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First Place Tower
First Place Tower is a skyscraper located at 15 East Fifth in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was completed in 1973 and has 41 stories. At in height, it is the third tallest building in Tulsa behind BOK Tower and Cityplex Towers, and the fourth tallest in Oklahoma. Although it shares an address with the adjacent First National Bank Building, it faces Boston Avenue. From 2006 to 2017 it was owned by Maurice Kanbar, a California entrepreneur who had extensive holdings in downtown Tulsa until he sold a portfolio of his holdings, including this building, in 2017 to his operating partner, Stuart Price.Rhett Morgan"Tulsa developer Stuart Price acquires downtown Kanbar properties" ''Tulsa World'', February 5, 2017. See also *Buildings of Tulsa, Oklahoma *List of tallest buildings in Tulsa *List of tallest buildings in Oklahoma This list of tallest buildings in Oklahoma ranks skyscrapers and highrises in the US state of Oklahoma by height. The tallest building in Oklahoma is the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage County, Oklahoma, Osage, Rogers County, Oklahoma, Rogers, and Wagoner County, Oklahoma, Wagoner counties. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek people, Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Historically, a robust energy sector fueled Tulsa's economy; however, today the city has diversified and leading sectors include finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology. Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-most extensive and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw language, Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its List of U.S. state and territory nicknames, nickname, "Sooners, The Sooner State", in reference to the settlers who staked their claims on land before the official op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-rise buildings. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with between 10 and 20 stories when these types of buildings began to be constructed in the 1880s. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces. One common feature of skyscrapers is having a steel frame that supports curtain walls. These curtain walls either bear on the framework below or are suspended from the framework above, rather than resting on load-bearing walls of conventional construction. Some early skyscrapers have a steel frame that enables the construction of load-bearing walls taller than of those made of reinforced concrete. Modern skyscrapers' walls are not load-bearing, and most skyscrapers are characterised by large surface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown Tulsa
Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, US 64, and US 75. The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district, and is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture. Much of Tulsa's convention space is located in downtown, such as the Tulsa Performing Arts Center and the Tulsa Convention Center, and the BOK Center. Prominent downtown sub-districts include the Blue Dome District, the Tulsa Arts District, and the Greenwood Historical District, which includes the site of ONEOK Field, a baseball stadium for the Tulsa Drillers opened in 2010. In 2010, the estimated population of downtown is 4,000. The daytime population is estimated to be 36,000. Downtown districts Tulsa includes many structures built during the Oil Boom in the 1920s and 1930s, including Art Deco buildings such as the Mid-Continent Tower, Boston Avenue Methodist Church, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BOK Tower
BOK Tower (named for the Bank of Oklahoma; formerly known as One Williams Center) is a skyscraper in Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. At 203 m (667 ft) in height, the 52-story tower was the tallest building in Oklahoma until surpassed by Devon Tower in 2011. It was built in 1976 and designed by Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, the same architect who designed the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City. This structure is very similar to the WTC towers in appearance and construction. Design and history BOK Tower's lobby has marble walls and wall hangings similar to those in the former World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York. BOK Tower was built for the Williams Companies, whose CEO at the time, John Williams, was impressed by the Twin Towers and originally wanted to build two 25-story replicas in Tulsa. However, prior to construction, Williams was informed that having two separate towers would require more elevators than a single, larger tower. The plan for a quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cityplex Towers
CityPlex Towers is a complex of three high-rise office towers located at 81st Street and Lewis Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The complex was originally constructed by Oral Roberts University as City of Faith Medical and Research Center and meant to be a major charismatic Christian hospital. The complex is now home to 3 individual hospitals with over 20 surgery suites as well as 100+ additional tenants History Oral Roberts traveled to California in 1977 after the death of his daughter and son-in-law, who were killed along with five other passengers in a small airplane crash. During the pilgrimage, Roberts had a religious vision in which God directed him to construct the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. The facility was conceived to serve as a nationally renowned healing and research and teaching facility for the medical faculty of the adjacent Oral Roberts University. The hospital was intended to combine the healing disciplines of modern medical science and Biblical princip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First National Bank Building (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
The First National Bank Building is a commercial high-rise building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The building rises 250 feet (76 m) in downtown Tulsa. It contains 20 floors, and was completed in 1950. The First National Bank Building currently stands as the List of tallest buildings in Tulsa, 15th-tallest building in the city, and the 30th-tallest building in the state of Oklahoma. The architectural firm who designed the building was Carson and Lundin, Carson & Lundin. It currently stands as the 7th-tallest Modern architecture, modern style skyscraper in the city, behind the CityPlex Towers, Cityplex Tower, the First Place Tower, the University Club Tower (Tulsa), University Club Tower, Cityplex West Tower, the Liberty Towers (Tulsa), Liberty Towers complex and the Boulder Towers complex. The First National Bank Building notably stands as the first modern style high-rise to be built in Tulsa, and was the only skyscraper to be constructed in the city between 1928, when the 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Kanbar
Maurice Kanbar (March 1, 1929 – August 20, 2022) was an American entrepreneur and inventor who lived in San Francisco, California. He was particularly well known for his creation of SKYY vodka and was also noted for his extensive real estate investments. Biography Kanbar was born as Moshe Shama on March 1, 1929, in Palestine, one of three sons born to Meier and Hana () Shama.Robert Evatt"Downtown Tulsa investor a man of many passions" ''Tulsa World'', December 3, 2010. His family emigrated from Jerusalem to New York in 1937. His Jewish parents raised Maurice and his two brothers in Boro Park, Brooklyn. Maurice Kanbar is a 1952 alumnus of Philadelphia Textile Institute. Kanbar had stated he owns 50 patents on various consumer and medical products, invented the D-Fuzz-It comb for sweaters, Tangoes Puzzle Game, the Safetyglide hypodermic needle protector SooFoo, Zip Notes, and a cryogenic cataract remover. He created New York's first multiplex cinema, the Quad Cinema, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa World
The ''Tulsa World'' is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. Tulsa World Media Company is part of Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 2020 that a corporate purchase was made of BH Media Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company controlled by Warren Buffett. The printed edition is the second-most circulated newspaper in the state, after ''The Oklahoman''. It was founded in 1905 and locally owned by the Lorton family for almost 100 years until February 2013, when it was sold to BH Media Group. In the early 1900s, the ''World'' fought an editorial battle in favor of building a reservoir on Spavinaw Creek, in addition to opposing the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The paper was jointly operated with the ''Tulsa Tribune'' from 1941 to 1992. History Republican activist James F. McCoy and Kansas journalist J.R. Brady published the first edition of the ''Tulsa World'' on September 14, 1905 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings Of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is a hub of art deco and contemporary architecture, and most buildings of Tulsa are in either of these two styles. Prominent buildings include the BOK Tower, the second tallest building in Oklahoma; the futurist Oral Roberts University campus and adjacent Cityplex Towers, a group of towers that includes the third tallest building in Oklahoma; Boston Avenue Methodist Church, an Art Deco church designated as a National Historic Landmark; and the BOK Center, an 18,000-seat arena in downtown Tulsa. Skyscrapers and highrises Auditoriums, arenas, and theaters References Sourc See also *Tulsa, Oklahoma * National Register of Historic Places listings in Oklahoma *List of Art Deco buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma This is a list of Art Deco buildings and structures in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Zigzag Style PWA Style Streamline Style Deco Moderne Style Art Deco Revival Notes {{reflist References Tulsa Art Deco Society https://web.archive.org/web/200801191 ... {{Tulsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings In Tulsa
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List Of Tallest Buildings In Oklahoma
This list of tallest buildings in Oklahoma ranks skyscrapers and highrises in the US state of Oklahoma by height. The tallest building in Oklahoma is the Devon Energy Center in Oklahoma City, which contains 50 floors and is tall. It is tied with the Park Tower in Chicago for the 43rd tallest building in the United States. The second-tallest building in the state is the BOK Tower in Tulsa, which rises above the ground. Tallest buildings The following is a list of buildings in Oklahoma over 115 meters in height. All buildings listed here are in Oklahoma City or Tulsa: seven buildings in Oklahoma City and eight in Tulsa. The tallest building in Oklahoma outside these two cities is the Phillips Petroleum Building in Bartlesville, Oklahoma at 292 ft. See also * List of tallest buildings in Oklahoma City *List of tallest buildings in Tulsa *List of tallest buildings by U.S. state *List of tallest buildings in the United States References {{US tallest buildings lists b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
