America's tallest skyscraper approved with 'unlimited height'
At 1,907 feet, referencing the year Oklahoma was admitted to the Union, the skyscraper would be taller than One World Trade Center. Oklahoma City has approved plans for an "unlimited height" skyscraper, Legends Tower, which will be built in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown neighborhood. The building will measure 1,907 feet with 134 floors, surpassing New York's One World Trade Center by more than 1,000 feet and becoming the sixth tallest building in the world. The design team behind the plans, Architects Orange (AO), initially proposed the building at a height of 1,750 feet, but after revising plans, they requested a zoning change to eliminate all height restrictions for the site. The cost of the project is unknown, with $1.5 billion in funding already secured.
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Move over, New York—Oklahoma City will soon be the new home of the country's tallest building after its council voted through plans for an "unlimited height" skyscraper this week.
Legends Tower is scheduled to be built in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown neighborhood, measuring 1,907 feet with 134 floors. If the plans go ahead, it will bump New York City's One World Trade Center into second place. It will also outrank Oklahoma's tallest tower—the 844-foot Devon Energy Center—by more than 1,000 feet, and become sixth tallest building in the world.
The newly approved "unlimited height" pays homage to 1907, the year Oklahoma was admitted to the Union, similar to how One World Trade Center's height—1,776 feet—references the year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The building opened in 2014 following eight years of construction after the original World Trade Center buildings were destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The Oklahoma skyscraper and surrounding complex, which consists of a base with three mid-rise towers, will include a hotel with 480 rooms and nearly 2,000 luxury and affordable apartments. According to Architects Orange (AO), the California-based architects behind the plans, the overall development "encompasses over three acres and over 2 million square feet of residential, hospitality, retail, dining, and entertainment."
AO and developer Matteson Capital initially proposed the building at a height of 1,750 feet, only a few feet shy of One World Trade Center. However, after revising plans, the companies requested that the city council approve a zoning change to eliminate all height restrictions for the site, allowing the tower to reach up to 1,907 feet. A timeline for construction of the development, called Boardwalk at Bricktown, comprising the tower is not yet available.
"AO is delighted that the Oklahoma City Council has approved the development team's request for unlimited height for the Boardwalk at Bricktown," AO said in a statement. "We are grateful that the City Council has embraced the vision of Matteson Capital and the entire design team to transform the City into a global destination."
Newsweek has contacted AO via email for further comment.
As is to be expected, the price tag for building the mega tall structure doesn't come in cheap, with Matteson telling The Oklahoman earlier this year that $1.5 billion in funding has already been secured.
Supertall skyscrapers are defined by measuring as 984 feet or taller. There are 29 completed supertall buildings in the U.S.—none of which in Oklahoma. The world's tallest is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, at 2,716.5 feet.
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