Comments on: Lack-Money http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/08/21/lack-money/ The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer covers downtown OKC brick by brick. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:24:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Doug Dawg http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/08/21/lack-money/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Doug Dawg Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:21:24 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/08/21/lack-money/#comment-691 Steve, in your and Jack's article at http://newsok.com/devon-tower-architect-draws-inspiration-from-area/article/3286584/?tm=1219292992, you said that Pickard quoted Louis Sullivan (as he well may have said) as the Colcord's architect. But, wasn't William Wells the Colcord's architect? I'm confused. From the Colcord Hotel's website is this: "When the Colcord Building was completed in 1910, at 12 stories, it was the first skyscraper in Oklahoma City. Constructed by Charles Francis Colcord, he selected William A. Wells as the architect for this building. Wells was a protégé of Louis Sullivan, a founder of the Chicago School style of architecture. Sullivan was also the designer of the molds for the decorative terracotta, which adorns the first, second, and twelfth floors of the Colcord Building." Steve, in your and Jack’s article at http://newsok.com/devon-tower-architect-draws-inspiration-from-area/article/3286584/?tm=1219292992, you said that Pickard quoted Louis Sullivan (as he well may have said) as the Colcord’s architect. But, wasn’t William Wells the Colcord’s architect? I’m confused.

From the Colcord Hotel’s website is this: “When the Colcord Building was completed in 1910, at 12 stories, it was the first skyscraper in Oklahoma City. Constructed by Charles Francis Colcord, he selected William A. Wells as the architect for this building. Wells was a protégé of Louis Sullivan, a founder of the Chicago School style of architecture. Sullivan was also the designer of the molds for the decorative terracotta, which adorns the first, second, and twelfth floors of the Colcord Building.”

]]> By: Doug Dawg http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/08/21/lack-money/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Doug Dawg Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:21:05 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/08/21/lack-money/#comment-692 You guys always do a great job! Thanks again, Steve, for getting me in the door yesterday! I remain, your Cub Reporter! You guys always do a great job! Thanks again, Steve, for getting me in the door yesterday!

I remain, your Cub Reporter!

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