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Originally Posted by Texcitement
I understand what you mean, Nashville, about OKC. Devon is really out of scale with its neighbors. Paramount might give that effect to some degree, but Nashville has a far denser downtown with more 400+ buildings than OKC has. Also the terrain of downtown Nashville has a lot more dips and rises than the flat downtown of OKC. This has given several buildings of 350' a much more prominent profile. The Snodgrass (Tennessee) tower is one example. It's not 500', but it looks like it's nearly 700' near the pinnacle of downtown, Capitol Hill. There are already 3 towers taller than it, and 3 underway. A 700' tower won't look nearly as out of place as Devon does in OKC. On a related note: Pinnacle Financial is building a 580' tower in the Gulch. Because of where it will be, it will barely look taller than Snodgrass.
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I agree. And, maybe it's just me, but I don't think that Devon Tower is totally out of scale. Obviously it stands out. But, I certainly wish Nashville had a Devon Tower. Devon is 844 feet. The next tallest building is 500 feet.
With a few more in the 400 plus foot range. Like you said, with Nashville's terrain and the number of other high rises, a tower the height of Devon wouldn't look out of place at all. Keep in mind, at one point in Nashville's history the L&C Tower stood alone.
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