Houston vs. Dallas (Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth: overnight, elevator, influx)

[JJG]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

Let's not talk about tacky. The Williams tower is the definition of tacky. A huge skyscraper miles from the Downtown core. Way to go Houston! What purpose does it serve.........Nothing

Uh..... yeah, I gotta disagree BIG time here.

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by JJG

Uh..... yeah, I gotta disagree BIG time here.

You can disagree all you want but it's my opinion.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by Dallaz

Let's not talk about tacky. The Williams tower is the definition of tacky. A huge skyscraper miles from the Downtown core. Way to go Houston! What purpose does it serve.........Nothing

You mean besides being an office tower for...offices?

But touche. I'm not extremely fond of Williams, myself. I love the location and prominence over Uptown, but the design leaves a lot to be desired. It still serves more of a purpose than a bridge in a prairie.

[kenshi]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

It's a bridge over troubled grass, and sometimes, rain water. It's contrived and tacky.

So what you're saying is cars should be able to drive right through the river and shouldn't need a bridge to go over it?

[JJG]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

You mean besides being an office tower for...offices?

That's basically what I was refering to when Dallaz asked "what purpose does it serve?"....

And I like the neo-art deco style on Williams. It's an 80's building, could have been much worse. At least it's not just one big concrete box sticking up.



OMG, I HATE THIS THING!!!

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

You mean besides being an office tower for...offices?

But touche. I'm not extremely fond of Williams, myself. I love the location and prominence over Uptown, but the design leaves a lot to be desired. It still serves more of a purpose than a bridge in a prairie.

People said the exact same thing about the new Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel. The hotel boosted profits to a lot of the major hotels in Dallas.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by kenshi

So what you're saying is cars should be able to drive right through the river and shouldn't need a bridge to go over it?

Bridge? Yes. Multimillion dollar addition? No.

[R1070]

That building in FW has to be one of my top least favorite buildings. Then they line the buildings with those christmas lights.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by JJG

That's basically what I was refering to when Dallaz asked "what purpose does it serve?"....

And I like the neo-art deco style on Williams. It's an 80's building, could have been much worse. At least it's not just one big concrete box sticking up.



OMG, I HATE THIS THING!!!

The architecture in Houston is just way too dated, for my liking.

Williams Tower's prominence is similar to the BOA building in Atlanta. I wish the design was more like that.

Originally Posted by Dallaz

People said the exact same thing about the new Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel. The hotel boosted profits to a lot of the major hotels in Dallas.

I like that building.

[kenshi]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

Bridge? Yes. Multimillion dollar addition? No.

It's not the first bridge in the country where extra money was spent to make it more aesthetically pleasing. Would the Golden Gate Bridge look the same if they were going solely for function?