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Unread 12-21-2009, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Im going to get creamed for this one, but I prefer Austin's skyline. Never saw Dallas at night though, so I might be making a premature decision.
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Unread 12-21-2009, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Rose Capital of The World
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Im going to get creamed for this one, but I prefer Austin's skyline. Never saw Dallas at night though, so I might be making a premature decision.


Dallas has one of the biggest & brightest night time skylines in the US!!! Austin's is starting to get better, but in no way can compare to Dallas' day or night.

Houston prefers to keep its night time skyline not so gaudy without all the neon & flashing lights. Think New York, minus Times Square of course, or San Francisco, both classy skylines that don't scream "look at me". Houston's skyline is the 3rd largest & tallest in the US after NYC & Chicago.
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Unread 12-22-2009, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Houston Inner Loop
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When considering the entire skyline of Houston, including Texas Medical Center, Uptown, West Belt, Energy Corridor, Greenspoint, this is not a contest at all: Houston clearly has the superior skyline. Dallas has a nice DT/ UT skyline. Hopefully, all the vacancies won't negatively impact the maintenance on the buildings.
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Unread 12-22-2009, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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When considering the entire skyline of Houston, including Texas Medical Center, Uptown, West Belt, Energy Corridor, Greenspoint, this is not a contest at all: Houston clearly has the superior skyline. Dallas has a nice DT/ UT skyline. Hopefully, all the vacancies won't negatively impact the maintenance on the buildings.
Vacancy was astronomical around the time Dallas built most of its tall towers, in the 80's. Much higher than now. Didn't hurt the skyline then, and won't hurt it now. Ownership may change hands, but maintenance will be fine.
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Unread 12-22-2009, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Houston Inner Loop
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Vacancy was astronomical around the time Dallas built most of its tall towers, in the 80's. Much higher than now. Didn't hurt the skyline then, and won't hurt it now. Ownership may change hands, but maintenance will be fine.
Maybe if they made downtown a more attractive location more businesses would locate there.
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Unread 12-22-2009, 11:08 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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It's going to be hard for Dallas to bring its downtown to life because the area has too many urban centers. The metro area doesn't revolve around Dallas like Houston's MSA revolves around it.
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Unread 12-22-2009, 11:13 AM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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It's going to be hard for Dallas to bring its downtown to life because the area has too many urban centers. The metro area doesn't revolve around Dallas like Houston's MSA revolves around it.
Dallas is doing a pretty good job right now though. With the light rail and new urban parks. I agree with you though. Plano/Richardson/Irving suck the life out of Dallas, business wise. Every year, Downtown Dallas gets pushed further east and south.
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Unread 12-22-2009, 11:45 AM
 
Location: Abilene, Texas
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When considering the entire skyline of Houston, including Texas Medical Center, Uptown, West Belt, Energy Corridor, Greenspoint, this is not a contest at all: Houston clearly has the superior skyline. Dallas has a nice DT/ UT skyline. Hopefully, all the vacancies won't negatively impact the maintenance on the buildings.
I've always thought that was the main difference between Dallas and Houston as well. Houston has a huge downtown skyline and as you noted, several secondary skylines. The Uptown skyline alone would rival that of many other large cities. As an example, the Williams tower in Uptown (formerly Transco tower) is a whopping 65 stories tall! I like the Dallas skyline too but from a distance, the downtown skyline is the only thing that really sticks out in Dallas so I think Houston has a more impressive skyline overall.
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Unread 12-22-2009, 12:24 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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I've always thought that was the main difference between Dallas and Houston as well. Houston has a huge downtown skyline and as you noted, several secondary skylines. The Uptown skyline alone would rival that of many other large cities. As an example, the Williams tower in Uptown (formerly Transco tower) is a whopping 65 stories tall! I like the Dallas skyline too but from a distance, the downtown skyline is the only thing that really sticks out in Dallas so I think Houston has a more impressive skyline overall.
It really is.

The only other area in Dallas that I can think of are the cluster of buildings at the Dallas Tollway and I-635 (Galleria Dallas area). Houston has many different skylines after Downtown and Uptown.
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Unread 12-22-2009, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Rose Capital of The World
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The thing is, Dallas' Uptown has grown so much the past 10 years, you can hardly tell from a distance where it seperates itself from downtown. Woodall Rogers Freeway is actually the diving barrier, but in the future they will possibly be linked together by a huge overhead park & greenspace above the trench its dug in now.
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