Whats your favorite skyline in America?

[spacenuteskimo 0]

     The top ten cities by population are on the list, from www.emporis.com/en/ . All of them are major American cities, but which one is your favorite?

    Matthew

[spacenuteskimo 0]

    Okay, I have no idea what happened with this poll, but it seems to be unusable.  So, I'll just give the cities to pick from on this post:

    New York City

    Los Angeles

    Chicago

    Houston

    Philadelphia

    Phoenix

    San Diego

    San Antonio

    Dallas

    San Jose

[toxicpiano 125]

vancouver (yes i know its in canada). NYC is pretty amazing when you drive into it, chicagos good as well. dunno which is my favourate, i mean seattle (despite being a bit crap) did have an interesting skyline.

[topcliff 1]

my favorite is(yeah, you probably know what i'm going to type)Sacramento, because it's not w2w 70 story buildings. it's spread out a bit. unfortunately the skyline will soon be wrecked by an awful post-modern condo: i think it's called Aura. there is also some great art-deco downtown. but, aside from SacTown, i really like Atlanta's skyline. it's tall, but it's not like NYC or the Big Onion, where an 800 ft skyscraper is common. that's all i gotta' say...

[profecy 2]

Chicago it da best, u cant beat there skyline,

[Micah 16]

Houston without a doubt... Just look at this photo during a party:

 

And without the party? Well, here you go:

 

[airmale007 3]

Chicago baby!

 

 

[cnystrom1 1]

id say houston... those large forested areas by the downtown really set it apart

[dev 47]

Atlanta isn't on the list, I love it, but Houston is the bestm by far. Such a beauitful city.

[timotheus4 39]

Funny thing about DC is that it doesn't have a skyline to speak of. An ordinance was made in the 1900s that no building could be taller than US Capitol, so that cut off all high rises. Security reasons. The Wash.Mon. had already been built and they weren't going to tear it down, so those two are forever 1 and 2.

[aestiva 0]

Yeah, DC got shafted in the highrise department, but it still is a beautiful city.  My vote goes to NYC.  It's just so massively huge.

-A

[nycsc4 5,250]

St. Louis by far (maybe just becasue i live there)

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[Stik Fig 2]

Ahhh who couldn't love the good ol' smoggy L.A. Skyline.





But probably a more beautiful skyline is San Diego.

[DuskTrooper 314]

Houston, Texas!

[AnAlmondGarfield 0]

San Francisco is not on the list but it should be. Second most densely populated city in the USA

[ififif 0]

London. Okay, there is no hi-rise really, but I like it.

[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

Date: 12/28/2005 5:07:50 AM Author: ififif London. Okay, there is no hi-rise really, but I like it.

quote>This is for american skylines, which i suppose could mean anything over two continents but i suppose for me it would have to be houston with its use of glass.

[eburress 267]

I'm pretty partial to San Diego's skyline. It lacks some of the super-tall buildings found in other major cities (because of that stinkin' airport), but its setting is second to none.







Once all the planned, approved, and under-construction buildings are added, it's going to be an even more amazing skyline - we're talking the Vancouver of the US.

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[ElBarto92 7]

Miami, by a long shot (even if it isn't on your list, the Miami metro region is, I believe, the 6th largest in the nation). Don't have any pics right now, but just try not enjoying the Miami skyline at night. Just try. (Of course, I've lived in Miami my whole life, so I may be a little biased....)

[CitySeeker 0]

Okay, I have no idea what happened with this poll, but it seems to be unusable. So, I'll just give the cities to pick from on this post:
New York City
Los Angeles
Chicago
Houston
Philadelphia
Phoenix
San Diego
San Antonio
Dallas
San Jose

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LOL San Jose may be the 10th largest city in America (population) but its skyline doesnt give it justice, and infact doesnt even reach the sky.


San Jose is the youngest large city on the top 10 in size. When All those other cities were build (New York, LA, Philli) they all where built crowded together with tall buildings bunched together because the automobile was just getting started and transportation was still horses and such. By the time San Jose came around to be a big city the automobile had already been established as the main form of transportation not needing the cities to be tall and close together. Thus we find San Jose to be a huge spread out city of 1 million people over 177.7 sq mi. (interesting fact! San Jose was founded in 1777 see the relation in numbers? ), the skyline less than daunting. However Iam sure that as the city gets more people, taller buildings will be built. but I dont think we will ever see it look as tight knit as we see the other skylines today.

Oh btw my favorite Skyline is probably SF. You can see it differently from every Angle. My favorite is coming over the bay bridge and seeing it slightly obscured by the lowlying mountains on the peninsula.

[Duke87 1,070]

New York, definitely. Nothing on Earth beats the canyons of Manhattan, and no pictures do the experience justice. If you've never been to New York, I would really reccomend going there sometime. And most of it is a giant numbered grid, so there's no getting lost.

[chaosdragon1982 0]

 

I would say Denver, beautiful skyline with the Rockies as a backdrop. Nice.

 

 

[cherryvenom 0]

I'm a fan of the Dallas skyline, since I live here. haha. I'm also partial to Chicago, where I lived for a while, as well.


Austin has a nice one as well:

[spacenuteskimo 0]

    ^^^  That is one nice looking skyline!

    Matthew

[shasta 1]

My vote is for Houston. Houston's skyline doesn't get the credit it deserves. If only it would actually grow...

[Micah 16]

San Jose!!!! Poor San Jose! You guys don't even have a skyline. How in the world did you make it on the list!!

Edited- phew... sorry if I offended anyone, but you gotta admit that San Jose is way out there.

[spacenuteskimo 0]

    Haahahaha good point up there, but I just took the top ten largest cities in America by population...  I don't think San Jose should be here either...ah well...

    Matthew

[simster6 0]

I love Denver , but NYC is the best skyline for me. Those of you who have been to Burlington, thats  nice city also.

[CitySeeker 0]

 

San Jose!!!! Poor San Jose! You guys don't even have a skyline. How in the world did you make it on the list!!

Edited- phew... sorry if I offended anyone, but you gotta admit that San Jose is way out there.

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Hey now dont get me wrong, San Jose is a huge city its just not tall.  As I said circumstances led it to look so far and spread out and not tall but it is by far the largest city in Northern California with a million people strong.  I just wish they got some skyscrapers.  Their downtown is nice to, just not tall.

[NintendoMaster128 30]

Las Vegas.

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