OMG. I have seen it all.

[TheArtist]

Found this on another forum that I frequent "SkyscraperPage" and had to share. You can imagine the responses it got. This is the most baffling thing I have ever seen. Its unreal.

[spoonbill]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

Found this on another forum that I frequent "SkyscraperPage" and had to share. You can imagine the responses it got. This is the most baffling thing I have ever seen. Its unreal.

If you look real close, you can see a tree!

[cannon_fodder]

I've always kinda' wondered what hell looked like...

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

I've always kinda' wondered what hell looked like...

And if you've been to Houston in July you know what hell looks AND feels like.

[YoungTulsan]

They could use a little more parking, I think

[spoonbill]

Hmm?  I don't remember where I parked?

Perhaps I should put a tennis ball on my antenna next time.

[Wrinkle]

...thought it were Tulsa at first.

But, many of their parking spaces have cars in them.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

...thought it were Tulsa at first.

But, many of their parking spaces have cars in them.

Lol. I thought it was amazing to find a downtown worse than Tulsas. I thought we were the worst period. Its baffling that there is so much parking, but its equally baffling that there are so many cars.  They must have a good economy and busy businesses, but at the same time, if that were the case then you would think more businesses would want to locate there or businesses to take advantage of the people. Though its probably empty in the evenings. Definitely no foot traffic. I wonder if the suburbanites there complain that there isnt any place to park like they complain about it here? Perhaps its just an area where there are a bunch of car dealerships?

[Conan71]

At first glance prior to reading your caption, I thought the city had been carpet-bombed or a tornado had ripped through.

[we vs us]

There's got to be a AWESOME mall at the other end of that parking lot.

[Oil Capital]

I'm sorry to rain on the parade, but that picture is at LEAST 20 years old, probably close to 30 years old.  While there is indeed still plenty of surface parking in downtown Houston, a great many of the lots in that picture no longer exist.

[Wrinkle]

I don't know about the age of the photo, but was questioning if it even actually downtown Houston. Seems more like the west end Galleria area or such.

[inteller]

all those cars were people from Tulsa who had moved to Houston.  Houston now has buildings for them.

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

all those cars were people from Tulsa who had moved to Houston.  Houston now has buildings for them.

Ouch.  Luckily Tulsa demolished their buildings and replaced them with surface parking!

Downtown Houston 2007



Large ariel view, showing plenty of remaining surface parking (2.5megs):
http://www.oneparkplacehouston.com/images/pressroom/ariel_view.jpg

[inteller]

and I have to say that picture makes downtown look less dense than it is.  it is like the opposite of the various tulsa pictures that make Tulsa look more dense than what it is.