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Old 10-18-2011, 10:46 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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we had a discussion about this last year. The Dallas posters seemed to like out City Hall, but I think it is ugly.
It is ugly, but it's atleast interesting. Houston's is very dull. Jackson, Mississippi has a better city hall.

 
Old 10-18-2011, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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It is ugly, but it's atleast interesting. Houston's is very dull. Jackson, Mississippi has a better city hall.
Both Houston and Dallas had much better looking City Halls. The current ones just reflects the times they were built

This is Houston's current City Hall:
http://www.world-guides.com/images/h...city_hall3.jpg

this is what the old ones looked like:

http://www.sloanegallery.com/CivicCi...woMillFord.jpg

http://houstorian.wordpress.com/file....thumbnail.gif

http://houstorian.files.wordpress.co...cityhall71.gif

http://turnkeyartsolutions.com/texas...-hall-1900.jpg
 
Old 10-18-2011, 11:04 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Both Houston and Dallas had much better looking City Halls. The current ones just reflects the times they were built

This is Houston's current City Hall:
http://www.world-guides.com/images/h...city_hall3.jpg

this is what the old ones looked like:

http://www.sloanegallery.com/CivicCi...woMillFord.jpg

http://houstorian.wordpress.com/file....thumbnail.gif

http://houstorian.files.wordpress.co...cityhall71.gif

http://turnkeyartsolutions.com/texas...-hall-1900.jpg
So sad.
 
Old 10-18-2011, 11:10 AM
 
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So sad.
The change is even worse in Dallas. they went from really nice buildings to this:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RC_Xscv967...ity%2Bhall.jpg
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/da...scityhall2.jpg

instead of these:

http://dallascityhall.org/historic/a...d_cityhall.jpg


http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tx...Hall1906-2.jpg

http://www.mikeandgloria.com/images/DallasCityHall.jpg

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tx...tyHall1907.jpg


http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tx...s/CityHall.jpg
 
Old 10-18-2011, 11:16 AM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Oh, it's not even the worst City Hall in Texas....
Would love/hate to know which ones you'd consider worse!

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Originally Posted by Nairobi View Post
Better than Houston's.
Mod note: these are public domain images from wikimedia. The Dallas one is with permission from Kent Wang. Fair use!

Houston's:



Dallas':



I dunno. The Houston is certainly a downgrade from what they had before, but it ultimately is just a boring, brutalist building. Ours is also a downgrade from what we had before and terribly brutalist, but has the added ignominy of being utterly ridiculous. Houston's is drab, ours is a pain to look at. I'd rather have Houston's, no question.
 
Old 10-18-2011, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Agreed. Luckily the old Municipal Building/City Hall (Pics 1 and 5) is still around. It will be the main campus of the new UNT Law School, whenever that finally starts up. But the Old Red Courthouse was never a city hall, just a Courthouse (and now museum). The building in pictures 2 and 4 was the city hall before the Municipal Building. It was demolished though, and the Adolphus is there now.

Are the old Houston City Halls still around, with other uses?

Last edited by Fillmont; 10-18-2011 at 11:28 AM..
 
Old 10-18-2011, 11:39 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Would love/hate to know which ones you'd consider worse!



Mod note: these are public domain images from wikimedia. The Dallas one is with permission from Kent Wang. Fair use!

Houston's:



Dallas':



I dunno. The Houston is certainly a downgrade from what they had before, but it ultimately is just a boring, brutalist building. Ours is also a downgrade from what we had before and terribly brutalist, but has the added ignominy of being utterly ridiculous. Houston's is drab, ours is a pain to look at. I'd rather have Houston's, no question.
Maybe it's just the artist in me, but I easily prefer Dallas'. It screams 70s in a very quirky way.

I'd rather look at ugly and interesting than ugly and boring.
 
Old 10-18-2011, 11:55 AM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Maybe it's just the artist in me, but I easily prefer Dallas'. It screams 70s in a very quirky way.

I'd rather look at ugly and interesting than ugly and boring.
Usually I'd agree, but for me the ugly so far outweighs any benefit from being interesting that it's just awful. I know I've enjoyed other interesting failures a lot more than the Dallas City Hall, for sure.

But hey, that's just one guy's thoughts.
 
Old 10-18-2011, 12:18 PM
 
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Are the old Houston City Halls still around, with other uses?
In Houston??? Ha!!!!
You know those things were bulldozed eons ago.
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Usually I'd agree, but for me the ugly so far outweighs any benefit from being interesting that it's just awful. I know I've enjoyed other interesting failures a lot more than the Dallas City Hall, for sure.

But hey, that's just one guy's thoughts.
I agree. The ugly in that building far outweighs the interest. It is slightly interesting from one angle but the other 7 angles look like a horrible office park atrocity.

I mean look at this thing:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RC_Xscv967...ity%2Bhall.jpg
 
Old 10-18-2011, 02:13 PM
 
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In Houston??? Ha!!!!
You know those things were bulldozed eons ago.


I agree. The ugly in that building far outweighs the interest. It is slightly interesting from one angle but the other 7 angles look like a horrible office park atrocity.

I mean look at this thing:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RC_Xscv967...ity%2Bhall.jpg
Yeah it is kinda ugly,but to me its ugly in own right.pros: Its one of a kind. It has some architechtural value with the slanted illusion. It was featured in a Movie. Cons: To me the color is horrible! I think it would look better if they painted it "bright white". It looks like a cheaply designed futuristic building of the 70's. It smells like the 70's also. But alot of people like it too. At least it has a big plaza and fountain pond to protest on
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