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Wrong. L.A.'s metro area is THREE TIMES the size of metro Houston in population.
As far as taller buildings go, that hardly means anything in the grand scheme of things. When it comes to the subject of this thread, which is multiple Downtowns, Houston simply is NOT in the same league - period. As far as "most people outside of L.A." goes, you know this how?
As usual, you are REALLY reaching here. And again, "equal to or better than L.A." is nothing but pure homerism. How odd that someone who doesn't even live in Houston continues to post such embarrassing claims, over something you simply have no clue of.
Let me break it down for you, John.
Houston's multiple downtowns:
Uptown/Galleria:
Williams (Transco) Tower - 901'
San Felipe Plaza - 625'
Marathon Oil Tower - 561'
Four Leaf Towers 1 - 444'
Four Leaf Towers 2 - 444'
Aon Tower - 420'
The Mercer - 400'
5 Post Oak - 389'
1200 Post Oak - 359'
Dominion Post Oak - 351'
BHP Tower - 351'
Wells Fargo Tower - 351'
The Mark - 334'
Galleria Tower 1 - 333'
Montebello - 330'
Sage Plaza - 330'
Capital One Plaza - 328'
One Riverway - 322'
Post Oak Central 2 - 321'
Post Oak Central 3 - 321'
Post Oak Central 1 - 318'
Cosmopolitan - 315'
Houstonian - 310'
Villa d' Este - 308'
Control Data Center - 303'
Southern Union Tower - 298'
Shlumberger Solutions - 285'
Bechel Tower - 271'
7 Riverway - 245'
3050 Post Oak - 243'
Texas Medical Center:
Q Quinn Medical Towers - 477'
Memorial Hermann - 430'
The Spires - 426'
The Parklane - 390'
The Warwick Tower's - 361'
Mosaic 1 - 358'
Mosaic 1 - 358'
University Center - 355'
T. Boone Pickens Academic Tower - 324'
Texas Children's Hospital- 313'
Houston Main Building - 312'
Greenway Plaza:
The Huntingdon - 503'
5 Greenway Plaza - 465'
11 Greenway Plaza - 441'
9 Greenway Plaza - 441'
Phoenix Tower - 434'
Kirby @ River Oaks 405'
3 Greenway Plaza - 300'
Greenway Tower 1 - 300'
Greenway Tower 2 - 300'
Renaissance Houston - 206'
Allan Parkway:
America Tower - 591'
Royalton at Riveroaks - 360'
Wortham Tower - 337'
Memorial City District:
Memorial Hermann Tower - 500'
Two Memorial City Plaza - 271'
Westchase District:
Parkwest Tower 1 - 337'
BMC Software Building 2 - 316'
One Briarlake Plaza - 311'
CityWest Place 2 - 306'
Millennium Tower - 238'
Energy Corridor: 1 Westlake Park - 382'
4 Westlake Park- 298'
3 Westlake Park - 260'
2 Westlake Park - 222'
Greenspoint:
4 Greenspoint Plaza - 325'
Care to list LA's or Atlanta's "other" downtowns, John?
The only thing comparable to Houston in LA is Century City with its twin 500 footers.
Houston has 6 buildings all over 500' tall outside of downtown.
LOL!!! Yet again, your extreme obsession with heights is clouding your judgement. This thread is about metro's with more than one Downtown.
I simply don't care how tall the buildings in Houston are. There is no way, no how - no matter how you spin it, that Houston has anywhere NEAR the number of "Downtowns" that metro L.A. has. And google is your friend. Look up L.A.'s "other" Downtowns on your own time. I'm not proving anything that is common knowledge to anyone not from Tyler. Go there for yourself, and it will be beyond obvious to you.
And I find it humorous that you feel the need to bring Atlanta into the conversation at this point.
But since you feel compelled to do so, we do happen to have the tallest buildings in a suburban locale than anywhere else in the U.S.
LOL!!! Yet again, your extreme obsession with heights is clouding your judgement. This thread is about metro's with more than one Downtown.
I simply don't care how tall the buildings in Houston are. There is no way, no how - no matter how you spin it, that Houston has anywhere NEAR the number of "Downtowns" that metro L.A. has. And google is your friend. Look up L.A.'s "other" Downtowns on your own time. I'm not proving anything that is common knowledge to anyone not from Tyler. Go there for yourself, and it will be beyond obvious to you.
And I find it humorous that you feel the need to bring Atlanta into the conversation at this point.
But since you feel compelled to do so, we do happen to have the tallest buildings in a suburban locale than anywhere else in the U.S.
Oh really?
Taller than the tower in The Woodlands (suburban Houston) at 440 feet?
BTW I don't understand what you meant about someone from Tyler. I was just out in LA in the Summer of 2009.
If the subject is to present cities with "multiple downtowns" (that might even be an oxymoron), why are posters discussing building heights?
The only city I'm aware of that has multiple municipalities within it's defined "city proper" is Los Angeles, and that is simply because the urban sprawl of more than 10 million people justified the city government doing so.
Houston, really has 2 downtowns(Downtown and Uptown) , and in terms of multiple skylines, Houston's are impressive, but still fall short of what LA offers. Our height is astonishing, but that can't be the only factor in determining what city's multiple downtowns/skylines are the best.
Exactly!! Houston has one downtown, and several suburban highrise office districts. Ive stayed in "uptown" many times, its not that urban, and its not walkable.
I dont know that any city qualifies as having multiple downtowns, multiple skylines perhaps, but thats it.
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