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View Poll Results: What's your favorite highrise?
Alico Building 7 22.58%
Six Flags O.T. 1 3.23%
New Cowboys Stadium 2 6.45%
the Tyler Towers 3 9.68%
Laredo Nat'l Bank 0 0%
Rio Grand Plaza 0 0%
BoA Building (Midland) 4 12.90%
Petrolium Building 1 3.23%
Edson Hotel 2 6.45%
Jefferson Co. Courthouse 1 3.23%
Palisade Palms 4 12.90%
American Nat'l Life 0 0%
Other 6 19.35%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-21-2008, 04:44 AM
 
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The forlorn Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas!!! Opened for business in 1929, and hosted such celebs as: Clark Gable, Will Rogers, Marlene Dietrich, and the list goes on. The hotel offered therapeutic spa baths from the local "crazy water" which contains lithium!!

Today, the hotel stands empty, awaiting a buyer....and occasional ghost hunters!
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Old 04-21-2008, 06:16 AM
 
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The forlorn Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas!!! Opened for business in 1929, and hosted such celebs as: Clark Gable, Will Rogers, Marlene Dietrich, and the list goes on. The hotel offered therapeutic spa baths from the local "crazy water" which contains lithium!!

Today, the hotel stands empty, awaiting a buyer....and occasional ghost hunters!
I love that hotel and think it would be an ideal retirement apartment complex. Wish I had the money to buy it. I believe it would be a viable investment. I am retired, and lithium in the water might be good for me!
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Old 04-21-2008, 08:31 AM
 
Location: West Texas
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The renovated Cactus Hotel in San Angelo is nice, too. But don't know if it can compete with some of the taller buildings. It's only 15 stories.

~Rath
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Old 04-21-2008, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Down the road a bit
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I love that hotel and think it would be an ideal retirement apartment complex. Wish I had the money to buy it. I believe it would be a viable investment. I am retired, and lithium in the water might be good for me!
Gee, wanna start a venture??? I'll start rolling my coins, and have a garage sale, too (on second thought, might have to sell the garage).

This hotel just fascinates me, and it is such a shame to see it sit and slowly decay. The stories it could tell........
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Old 04-21-2008, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Mesquite, TX
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I'm going with the Edson Hotel...I was shocked the first time I went to Beaumont and saw a building that tall...

I didn't know enough of the history of the town at the time...
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Old 04-21-2008, 02:33 PM
 
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Here is the Windsor. It still stands in downtown Abilene and is apartments for elderly folks. It has really been done nicely inside and has the original ballroom and other areas renovated.


I'd have to second this one. I don't know why, but it has historic value.
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Old 07-24-2008, 08:13 PM
 
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Default Price Tower - Bartlesville, OK

My favorite small town highrise is Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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Old 07-24-2008, 09:28 PM
 
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Default Woops!

Woops! I thought this thread was "general US," not just Texas. Sorry about that y'all.
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Old 07-25-2008, 06:41 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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Woops! I thought this thread was "general US," not just Texas. Sorry about that y'all.
that's ok, I'm impressed by the size of the Bartlesville skyline...thanks for posting
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Old 07-25-2008, 12:45 PM
 
Location: Houston
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I'm loving that Midland tower. There were four buildings taller than the BOA Building in Midland planned before the oil bust. All over 500 feet.
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