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Admittedly on my trips to Atlanta from Austin, Atlanta's skyline has the ability to make me say 'Whoa' when viewed from a distance. Namely on I-20 (the route I usually take) at the six flags area coming down the hill. You don't realize how close you are to it because how forested the area is until suddenly it emerges and then you see the whole skyline dead ahead of you.
Houston is my next favorite skyline in this list, then Dallas. I think what hurts Dallas the most is the biulding height restrictions. Nothing wrong with it but Atlanta's skyline makes Atlanta feel bigger than a 6 mil people metro.
Here’s a list of project from the top of my head in the Downtown/Uptown area
Atelier Flora Lofts - 41 floors (Downtown)
The Victor - 39 floors (Victory Park)
Victory Commons - 15 floors (Victory Park)
The Link at Uptown - 25 floors (Uptown)
Amli Fountain Place - 45 floors (Downtown)
Swexan Hotel - 20 floors (Uptown)
AT&T Discovery District - redevelopment of AT&T’s corporate HQ campus (Downtown)
Planned
Field Street District - $1 billion 4 building development (Downtown). This is the largest planned development by far.
Harwood No.12 - 42 floors (Uptown) it’s expected to be 620ft. That’s the height that was approved by the FAA. It will be the tallest building outside of Downtown.
In this video you can see some of the projects listed above U/C
Admittedly on my trips to Atlanta from Austin, Atlanta's skyline has the ability to make me say 'Whoa' when viewed from a distance. Namely on I-20 (the route I usually take) at the six flags area coming down the hill. You don't realize how close you are to it because how forested the area is until suddenly it emerges and then you see the whole skyline dead ahead of you.
Houston is my next favorite skyline in this list, then Dallas. I think what hurts Dallas the most is the biulding height restrictions. Nothing wrong with it but Atlanta's skyline makes Atlanta feel bigger than a 6 mil people metro.
You are not alone in this. Atlanta will make you a little giddy on the inside from Six Flags. It’s one of the best vantage points from your vehicle of the central skyline. Another is turning onto 17th from off Northside Dr. It’s the same view, but up close.
I think the best view of Buckhead is along 85 headed into DeKalb County from Midtown. Buckhead alone could be mistaken for a big city if you didn’t know where you were.
For all of the folks that will look up these locations on Google Map: Google can’t replicate what you experience in real life. Come visit Atlanta and get you some of that Southern feel good to take back home!
Admittedly on my trips to Atlanta from Austin, Atlanta's skyline has the ability to make me say 'Whoa' when viewed from a distance. Namely on I-20 (the route I usually take) at the six flags area coming down the hill. You don't realize how close you are to it because how forested the area is until suddenly it emerges and then you see the whole skyline dead ahead of you.
Houston is my next favorite skyline in this list, then Dallas. I think what hurts Dallas the most is the biulding height restrictions. Nothing wrong with it but Atlanta's skyline makes Atlanta feel bigger than a 6 mil people metro.
Love Field is not too far from Downtown/Uptown. The further you are from Love Field, the taller the buildings become.
Dallas will look very nice if it fills in. I really don't care too much about super tall buildings. Street presence & functionality are the main concerns for Dallas to make it a viable downtown. And because of this new development wave having an emphasis on those two points, it has a solid argument to be great. No bias.
In Uptown, Knox-Henderson, & Oak Lawn, the majority of the empty lots have developments in the works, so it'll be interesting to see them go up in the next two years. Once they come online, it's going to resemble Midtown Atlanta a whole lot.
Downtown, Deep Ellum, Cedars, West Dallas, & Oak Cliff are developing in a way I cannot predict, so we need to pay close attention to what's in store for those neighborhoods.
They are both doing a lot of infill right now. Wait a few years and they will both have a lot more residential development in the core. They also still both have a lot of vacant land, parking lots etc. Dallas is pretty empty South of downtown and even East of Downtown but those areas are being developed.
Now A LOT OF THE LOCALS DONT LIKE GENTRIFICATION. as those old empty, blighted areas on the South Side become developed there is resistance from the community.
They are both doing a lot of infill right now. Wait a few years and they will both have a lot more residential development in the core. They also still both have a lot of vacant land, parking lots etc. Dallas is pretty empty South of downtown and even East of Downtown but those areas are being developed.
Now A LOT OF THE LOCALS DONT LIKE GENTRIFICATION. as those old empty, blighted areas on the South Side become developed there is resistance from the community.
It’s going to take a while before gentrification hits South Dallas IMO. Dallas has tons of land East of downtown to develop before South Dallas should even be discussed but yes that will be in epic battle. I personally hope that South Dallas residents in the form of jobs will benefit from the growth East of downtown in the coming years. South Dallas doesn’t need to be gentrified but integrated into Dallas economy.
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Dallas and Houston
Infill please, we have plenty of tall buildings!