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Big D is cool, however, Fort Worth is the diamond in the rough. Fort Worth gives Dallas a MAJOR run for the money as far as visual arts is concerned. And Dallas get rid of the damn neon lights lining the skyscrapers...very dated disco-era look and IMO makes the downtown look a bit cheesy.
If the neon was taken off the skyscrapers it would of looked like this.......now the skyline looks dead!
the building next to the green building when off to early. Earth hour 2009
Dallas and Fort Worth are aiight, but Mesquite is top-shelf.
I like the different lighting schemes on the Dallas skyline and on other cities' skylines. The neon doesn't bother me - if anything it gives a unique retroish flavor and adds variety....but the one I don't like is the lighting on Renaissance Tower. It's kinda tacky.
I agree there is nothing wrong with the neon. I disagree with it looking retro though. I believe neon cities are a trend begun in Asia that American cities including CHI are catching on. Hong Kong is THE neon city:
"genuinely wonder how a region this successful also manages to mostly fail at creating the urban context and excitement that many other regions of similar (or much lesser) distinctions so easily make"
"Apparently over 130,000 people work in the impressive assortment of office towers, but you would be hard pressed to find even a thousand of them on the streets."
"The pin drop quietness of the downtown was really quite a mystery considering the city is graced with a fair number of handsome buildings, decent and wide sidewalks, a commitment to public art, clean streets, some good parks and a general feeling of relative safety."
"Inside Union Station is honestly quite depressing…and super empty. This was captured on a Wednesday afternoon!"
"Dallas takes the arts very serious and has built an impressive number of facilities in what is basically a created precinct. I use the term “created” as that is what this is; a single-use zone of cultural facilities with no immediate neighbourhood incubating the district."
"While one can only applaud Dallas for bringing such a wide-array of culture to north Texas, the Arts District unfortunately does not pass the test of an urbanist very well."
"Even though there are clearly people who live in this neighbourhood, all the businesses are mostly higher-end “surf and turf”-type restaurants that cater more to whatever convention is in town than in providing the locals with somewhere to easily buy their essentials."
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Frankly Houston and Dallas are so similar
True. They are very similar.
The main differences would be due to geographic location; Dallas is in north Texas and much more inland. Houston is near coastal and in an area that receives more rainfall and has milder winters, so it's greener than Dallas and generally has more and larger trees.
I agree there is nothing wrong with the neon. I disagree with it looking retro though. I believe neon cities are a trend begun in Asia that American cities including CHI are catching on. Hong Kong is THE neon city:
I've been to Hong Kong. Hong Kong is very cool. The picture you posted I've seen it myself standing right next to Victoria Harbor. Every night the buildings next to the harbor have the light show you posted a picture of. Hong Kong is definitely the nicest looking city in the world. I like all the tall skyscrapers.
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