San Antonio Skyscrapers (merged threads) (Houston, Paris: developing, comparison, MBA)

[Guerilla]

La Defense isn't even in Paris, but I understand what you mean. SA is no Paris though.

[Insomniac]

Originally Posted by imaterry78259

Its a shame to look at the Frost Bank Tower in SA versus the one in Austin. That says it all about SA downtown

The myth that is Frost continues. Frost Bank didn't build that building. It was built by a developer as solely an office building. Frost then leased a large amount of the buildings space closing their other office. When Frost leased space the name was put on the tower. Frost had nothing to do with the development of that building, all they did was lease space. That is it.

[Insomniac]

Originally Posted by Guerilla

La Defense isn't even in Paris, but I understand what you mean. SA is no Paris though.

And neither is Houston.

P.S. Who compared SA to Paris?

[Insomniac]

I love the Tower Life building fyi.

[Guerilla]

Originally Posted by Insomniac

And neither is Houston.

P.S. Who compared SA to Paris?

Saying La Defense isn't even in Paris (as to why DT SA doesn't have more buildings) is kind of comparing the two.

P.S. Who said anything about Houston?

[Eleanor Rigby]

La Defense is indeed in Paris. It's on the very fringe of what is referred to as the Historical Axis

This is from Wikipedia, but it's valid info:

"La Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris (French:"Ville de Paris"), bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine...The district is at the westernmost extremity of Paris' 10-km long Historical Axis, which starts at the Louvre in Downtown Paris and crosses the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe."

I know all this because a friend of mine from prep school had a fellowship with EPAD, the La Defense Management & Development Office.

I'm not really comparing San Antonio to Paris. The idea was to counter the notion that all great cities have a huge mass of skyscrapers at their core, which isn't true at all, especially when the city has a historical core of lowrise buildings. The Ville de Paris values their historical character, and thus decided it was more prudent to create a district for modern skyscrapers rather than allow them to become poorly integrated into the city center.

San Antonio's downtown was built on a human level. To try to change it at this late date is not only a denial of its history and charm but foolhardy and unnecessary.

[Guerilla]

Oh okay. Thanks for the correction! Rep for you.

[Eleanor Rigby]

Thank you!

Yeah, I posted that and I thought, I hope he doesn't think I'm being snarky rather than just Annoying Fact Corrector Girl.

[Insomniac]

Originally Posted by Guerilla

Saying La Defense isn't even in Paris (as to why DT SA doesn't have more buildings) is kind of comparing the two.

There was never a comparison of the two. You really need to read things in the right perspective.

P.S. Who said anything about Houston?

No one, I just did what you did. It gets annoying, doesn't it.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Eleanor Rigby

La Defense is indeed in Paris. It's on the very fringe of what is referred to as the Historical Axis

This is from Wikipedia, but it's valid info:

"La Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris (French:"Ville de Paris"), bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine...The district is at the westernmost extremity of Paris' 10-km long Historical Axis, which starts at the Louvre in Downtown Paris and crosses the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe."

I know all this because a friend of mine from prep school had a fellowship with EPAD, the La Defense Management & Development Office.

I'm not really comparing San Antonio to Paris. The idea was to counter the notion that all great cities have a huge mass of skyscrapers at their core, which isn't true at all, especially when the city has a historical core of lowrise buildings. The Ville de Paris values their historical character, and thus decided it was more prudent to create a district for modern skyscrapers rather than allow them to become poorly integrated into the city center.

San Antonio's downtown was built on a human level. To try to change it at this late date is not only a denial of its history and charm but foolhardy and unnecessary.

I couldn't agree with you more! Florence, Italy; has had more influence on modern thinking than any place else; it is the disputed birthplace of the renaissance, the home of Michealangelo's David; Look at Pisa; Seville; Barcelona; Malta....the only "skyscrapers" they have are cathedrals. Having big, gaudy buildings in SA does not give us character; nor does having a Ruby Tuesday's or a "Cool River".