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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
Cleveland and Charlotte don't yet have 1,000 footers, although, they both have had 1,000 foot proposals in the past. Charlotte had some crazy 1,300 foot tower proposed about 10 to 15 years ago. And Cleveland had a 1,200 foot tower proposed back in the 90s.
Charlotte's tallest right now is the Bank of America Corporate Center with 871 feet and 60 floors. Cleveland's Key Tower is 947 feet with 57 floors.
There are only 5 cities in the US with buildings over 1,000 feet tall. They are: New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Houston in that order of tallest.
There are some. Mostly in Asia and the Middle East. Dubai certainly has some. There are a few in Mexico and South America also.
There's also this tower in Moscow, which has a copper colored glass. It's only a few years old. Here's the construction thread on it:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=106164 |
I mentioned Charlotte and Cleveland because they are the only cities in our metro range that have buildings close to 1000 feet. Charlotte with its heavier focused office skyline looks good with the 871ft building. Cleveland though, the building is just too big for the size skyline and has a similar effect (not to the same degree) as the Devon Tower in OKC. We aren't ready for a 900+ ft tall building yet, but I think we will in 10 years. For now, we need more infill (which are getting at a rapid pace) and some buildings in the 400-700 foot range. I think we will see some 600+ ft proposals soon with the dwindling condo supply.
I think we are lucky in the decades we had building booms. I do regret that we don't have more early century buildings, but I really like most of the buildings constructed in the 80's. The granite/glass look on the Congress buildings look really nice. The others are also interesting in shape. I do wish the black congress building from the 70's would go away though. All the blue buildings we are getting recently are just helping to balance all the browns in the skyline. The cluster of Austintonian, Marriott, 3rd and Colorado, both Congress buildings, Ashton, and Frost is going to be a great looking cluster. It will also help to anchor our skyline to the middle of downtown.