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Originally Posted by BG918
The towers are currently in the midst of a major renovation which includes recladding involving the removal of the gold panels (which is essentially a perforated screen over a series punched windows) and replacing with curtain wall. There is a hospital and medical offices inside one of the towers, and offices in the others though I think the vacancy rate is high. It's a terribly inefficient building, low ceilings (the tallest tower has 60 floors!), outdated amenities, no covered parking and in the middle of a mostly residential area across from ORU about 8 miles from downtown Tulsa. Something medical-related is the only use I can foresee in the future, new curtain wall or not.
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Interesting. Any photos? If they are just replacing the corner glass, that has always been bronze as I recall. The blue against the gold could look really weird.
These things absolutely blaze in the late afternoon sun. It's quite a sight.
For those that don't know, each of the three towers originally had three crosses cut into the cladding on all three sides. It was odd. I think I've got some postcards of that era. I don't recall when the crosses were removed.
The year I lived in Tulsa (1990-1991) at age 14, I used to ride my bike to this complex (City of Faith as it was then) from my house and ride around in the huge parking lot all the time. I always found it to be an interesting piece of sculptural architecture, but totally devoid of any real value. I've never been up in the towers (they were essentially vacant that year), just inside the lobby.
I always thought it would make an interesting hotel, but Tulsa doesn't exactly need a 60 story hotel (or a 30 and a 20 next door), especially not way out there.
To me the towers still look a little more sterile without the healing hands out front. It was a cool sculpture. Didn't it get moved across the street?