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Originally Posted by Tornado
Good to know, here's hoping on the 400'+. Speaking of the Thompson, what are your thoughts on the building? There are elements I really like and others not so much (mainly the southside elevation with the huge blank walk and sliver windows).
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There are things I like about it and things I don't. It's modern and something different for San Antonio's skyline, and I like that. I like that it complements the Marriott Rivercenter and Grand Hyatt. It also appears to be a different building from every view. There's probably no other building like that in San Antonio other than the Nix Professional Building where it appears to be a different building. I like the color of the Thompson Hotel & Residences, but sometimes the blockiness of it bugs me. And the big windows that seem oddly spaced. Overall, I'd say I like it, but I think the Marriott Rivercenter is still safe as my favorite modern San Antonio skyscraper.
While we're on the subject of spires, I think it would have been a good candidate for one. Either on the high end of the mechanical penthouse or on the end with the "glass cone" up the facade to carry up that line.
theOGalexd's photo in his last post on this page shows off how a spire would have looked good on this building with the Tower Life Building flagpole poking up behind it.
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...03#post9042103