Posted Mar 27, 2018, 6:04 PM
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Originally Posted by wwmiv
Dallas has ~130 built highrises taller than 35 meters (115 feet) in the skyrise belt from Downtown thru Uptown and Turtle Creek situated in a nearly continuous urban built environment.
Austin and Houston, in comparison, each have ~120 built highrises taller than 35 meters (the minimum cut-off on this forum's database in their urban skyline belts from Downtown (in Austin, thru West Campus). That's no slouch in comparison, if we're only considering total number of highrises.
San Antonio has ~60 and Fort Worth ~40. Of course, this doesn't consider highrises elsewhere in these cities.
Each downtown really excels at a different form of urbanity. Houston excels at height, Dallas at architecture/lighting, Austin at density, San Antonio at preserved urban fabric, and Fort Worth for keeping its historic charm.
If Austin wants to have THE signature skyline of Texas, it needs the height and architecture as well as the density. Four or five well-designed buildings over 800'+ and a supertall with a distinctive crown would be the key to "signature" status, in my eyes.
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I wasn't aware Dallas has more then Houston.
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