures over 600 meters (1,969 feet) tall.
Love all the walmart graduates commenting on it being in tornado alley or just in OKC like it's not only one of the fastest growing large cities in the country. This tower is like dubai making the Burj Khalifa, after which the tourism increased drastically. And with a building that big and designed correctly, there's no real danger of a tornado doing much damage aside from a broken window or two
Just for anyone reading this, the tower is almost entirely RESIDENTIAL, not OFFICE SPACE
Source: Me, coz I actually live in Oklahoma
I think it is totally RAD!!
Go okc
Wow! I would have never dreamed as a kid, that my home of Oklahoma will be home to the newest tallest skyscraper! No way!
These things are usually in areas that already have a huge city skyline.
But i like it, and what he said. There aren't any rules!
And when you think about it, all big cities started from the same blank canvas.
I think its super cool. Oklahoma City has been growing before my eyes. The devon tower still blows my mind. Its soo freaking tall. You can see it from miles and miles away. I cant even imagine how tall this one is going to be.
At this rate, by the time I'm an 80 year old man. OKC will look like New York. Its just wild to see a city grow in your lifetime
Wouldn’t want to be in that place when a tornado hits
Skyscrapers disrupt the windflow of tornadoes so this would actually be smart?
The Devon Tower is almost 1000 feet and has not been affected by tornadoes.
That's a myth. The chances of that particular land parcel being hit is slim to none. For example every house on my block is over 40 years old and still not destroyed by a tornado. I live in tornado alley also.
Guys this is our time to shine we can’t let the world down 😂
Also it’s Bricktown.
Nice we Coming Up with the Legend Tower.💯
OKC is not use to these type
Of proposals! Down here in Dallas which is only like 2.5 hours south, these tall skyscrapers get proposed all the time and never get built. I will admit that they are not this tall though. The Funny thing is that OKC downtown is not even as big as Ft. Worth and they are building this. That building would look crazy even in Dallas! A lot of people don’t realize how rare a 1000ft tower is in the US outside of NY and Chicago. This building is almost twice that height!
They should make more buildings in art deco style! It’s beautiful
Having one really tall building with a lot shorter buildings will make the city skyline look like a hand giving the middle finger.😂
This is the dumbest crap ever. You’re in Oklahoma City, literally a city in the middle of nowhere. Why do you need to build up?
Middle of nowhere? Its literally in the heart of America where 4 major interstates connect! Everything that moves from the east coast to the west coast has to go through OKC!
I do hope they build it and it works likes the Burj Khalifa worked for Dubai and puts OKC back on the map.
Oklahoma is OK 👌
There's what is called a skyscraper index that is used to track the economy of a certain region. It appears whenever one is actually built or approved to be built, the local economy goes into freefall shortly afterward. The Willis Tower (New Sears) was completed in 1974, a year after the first oil shock that brought the country into stagflation. (BTW, the World Trade Center twin towers were completed in 1973.) The Madronas Towers were built in Malaysia in 1997 that exceeded the Willis Tower in height just as its economy crashed, and the Burj Khalifa was built in Dubai and opened right around the global financial crisis of 2008. It makes me wonder why they're building another tallest skyscraper just as commercial high rises are going into a structural meltdown due to the rise of remote work.
It's residential.
1907?! Wow Oklahoma is a younger state than I thought…
I live in Oklahoma and don’t understand this.
There isn’t a need.
Office space isn’t as important as it used to be and it’s not like we are overflowing with people.
It's residential, not office space.
This sounds like something the onion news would publish
Does okc even have enough people or companies to fill the tower?
850,000 people in city limits, 2 million metro area. Definitely a one-stoplight farm town
Do they have electricity? How about running water? Do cowboys roam downtown looking for their cattle?
👍🏽
@nicolesmall5294 .....actually yes. The stock yards (aka cow town) are right next to downtown and every once in awhile the cattle will make a break for it and run into downtown and cowboys literally ride horses through the streets and bring them back 😅.
Fake publicity stunt by developers to get attention
Will it actually be built?
Probably not, I've heard it's just a publicity stunt from the architecture firm
No. Phase 1 will be built but Phase 2 (that actually includes the tower) will never materialize as it was just a gimmick to garner attention for the company. I can't see such high demand to live in that Godforsaken place.
@@M_HawkinsonThe developers say they have funding that “publicity stunt.” The claim isn't well supported it also wouldn't have gone in front of the city council if it were a publicity stunt. Now I'm not saying it will be built but they have the funding and approval to start construction we’ll just have to see in the next few years how things progress.
No. They probably finna build something 1/4 the size. Also residential skyscrapers will not be viable in Oklahoma.
@@jennpika6301 just google Chicago Spire. Proposed to be 2,000ft it never got above the ground despite having significant financial support in a city with many other skyscrapers. Or look up Oceanside center in SF, still just a lot surrounded by fences.
The Okla-Boner
I'm from New York that's just one building
There is a national height restriction in the US of 2,000 ft. This is why the USA can't have the tallest building in the world even though the skyscraper was invented here.
No theirs not. Where did you get that idea?
What about the tornadoes? 🌪️
WHY ?!!!
Why not?
This is crazy, who wants to go to Oklahoma City? I’ve been and it’s nice and all, but definitely not what comes to my mind when I think of great American cities. I’m sure if this materializes, it will be a nice building, but I’m not gonna go just to see it.
Who wants to go to OKC? I mean how do you want a city to attract tourists and grow. This is a next step just for that. Not just that their making a new nba stadium plus new resorts or what you expect them to not build anything and just stay in the back burner where no one wants to go.
20mil people go there a year
I think OKC is one of the best cities in the country. I mean that. However, when the avg 3bd 2bth home here only costs about 230k. This project makes absolutely no sense. I really don't understand this project. I know it's a stunt. However it's a stunt with absolutely no purpose. Like I said I really don't understand this project.
HMMMM what could possibly go seriously wrong , the state of Oklahoma is VERY known for having very big tornadoes you are putting your lives into very big danger.
impossible to damage this building
Devon tower was a 55 story test to see if towers would work
If no one is there to see it, does it exist??
Yes. 🙄
it will attract tourists
NYC and Chicago about to get back in the “tallest skyscrapers” game
We just never learn
So funny seeing all the jealous coastal residents throwing a tantrum because the place they refer to as flyover country is getting the nations tallest building. I guess if a civil war happens and the Midwest and south east secede we will have the tallest building not them. lol
Certainly with 30 new skyscrapers planned for Manhattan over the next 5 years this record can easily be beaten. It's enough Brooklyn tower almost beat the empire state building. The only issue is that one world trade center will lose it's title.
I'm cool with that new
York get all the credit don't you get tired of them getting all the credit give other citys a chance to be noticed and get credit
NYC won't beat this title anytime soon. I'd say 10-15 years at the least.
OKC will be Mobile on steroids with that out of place very tall tower
Stupid Idea. Busted windows from tornado damage every year.
Skyscrapers disrupt the windflow of tornadoes so this would actually be smart? Also check out the Devon Tower in OKC, 900’feet and never had its windows busted 😃
@@wickedlateok1697No they don’t. We had a tornado in Houston and it busted windows and caused thousands in damage in downtown. While it might prevent a tornado from forming it would do little to stop a large F5 with a huge debris cloud.
@@ReeluniqueI live in Houston and dont remember a tornado ripping through town, unless you mean the windstorm from a few weeks ago. But once again, look up OKC’s Devon Tower and you’ll see its lasted a decade at 900 feet, which would make it the 3rd tallest building if it were in HTX, without any tornadoes knocking it down.
@@ReeluniqueTornadoes have NEVER been in Downtown OKC.
A tornado has never once hit downtown OKC, they have gone closer to downtown Chicago than okc
because Oklahoma real estate prices are so high? land is so hard to get there?
Yeah because ppl from Commifornia buying everything up and the illegals that jump the border
Because it's a massive boost for tourism. How do you think the Burj Khalifa looked when it was completed?
Why ???? Why there ?
Why not?
Cause it’s probably a pr stunt
Why not ?! Just because we're not nasty ass new York or Commifornia doesn't mean we don't deserve it
@@aaronjackson5142 if we going off who deserves it the sender would be New York or California because they have the most valuable land
because OKC is not prominent, this will give it recognition
Tornado alley seems to be shifting to the east..maybe north east? Either way...im looking forward to this skyscraper..
Smart have a tornado spotter up top
the new-yorkification of oklahoma city starts with this building, was bound to happen at some point but this is def a shift
No worries. People actually want to live in New York City... this will never happen for Oklahoma.
I’ve only been in an earthquake one time in my life. And it was in Oklahoma City.
And it was because of fracking
Taipei 101 is like 300 feet from a major fault line
need to build new infrastructure that the people want not new skyscrapers
not mutually exclusive, can build both
Ain’t no way that will ever be built
It’s already been approved and it’s getting built
You want to bet $1k?
@@SDub5050 there ain’t no way in hell no Oklahomians can afford that
@@jjgreek1it’s a private investment, from a Californian
@@jjgreek1oklahoma holds silent oil wealth i think most forget were an oil state
I wish she would have let him talk, I loved this history lesson he was giving. 🤦🏾♂️
First off, it is BricktoWN, not Brickton! Second, this area is not struggling. We have Thunder Basketball, a river front walk, an Olympic Rowing Training Center, 2 beautiful parks, one with an outdoor concert space, the Myriad Gardens, a vibrant art community, there's Midtown, the Paseo, an active and welcoming LGBTQ+ Community, Tinker AFB and so much more!
Third, tornadoes never make it downtown. They go around the heat of the city.
While I'm not thrilled about the height, I'd like to think our beautiful city was chosen because we have a lot to offer!
OKC is one of the worst cities in the US...
What a colossal waste of resources taking the elevator to the observation deck to get a good view of absolutely nothing in the land that time forgot... I doubt it ever gets built.
A lot okies don’t even wanna see this come to fruition while some have little man syndrome about it “why not Oklahoma” gaslighting the tornado threat and the fact that economically it makes no since to put this here lol gonna be a money pit. Let’s talk vacancy rates in downtown OKC office buildings
It's residential
This shit ain’t ever gonna happen
Probably gonna need high speed rail AND HYPERJET PORTS an RUNAWAY.
Sorry, it’ll never happen in OKC; I’ve seen suburban downtowns bigger than Oklahoma City’s. Maybe the city should work on creating the infrastructure to develop a decent downtown, not to mention tackle the horrible crime stats.
or all 3
This is being built with private money. He has already raised all of the money needed to build. The city's money pays for those items you mentioned.,
OK but does it blend?
A question for the Blendtec guys? 🙂
Nope lmao!
People complaining about tornados aren’t very bright
Every penthouse has a 360 view smart. Not looking at the person across the street.
Thank God we have the tallest building in the US. Just what OKC needed.
Not that it's one of the worst cities in the US to live or anything, but yeah. Maybe tourism is the answer. Glad this is what my taxes are going towards.
It belongs in Miami.. Not in the badlands/tornado alley.
why?
@@scottwood928 Google how many international and domestic visitors Florida gets annually and then do the same with Oklahoma and you will have your answer. 🤑👍🏼
@@USDiploMike this skyscraper might attract more visitors
No the badlands is north philadephia
@@matthewlogan4267 I think it‘s in the Dakota’s but…. Same difference. 😏 Essentially, I meant to say… It’s in the middle of nowhere.
Genius... let's put a Skyscraper were ALL the Tornadoes live... No this is a 50th ranked in Education Level Idea AT ALL...
Never gonna be built to that height
why?
@@scottwood928 developers use flashy ideas and renderings when their projects are on the drawing board to generate excitement in the public/press. Once the project gets closer to fruition those plans are often scaled back to be more realistic.
This may be the dumbest construction project ever.
It will make the skyline look ridiculous. The city would be better off with 3-650’ towers.
They probably thought that when the first skyscraper was built. I'm not from Oklahoma cut I've been there many times and I travel the world. One thing I've noticed is that skyscrapers draw more skyscrapers. Look at Dubai. Dubai was a baren city in a desert until they started building. More and more buildings came. There always has to be a first and why not make it the tallest in the US? Things like tall buildings, sports teams, and activities downtown draw more business into a city.
This is what I said! That city also needs more infill than a super tall.
How do you think the Burj Khalifa started??
Asia has done the mixed used areas much better than the US. It's pretty common place to have condos mixed with offices + commercial areas all in one small area.
Yessssss we've heard it 100 times 😂 'waLkAbLe ciTiEs' we know, we're learning
@@DefensisIndus Actually, that's not why it happens. In Asia, you have way more horizontal companies. They have their toes into everything, so they diversify rather than just worry about one aspect.
He just said they are learning, so leave him alone
Theres generally no need for such areas in America however. Asian countries are generally VERY densely populated and need to conserve as much space as they can, so they build everything as compact as possible in a small area.
America on the other hand has plenty of space to expand and sprawl outward as its just generally cheaper to build outward than upwards.
Culture for example also plays a major role as to why American cities were built they way they were (post 1950s). American simply value and prefer space, we don't want to be crammed into a small area.
@@blackhole9961 The whole point of a mixed use development is to spread the investment risk.
And politely, why don't people listen? Take Korea. Shinsaegae (department store) is part of the Samsung family. Also, they have other retail stores. They are not just developers, but running the property as a business for the long term. The US isn't structured this way.
Land buyer + builder + seller + retailer + property management company all wrapped in one.
It's even more extreme in countries like the Philippines.
Tornados will destroy it in seconds
they design it to withstand them, they are not stupid
This is a BIG mistake!! They need to block it through the courts. People in OC will find out the mistake they allowed when you can see it from everywhere in the city. It will also make for a very lopsided skyline. This is pure vanity project and ego gone amuk.
We have tornadoes here. That's why height restrictions exists. This will end badly. This is foolish.
Tornado alley tower
so?
Will be very empty
Doubt it ever gets built. Not a very good market.
Asia is leading in Skyscrapers cities, America is losing its power, America is crumbling and declining 🥴🤣
Middle East asia got the biggest skyscraper
A better location would've been Dallas.
Demand for office space is plummeting and this is what they are proposing?
It's not plummeting in Oklahoma
Did you graduate from Walmartversity, almost the entire building is residential, not office space
That's just dumb.
Its dumb to people that dont know the plan.
@@Wolfcamp555 timothy mcveigh would have loved this.
@@rgreisler skyscrapers are built to project power and Oklahoma City is the most powerful city in America.
@@Wolfcamp555 lol
@@rgreisler what, you don't think the headquarters for the seven state region of Global WTI isn't powerful?
So we're just gonna forget that planes destroyed 2 towers?
Good! Maybe thus will start a skyscraper war in the US
Absurd. Dumbest idea ever for a city with no shortage of vacant building lots, and it will not happen. The cost of that finished space would far exceed what the Okie real estate market will bear.
Hello Mr. TORNADO
Already commented but, 🌪️?
There will probably be design changes like height reduction and it will take 10 years to build with a $20B price tag. America just doesn’t have what it takes to aim bigger and better anymore. We had our time of glory in the 20th century. 1,907 feet is the best we can do? C’mon. Might as well just go for 2,000 foot mega tall status like Chicago Spire was supposed to before it got scrapped.
Anywhere can be over 1907 high. 1907 is significant to OK being that's the year this state became a state🤷♀️
Nashville
God no. That place is the definition of entitled.
Apparently you don’t remember signature tower proposal in Nashville back in the early 2000’s. It wasn’t this tall, but it was over 1000ft. That don’t happen and I feel the same will happen to this tower in OKC.
@@Aggie4life77 I do remember
I visited OKC on a Saturday afternoon. Everything was closed, even the bank ATM lobbies. I had to walk up to the drive-thru. I'm surprised they don't roll up the sidewalks.
No character to the building at all. Efficient, functional, and ugly. Yep, it's modern
.......IN THE MIDDLE TORNADO ALLEYS......??????
We've never had a tornado in the downtown area ever
@aaronjackson5142 good then but it can happen any time. Here in Houston, we had DURECHO/ QUICK STRONG WIND GUST passed our downtown and kocked out most skyscrapers' windows. It will take months to replace them.
I will be surprised if that building ends up getting built. There is a lack of demand for office space.
Exactly
They literally said that because demand for office space is down the tower will mostly have hotel and residential space.
It's almost entirely residential, graduate from Walmart much?
@@Sampsel2 Not a big enough market to support a building of that magnitude.
@@ethancook5705 it's one of the fastest growing large cities in the country. From 2010-2020 along it gained over 100,000 people.
There is absolutely enough people coming in to support this. The Burj Khalifa kicked off Dubai, and the Legends Tower can easily do the same for Oklahoma City and OK in general.
This is stupid
No, its not... ain't going to happen, some developer is blowing smoke up our butts.. There is no market for this size of a building.
been planned for years, and approved recently
Let me guess... another rectangle, bloc style?
She could at least get the word correct. It’s not Brickton, it’s Bricktown, pronounced Brick Town!
A waste of $$$ try building housing for low income cause there is ALOT OF LOW INCOME IN OKLAHOMA!
Boardwalk at BRICKTOWN get it right shhsh
This is the dumbest idea I have ever seen considering the amount of severe weather they get.
And it being a craphole city!
all this money can go to veterans.
This is not a government-funded project.
"AnD tHe HoMeLeSs ToO" I'm a disabled vet, but not all money is allocated for altruistic causes...
Or to targeted individuals and homeless people and dieing children and disabled people
This female interviewer should abandon her career as a newscaster.