San Antonio/hill Country

Schertz1 · #1 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 2:11 AM**

ydoc14 · #2 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 2:37 AM**

Great pics, especially the ones of downtown from the East Side!

sirkingwilliam · #3 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 3:34 AM**

Wonderful pictures Schertz!

A look at what may be:

Left to Right: Rivercenter Mall Hotel, Rio Plaza, Kress/W Hotel, new at&t HQ

ydoc14 · #4 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 4:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by sirkingwilliam

Wonderful pictures Schertz!

A look at what may be:

Left to Right: Rivercenter Mall Hotel, Rio Plaza, Kress/W Hotel, new at&t HQ

I really hope the Ritz-Carlton will be at least 500', and being that the Marriott's shorter, 500' will really stand out.

As for the AT&T HQ, it's coming, I can feel it in my bones haha

verbl · #5 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 4:31 AM**

Yo lets just start building the ATT headquarters ourselves out of wood and Panchos lol

KevinFromTexas · #6 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 5:49 AM**

Most times I question the Marriott's height, but then here it looks pretty tall. If the GH roof (penthouse) is taller than Marriott's roof, then it's only by a few feet. Maybe no more than 10 to 15 feet taller. And I don't think the spires are 546 feet high, but I'm thinking they're probably about 460 to 470 feet high.

KevinFromTexas · #7 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 5:49 AM**

Nice pictures by the way. I liked the far away skyline view.

Paul in S.A TX · #8 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 6:05 AM**

Photo found @ Tiny pic.com

This is my favorite pic of the hill country. Bandera County and in metro San Antonio.

ydoc14 · #9 Posted **Feb 14, 2008, 6:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Most times I question the Marriott's height, but then here it looks pretty tall. If the GH roof (penthouse) is taller than Marriott's roof, then it's only by a few feet. Maybe no more than 10 to 15 feet taller. And I don't think the spires are 546 feet high, but I'm thinking they're probably about 460 to 470 feet high.

The Marriott is always like an optical illusion to me haha. It always looks taller from the east side of the building. But, for example in the picture above, the penthouse is not as high as the pyramids, but this is because there's some height distortion in the picture because the Hyatt is farther away from the camera than the Marriott. To get a good comparison, you have to go to farther out skyline shots, for example the one Schertz posted. In that shot, yes the penthouse is a tad bit higher than the pyramids.