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Originally Posted by OU812
I think the Hyatt looks great. Call me crazy but I like the blue glass and brown/beige stucco-ish combination. It's not exactly world class architecture, but it looks just fine. I would be proud to own it!
You know what's REALLY ugly downtown? A few quick things come to mind:
*That old pitch black high rise near 6th and Congress -it's like some kind of glorified inner city prison.
*The City Hall bldg -what's with the rusty looking pieces of sheet metal? I know they were supposed to be 'bronze' and artsy, but it just looks cheap and gaudy. And the back with that sharp, seemingly random piece which sticks out over the street- FREAKY.
*The Long Center -what's with the checkered green/brown upper facade area? It always reminds me of old chair/mattress stuffing. I know they wanted to recycle parts of Palmer Auditorium, but they really could have done something else with that ugly glass. |
That Bank of America Center that looks all black, is actually bronze if you go up and look at it. Every city has one of those buildings from the mid 70's. We even had/have one in Johannesburg, South Africa, where I grew up.
I have to agree that the Hilton Convention Center is one of the most unfortunate looking buildings in Austin. And the Hilton Garden north of it looks a bit like a shapeless, brown tomb-stone.
What about One America Center on Congress with all that brown and white stucco and those steps? I think it's part of what makes me cringe over the new GreenWater 1 tower.