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Old Posted Jul 30, 2013, 6:10 PM
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Thanks, oldmanshirt, I'll have to check out those places.

And agreed on what you said. What's been going on in Austin is really a spectacle and is amazing, but during that time I've learned to appreciate San Antonio for doing its own thing. Most of San Antonio's biggest office buildings and even its major residential buildings are not downtown. Some cities are good at meshing the old and new buildings and making it work and be a connected neighborhood, but it can be very hard especially with different eras of architecture that might have been withdrawn from the street. I really like San Antonio the way it is since it's so different from other places. I'm not even sure how I would feel about adding more towers to downtown that are big and glassy and modern. And I'm not sure I like new buildings that try to replicate old architecture. I'd rather have the real thing than to try and copy it. San Antonio definitely has a style all its own and is doing it right.
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