Check out a couple of Houston aerials
 

Courtesy of Airborn Imaging
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nice

The medical center area is especially impressive.

Awesome!

very nice aerials

What IS the reason Houston has so many talls and few shorter buildings? Always kinda wondered that.

Part of it is depth perception. Because so many of the really tall buildings downtown are so close to each other, they tend to block out the older, shorter buildings (like when viewing the skyline from the west). That said, from about 1970 to about 1986, the tendency here definitely was to build tall more so than small. That has changed quite a bit over the last 15 years, however, especially in the burgeoning edge cities such as Westchase, Memorial City and the Energy Corridor.

SOM used to have an office in Houston. Also, Hines is based in Houston; Gerald Hines has more often than not developed signature buildings by the world's top architects.

Banking in Texas was changing, so banks were looking for signature buildings. And don't forget the oil boom of the late 70's/early 80's.

We were lucky.

Gotta love the Texas Medical Center.

What a depressing place..... I think I'd kill myself if I had to live there. If you didn't notice... let me point out to you that the most dominant features of your aerial shots... ARE PARKING LOTS...sad....sad...sad.

Why is Houston proud of itself???.... simply pathetic.

Great Photos... I'd live there.

I know everyone is entitled to their opinion but come on that was a bunch of bullshit......yes there are alot of parking lots but there are lots of developments that will get rid of those parking lots and how can parking lots downtown make you want to kill yourself......

Why should you be proud of your post????? simply pathetic.

Great aerials!!

I've been to Houston twice--in 1999 and 2005. I'd have to say that downtown seemed much more impressive in 2005 than on my prior visit. The Main Street area had a lot more restaurants.

DT Houston still has a ways to go to be considered a strong downtown, but it seems headed in the right direction.

nice :). Houston's a great place

Cool pics, thanks for posting.

Yeah, seeing excessive parking lots in those pix requires some selective viewing. Houston has a LOT of reason to be proud of itself, especially for its tall/dramatic buildings.

Nice shots.

I have never seen aerials of the medical center, I am shocked at the density.

If all you can see is parking lots, then you either need your eyes checked or only saw the last photo!

I see; a wonderful collection of downtown skyscrapers, a downtown baseball stadium, a downtown arena, a downtown Aquarium and Ferris Wheel on Buffalo Bayou, two downtown park, Hermann Park, the world's largest medical center, Rice University, the Houston Zoo, Reliant Stadium, the Astrodome, and a host of other things.

I guess you are just a glass half empty kind of fella. No wonder you need a city to make you feel better!

i'm really glad Houston didn't demolish the astro dome when they built reliant stadium

In my opinion, downtown Houston has one of the best/most dense/tallest collections of modern skyscrapers. A number of my favorite modern skyscrapers can be found there. It's true that there are still a lot of parking lots but the downtown core is quite large geographically, and really parking lots are just future potential. Can't wait to see what downtown Houston has in store for us skyscraper fans in the future.