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Old Posted Jul 21, 2019, 9:44 AM
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I've long thought that rendering of that side made the building strangely resemble a few buildings in, believe it or not, Osaka, Japan. Particularly, the landmark Hilton Osaka Yoshimoto Building, which strikes a vaguely similar profile:


(Photo from Osaka Station Guide)

Back when it was built in 1986 it too had fewer lofty neighbors, though it probably didn't quite stand long in splendid isolation. Hopefully ours will fare similarly and gain some neighboring partners, as the Tobin Center definitely needs something to balance its new backdrop.

If we were looking for a way to someday have modern skyline buildings in San Antonio that stylishly differentiate themselves as a whole from those in Austin, Dallas, and Houston while also complementing our collection of preserved historic buildings with dramatically picturesque contrasts, then heavily over-engineered and pointedly hyper-modern buildings not unlike those plucked from a few Japanese cities is one way that certainly works for me. Umeda Sky Building would surely make a great gateway into the new Hemisfair, and we actually almost had something just as wild from Arquitectonica for the Horizon Hill Center proposed in 1982. Next we'll just have to get Texas Central to expand their planned N700 Shinkansen bullet trainset routes to cover the full Texas Triangle. Don't hold your breaths waiting for such though, as VIA + Nozomi Express is right now just inconceivable.
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