18 Cities with uninspired tallest buildings

Listed below are 18 American cities whose tallest buildings are less than inspiring nor particularly appealing visually. In many cases it appears that function (or budgetary considerations) overruled form as the lack of of panache, style, adornments, and interesting architectural features have made these buildings rather bland. It seems to this author that if you are going to the effort to construct the tallest building in a city, it ought to have some personality and visual appeal that enhances pride in the community.

When comparing the Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus, Ohio to its surrounding counterparts, it is quite apparent that the Rhodes Tower is boxy and lacks charm. This is especially evident when viewing it in comparison to the city’s prior tallest building, the stunningly gorgeous LeVeque Tower.

What may be the most disappointing is the example from Charleston, South Carolina. This is not because the building is worse than the others, but due to the fact that it seems out-of-sync with the historic colonial integrity of that charming city.

Sixteen of the 19 towers (there is one tie) identified below were built between the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. That may say something about the styles employed during that two-decade period or that budgetary considerations outweighed style. Hopefully, if and when some of these towers are refurbished, the work can include adding some features that make them visually more appealing.

Peace!

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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

MACON, GEORGIA

GARY, INDIANA

RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA

ODESSA, TEXAS

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

COLUMBUS, OHIO

WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS

MUNCIE, INDIANA

LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA

FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

KANSAS CITY, KANSAS (two tied for the tallest building)

TRENTON, NEW JERSEY

#Bakersfield #beauty #buildings #Charleston #cities #Columbia #columbus #design #FallRiver #Gary #Harrisburg #KansasCity #Lafayette #landUse #Macon #Memphis #Muncie #NewOrleans #NewportNews #Odessa #panache #planning #Riverside #skylines #skyscrapers #Spokane #style #towers #Trenton #Waukegan

A fire at #GabrielHouse, an assisted living facility in #FallRiver, #Massachusetts, killed nine residents and injured dozens more on Sunday night. The blaze broke out around 9:50 p.m. and drew a response from about 50 firefighters, including 30 off-duty personnel.

https://theglobeandatlas.com/staff-at-massachusetts-assisted-living-facility-allegedly-fled-during-deadly-fire/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

If you or your neighbors think you see ICE in Massachusetts, call or text the LUCE hotline: 617-370-5023

And if you or anyone else needs resources, please share this multilingual link collection with them that has links to know your rights resources in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/lucemass

#ImmigrantRights #LUCEMassachusetts #Massachusetts #Boston #Worcester #SpringfieldMA #CambridgeMA #Brockton #Lowell #NewBedford #Lynn #Quincy #FallRiver

TRAN-SIT! TRAN-SIT! TRAN-SIT!
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/03/21/massachusetts-south-coast-rail-launch-fall-river-new-bedford
#MBTA #Massachusetts #NewBedford #FallRiver #Taunton

HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND!

On Sunday, rally to support postal workers across New England and beyond.

Full list of events at https://www.nalc.org/news/fight-like-hell

Massachusetts:

Branch 51
4 Hartwell St.
Fall River, MA 02721
10 AM

Branch 51
37 Taunton Green
Taunton, MA 02780
12 PM

Branch 764
139 Termont St.
Boston Commons
Boston, MA 02111
1 PM

Connecticut:

no events scheduled (come on, CT!)

Maine:

Maine State Association of Letter Carriers
151 Forrest Ave.
Portland, ME 04101
11 AM

Rhode Island:

Branch 57 & Rhode Island State Association of Letter Carriers
Rhode Island State House
82 Smith St.
Providence, RI 02903
12 PM

New Hampshire:

New Hampshire State Association of Letter Carriers
New Hampshire State House
107 N Main St
Concord, NH 03301
11 AM

Vermont:

Branch 37
204 Main St.
Brattleboro, VT 05301
3 PM

#Vermont #New Hampshire #Maine #Massachusetts #RhodeIsland #Connecticut #NewEngland #Boston #Taunton #TauntonMA #FallRiver #FallRiverMA #ConcordNH #ProvidenceRI #BrattleboroVT #PortlandME #USPS #FightLikeHell #Events #Antifascism

Nova Scotia court dismisses citizen challenge to Fall River development
A Nova Scotia judge has dismissed a court challenge to a controversial development in the Halifax area, ruling it had not been filed during the required time period.
#law #development #politics #NovaScotia #FallRiver #Halifax
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-court-dismisses-citizen-challenge-to-fall-river-development-1.7484272?cmp=rss

This week in #FallRiver lane closures for signal maintenance work on Industrial Park Road (Route 24 and Route 79 NB Ramp). Work scheduled to take place daily from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., occurring 12/9 through 12/13.

Court axes demand by owner of Lizzie Borden's house that coffee shop next door stop calling itself Miss Lizzie's immediately
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/court-axes-demand-owner-lizzie-bordens-house

#FallRiver #lawsuits #axes

One from my archives: The South Dakota-class battleship Massachusetts (BB-59), launched in Sept. 1941 and which has been a museum ship at Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA since 1965. The Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge carrying Route 195 over the Taunton River between Somerset and Fall River (or, as some of the locals jokingly say, the USA and Portugal) is behind it.

#photography #drone #aerial #battleship #sunset #fallriver #massachusetts

Another failed #Massachusetts putschist found guilty as part of the mob that broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/another-failed-massachusetts-putschist-found

#Jan6 #crime #FallRiver

Happy Holidays from #FallRiver and #SignalThirteen - may no critters be stirring.

For all that celebrate, a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from #FallRiver, and the strange folks at #SignalThirteen

In Hatchet Girls, by Diana Rodriguez Wallach, teenager Mariella Morse’s parents are found brutally murdered, Borden-style, in modern-day Fall River just a few blocks away from where the famous forty-whacks happened.

#fallriver #hatchetgirls #ya
#books #literature #bookstodon

"Folks were first interested in what was simply called "The Fowler Box" or just "The Box". Radio was nothing new, however the device received signals with no identifiable antenna and no visible power source.

When they heard a voice from the box that seemed like any other voice transmission, except it was in no known language to any of the persons hearing it and it terrified them when they realized they understood the speaker regardless."

#FallRiver #SignalThirteen #AIArt #Midjourney #Runway

The focal point of the station, as well as the town, is the broadcast antenna in Whispering Pine Park. It has been in operation since the 1920s, and in addition to broadcasting #SignalThirteen maintains the barrier that keeps the rest of the world safe from what lurks beneath #FallRiver

#AIArt #Midjourney #AIArtists

In the mid-17th century, wealthy nobleman and occultist Isaac Raine unearthed mention of an ancient artefact of dreadful power and effect.

After decades of study, he began to acquire some of the more obscure notes said to be from Juan DeFuca and his discovery of the northern coast of what is now British Columbia. Despite being disputed by every scholar, he began building his followers, servants and cultists and in 1653 they sailed across the Atlantic for the Azores.

#SignalThirteen #FallRiver