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204 - New York
79 - Chicago
30 - Houston
28 - Miami
21 - Dallas/Fort Worth
21 - Los Angeles
18 - San Francisco/Oakland
16 - Boston
15 - Atlanta
13 - Seattle
11 - Philadelphia
9 - Pittsburgh
8 - Minneapolis/St. Paul
7 - Denver
7 - Detroit
6 - Charlotte
5 - Columbus
4 - Cleveland
4 - New Orleans
4 - St. Louis
4 - Tampa
3 - Austin
3 - Hartford
3 - Indianapolis
3 - Portland
2 - Baltimore
2 - Cincinnati
2 - Jacksonville
2 - Louisville
2 - Milwaukee
2 - San Antonio
1 - Buffalo
1 - Nashville
1 - Oklahoma City
1 - Raleigh
1 - San Diego
1 - Virginia Beach
1 - Washington DC
0 - Birmingham
0 - Memphis
0 - Orlando
0 - Phoenix
0 - Providence
0 - Richmond
0 - Riverside/San Bernardino
0 - Sacramento
0 - Salt Lake City
Maximum skyscraper height
1,451 ft - Chicago
1,250 ft - New York
1,023 ft - Atlanta
1,018 ft - Los Angeles
1,002 ft - Houston
975 ft - Philadelphia
968 ft - Seattle
947 ft - Cleveland
921 ft - Dallas
871 ft - Charlotte
853 ft - San Francisco
841 ft - Pittsburgh
830 ft - Indianapolis
794 ft - Miami
792 ft - Minneapolis/St. Paul
790 ft - Boston
727 ft - Detroit
714 ft - Denver
697 ft - New Orleans
683 ft - Austin
660 ft - Cincinnati
630 ft - St. Louis
629 ft - Columbus
622 ft - San Antonio
617 ft - Jacksonville
617 ft - Nashville
601 ft - Milwaukee
579 ft - Tampa
555 ft - Washington DC
549 ft - Louisville
546 ft - Portland
538 ft - Raleigh
535 ft - Hartford
529 ft - Baltimore
529 ft - Buffalo
508 ft - Virginia Beach
500 ft - Oklahoma City
500 ft - San Diego
454 ft - Birmingham
449 ft - Richmond
441 ft - Orlando
430 ft - Memphis
429 ft - Sacramento
428 ft - Providence
422 ft - Salt Lake City
330 ft - Riverside/San Bernardino
wow, what is up with Phoenix, Orlando and San Antonio?
Houston has a quite respectable number
When it comes to height, San Antonio (and Orlando for that matter) sucks. Nice architecture for San Antonio and they are historic buildings. That's about it. Easily the 5th best skyline in the state.
Phoenix problem is that they are near an airport and they missed the era when supertalls were built back in the 70s and 80s..
When it comes to height, San Antonio (and Orlando for that matter) sucks. Nice architecture for San Antonio and they are historic buildings. That's about it. Easily the 5th best skyline in the state.
Phoenix problem is that they are near an airport and they missed the era when supertalls were built back in the 70s and 80s..
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.
How anyone can sit there & say Miami has a larger skyline than Houston is beyond me.
Houston has the 3rd tallest US skyline after NYC & Chicago.
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.
I'm not sure how I left Kansas City off this list, but I did. My fault.
Kansas City has two skyscrapers that are 500+ feet tall, tying it with Baltimore, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Louisville, Milwaukee and San Antonio. It's maximum building height is 632 feet, placing it below Cincinnati and above St. Louis.
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