Better skyline Houston or Dallas? (Austin, Galveston: calculation, hunting, comparison)

[fistofsouth]

First let me be clear in that I am a Dallas Native. Having sad that I feel similarly to others on this thread that fell that Houston has the edge during the day while Dallas has the advantage at night. Now for some random observations:

1. Reunion Tower the ugliest building in America? Hardly; it's iconic and if you live in Texas and have ever been in any green spaces you know EXACTLY what inspired that design. Its a Dandelion and thus if you feel it is ugly then I can't imagine how you feel about the parks in this state.

2. Both cities have buildings designed by Pritzker Winning Architects. I do love both BoA Center and Heritage Plaza, while Williams Tower is also nice it would be better in DTH, but that's just my two cents. On the Dallas side I love Fountain Place (favorite building on Earth) Chase Tower, Comerica Bank Tower, Trammell Crow Tower, Republic Center I not many banks have the balls to clad their entire HQ with their logo), Museum Tower, The Merc, The Adolphus and YES Reunion Tower. Ross Perot's new Borg Cube is also cool as well as the Myerson, Windspear Opera House, Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre and The Nasher, but none are tall enough to impact the skyline

3. I concur with those that have expressed distaste with the goofy Chase symbol they put up on Chase Tower. It's tacky and I can't believe the City allowed it.

4. I am jealous of Houston's two Supertalls, not because I find them architecturally significant, but I do like Supertalls and DTD can't have them. BoA Plaza would be so much more impressive if it had been allowed to top out at its original size. Losing the pyramid at the top really hurts that building. Having said that, Love Field fuels the posh shopping in and around Highland Park Village and that means we have one of the 6 Beretta Gallaries on Earth so that helps to salve my ST lust.

5. Neither City has the awards or presence of Chicago or NYC, but DFW will catch Chi-Town in population by 2030 and will be poised to overtake LA by 2040 or so. That type of economic power will result in a more fleshed out skyline. Still H-Town is no joke either and they are growing almost as fast.

6. I grow tired of hear both World Class Cities being dissed. Didn't know both were World Class? Don't think either on is? The GaWC would like to speak with you since they feel Dallas is an Alpha- WC and Houston is a Beta+ WC: Global city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Houstonian24]

Yeah for sure houston... But sadly houston doesn't get as much attention as it deserves... Dallas always gets it when in my opinion.. Houston is better... No offense

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Houstonian24

Yeah for sure houston... But sadly houston doesn't get as much attention as it deserves... Dallas always gets it when in my opinion.. Houston is better... No offense

Dallas' skyline gets more attention because all of us oldies who watched the TV show in the 80's remembers the glimmering glass buildings set in the middle of a cow pasture on the opeing credits. Dallas simply markets its city & skyline better than Houston. Most people who have seen Dallas at night time get a lasting impression of the city (good or bad).

Houston's skyline, while twice the size of Dallas' is rather boring to look at after the sun goes down. Dallas can grab almost anyones attention with all of the colorfully lit buildings, even though they aren't nearly as tall or as many of them. Where Houston has a couple of colorful buildings, Dallas is just chock full of them.

H-town is more imposing at night time if that makes any sense. Its skyline is like Gotham City from the way the city lights up just the office windows in its skyscrapers & from all of the Gothic inspired architecture downtown. I've heard DT Houston referred to as Gotham City on more than several occasions. There was even a night club called Gotham City in the late 90's till early 2000.

[Dallas Fox]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Dallas' skyline gets more attention because all of us oldies who watched the TV show in the 80's remembers the glimmering glass buildings set in the middle of a cow pasture on the opeing credits. Dallas simply markets its city & skyline better than Houston. Most people who have seen Dallas at night time get a lasting impression of the city (good or bad).

Houston's skyline, while twice the size of Dallas' is rather boring to look at after the sun goes down. Dallas can grab almost anyones attention with all of the colorfully lit buildings, even though they aren't nearly as tall or as many of them. Where Houston has a couple of colorful buildings, Dallas is just chock full of them.

H-town is more imposing at night time if that makes any sense. Its skyline is like Gotham City from the way the city lights up just the office windows in its skyscrapers & from all of the Gothic inspired architecture downtown. I've heard DT Houston referred to as Gotham City on more than several occasions. There was even a night club called Gotham City in the late 90's till early 2000.

This guy is right! Having lived in both, I must say Dallas is more memorable to me. I don't even remember much of Houston's CBD, but I can easily pick Dallas out of any group of photos. The Reunion tower, the green building (BoA), and the xx building are instant eye catchers at night. Also who can't forget the way the Omni hotel lights up along the skyline as well? Those pinks and blues make Dallas stand out over many U.S. cities. The only advantage Houston has is that there are more buildings but having more buildings all over town and being bigger doesn't make it better. Dallas' flashiness wins over Houston's supertalls.

[Fort Worthian]

Dallas has a better night skyline while Houston is like magic it dissapears at night, plus Dallas has more unique buildings unlike Houston's similar blocked shaper buildings, and Dallas also has more than one skyline, it's not as tall but it's more unique, And Dallas has more luxury than Houston (I forgot where I read this but someone made a post saying that Dallas has been flooded in luxury he says its too much but who can blame Dallas for being better) For a city half the size of Houston, it does twice as better on most things . Just for the record people who say Dallas has a 27% vacancy rate in there Downtown, Houston is ranked 8 in the nation with a lot of vacant housing units (number 1 is Orlando, FL) Technically Dallas has more fame than Houston ( Just because a city is bigger doesn't mean that they automatically become more famous) and its also more world known than Houston (Thanks to the show "Dallas") so Houston y'all have to also catch up to Dallas in many places and remember HOUSTON is twice the size of Dallas and still they beat y'all and can compete with you on many things

[Fort Worthian]

Dallas doesn't market it's self as much as you think, I've seen more Houston commercials here than any other city , it's just a fact Dallas is more known as HOUSTON and that's why Dallas attracts more media (we also have more sports teams, and we have the TEXAS rangers, and the TEXAS motor speedway) and a funny thing is that most cities near the beaches somehow are better but in TX that's not true Dallas is landlocked and does better than Houston by far (Well I meant that the beach is closer to Houston same thing lol)

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Fort Worthian

Dallas has a better night skyline while Houston is like magic it dissapears at night, plus Dallas has more unique buildings unlike Houston's similar blocked shaper buildings, and Dallas also has more than one skyline, it's not as tall but it's more unique, And Dallas has more luxury than Houston

No, Houston's skyline isn't as colorfully lit up as Dallas' & neither is San Francisco's, Seattle's, Chicago's, or NYC's for that matter. Only a handful of US cities (Vegas, Miami, & possibly LA) compete with Dallas' colorful night skyline.

Houston's skyline at night is a lot of times obscured from view by the high level of water molecules in the air (humidity). You can even see the misty haze around the freeways lights during the warmer months if you really pay attention & no its not pollution. Visibility is cut quite a bit. Still, Wells Fargo's color changing band around the very top is some 70 feet taller than Dallas green building & can be seen just as far away.

Houston was building luxury high rises while Dallas was still in diapers. The Huntingdon was completed in 1984. At 34 stories & 503' tall it was once the tallest restidential building in the State of Texas until the completeion of the Austonian recently.

Originally Posted by Fort Worthian

and remember HOUSTON is twice the size of Dallas and still they beat y'all and can compete with you on many things

Except when it comes to football.

Cowboys lost on their day. Texans won on their first Thanksgiving Day game ever. Keep sucking your thumbs Crygirls.

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

No, Houston's skyline isn't as colorfully lit up as Dallas' & neither is San Francisco's, Seattle's, Chicago's, or NYC's for that matter. Only a handful of US cities (Vegas, Miami, & possibly LA) compete with Dallas' colorful night skyline.

Houston's skyline at night is a lot of times obscured from view by the high level of water molecules in the air (humidity). You can even see the misty haze around the freeways lights during the warmer months if you really pay attention & no its not pollution. Visibility is cut quite a bit. Still, Wells Fargo's color changing band around the very top is some 70 feet taller than Dallas green building & can be seen just as far away.

Houston was building luxury high rises while Dallas was still in diapers. The Huntingdon was completed in 1984. At 34 stories & 503' tall it was once the tallest restidential building in the State of Texas until the completeion of the Austonian recently.



Except when it comes to football.

Cowboys lost on their day. Texans won on their first Thanksgiving Day game ever. Keep sucking your thumbs Crygirls.

Actually, the Austonian took the title of tallest residential building from the 360 Condominiums, which was just a few blocks west of the Austonian.

Just as interesting, the Mercantile National Bank Building in Dallas, which is 523ft. tall, was converted to a residential building some time ago. This means, that Dallas actually had the tallest residential building in Texas. That is until Austin jumped into the luxury residential high-rise market of course

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

Actually, the Austonian took the title of tallest residential building from the 360 Condominiums, which was just a few blocks west of the Austonian.

The Huntingdon is 31' taller to the roof than 360.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

Actually, the Austonian took the title of tallest residential building from the 360 Condominiums, which was just a few blocks west of the Austonian.

Also just as interesting, the Mercantile National Bank Building, which is 523ft. tall, was converted to a residential building some time ago. This means, that Dallas actually had the tallest residential building. That is until Austin jumped into the luxury residential high-rise market of course

Exactly, it was once a bank building before it became residential.

Houston's Huntingdon has always been a luxury residential high rise nestled in the prestigious River Oaks district since it was completed back in 1984.