Best City Skyline

[westy177 203]

Here's my top 10 skylines.

1-Chicago,IL

2-Auckland,New Zealand

3-Paris La Defense,France

4-New York,NY

5-Sydney,Australia

6-Frankfurt,Germany

7-Shanghai,China

8-Wellington,New Zealand

9-Toronto,Canada

10-Houston,TX

And now time for some pictures in order.

[newyorka 26]

Charlotte, NC is a personal favorite. I'm not biased being an NC native, but Charlotte is growing by leaps and bounds these days.

Charlotte, NC is small. The pictures of the skyline look big but uptown Charlotte is only about 6 blocks long and 9 blocks wide.

Yeah, Toronto all the way!

Just the way that the buildings line up.

And you havent seen the true skyline before you see it from the east or west. Instead of that standard generic skyline from the lake that seems to be so popular.

TORONTO!

And I agree with the patriots, cities like H.K are just buildings. No shape.

I do like Charlotte, NC though. Never been, but it looks nice. Not to big, not to small.

BUT MY NUMBER ONE IS GOOD OL' T.O!

I've been to Charlotte It's small. Too small in fact. I like Atlanta personally because they have a skyline in uptown, downtown, and midtown, But m favorite is New York because of lower Manhattan and midtown.

[newyorka 26]

Hon Kong for me.

New York is to spread out (almost to the point of having two downtowns),Tokyo is way to drab, and Shangi is too big.

Chicago is second on my list, but I like HK better cause of the archetecture.

what do you mean by "New York is to spread out (almost to the point of having two downtowns)" just to let you know New York does have a uptown, a midtown, a uptown(that doesn't really have skyscrapers) a downtown Manhattan, a downtown Brooklyn, and Long Island City.

[The Pennsylvania Turnpike 252]

Allentown PA

Simple

[Prophet42 1,503]

Nice pictures westy177.  I personally think Chicago has the best skyline.  I even thought that before I moved here  .  My second favorite would have to be Seattle.

[RIMBarisax 0]

I guess it's hometown bias but I always though Singapore has a beautiful skyline that's sadly under-represented here.

 

 

[Grota 2]

Warsaw ^^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[omnimutant 2]

My vote is for San Fransisco. It's a beautiful city, run by some of the strangest people on earth.

[Bdub01 201]

Im going to go with Louisville, KY.

 

 

 

[Mr Saturn64 742]

I'll just stick to the US for this countdown.

 

10 Houston

9 Charlotte

8 Baltimore

7 Denver

6 Seattle

5 Minneapolis

4 New York City

3 Chicago

2 Philadephia

1. Los Angeles

[The Pennsylvania Turnpike 252]

Another picture of Allentown

Allentown is home to many, many, MANY rows of row homes.

[Bdub01 201]

^ I love the one skyscraper. That's like the town I live in now. It's got like one semi-tall building and that's all.

[dubaidude303 1,126]

Im going to go with Louisville, KY.

 

 

 

 

Me too! I live only 1 hour away from Louisville. I love that skyline so much!

[The Pennsylvania Turnpike 252]

^ I love the one skyscraper. That's like the town I live in now. It's got like one semi-tall building and that's all.

me too. We will be getting like two more skyscrapers, a hockey arena, and our entire Central City will be getting a Major city makeover.

[Bdub01 201]

@Grota  In the first two pictures, what is the building in the far right.  I think it looks pretty cool and would love to see it in the STEX!!!

[JayJay 3]

My list

 

1. Philiadephia

2. Chicago

3. New York

4. Los Angelos

5. TWIN CITIES

 

Twin Cities has the best skyline in the Upper Midwest. I think that Twin Cities has a Philadephia feel to it

 

Downtown:

 

 

Missisippi River:

 

 

At night:

 

 

 

And I also like Duluth-Superior's skyline

 

 

[stlsuburb 2]

I love St. Louis at night, but it doesn't beat Chicago looking from the south on the LSD. Can't say much for cities outside of the Midwest though.

[nathanthemayor 1,263]

Here's my favorite skylines(And note I might exclude other people's favorites 'cause I haven't been to some of them yet....)

1) Portland(Oregon)

2) Philadelphia

3) San Diego

4) Chicago

5) Montreal

[KevinPaul06 57]

Metro Manila, Philippines.

 

Not my favorite but here it is.

[Ace3 1,209]

1. Chicago, IL, USA

 

 

2. Lisbon, Portugal

 

 

3.  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

 

4.  Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S

 

 

5. Doha, Qatar

 

[Sabretooth78 808]

Vintage art deco Detroit (sans RenCen) - love the jagged/"broken tooth" look of an old skyline...

 

 

 

 

[newyorka 26]

New York has the best

[clhigh7 583]

I'd like to think we have a nice one here in Houston. Not every building is an architectural masterpiece but the way they are arranged is nice. None of these pictures are mine so I assume no credit whatsoever for these.

 

From IH 45 North traveling Southbound

 

 

Same location just not as inclusive and at night

 

 

Uptown Houston

 

 

 

Downtown in the distance and Uptown i the front

 

Almost all of Houston's skylines mashed up into this one, Downtown, Uptown, Midtown/Neartown, Greenway Plaza, and Texas Medical Center. Missing Greenspoint, Memorial City, The Woodlands, The Energy Corridor/Park Ten, and Westchase areas. (from IH 610 bridge over the Port of Houston)

[Un.Dev. 0]

It's not the most beautifull skyline, but I'm proud to life in it. The skyline of Rotterdam. The 'New York of The Netherlands'. Proud of my city!

[natethegreatforlife 3]

I can't choose just one, but my favorites would be (in no specific order) Seattle, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Seattle mixes pristine blue water, fields of evergreens, snow-capped mountains, and skyscrapers all so well. The Space Needle is also a big bonus. Hong Kong's skyscrapers flow nicely in the narrow divide between the mountains and sea, and it's beautiful at night. Dubai has hundreds of huge skyscrapers rising right out of the sand, and it looks very nice at sunset.

[The Pennsylvania Turnpike 252]

5: Allentown, PA (hometown)

4: Baltimore MD

3: Pittsburgh PA

2: San Francisco CA

1: Philadelphia PA

[Zakumi 29]

Chicago and New York, the more skyscrapers the city has the better the skyline:)

[JessiLaurn 184]

Roughly forever ago, when I was an architecture major, an architectural history professor put forward his position that there are only two true cities in the US:  New York and Chicago.  He postulated that everything else was either an overgrown town or a collection of suburbs... and that they also won by dint of having the best skylines.

[coolwiththecool2 827]

Atlanta, GA. Seeing all the skyscrapers popping out of the abundant tree canopy like a pop-up book is gorgeous. There's so many trees you can't even see any of the houses. Go on google maps and you can see that Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead look like there own cities because there's so many trees surrounding them. And the image is a monstrous 16,183 x 3,581

[Bastet69008 1,102]

My personal favourites

 

10: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

9: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

8: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

7: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

6: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

5: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

4: Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile

3: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2: Chicago, Illinois, USA

1: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA