[KevinFromTexas]

Why shouldn't our skyline hug the river? If you're going to develop residential towers why wouldn't you position them near the waterfront to take advantage of the views and cool breeze? It also just happened to be the part of downtown that made the most sense for towers since there were still a good number of underutilized lots that weren't occupied by older buildings. Up until the early 1940s, the Colorado River flooded pretty regularly. The lower end of downtown nearest to the river was always threatened by flooding. The 1935 flood was devastating as the river swelled to a mile wide. So, that part of downtown doesn't have a lot of old buildings that would have been a great architectural loss to new development. Most of our older buildings are several blocks north of there. It's the reason why there were never any high rises closer to the river until after the Highland dams were built.