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Originally Posted by JAYNYC
Thanks for the updates. Good to know SOMETHING is finally happening in San Antonio.
Must say, I'm not impressed by the designs of the Canopy by Hilton or the Thompson. Seems as though the top heavy, slender rectangular look is the trend in a few cities at the moment; I feel like we'll look back on it in 20-30 years and say "ugh, that looks SO 2016-2018". And their proposed heights - 247 feet and 273 feet, respectively, isn't anything to be excited about, in my opinion.
It's also unfortunate that Frost, a regional bank headquartered in San Antonio, decided to top out its new building at 23 stories / 400 feet. That's 116 feet SHORTER than the Frost building in Austin, and, quite frankly, wouldn't even be noticeable in the downtown Houston or the downtown Dallas skylines.
So my initial question remains: what prevents San Antonio, a city in a very prosperous state, from seeing the type of recent high rise / skyscraper development seen in other cities historically known for having relatively smaller skylines (Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Phoenix)? ESPECIALLY considering what's happening in the other three major Texas cities (Houston, Dallas, Austin)? And is this ever likely to change, or will San Antonio's skyline essentially be the "San Jose, CA" of Texas for eternity?
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I find both the buildings you mentioned to be quite eye catching and I enjoy looking at them.
Also, having a skyline not grow, even with current prosperity, is the least of developers' concern. Why? Because it's irrelevant to most people and the market, specially in a city not known for skyscrapers and an internationally recognizeable skyline.
You worry too much about it.
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