Posted on 06/07/2024 12:17:06 AM PDT by Jonty30
You could be forgiven for remaining skeptical about whether it will ever be built, but the audacious bid to build the USA's new tallest skyscraper in Oklahoma City reached a major milestone this week. Local officials have now finally met and given it their approval.
Legends Tower was originally conceived as a proposal for the USA's second-tallest skyscraper. Following a positive reception, its designers and developers updated their plans to make it the overall tallest skyscraper in the country.
Assuming all goes to plan, the development will be located onthe site of a parking lot near a railroad track and a U-Haul storage facility. It will consist of four towers, the largest of which will reach a height of 1,907 ft (581 m) to honor the year Oklahoma became the USA's 46th state.
This largest tower will be 130 ft (39 m) taller than the USA's current tallest skyscraper, NYC's One World Trade Center, and just behind China's Ping An Finance Center in the world rankings, making it sixth-tallest worldwide. Between all four buildings, they will host residential units and a luxury hotel.
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Sounds a lot like the huge amusement part rumored for Vinita on I-44. Just another dumb idea or scam.
Anybody know if there’s bedrock there to support the weight? The Geo map indicates a lot of clays and sand.
Tornados
Also would be a terrific bomb magnate.
OKC has more than its share of muzzies.
Another ugly big building in a downtown. How original.
Not just stupid but extremely stupid.
TORNADO ALLEY!!! HELLO!!! How STUPID!
This is either “Fulton’s Folly” or the Titanic. It is not worth 1.2 billion dollars to find out. Regardless, I don’t think the Oklahoma economy will not be able to support this enterprise when and if it is completed.
“Tornado bait”
Not just that...Oklahoma isn’t really known for building to code for earthquakes either. Although it’s uncommon, quakes are known in the area. From Wikapedia:
The USGS national hazard map states that the Meers fault has a recurrence interval of 4,500 years[47] but estimates range from 100,000 years to 1,300 years.[14] The fault may generate strong earthquakes in the future; earthquakes with magnitudes Mw 7.5–8 might be possible on the Meers fault and an earthquake similar to the Holocene ones would be felt over large parts of the continent, including Oklahoma and Texas, with intensities comparable to these of the 1886 Charleston earthquake and 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes.
Tell them your a democrat remember Michell’s foot bridge was built.
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