Better skyline Houston or Dallas? (San Antonio, Austin: neighborhood, medical center, business)

[coog78]

As my friends from Boston said when we went to Dallas last year to see a Red Sox game:

That's it? I thought Dallas had a comparable skyline to Houston?

I found myself in the rare position of defending Dallas and its skyline, but really they are right. It's not comparable.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by daltex (dallas)

but dallas is getting a new tower called 1900 57 stories 700-ft tall.
video link http://www.wfaa.com/video/?nvid=309146&shu=1

Its about damn time Dallas gets a new tower downtown breaking the 500 ft mark (if it even gets off the ground)

While Dallas has a 700 ft tower proposed, Houston has already started building on its new 650 ft tower right smack in the heart of downtown. Its called Main Place. Houston has had several new skyscrapers built downtown in the 600 ft - 400 ft range during the past 9 years while the Downtown Dallas skyline has remained virtually unchanged since the 80's.

Before we get off on the Uptown/Victory Park debate lets be clear that it is in fact NOT part of Downtown Dallas! Its a whole completely separate district with its own identity & having very little to no pedestrian friendly access from downtown to speak of.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Dangerfield

You got that right. It's certainly the tallest suburban looking skyline in the nation.

Houston is definitely a horse of a different color. Theres no other city in the world where you can witness a skyscraper practically sprouting up out of your back yard. This is the case all around the city of Houston where land use regulation is enforced to a bare minimum if any at all. Residential & commercial are intermixed which makes for an interesting & extremely quirky looking city.

Most areas in Dallas are too pristine & sterile looking for my tastes. It gets rather boring to look at pretty darn quick. I prefer the unpredictable & chaotic look of Houston myself.

[raymondm]

oh yeah and its getting better, from building a couple of more hospitals to the already largest medical district in the world; to new high rise apt built right now. dallas skyline is cute and its about good as that but houston skyline has prestige and been beautiful since the 80's. reunion tower is so far from the rest of the ten buildings it looks odd. lol i think the skyline in the galleria area might be better that dallas skyline

[txstate]

Check out Houston's skyline from 59 and west belt overpass in Sugar Land You get not only downtown but Uptown and the med center in one view.

[blkgiraffe]

The best view is taking the exit to downtown/288 north off 610 going east. Very beautiful and big.

[Metro Matt]

The skyline view from 610 East over the Fred Hartman bridge is quite impressive or San Jac Monument too for some amazing views.. You can see what appears to be a continuous skyline running for miles.

[raymondm]

I think this should sum it up, this from Forbes--"Texas cities dominate the Forbes Traveler 30 Most Visited U.S. Cities list, and Houston is the king of the hill among the state’s urban travel meccas. Its 31 million annual visitors include a million convention guests as well as tourists touching down at the Space Center, Moody Gardens, and other attractions. In 2005, six and a half million of Houston’s visitors came from Mexico."

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by raymondm

I think this should sum it up, this from Forbes--"Texas cities dominate the Forbes Traveler 30 Most Visited U.S. Cities list, and Houston is the king of the hill among the state’s urban travel meccas. Its 31 million annual visitors include a million convention guests as well as tourists touching down at the Space Center, Moody Gardens, and other attractions. In 2005, six and a half million of Houston’s visitors came from Mexico."

Has absolutely nothing to do with skylines and sums up nothing at all (same as the Smackdown thread).

[daltex (dallas)]

Originally Posted by Angel713

Has absolutely nothing to do with skylines and sums up nothing at all (same as the Smackdown thread).

I totally agree!