# Talk:Price Tower

Growing up in the area, I had always heard that the building had few to no right angles in the interior. Is this true and, if so, should that information be added to the article?
Yes it is true - The building is based on 30 and 60 degree angles.  While there are some 90 degree angles like the doorways the rest of the building is very angular - the lights, the drains, the stairs, the elevators and etc...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.137.60.106 (talk) 16:11, 26 June 2008 (UTC) 

I have heard that the furniture was built in the rooms and were made too big to fit out the doors, that FLW didn't want it to be used in any other room other than what they were designed for.  I thought it was a neat trivia bit.  Anyone else? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MoonWTrash (talk • contribs) 18:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC).
Having grown up in Bartlesville, I had the honor of watching the tower being built and of touring the building prior to its public opening. If I remember correctly, even the elevators were triangular shaped and very small; so small in fact that a Xerox 914 copier had to be hoisted up the outside of the building.
69.154.22.189 (talk) 22:02, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

The list of articles and books was longer than the article itself, and there's no way the person who added them used all of them to make the changes he made. To that end, I've moved those without specific page numbers here, so others can find them and use them in the future to cite specific points. User:Confesseur (talk) 02:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
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The section on construction mentions 18 floors, but then says 19 floors? What happened?  Thanks Littenberg (talk) 19:18, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

@Littenberg, good question. Unfortunately the sources don't say much; however, I think the plans were changed during construction to add a 19th floor. Since the building ultimately did not have 18 stories, I think it may be a good idea to remove that detail. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:54, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
OK. I made it "high-rise". Thanks Littenberg (talk) 18:59, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

I very much enjoyed this article. It has loads of information - you have all been doing a lot of research and it shows.  I made lots of small edits for readability, and I moved some stuff from one section to another to keep things on topic.  Please check that I have not damaged the meaning! I have a few suggestions:
Can we get a diagram to illustrate the parallelograms and triangles forming the floor plan?  Or the actual floor plans?
I feel that the Architecture section comes pretty late in the article. I suspect that many readers will be mostly looking for that stuff. I suggest moving the History section to later on.
Finally, an issue I'm not sure how to handle: the level of detail might be overwhelming. Although the individual facts are interesting, and well-sourced, the article is very long, and may be more than all but the most dedicated scholars could want. It may be more-than-encyclopedic. Fixing this would require the painful process of getting rid of some stuff. Maybe?
Littenberg (talk) 00:59, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the commentary. For the diagram, I'll try to look for one. I put the "Architecture" section late in the article because, when I tried putting the architecture section first, I was advised that people would most likely want to read about the history first. As for the level of detail, I wanted to cover all major aspects before potentially submitting this to FAC. The article is 8,000 words, so a bit on the longer side, but not insurmountable at FAC - I've nominated longer articles in the past. (Also, this building was pretty influential, which is why it got as much commentary as it did.) – Epicgenius (talk) 00:47, 24 August 2025 (UTC)