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"I'm
old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable
if they last long enough"
-Noah
Cross
"Chinatown"
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"The
architect must be a prophet. A prophet in the true sense of
the term ... if he can't see at least ten years ahead, don't
call him an architect."
-unknown.
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"That's
how you know it's a roof"
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Frank Lloyd Wright to a client complaining about a leaky roof.
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"[It's]
office parks for energy companies."
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Lars Lerup, dean of the school of architecture at Rice University,
saying how downtown Houston will never compare to cities like
Boston and New York.
Houston
Chronicle
26 December, 2001
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"Dallas
has taller buildings, bigger hair and deeper pockets than
San Antonio."
W. Scott Bailey
San Antonio Business Journal
11 January, 2002
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"Whereas
the Alamodome beats Dallas' Cotton Bowl stadium hands down,
the new home for the GalleryFurniture.com Bowl next season
is Houston's new Reliant Stadium. The retractable-roof dome,
which will also be home to Houston's new NFL Texans franchise,
is a beauty. If there is one thing Houston hates to be, it's
second to San Antonio."
W. Scott Bailey
San Antonio Business Journal
11 January, 2002
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"People
may be sitting in their office and look down and think,
`Hey, it's Jim's birthday - what will I get him for a birthday
present? Wow, let's go to a show.' It's as easy as that,"
Hobby
Center architect Robert Stern on why the building was deliberately
designed to look good when viewed from skyscraper offices.
Houston Chronicle
29 November, 1998
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