Texas Skyline Rating: The Finale

[jr1038]

Originally Posted by rriojas71

Anyone who thinks that Houston's skyline if combined would give NYC a run for it's money has obviously never been to NYC... NYC is dense and chock full of skyscrapers and midrises that disappear because of the massive amount of skyscrapers... I don't think NYC's skyline is beautiful (I would say Chicago's is more eye pleasing), but it is massive and stretches from one end of Manhattan to the other. Also throw in Jersey City's and Brooklyn's which are right alongside Manhattan and it's not even close. I know about Texas Pride, but come on let's not kid ourselves.

Agreed. Each and every one of the 28 people that voted for that choice are utterly clueless. Some of those, I'm sure, also think Houston is "densely populated."

Easy to be delusional when all you've seen is Houston and the rest of Texas.

[HtownLove]

Nah, combined Houston's skyline would indubitably be 3rd in the US but it would not compete with Chicago let alone NY. Houston has many many big and tall buildings, but just not on the level of those two.

Also Houston has serious competition from Honolulu and Miami. Neither has the height or as massive buildings as Houston, but both have many many smaller and shorter buildings which collectively would give the illusion of being big. They would look less like the big two than Houston because the buildings are less massive, but they give good competition on numbers.

SF, ATL and LA also became competitors in the last two decades.
Then you can't count out Philadelphia, DFW and DC

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by durferino

Houston and Dallas skylines suck! They lack character and urban density.

BOA Houston lacks no character at all, it's currently my favorite building that I've seen in person. Add in the Enron buildings, Heritage Plaza, Esperson, Main Place, and Center Point Energy Plaza.