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View Poll Results: Which city in Texas?
Austin 28 21.71%
Dallas 33 25.58%
El Paso 2 1.55%
Fort Worth 4 3.10%
Houston 82 63.57%
San Antonio 7 5.43%
Midland 1 0.78%
Corpus Christi 1 0.78%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 129. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-19-2013, 11:12 AM
 
Location: Holly Neighborhood, Austin, Texas
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I think Austin in unique in having the capitol view corridors, which limit heights on the entirety or even portion of a parcel.

So Love Field limit heights in Dallas b/c it is so near DT?

Do the DTs of Houston and Dallas have grocery stores?
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Old 03-19-2013, 12:03 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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I think Austin in unique in having the capitol view corridors, which limit heights on the entirety or even portion of a parcel.

So Love Field limit heights in Dallas b/c it is so near DT?
The FAA has building height restrictions for areas in a flight path. Downtown Dallas is in Love Fields flight path, so the chances of Dallas getting a super tall building are limited. Plus, there is not really a demand for one. http://www.dallascityhall.com/meetin...C%20Docket.pdf

Do the DTs of Houston and Dallas have grocery stores?
Yes. Houston has a Phonecian Specialty Food store in DT. Dallas had an Urban Market food store in DT, but it moved to The Cedars, just south of DT. Albertson's, and Wal-mart neighborhood market are nearby in Uptown Dallas. There is a whole foods accessible from dart rail on park lane, and a new one opening on McKinney AVE in Uptown. Whole Foods Market for McKinney Avenue is part of a bigger Uptown project | Biz Beat Blog
I didn't know Austin had height restrictions.

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Old 03-19-2013, 12:39 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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I think Austin in unique in having the capitol view corridors, which limit heights on the entirety or even portion of a parcel.

So Love Field limit heights in Dallas b/c it is so near DT?

Do the DTs of Houston and Dallas have grocery stores?
I don't think they are standing by those height restrictions anymore. It would be cool if Austin looked like DC though.
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Old 03-19-2013, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Austin, Texas
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I don't think they are standing by those height restrictions anymore. It would be cool if Austin looked like DC though.
No, it dictates how tall almost everything in DT Austin can be. And I wouldn't want the short DC look either.
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Old 03-19-2013, 05:37 PM
 
Location: Oil Capital of America
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That's still taller than this thing (OUR tallest):



I work in downtown now and I have to see this concrete block everyday...
Not a fan of brutalism?
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Old 03-19-2013, 05:38 PM
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Location: Fort Worth
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Looks like an example of brutalist architecture. Not my cup of tea.
It is.

Our City Hall is in the same style (same era, of course) and several people in this city hate it as well, but it doesn't get as much hate since you can't see it from more than 2 miles out.

Brutalism is just about the only style I hate more than anything.
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Old 03-19-2013, 05:39 PM
 
Location: Oil Capital of America
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Could be smaller. 28 stories, 411 ft.
That one looks very nice. The palm trees all look great too, definately a building to be proud of.
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Old 03-19-2013, 06:21 PM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Do the DTs of Houston and Dallas have grocery stores?
There are two small ones in DT Houston and a sizeable one (Randalls) about 3 blocks from Downtown in Midtown
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Old 03-20-2013, 11:47 PM
 
Location: Plano, TX
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Well that's because one of those cities you listed isn't a suburb (sorry, broken record, but has to be said ) and Houston by itself is MUCH bigger than Dallas by itself anyway, so it would still probably feel that way.
Sorry, my mistake. I do know that Fort Worth is its own city. I was just typing a little too fast without thinking about each entry.

Anyway, speaking of Fort Worth, it would be nice to see that city develop a skyline that competes with both Dallas and Houston.
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Old 03-20-2013, 11:49 PM
 
Location: Plano, TX
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It is.

Our City Hall is in the same style (same era, of course) and several people in this city hate it as well, but it doesn't get as much hate since you can't see it from more than 2 miles out.

Brutalism is just about the only style I hate more than anything.
Just out of curiosity, since I am currently in a humanities class, what time frame of the past century or so was brutalism a popular form of architecture?
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