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Impressive skyline? Absolutely, I really like the downtown skyline and it illuminates quite nicely at night. Polished affluent areas not unlike what one would see in LA. Very contemporary architecture that really does make Dallas stand out.
The multiple office park photos around Los Colinas and the Central Expressway corridor aren’t that striking, they're just polished workaday facilities. I think downtown Bellevue is more impressive, and Tacoma is in a similar peer stance as Fort Worth, just a bit smaller.
Dallas has one huge component missing, and it even shows in your pics; with the exception of a few outdoor cafes, no critical mass! Hardly any people walking around even in the edgiest neighborhood photos. Downtown Dallas, a total sleeper. Walking around it feelslike a verticaloffice park. Uptown/Turtle Creek/Cedar Springs is vibrant but not nearly as much as one could find in trendy neighborhoods in cities a fraction of the size of Dallas. As small as San Antonio seems by comparison I find walking around the Riverwalk a lot more interesting and compelling than well any part of Dallas, many would agree. Downtown Seattle and its peripheral neighborhoods have way more urban vibrancy than Dallas for street activity and that is a heavy hitting factor in urban cosmopolitan character.
I wasn't really trying to make a statement by posting those photos other than dispelling a few misconceptions, but there are certainly a few areas that have pedestrian activity with Downtown, Victory Park, West Village, and Greenville Avenue being a few examples.
Anyways I'll try to post some more pics later.
Last edited by diablo234; 11-11-2011 at 12:02 PM..
Lies. There are smaller cities with more impressive skylines than Dallas. Atlanta, Seattle, Minneapolis, and San Francisco immediately come to mind. Dallas' skyline looks stunted (b/c of Love Field), and stuck in the 1980's.
It's best to look at the skylines representing it's metro instead of just it's city limits. Dallas skyline looks exactly like the way it should for a metro of 4.7 million people. If you look at just the city limits, compare similar size cities like San Antonio, San Jose, San Diego to Dallas.
Lies. There are smaller cities with more impressive skylines than Dallas. Atlanta, Seattle, Minneapolis, and San Francisco immediately come to mind. Dallas' skyline looks stunted (b/c of Love Field), and stuck in the 1980's.
You realize out whole country NY, Chi, Miami, Houston and LA are ONLY cities than more high rise than Dallas. But mane you go out your way to say something bad about Dallas no matter the topic.
I'm going to keep posting this picture, Dallas like Houston and Atlanta have multiple skylines.
You realize out whole country NY, Chi, Miami, Houston and LA are ONLY cities than more high rise than Dallas. But mane you go out your way to say something bad about Dallas no matter the topic.
I'm going to keep posting this picture, Dallas like Houston and Atlanta have multiple skylines.
You are completely wrong - San Francisco has 44 buildings over 400 feet, Dallas has 27 (Seattle has 24).
I was going By 492 feet Dallas has 20, actually San Francisco does has more 21 LOL but Seattle has 14. Dallas and San Francisco both have 18 above 500 ft. Seattle has 13. Dallas has 11 above 600 feet, San Francisco and Seattle both have 7.
Considering that Dallas got a ton of those buildings ages ago, Dallas got a powerful skyline for the size it was then. Dallas got most of those when it was Seattle's size.
Touche . I'll admit the longer I've been away, the less I've hated it
Dallas isn't sitting with this head in the sand either. Officials and the public know it's flaws and are working to correct them. The city is moving in the right direction. It can't correct all errors of the past in a short period of time. It gets better each day. Give it some time and some credit for the strides that are being made. Other southern metros aren't nearly as proactive as what you find in the Dallas area with getting things done.
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You just needed some time to heal O_O. I understand...Life situtations and circumstances can make you hate a place. 
. I'll admit the longer I've been away, the less I've hated it
