Editing Midland, Texas (section)

=== Cityscape ===
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures in Midland, Texas}}

Nicknamed "The Tall City", Midland has long been known for its downtown skyline. Most of downtown Midland's major office buildings were built during a time of major [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]] oil and gas discoveries. The surge in energy prices in the mid-1980s sparked a building boom downtown. For many years, the 22-story [[Wilco building|Wilco Building]] in downtown was the tallest building between [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]. Today, the tallest is the 24-story [[Bank of America Building (Midland)|Bank of America Building]], at {{convert|332|ft|m}}. Four buildings over {{convert|500|ft|m}} tall were planned in the 1980s, including one designed by architect [[I.M. Pei]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwm.edu/SARUP/faculty/cardillo.htm |title=List of Architectural designs, including MGF Building by I. M. Pei |publisher=Uwm.edu |date=April 3, 2012 |access-date=November 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927224155/http://www4.uwm.edu/SARUP/faculty/cardillo.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2010 }}</ref>

The great oil bust of the mid-1980s killed any plans for future skyscrapers. A private development group was planning to build [[Energy Tower (Midland, Texas)|Energy Tower]] at City Center, which was proposed to be 870 feet tall, with 59 floors (six floors underground and 53 above). If it had been built, it would have been Texas's sixth-tallest building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_ac0f72d2-115e-598d-be9d-cc0d8ed838b6.html|title=Architect: 'Energy Tower starts ripple effect of downtown activity'|date=April 2, 2013|access-date=April 3, 2013|archive-date=April 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406042417/http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_ac0f72d2-115e-598d-be9d-cc0d8ed838b6.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><gallery class="center" widths="170" heights="170">
File:Bank of America Building, Midland, Texas.jpg|Midland's tallest building, the Bank of America Building.
File:MIDLAND TOWER, MIDLAND, MIDLAND COUNTY, TX.jpg|Midland Tower is one of Midland's oldest high rise buildings. 
File:Petroleum Bldg., Midland, TX DSCN1174.JPG|The historic Petroleum Building was built with a neo-gothic facade in 1928.
File:IPhone Pictures 201.jpg|A vew of Independence Plaza and The Summit Building. Independence Plaza is Midland's 4th tallest building.
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