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I think you are missing out on the question. OP want find out the tallest and densest (I think this means built density not human density because he also mentions tallest) CBD. This is not another street-level vibrancy or downtown nightlife thread. You people are just obsessed with that no matter what the thread is about. If height doesn't matter why would OP specifically ask.
Being multifunctional is never a bad thing, but being multifunctional also makes Back Bay contribute little to a cluster of tall buildings, which is what this thread is about. Though it has 2 of the tallest of the entire city, they have no interactions with the cluster in the financial district and do little to level up the city CBD's height.
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Originally Posted by tmac9wr
A city is made from its street level. Tall buildings are cool, but true density is made by people. Houston has many beautiful, tall buildings (I really like their skyline)...but the human aspect isn't there. If you look on Google Street, you'll see there are buildings close together but it's a car-dominated downtown. Buildings are built close together...but it seems like much of the built environment of DT Houston is for you to go into the building, work, then leave.
If you're walking...what difference is there if you're surrounded by buildings that are 187m or 287m? The only difference I can imagine is sunlight. Even with the smaller buildings, Boston's downtown manages to have 46% more office space than Houston's (from Grubb-Ellis; I subtracted Back Bay from Boston's total since technically it's outside of our downtown cluster). As of 2000, Boston had a downtown population greater than 80,000 and I'm sure it has grown since then. According to this Houston message board, they've read official press releases saying Houston's DT population is "Almost 4,000".
Not meaning to rag on Houston here, because I know the more lively areas are out by the Galleria. Strictly focusing on CBDs here.
Too multi-functional?! Isn't that what every city wants out of a neighborhood? It's got office, retail, residential, great public transportation, beautiful parks and squares, and awesome recreational activities offered on the Charles River Park. I think this is the first time I've ever heard someone call an area too multi-functional and intend it to be a detriment to a city.
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I'm gonna go with Philly. Philly's Central Business District is extremely dense. Remember Philly has a lot of narrow streets and there are lots of buildings crammed on these streets. Philly also has lots of tall buildings. I also believe Philly has the third most populated downtown behind New York and Chicago.
I think you are missing out on the question. OP want find out the tallest and densest (I think this means built density not human density because he also mentions tallest) CBD.
I took it the other way. I always consider "density" to be human density. Regardless, I showed Boston has more "built" density since it has much more office space in its downtown than Houston...
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This is not another street-level vibrancy or downtown nightlife thread. You people are just obsessed with that no matter what the thread is about. If height doesn't matter why would OP specifically ask.
I'm not trying to make it a downtown vibrancy thread...just stating the amount of people that live downtown.
I took it the other way. I always consider "density" to be human density. Regardless, I showed Boston has more "built" density since it has much more office space in its downtown than Houston...
I'm not trying to make it a downtown vibrancy thread...just stating the amount of people that live downtown.
Downtown Houston don't be exactly dead; it's just above ground where it's dead:
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