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View Poll Results: Which skyscraper do you like better?
Pennzoil Place 15 44.12%
Fountain Place 19 55.88%
Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-03-2013, 12:06 AM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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Here we have two skyscrapers that are surprisingly similar, yet different. Pennzoil Place, and Fountain Place. ill let the pictures do the talking..

Pennzoil Place









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Fountain Place







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Old 07-03-2013, 08:35 AM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Pennzoil Place by far.

It is more majestic and architecturally interesting.
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Old 07-03-2013, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Pennzoil Place by far.

It is more majestic and architecturally interesting.


Yeah I love the clean, sophisticated, but dark look of Penzoil. It is interesting at ground level and from a distance
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Old 07-03-2013, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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I like them both, but I have to say Fountain Place has the edge.
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Old 07-03-2013, 10:21 AM
 
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Fountain Place by a landslide....I cant get past the darkness of Penzoil place....for that design I think it should have went with a lighter tone of glass for the windows...It kinda reminds me of an oil rig out in the water. I love the different angles of it though.
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Old 07-03-2013, 10:23 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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I love both. They're very Chicago-esque, and, quite frankly, too good for their own respective downtowns.
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Old 07-03-2013, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Abilene, Texas
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I like Pennzoil Place but Fountain Place is my favorite skyscraper in Texas so I would definitely choose Fountain Place in this comparison.
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Old 07-03-2013, 02:38 PM
 
Location: The Mid-Cities
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I like Pennzoil Place but Fountain Place is my favorite skyscraper in Texas so I would definitely choose Fountain Place in this comparison.
Ditto. Williams Tower is better than BOA Plaza. Fountain Place is better than Pennzoil Place.
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Old 07-03-2013, 03:48 PM
 
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Pennzoil Place would be something else if it was 70+ stories.
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Old 07-03-2013, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Tysons Corner, VA by way of TEXAS
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This is a good thread. And honestly I think each of these buildings is an exceptional example of how I feel about each of the respective downtowns in general.

Houston = Gotham-like
Dallas = shiny

It's just that simple.
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