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Atlanta defecates on Houston in the looks department. Most of the architecture is superior in every way.

Based upon the photos that you have provided, I must respectfully disagree.

I will concede, however, that Houston is not pictorially well-represented on virtualtourist.com. Try browsing Flickr.

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But the streetscape/city scene is also more interesting, beautiful, and more progressive than Houston's.

Atlantic Station

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Five Points

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Philips Arena

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Technology Square, Georgia Tech

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Glenwood Park

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But where are the people?

Houston's Canal Street gets more use...when it's raining out...as in, today.

I saw some people in a few shots. But I've learned not to judge urban areas by the amount of people that are in their pictures. I've seen plenty of photos and videos of NYC area, even Times Square, with not as many people as I had expected.

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..........still trying to clean "defecates" from my imagery.

for starters, this is the "going up" area of the forum. "going up" meaning new projects (in houston usually). there are other threads to pronounce your architectural pride.

in addition, "my city vs. your city" threads or conversations do not meet the guidelines for polite discussion on haif and will be removed

moving thread to appropriate section...."meanwhile, in the rest of the world". why? because atlanta is "the rest of the world" on "houston architecture information forum". :)

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..........still trying to clean "defecates" from my imagery.

for starters, this is the "going up" area of the forum. "going up" meaning new projects (in houston usually). there are other threads to pronounce your architectural pride.

in addition, "my city vs. your city" threads or conversations do not meet the guidelines for polite discussion on haif and will be removed

moving thread to appropriate section...."meanwhile, in the rest of the world". why? because atlanta is "the rest of the world" on "houston architecture information forum". :)

Oh, but I'm not from Atlanta. I'm from Houston (see username).

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Not in the sense of new urbanism. And the architecture is also more modern. Much of Houston looks very '80s.

As opposed to what? ...looking very 90's?

...or turn-of-the-century, depression-era, or mid-century? There are well-defined parts of downtown Houston that reflect architecture from each of these periods. True enough, the effect on the skyline is dominated by our boom-town days; I suspect that Atlanta is no different.

But on the whole--and this is just me--I find Atlanta's architecture underwhelming and somewhat boring. That's not to say that Houston is exciting or vibrant, either, but it is a fair bit more colorful, varied, striking, and--I think--classy.

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As opposed to what? ...looking very 90's?

...or turn-of-the-century, depression-era, or mid-century? There are well-defined parts of downtown Houston that reflect architecture from each of these periods. True enough, the effect on the skyline is dominated by our boom-town days; I suspect that Atlanta is no different.

But on the whole--and this is just me--I find Atlanta's architecture underwhelming and somewhat boring. That's not to say that Houston is exciting or vibrant, either, but it is a fair bit more colorful, varied, striking, and--I think--classy.

I respect your opinion. I just love the crowns of Atlanta's towers so much more than Houston's Lego buildings.

And even 90s architecture still looks very modern to me. Most 70s/80s boom architecture should be burned to the ground.

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Most 70s/80s boom architecture should be burned to the ground.

That's what they used to think about structures from the 19th century during the urban renewal programs of the mid-20th century. Now, as some of your photos illustrate, architects strive (with an embarrassing rate of success) to simulate the effect of architecture from that era.

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Is Atlanta's architecture better just because their buildings have pyramids sitting on top of them? I guess I have no affinity for those types of buildings because Houston only has one of them (Transco). And we've talked it to death already in other threads, but simply having lights on a building really does nothing for me.

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