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I like the Lincoln Complex. It's probably getting built somewhere in China now.
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I'm glad Fountain Place ended up only being one tower. It's much more iconic the way it is and I feel that two would be too overwhelming. The City Place complex would have been cool, but it's easy to see why it didn't get built as planned.
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Don't know if this has been posted, but see how Frank L. Wright's Rogers Lacy Hotel may have looked inside the tower on this video link. It is believed that Frank L. Wright introduced the first Hotel Tower Atrium Lobby for this Dallas proposal in 1946.
http://vimeo.com/4405978 |
Here is a rarely seen skyscraper announcement for Dallas, from the 80's Downtown building boom, that hasn't been shown anywhere.
It is a sleek design of 47 stories with underground garage for 500 cars. Its location would have been wonderful for a tall building to be located, south of Commerce Street. I believe 912 Commerce would be the surface parking lot today that is immediately south of Bank of America tower. Talk about a dynamic relationship it could have created by being next to and immediately south of the tallest skyscraper in Dallas. This building would still today look very nice on the skyline. This is just one clipping from my scrapbook of skyscraper announcements for Dallas. I'll see what other unique announcements I can find in there to post later. [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/...bf8f17b5_b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/...3cabc85a_b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/...50acf49f_b.jpg[/IMG] |
I'm glad some of those weren't built, but yeah, so many of those were nice. There's some more projects in Dallas that never happened I remember, that weren't posted here. I don't have those renderings anymore though. They're trapped on a fried hard drive. :(
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Thank's for posting skys. This one I had not seen before.
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It is one that somehow didn't get captured by many people, if anyone but me! I cut the announcement out of the paper and put it in my scrapbook so at least it is preserved for posterity. I think it is a cool design and was another one of those Dallas building boom 80's designs that I wish could have made it to reality because it would have definitely helped pull growth south of Commerce that hasn't really happened until just recently with the Omni Hotel project being built. |
Here is an extremely unique mid-rise design proposed for Dallas' Uptown District from 1985.
It would have been a 15 story highrise built at the corner of McKinney and Maple, across from the landmark Crescent Court complex. Extremely avant-garde in its design, the "Flatiron" building as it was known would still to this day be a landmark structure with its incredibly unique cantilevered design. This is another cool, unique and never seen proposed Dallas' highrise building from the '80's Dallas building boom that I have preserved in my scrapbook from that period. [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/...9e9b2ecd_b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/...c6361374_b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/...09f33869_b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4146/...c9076deb_b.jpg[/IMG] |
^ You've got some good ones that I've never seen before. Thanks for posting!
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^ :O The Dallas skyline would have been great if all those were built.
Here are plans for a 100 story building! http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4145/4...7420a663_b.jpg 100 story Dallas skyscraper by skys the limit2, on Flickr credits to Skysthelimit and loveall5of4@dallasmetropolis |
It's too bad that Fountain Place Two and City Place West were never built.
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The Turtle Creek development Frank Gehry - 1985
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Lone Star Plaza - 1984 http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/2...2_25054183.JPG Revised Plan: http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/2...E_25054181.JPG Link |
A few years ago, I spent a few days in each city, Dallas and Houston, and I don't why the skyline of Dallas is so underwhelming and blah, compared to Houston's. Yes, Founatin Place is outstanding, love it, but the rest of it?
Perhaps it's my love of buildings with curves, and Houston has an abundance of them! |
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I always thought they should finish the second tower, but make it look slightly different than the first. It would give a cathedral style of asymmetry.
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I've always liked City Place. Despite being a suburban building, I really like the detail on it.
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Boy, I really like that design. Very original with something of a "old south" feel to it. Any idea who the architect/firm was? |
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