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Amazing Photos
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My own, original, photo. Elysian Park, Los Angeles, 2012.
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Downtown Tulsa. I work in the tallest building (left side).
Some history about the BOk (Bank of Oklahoma) tower:
Built three years after Invalid Link Removed’s World Trade Center and designed by the same architect, the BOK Tower is strikingly similar to the Twin Towers in appearance and construction, but at almost exactly half the size.
Not long after the Twin Towers opened on April 4, 1973, John Williams, the CEO of Williams Companies, set his mind on creating a new tower for his company in downtown Invalid Link Removed, Invalid Link Removed. Impressed with the towers of the World Trade Center, Williams initially considered building four small-scale replicas. That, however, would have been tricky and inefficient given the space he had to work with, so the plans were changed to focus on a single tower half the size of those in New York.
And who better to get the job done than Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, the same architects who designed the WTC? Williams’ wishes were soon conjured up by Yamasaki, staying extremely faithful to the Twin Towers design both outside and in.
Some history about the BOk (Bank of Oklahoma) tower:
Built three years after Invalid Link Removed’s World Trade Center and designed by the same architect, the BOK Tower is strikingly similar to the Twin Towers in appearance and construction, but at almost exactly half the size.
Not long after the Twin Towers opened on April 4, 1973, John Williams, the CEO of Williams Companies, set his mind on creating a new tower for his company in downtown Invalid Link Removed, Invalid Link Removed. Impressed with the towers of the World Trade Center, Williams initially considered building four small-scale replicas. That, however, would have been tricky and inefficient given the space he had to work with, so the plans were changed to focus on a single tower half the size of those in New York.
And who better to get the job done than Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, the same architects who designed the WTC? Williams’ wishes were soon conjured up by Yamasaki, staying extremely faithful to the Twin Towers design both outside and in.
Cool! I did not know that.
I'd like to see interior photos to see if the lobby area is similar.
(I moved to NYC in 1969 so I was emotionally invested in the Twin Towers.)
I'd like to see interior photos to see if the lobby area is similar.
(I moved to NYC in 1969 so I was emotionally invested in the Twin Towers.)
Here's a shot of the plaza level going to the 2nd street bridge:
Very cool! It does have a similar feel to the Towers.
Thank you.
(Windows of the World was one of the most amazing places to get a drink.)
Lava from the Piton de la Fournaise ("Peak of the Furnace") volcano flowing toward the Indian Ocean on the island of Réunion.
(I believe it was called “WWII”
asshat.)
Tourists climb Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia's Northern Territory on October 25, 2019. Friday was the last day people were allowed to climb Uluru.
