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Originally Posted by Jeeper
Forgive me if this has been answered before, but I'm curious why San Antonio doesn't have more highrises than it currently does. The city's population would seem to support them, and the River Walk would appear to be a magnet for commercial and residential towers. I'm just kind of surprised that SA's tallest is a hotel, and that a city of SA's stature doesn't have something more substantial.
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SA does have a lot of highrises. A lot of them are outside of downtown, I believe KevinfromTX stated SA has more highrises outside of DT than Austin and Ft Worth combined, or something like that.
There are several reasons why some believe SA's downtown is lacking, I will let others speculate on that. Personally, I think it looks great, especially from ground level. I will give one reason though, history. You aren't going to see a bunch of high rises around the Alamo, that is hallowed ground, so it would have to be in other areas of DT. Plus the city wants to preserve all the historic buildings, character and charm of DT.
SA's DT is also very spread out, making it look smaller in photos than it actually is or feels at ground level. All the talls are way, way apart, not compact like most cities talls. This makes a huge difference.
By the way, I am sure you are aware there is a 34 story, 22 story, and 14 story going up right now DT, with more to follow...(hopefully much more).