Better skyline Houston or Dallas? (bill, development, temporary)

[dollaztx]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

Not negligible at all. In your pics of Dallas it looks like 4 or 5 tall ones with many mid ride buildings.

The pics you posted of Houston show the giant buildings but the mid rise buildings don't show. Making it look like the two cities have a comparable number of buildings

That's part of the reason why Dallas looks packed and dense in person. Because you have many midrises that accompany all the big ones from downtown on to uptown, victory and beyond. This pyramid skyline also makes Dallas skyline seem shorter. Houston has less midrises but bigger buildings which make the skyline look even taller. Overall its a toss up on preference. I agree with slo1380. Houston is a bit taller but there really is no big difference. Some people just make it seem like its a Denver to Chicago comparison.

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by slo1318

Wow DT Houston looks puny from this angle!

Not really. It seems to have depth here.

[Exult.Q36]

Houston is larger and taller on paper but it really doesn't dwarf Dallas skyline. I never understood the density argument. Both are sprawling cities, with Houston being the larger of the two, mainly due to the city being 600 sq. miles.

[Jasonsim]

The Dallas skyline is magnificent from many angles, but my absolute favorite is the view from Oak Cliff. I think the city center will continue to grow and repopulate to match Houston, but we are still a few years from that looking at the vacancy in our towers.

[TexasTallest]

Originally Posted by slo1318

Now this is a good representative picture of each. Does Houston look massive? uhh, NO. Does Dallas look puny?? Nope.

Slightly larger, I'll stick with that! Take out one of the supertalls in Houston or add one to Dallas and theyre the same.

Houston



Dallas

you do realize every building in the foreground and to to the left in that picture of Dallas is UPTOWN Dallas, not downtown... and thats not the greatest representative picture of Houston. its like a decade old and taken from the north side where all the tall buildings are blocking the shorter buildings behind them.
believe me, i didnt go through pictures on the internet looking for the "puniest looking" pictures of Dallas.. i could have done better if that were the case.

i love how everyone pokes fun at Houstons parking lots.. i call them POTENTIAL. while Dallas may have less surface lots (though it might all come down to Houston just being the bigger city, automatically having that many more parking lots) it doesnt have nearly as much room for expansion. just imagine Houston in the future when the majority of these parking lots are filled with towers and parks. There will be no comparing the two cities. Dallas will be having to knock down old buildings in order to build new buildings on their plot, while Houstons downtown keeps filling in with more towers.

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by TexasTallest

you do realize every building in the foreground and to to the left in that picture of Dallas is UPTOWN Dallas, not downtown... and thats not the greatest representative picture of Houston. its like a decade old and taken from the north side where all the tall buildings are blocking the shorter buildings behind them.
believe me, i didnt go through pictures on the internet looking for the "puniest looking" pictures of Dallas.. i could have done better if that were the case.

i love how everyone pokes fun at Houstons parking lots.. i call them POTENTIAL. while Dallas may have less surface lots (though it might all come down to Houston just being the bigger city, automatically having that many more parking lots) it doesnt have nearly as much room for expansion. just imagine Houston in the future when the majority of these parking lots are filled with towers and parks. There will be no comparing the two cities. Dallas will be having to knock down old buildings in order to build new buildings on their plot, while Houstons downtown keeps filling in with more towers.

So in other words Dallas is DOOMED in every regard huh?

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by dollaztx

That's part of the reason why Dallas looks packed and dense in person. Because you have many midrises that accompany all the big ones from downtown on to uptown, victory and beyond. This pyramid skyline also makes Dallas skyline seem shorter. Houston has less midrises but bigger buildings which make the skyline look even taller. Overall its a toss up on preference. I agree with slo1380. Houston is a bit taller but there really is no big difference. Some people just make it seem like its a Denver to Chicago comparison.

Please take time to understand. I said the midrise building dont show behind the tall ones.

I never said they are not there.

Dallas does NOT have more midrises so you are off base on the street presense. At street level you are among the buildings they are not hiding.

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

Please take time to understand. I said the midrise building dont show behind the tall ones.

I never said they are not there.

Dallas does NOT have more midrises so you are off base on the street presense. At street level you are among the buildings they are not hiding.

Houston has more buildings PERIOD...nobody is arguing that....you seem to talk in circles...You always seem to revert back to Houston being taller withn more buildings...WE KNOW THIS ALREADY.

[TexasTallest]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

So in other words Dallas is DOOMED in every regard huh?

heh, definitely not in every regard. but in terms of this arguement, yes..

[First24]

Homerism aside, the DT Houston highrise cluster as seen from I-10 eastbound is impressive as you will see outside of any city not called Chicago or New York.

Dallas' skyline as viewed from the Woodall Rodgers Freeway canyon headed eastbound almost always gives me a rush.

I give DT Houston an edge for the WOW factor. Dallas for the more interesting architecture.