I am all for these spaces to be turned into towers, but no way in front of BofA - even if it would be 500 ft...and that is something you would never hear me say about anything taller than 300 ft!

I feel like something close to the Wilshire Grand in LA (design wise) would help balance out the skyline. Especially with the Frost Tower. I drove by that last night, and it's going to look stunning at night when it's complete.

mmmm.. I could see that. I do think SA should steer clear from all glass towers tho (frost excluded). I'd die to see a 60 floor pink granite slender tower with a spire/crown

I get ya there. Love glass but all-glass landscapes can be uninspired and bland. I'd like to see something like you mentioned but incorporate modern elements too, maybe mixed with glass. And a spire would look awesome, though I also think a maybe a glass type crown would be spectacular.

Just not a big rectangle please.

agreed. even something like the RSA Battle House Tower in Mobile would be cool. something with a crown + spire lol.

That would be a great building. I thought that the 1201 Third Avenue building in Seattle would work nicely for our downtown. A good mix of old and new.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1201_Third_Avenue

But I'll at a time when buildings were constructed within a reasonable timeframe.

This is a perfect design for San Antonio's downtown landscape.

Not bad!

Here are a few I think would be interesting to model after:

The MesseTurm in Frankfurt, Germany:
https://goo.gl/images/dQTUiF

Torre de Cristal in Madrid: (glass)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torr...adrid)_09a.jpg

Ocean financial centre in Singapore: (also glass)
https://goo.gl/images/vZ1nbq

I like all three of those. the only thing I worry about with a large glass tower is that it will dwarf the rest of downtown like the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...kc_skyline.JPG

That is not to say that I don't like the glass buildings. Overall though I really like the MesseTurm in Frankfurt that you showed. That would be a great building for San Antonio. I would not balk at getting any of those, but I think that one would fit more into the spirit of the city.

I think I just meant the designs overall...it could definitely be scaled back a bit to fit more with our current skyline so it doesn't dwarf everything. And yes I love the MesseTurm.

With that in mind, I would love a (slightly) scaled down version of the Torre de Cristal in Madrid:yes:. That would look awesome and would fit in nicely with the new Frost Tower. Which would make sense since it is a Pelli building. At 52 stories, it does not have to be scaled down much, if at all.

Speaking of Pelli, a version of the Wells Fargo Center in Minneapolis would look great.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...rom_Foshay.jpg

I like. It has an early 20th century NYC vibe to it, would look cool with some modern elements.

Let's propose all the above to some investors!! Haha