[Owlhorn]

Dallas has been fortunate of a few things that have caused this:

- Dallas is sort of a crossroads of architecture in the US. The new stuff reflects what you see in older neighborhoods: Some Meditteranean, some Spanish, some colonial, some French Provencial, etc.

- Nice zoning: Has grouped towers and urban projects so that development isn't as random, though we still have our dissappointments.

- Large block projects: In Uptown alone you have Victory, International-Centre, State-Thomas, West Village and Cityplace. Each trying to be distinctly different from their competition.

- Pressure: The anchors of the above mentioned projects so far are outstanding and close enough together, that throwing up some crap is really noticeable. I think even a building like The Crescent puts a lot of pressure on its peers in the lower McKinney area. You can't just throw up any crap there unless you're Schaeffer and you simply don't care.