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Old 08-18-2008, 01:58 AM
 
Location: California
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El Paso, Lubbock, and Laredo in my opinion tie for last. Austin, Dallas, and Houston are great. I really do not think FW skyline is that bad, it is very dense even though the buildings are not all that tall. Waco is pretty bad. Corpus Christi is quite impressive actually. Hmm what have I forgotten..

 
Old 08-18-2008, 02:07 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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The size of the city... I mean if 30,000 people is a city then boy do we have various winners...
but maybe 100,000 and up?
San Angelo?
This is the best quick picture I could come up with...
 
Old 08-18-2008, 02:36 AM
 
Location: NE Atlanta Metro
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Large cities - 500,000K or more
DALLAS: best overall skyline and individual towers
HOUSTON: most dynamic with the best cluster
FT WORTH: most improved
AUSTIN: most likely to succeed
SAN ANTONIO: good enough, SA isn't about highrises
EL PASO: way under developed for a city it's size

Small cities - 400,000K or less
MIDLAND: best, could be the most impressive skyline for a city it's size in the nation
CORPUS CHRISTI: fair
AMARILLO: holds it own
WACO: small skyline but nice old structures
ABILENE: not bad
WICHITA FALLS, LUBBOCK, TYLER, ODESSA: each so bad, I couldn't choose just one
 
Old 08-18-2008, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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The refineries are not part of the Corpus Christi skyline, they are northeast of downtown.
Northwest. Northeast, and they'd be in the bay.
 
Old 08-18-2008, 11:38 AM
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Location: Fort Worth
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Originally Posted by BBQgritz View Post
Large cities - 500,000K or more
DALLAS: best overall skyline and individual towers
HOUSTON: most dynamic with the best cluster
FT WORTH: most improved
AUSTIN: most likely to succeed
SAN ANTONIO: good enough, SA isn't about highrises
EL PASO: way under developed for a city it's size
Dallas: agree that it has great individual towers but it's a toss up with Dallas and Houston when it comes to the best in the state
Houston: it is the most dynamic.... just imagine if all the highrises and skyscrapers were all in one place.....
Fort Worth: most improved? I'd like to say no, but sadly by just adding three buildings that don't even crack 450 ft., it has improved..... slightly.
Austin: I'm jealous.
San Antonio: could be bigger, but I guess it's not that big a deal to them. It's nice.
El Paso: "way under developed for a city it's size" (UNDERSTATEMENT!)
 
Old 08-18-2008, 12:10 PM
 
Location: Denver
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I know Lubbock doesn't have a good skyline, but can you really put cities like Abilene and Waco in front of Lubbock? I think it just behind Amarillo's skyline.
http://www.mhbg.com/skyline3.jpg (broken link)
Lubbock


http://www.acrtx.com/images/homepage/waco_skyline.png (broken link)
Waco
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/Abilene_Aerial.jpg/800px-Abilene_Aerial.jpg (broken link)
Abilene

Even if you are comparing the skyline to the population of the city, Lubbock would still beat these cities. Lubbock has twice the height, twice the size, and twice the population. It's also worth noting that Lubbock's buildings were built when Lubbock had a population of 100,000; nothing else has been built since because the downtown was almost destroyed by an F-5 tornado.

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Old 08-18-2008, 03:14 PM
 
Location: I-35
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I know Lubbock doesn't have a good skyline, but can you really put cities like Abilene and Waco in front of Lubbock? I think it just behind Amarillo's skyline.
http://www.mhbg.com/skyline3.jpg (broken link)
Lubbock


http://www.acrtx.com/images/homepage/waco_skyline.png (broken link)
Waco
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/Abilene_Aerial.jpg/800px-Abilene_Aerial.jpg (broken link)
Abilene

Even if you are comparing the skyline to the population of the city, Lubbock would still beat these cities. Lubbock has twice the height, twice the size, and twice the population. It's also worth noting that Lubbock's buildings were built when Lubbock had a population of 100,000; nothing else has been built since because the downtown was almost destroyed by an F-5 tornado.
Your only getting one view of Waco's Skyline. Its not bad its just a lot of space in between buildings but if your driving on 35 at MLK and Forest St, it actually has some impressive views.
 
Old 08-18-2008, 08:37 PM
 
Location: NE Atlanta Metro
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I know Lubbock doesn't have a good skyline, but can you really put cities like Abilene and Waco in front of Lubbock? I think it just behind Amarillo's skyline.
http://www.mhbg.com/skyline3.jpg (broken link)
Lubbock


http://www.acrtx.com/images/homepage/waco_skyline.png (broken link)
Waco
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/Abilene_Aerial.jpg/800px-Abilene_Aerial.jpg (broken link)
Abilene

Even if you are comparing the skyline to the population of the city, Lubbock would still beat these cities. Lubbock has twice the height, twice the size, and twice the population. It's also worth noting that Lubbock's buildings were built when Lubbock had a population of 100,000; nothing else has been built since because the downtown was almost destroyed by an F-5 tornado.
Your last statement isn't quite accurate. Comparing Lubbock's skyline height and population to the other cities.

Lubbock: pop- 212,169
buildings over 100 ft- 3
tallest- Metro Tower 274 ft

Metro Tower


Abilene: pop- 115,930
buildings over 100 ft- 5
tallest- Enterprise Tower 285 ft

Enterprise Tower (not on above Abilene photo, south edge of downtown)


Waco: pop- 120,495
buildings over 100 ft- 5
tallest- Amicable Life 282 ft

Amicable Life


Slightly better Waco skyline view
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Wacocity.jpg/250px-Wacocity.jpg (broken link)
 
Old 08-18-2008, 09:22 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Beaumont has a good skyline for a city of 115,000. It has 8 buildings over 100 ft tall with the Entergy Building the tallest at 252 feet.

 
Old 08-19-2008, 12:02 AM
 
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Honestly, some of my favorite cities don't have skylines at all (Charleston SC, Washington DC). Are there any cities in TX that have that same sorta limited skyline but still a thriving city?
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