Perhaps that was because Gerald Hines had a reputation for developing landmarks that helped to define the skylines of Houston, San Francisco, Detroit and New York.
I wonder if they have missed a few subtle clues, like the church spires that punctuate every rural village and define the skylines of numerous towns.
Just as the Empire State Building defines the skyline, New York's hockey consciousness is dominated by the Rangers, even when they lose and miss the playoffs for three consecutive seasons under wasteful and self-deluded management.
Today, Miami Beach has the strongest preservation laws in the whole of the US, tourism is thriving and the fabulous architecture defines the skyline in all of its buzzing neon glory.
Older buildings downtown are dwarfed by the many modern office towers such as Pennzoil Place (1976), Chase Tower (1981), and Williams Tower (1983)—that now define the city skyline.
He added that, as with all art, some people like it and some don't, just as some like or don't like the gleaming Cesar Pelli tower or the old Art Deco one that help define the city skyline.
The Superman building, an Art Deco skyscraper, has defined the city's skyline since it was built in the late 1920s as the Industrial Trust Building.
But as rescue workers frantically searched through the smoky rubble of the twin-tiered buildings that once defined the Lower Manhattan skyline, there was nothing for these doctors and nurses to do except wait and hope that they would be called upon.
Additionally, our algorithm simply defines the protrusion around the sea-skyline as the target, which is very efficient.
Yet the most vibrant and fast-changing parts of these cities are no longer their shopping corridors or the skyscrapers that define their skylines.
