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4 Government And Politics Centered On Post Oak Boulevard And Westheimer Road The Uptown District Boomed During The 1970s And Early 1980s When A Collection Of Midrise Office Buildings Hotels And Retail Developments Appeared Along Interstate 610 West Uptown Became One Of The Most Prominent Instances Of An Edge City The Tallest Building In Uptown Is The 64-floor 901-foot (275 M)-tall Philip Johnson And John Burgee Designed Landmark Williams Tower (known As The Transco Tower Until 1999) At The Time Of Construction It Was Believed To Be The World's Tallest Skyscraper Outside A Central Business District The New 20-story Skanska Building And BBVA Compass Plaza Are The Newest Office Buildings Built In Uptown After 30 Years The Uptown District Is Also Home To Buildings Designed By Noted Architects I M Pei C�sar Pelli And Philip Johnson In The Late 1990s And Early 2000s A Mini-boom Of Midrise And Highrise Residential Tower Construction Occurred With Several Over 30 Stories Tall. Since 2000 Over 30 Skyscrapers Have Been Developed In Houston; All Told 72 High-rises Tower Over The City Which Adds Up To About 8,300 Units In 2002 Uptown Had More Than 23 Million Square Feet (2,100,000 M�) Of Office Space With 16 Million Square Feet (1,500,000 M�) Of Class A Office Space