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All of the towers constructed since 2010 over 500 feet in Houston have been in the core of the city too, the western half of the Inner Loop.
I keep hearing western half of the 610 loop but shouldn't that be the Southwest quadrant of the loop. I can't think of any towers north of I-10. So it's more like 25 sq miles.
Even in those boundaries, West of Main and South of Bellaire doesn't have any. That little box formed between 69, 10 and Post Oak contains probably 85-90% of Houston's towers in an area that's like 3 miles by about 6miles.
The towers in Westchase and The EC are plentiful but not many are very tall. Same with the scattered ones such as Greenspoint. Those areas mainly max out at 20-30 floors. The 150M plus guys are all between TMC, Downtown and Uptown. Anytime I hear that 600 sq mile comment I immediately think here is another one who has never been.
I keep hearing western half of the 610 loop but shouldn't that be the Southwest quadrant of the loop. I can't think of any towers north of I-10. So it's more like 25 sq miles.
Even in those boundaries, West of Main and South of Bellaire doesn't have any. That little box formed between 69, 10 and Post Oak contains probably 85-90% of Houston's towers in an area that's like 3 miles by about 6miles.
The towers in Westchase and The EC are plentiful but not many are very tall. Same with the scattered ones such as Greenspoint. Those areas mainly max out at 20-30 floors. The 150M plus guys are all between TMC, Downtown and Uptown. Anytime I hear that 600 sq mile comment I immediately think here is another one who has never been.
People are just uninformed on Houston in general and make assumptions. It doesn’t help when people try to pass off statements that are objectively false as a fact such as the comment below.
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Originally Posted by Shakeesha
I agree. Atlanta's collective skyline is still larger when you take these into account.
Does it though?
It’s a good-looking skyline (nice buildings, good balance) but it doesn’t look like a big city at all. It lacks the texture and density of a city of 3 million (2.5 but whatever). It’s small but tall.
There is plenty of density and texture for a city of 3 million...nor really small at all
There is plenty of density and texture for a city of 3 million...nor really small at all
I’d assume he’s referring to the high/mid-rises infill that give urban cores their breadth/bulk and urban canyons in which case, yes Charlotte falls off surprisingly quickly relative to its more urban peers.
Vancouver's skyline is aesthetically very boring, though it has its moments with a large collection of residential towers. More than most North American cities. They extend well beyond downtown out to the suburbs near the Skytrain stations. The tallest building in Western Canada (850 feet) will be constructed in Burnaby near one of the Skytrain TOD developments. (https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pinn...couver-burnaby).
The problem with Vancouver's skyline is that the development is mostly of the same height so there is not a lot of variation to its height. It also lacks some good core office buildings that just make a bigger impact to a core skyline than just a sea of similar height glass condo's. This is why I prefer Seattle's skyline, even though Vancouver probably wins the density battle.
That all said, the density is impressive and that dense collection of condo's means lots of people living there so it has great ped vibrancy. A lot of people actually live in the core and surrounding core areas, so it isn't just a place to commute in to work and then becomes a ghost town after 5.
Surprised Huntsville (AL) hasn't been mentioned in the "underwhelming" category. It is now Alabama's largest city, but the tallest building downtown is 12 stories / 200 feet.
But Birmingham is still a lot larger as a metro and urban area (2X Huntsville in terms of metro) and the population of the metro a city anchors, always plays a big role in how big the core city's skyline is going to be.
That said, it's still a bit underwhelming for a city with a metro of half million though i've heard some good things about what's going on down there.
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