Skyscrapers in tbe ATL (Atlanta, Sandy Springs: real estate, loan, floor)

[Citykid3785]

To me, a great skyline is comprised of density, height, and landscape. I think we have decent height, however the visual density of our skyline is lacking somewhat. That's me being picky because I'm a skyline nerd.

[arjay57]

Seems to me the focus on building really tall buildings has shifted to Asia and the Middle East.

Here in the ATL we build out, not just up.

[atler8]

Originally Posted by Citykid3785

To me, a great skyline is comprised of density, height, and landscape. I think we have decent height, however the visual density of our skyline is lacking somewhat. That's me being picky because I'm a skyline nerd.

Greetings to you from one "Skyline nerd" to another!
We do lack some visual density in Atlanta that one would assume we'd have if only taking into account the sheer number of tall & or medium height skyscrapers found here.
While not wanting to start a city vs. city type of debate here, by comparison consider Minneapolis, a city with a very impressive skyline but which has a far smaller number of tall & or medium height towers than are found here in Atlanta. Despite the smaller number of towers there, nevertheless the Minneapolis skyline is quite impressive because of the compact bunching & concentration of it's towers together in the C.B.D. of that city. Another city with a very similar compact bunching skyline of note is Pittsburgh.
While still working, I had a 3 decades plus time frame at my final job in which to look out of our company north-facing windows at our Midtown office. Over the course of that long period of time, I witnessed the huge explosion of towers that multiplied along the ridge of Peachtree Street in lower Buckhead & the concurrent explosion of the central Buckhead skyline.
While driving on the Downtown Connector northbound near the Grady Curve, when one puts together the spread out linear development seen from there in the C.B.D. on up into Midtown (generally found along the Peachtree corridor) & then combines it with the aforementioned lower and central Buckhead skylines, it's readily apparent that we have a very decentralized skyline but nevertheless one of note.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

Kind of seems odd to me that a city that prides itself about being on the move as much as Atlanta still has a highest building that is more than a quarter century old.

Looks like we're not quite alone in that, but that doesn't mean we can't do better.

Look at that chart. Most of the high rises now are going up in NYC. Everybody else has slowed down. LA has a decent amount in the last decade along with Miami's condos, but high rise office construction is significantly slowed. Smaller buildings make more financial sense in most places.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by atler8

A great response you have there based on actual skyscrapers stats & facts, autolycus...
Until very recently, Atlanta was exactly in the same category as was LA in terms of how long it's tallest (barely over 1,000') skyscraper reigned as it's tallest.
And San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid until very recently held the title as that city's tallest since the late 1970's.
The upshot being that I feel that Atlanta has nothing to feel anxious about as we've been in good company.
Being a skyscraper data hobbyist of longstanding, I used to sort of "worry" for lack of a better term, over the fact that Atlanta had nothing in the works to topple the BOA Tower from it's now quarter of a century standing as the tallest tower in the city.
Nowadays that's not so much of a concern of mine given that more practical matters, such as demand in the office market for space & the supporting city infrastructure are now important realities that influence my views on the subject.

Dallas and Houston have been the fastest growing major metros over the last 10-15 years. Dallas has 16 (#7) and its highest was built in 1985. Houston has slipped behind LA to #5, but still has 26 and its highest was built in 1981. Few companies need a trophy tower. Tech companies seem particularly averse. Amazon has its campus with what, 30 buildings?

[ATLTJL]

I think we could make the skyline that we do have a lot more interesting/impressive by getting more creative about how we light it at night. Especially for special occasions like the holidays.

[DavePa]

Originally Posted by bu2

Look at that chart. Most of the high rises now are going up in NYC. Everybody else has slowed down. LA has a decent amount in the last decade along with Miami's condos, but high rise office construction is significantly slowed. Smaller buildings make more financial sense in most places.

Chicago has not slowed down either.....

Currently 49 under construction in Chicago. A couple supertalls 90+ stories and 80 and 70 and 60 stories

https://chicago.curbed.com/maps/high...nstruction-map

Big business and investors .... still see this northern city relevant and prestige with a continuing high-rise living population as most are residential and hotel and residential towers.

So far it hasn't slowed in a boom period last few years.

[chiatldal]

Midtown is doing fine

but Honestly Downtown needs like 3 more talls

[Citykid3785]

Originally Posted by atler8

Greetings to you from one "Skyline nerd" to another!
We do lack some visual density in Atlanta that one would assume we'd have if only taking into account the sheer number of tall & or medium height skyscrapers found here.
While not wanting to start a city vs. city type of debate here, by comparison consider Minneapolis, a city with a very impressive skyline but which has a far smaller number of tall & or medium height towers than are found here in Atlanta. Despite the smaller number of towers there, nevertheless the Minneapolis skyline is quite impressive because of the compact bunching & concentration of it's towers together in the C.B.D. of that city. Another city with a very similar compact bunching skyline of note is Pittsburgh.
While still working, I had a 3 decades plus time frame at my final job in which to look out of our company north-facing windows at our Midtown office. Over the course of that long period of time, I witnessed the huge explosion of towers that multiplied along the ridge of Peachtree Street in lower Buckhead & the concurrent explosion of the central Buckhead skyline.
While driving on the Downtown Connector northbound near the Grady Curve, when one puts together the spread out linear development seen from there in the C.B.D. on up into Midtown (generally found along the Peachtree corridor) & then combines it with the aforementioned lower and central Buckhead skylines, it's readily apparent that we have a very decentralized skyline but nevertheless one of note.

You are completely accurate in your assessment, I used to work in downtown Minneapolis, and I loved their skyline (due to the density/clustering), but always noted how they didn't score as high as one would think, while spread out skylines like LA always performed well despite the lack of density.

[DJDeadParrot]

Originally Posted by chiatldal

Midtown is doing finebut Honestly Downtown needs like 3 more talls

Meanwhile, we've got an active thread lamenting Atlanta turning into a Manhattan-style concrete jungle.