City Place Tower (Oklahoma City)

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City Place
City Place Tower in the CBD of Oklahoma City.
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice/Residential
Location200 Park Avenue,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 United States
Coordinates35°28′08″N 97°30′57″W / 35.46889°N 97.51583°W / 35.46889; -97.51583
Completed1931[1]
Opening1931[1]
Cost$3M[2]
Height
Roof391 ft (119 m)
Technical details
Floor count33[1]
Floor area292,305 sq ft (27,156.0 m2)[3]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Walter W. Ahlschlager and Clair Drury[2]
References
[4]

City Place is a mixed-use tower skyscraper in downtown

condos
; the penthouse condo occupies the top two floors.

It is currently the 13th tallest building in Oklahoma.

History

Constructed as the Ramsey Tower in 1931 by oilman W.R. Ramsey, City Place was involved in the "Great Race" with the First National Tower to become the first to top out, a race that Ramsey won.

Liberty Tower
in 1971. During Liberty's tenure, a skybridge was constructed at the 16th floor, connecting it to the Dowell Center. The bridge was, at the time, the highest such structure in the world. After Liberty Bank moved out, City National Bank moved in and constructed what was once the building's most distinctive feature, a rooftop marquee, which was removed when the building was renovated in the 1980s. Another unique feature of City Place is the original fire escape, which is still in use. It consists of a spiral slide traveling the full height of the building. This was supplemented by a traditional staircase during Liberty Bank's tenure. Previous names of the building are: Ramsey Tower, APCO Tower, Liberty Bank Tower, City National Tower, Sonic Plaza, and First City Place.

Architecture

Although it was constructed in the Art Deco style in 1931, the building was renovated in the 1980s, modifying its architectural style by giving it a massive rooftop marquee, now removed.

The building was designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager and Claire Drury.[2]

Notable tenants

Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort, a real estate firm with ties to

BGC Partners.[7]

Anderson Prichard Oil Corporation

Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office

Oklahoma Department of Securities

UMB Financial Corporation, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has offices in the building.

See also

Preceded by Tallest Buildings in Oklahoma City
1931
134m 		Succeeded by
First National Center

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f City Place, Emporis.com. (accessed October 9, 2013)
  2. ^ a b c Downtown Oklahoma, okhistory.org (accessed October 9, 2013)
  3. ^ "City Place". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  4. ^ "City Place Tower". SkyscraperPage.
  5. ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/city-place/12665
  6. ^ City Place History (accessed October 9, 2013)
  7. ^ About Us newmarklsb.com (Accessed August 16, 2018)

External links

City Place Official Website

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