Better skyline Houston or Dallas? (Greenville, Atlanta: stats, celebrities, snakes)

[TheDarkSide]

Originally Posted by HouTXmetro

It's not just visibility from a distance... When you are up close, Houston gives the appearance of dense and Tall. It has the wow factor.


Pic Courtesy of https://www.city-data.com/picfilesv/picv26234.php

[stoneclaw]

That's not even the best night photo of Dallas I've seen. But it's alright.

[SouthernBoy205]

Nice skyline features of Houston in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk4a27-fuXE

[binkyman]

Originally Posted by stoneclaw

That's not even the best night photo of Dallas I've seen. But it's alright.

Every time Houston builds another skyscraper within its traditional downtown with it being one of those old types that are located between a central loop of freeways, it is going to have to destroy something of the present existing streetscape to do so. In other words, in most instances, there is always going to be something that is going to have to be demolished in downtown Houston before another forty to fifty story skyscraper gets erected.

So, I can imagine most tellietubby like individuals are going to be shock and awed by the skyscrapers of downtown Houston. Knowing just a little more though, others are going to prefer the types of linear skylines of Dallas that, in building in such a fashion, have bought into the agenda of preserving impressive streetscapes.

Here is one:
The Shadow of my Life: Dallas Walkabout

Notice how there aren't any skyscrapers above the storefronts in this picture? This is why gaps in the skylines are important. The city of Dallas will have lots of these types of impressive streetscapes.

Main, Elm, Ross, Gaston, McKinney, Lemmon, Maple, Harry Hines, Zang, and so on. The central core of Dallas is growing more along many streetscapes with its nerve center being Uptown. The city has grown totally off the grid when compared to Houston. Indeed, the old traditional walls of downtown Dallas have been blown away.

Here is some more streetscape:

DTD: 1607 Main ( Praetorian Building Site) - Page 5

Again, notice the absence of skyscrapers. Yet, it is dense.

[Spade]

I will say this. Dallas does a better job of lighting the skyline than Houston.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by binkyman

Every time Houston builds another skyscraper within its traditional downtown with it being one of those old types that are located between a central loop of freeways, it is going to have to destroy something of the present existing streetscape to do so. In other words, in most instances, there is always going to be something that is going to have to be demolished in downtown Houston before another forty to fifty story skyscraper gets erected.

So, I can imagine most tellietubby like individuals are going to be shock and awed by the skyscrapers of downtown Houston. Knowing just a little more though, others are going to prefer the types of linear skylines of Dallas that, in building in such a fashion, have bought into the agenda of preserving impressive streetscapes.

Here is one:
The Shadow of my Life: Dallas Walkabout

Notice how there aren't any skyscrapers above the storefronts in this picture? This is why gaps in the skylines are important. The city of Dallas will have lots of these types of impressive streetscapes.

Main, Elm, Ross, Gaston, McKinney, Lemmon, Maple, Harry Hines, Zang, and so on. The central core of Dallas is growing more along many streetscapes with its nerve center being Uptown. The city has grown totally off the grid when compared to Houston. Indeed, the old traditional walls of downtown Dallas have been blown away.

Here is some more streetscape:

DTD: 1607 Main ( Praetorian Building Site) - Page 5

Again, notice the absence of skyscrapers. Yet, it is dense.

Like an empty parking lot or Fiesta Mart?

http://swamplot.com/?s=fiesta+dunlavy

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by Spade

I will say this. Dallas does a better job of lighting the skyline than Houston.

No doubt about that, but in the past few weeks, the Houston skyline has been lit up pretty well. Chevron lighting the top of its building, BOA lit up, wells Fargo lit at the top, etc. The energy companies are bank rolling.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Trae713

No doubt about that, but in the past few weeks, the Houston skyline has been lit up pretty well. Chevron lighting the top of its building, BOA lit up, wells Fargo lit at the top, etc. The energy companies are bank rolling.

Chase should be ashamed.

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by binkyman

Every time Houston builds another skyscraper within its traditional downtown with it being one of those old types that are located between a central loop of freeways, it is going to have to destroy something of the present existing streetscape to do so. In other words, in most instances, there is always going to be something that is going to have to be demolished in downtown Houston before another forty to fifty story skyscraper gets erected.

I don't think any of the current proposals are on anything but empty lots.

[ColdAilment]

How much does a skyline affect someone's quality of life?
How much does a skyline affect how much fun someone is able to have?
How much does a skyline affect how nice a city it?

Arguing skylines is pretty pointless, and you could not pick two cities that are more similar. The two largest metros in Texas separated by barely a few hundred miles. Houston and Dallas probably have more in common than any other two large metros in the rest of the country. Just let it go.