Thanksgiving Tower - Dallas, TX
1982
50 floors
196.5 meters

Rising from the center of downtown, the 50-story Thanksgiving Tower is located on Elm Street. On the North side across Pacific Avenue, the tower faces Thanks-Giving Square for which the tower is named. The office tower has a distinctive cut back exterior design and clad in olive black reflective glass; the building's design is a departure from common rectangular office. The tower was built in a tight location between two other high-rises, and the cut back design was essential to reduce the size of the tower. The dark glass band spanning completely around the 48th floor near the top of the tower features floor to ceiling windows and represents the Tower Club famous for weddings, private parties and corporate events. The tower includes access to shops and restaurants through the underground tunnel network and a six-level underground parking garage is located directly beneath the office building.

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7/10. Nice mirror.

:D

7.5 yep, nice mirror indeed. i like it:)

7/10

Its tall and massive, but too oppressive. Looks like an inferior version of the IDS Tower in Minneapolis.

I like the glassy facade. 7/10

It looks like the one in Minnesota. 8/10

Nice shiny facade :cool:
7.5/10

It is very familiar to me... soon you will know why ;)

Originally posted by BGT

It looks like the one in Minnesota. 8/10

Yeah, I hear that a lot. By the way, the stripe at the top is glass with less coating on it, for the Bank Club I believe. One of those fancy clubs that rich executvies go to, anyhow.

I've never really card that much about the building to bein with, so thinking about it, I guess it's okay. 7.5

7.5/10

8/10...Strong, powerful, shiny and adds some great reflections.

5.5/10- Nice reflections, but a little plain.

8/10

Nice tower

Glass and chiselled corners? They need to try harder then that! 6/10! :D

9.5

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8/10 nice mirror!!

Nice facade !! 7.5/10

Very plain glass building that reminds Dallas inhabitants of the 80's daily....looks too suburban, too cheap and too tall for that mirror material 4/10.

9/10

really nice!! it remembers me the "Telecom Italia Tower" in Naples but this is higher.. :D
9.5

8.5/10

No no no very much a "seen one, seen em all" type of building. I am so unimpressed.
Plenty of suburban buildings that look just like it so it's a big yawner for me and even as I take a long look at it, I grow to nearly hate it. It's just a really big glossy window. Kinda makes me sick that something so big was made into just a window with some cut corners.

Oh yeah, 5/10

7/10

so so but still cool! 7.5/10

cheers

8/10, i think the mirror images are very nice in a built up area

8.5/10

8.5/10 decent

Quite boring design, but nice shiny glass ;) 7,5/10

Shiny. :D

8/10

7/10

nice and glass but a bit plain 7.5

8/10

great 8.5/10

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8. i wish they could have been more creative with this building. the facade really looks great but the shape is way too generic.

6/10

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8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

8/10

Shiny and simple 8/10

I really love this building:D 10/10

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7,5/10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_Tower

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8/10 :)

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very nice...