Ranking the 50 largest MSAs by the number of existing skyscrapers 500+ feet tall and by maximum skyscraper height (cost, better)

[kyle19125]

Missing from your list:

Tulsa has four. The Bok Tower, Cityplex Tower, First Place Tower and Mid-Continent Tower.

BOK Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CityPlex Towers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
First Place Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mid-Continent Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Omaha and the First National bank building
First National Bank Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Des Moines and the 801 Grand Building
801 Grand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by MiamiRob

Houston probably has the 3rd. tallest skyline but it maybe the overall # of buildings between both cities.

Buildings over 500 feet:
Houston : 30
Miami : 28

Buildings over 400 feet:
Houston : 52
Miami : 58

Also take into account that Miami is a small city at 35 sq. miles whereas Houston has 539 sq. miles and you have multiple skylines. Miami is more compact & dense. Perhaps that is why they ranked Miami third but that claim was made by some architectural website I think.

whatever. Both cities are impressive compared to the more established ones that we in the sunbelt are not supposed to be compared to

[barneyg]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

Missing from your list:

Tulsa has four. The Bok Tower, Cityplex Tower, First Place Tower and Mid-Continent Tower.

Omaha and the First National bank building

Des Moines and the 801 Grand Building

Probably left out because they're out of the top 50 MSAs in terms of population (#53, #59, #90 in 2009).

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

An airport is San Diego's problem too.

I always figured that Pittsburgh swung above its weight in terms of its skyline, and these numbers bear that out. It ranked 12th in both the number of skyscrapers 500+ feet tall and maximum height.

It also appears that Philadelphia holds its own in terms of maximum height, but it could probably use a few more talls. It only has two more talls than Pittsburgh does.

This is approved in Philly will move Philly to #2 height of building (at 1510 feet) in the US, but Philly has many just below 500ft because of the old agreement to never build larger than William Penn on top of City hall which is a hair below 500 ft

American Commerce Center - Philadelphia

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

This is approved in Philly will move Philly to #2 height of building (at 1510 feet) in the US, but Philly has many just below 500ft because of the old agreement to never build larger than William Penn on top of City hall which is a hair below 500 ft

American Commerce Center - Philadelphia

I am telling ya that monstrosity is too ugly to get built. they need to change the design. it ruins Philly's skyline

Edit: then again I thought this was gonna be horrendous, but now that it is built it does not look so bad:

[kidphilly]

There are 6 more approved or proposed over 500 ft in Philly though am sure not all will get built

List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Unity77]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Number of skyscrapers 500+ feet tall
8 - Minneapolis/St. Paul

792 ft - Minneapolis/St. Paul

Minneapolis and St. Paul are two cities and each has its own downtown area. It's amazing people don't realize this.

Number of skyscrapers 500+ feet tall
Minneapolis: 8
IDS is 792 ft., 886 ft. with its antenna

St. Paul: 0
Wells Fargo Plaza in downtown St. Paul is 471 ft.

[kidphilly]

And one more area approved and being Developed Cira Center South to link the Penn Campust to Center city along the Schuckyll - tallest at about 600ft

PennConnects : *—*Cira Centre South Images

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by unity77

Minneapolis and st. Paul are two cities and each has its own downtown area. It's amazing people don't realize this.

number of skyscrapers 500+ feet tall
minneapolis: 8
ids is 792 ft., 886 ft. With its antenna

st. Paul: 0
wells fargo plaza in downtown st. Paul is 471 ft.

8 + 0 = 8

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

8 + 0 = 8

was trying to come up with a different figure too, but it seems like your math is right