downtown

 

Lubbock has lots of sky but few skyscrapers.  This view westward down Main Street is from 916 Main whose 12 stories classify it as a "high-rise" rather than a skyscraper.  Only the Metro Tower, formerly known as the Great Plains Life Building, with its 20 stories is a skyscraper.  Building plans for the Lubbock National Bank began in 1939, to be built on the site of a former open-air theater.  A new brick company made bricks from the local soil for the structure which cost approximately $400,000.  LNB eventually moved to a newer building down the street and 916 Main housed a procession of banks before being acquired by Lubbock County for office space.  Lubbock boasts open spaces and even downtown skyscrapers can't obstruct the view.

 

916 Main

Lubbock, Texas