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View Poll Results: Which has a better skyline?
Boston 61 27.23%
Philly 170 75.89%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 224. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-14-2009, 04:14 PM
 
Location: Shawnee, KS
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I'm surprised that someone didn't come up with this one yet. But, which skyline do you like better? Do you like one better when it is a night shot? I like Philly's better, but its close. Which do you like better?

 
Old 09-14-2009, 04:19 PM
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Philly
 
Old 09-14-2009, 06:10 PM
 
Location: Sarasota, Florida
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I'm surprised that someone didn't come up with this one yet. But, which skyline do you like better? Do you like one better when it is a night shot? I like Philly's better, but its close. Which do you like better?
It's close, but I have to go with Philadelphia's Skyline.......seems a little more dramatic, relative to Boston's Skyline..........IMHO.

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Old 09-14-2009, 06:14 PM
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Philly for skyline, Boston for street level.
 
Old 09-14-2009, 06:18 PM
 
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Philly for skyline, Boston for street level.
I agree absolutely. Philly has some great street scenes, both modern and colonial, but Boston has more.

Can we get a few Boston photos up? If I recall from my last visit correctly, there are only three or four real "skyscrapers." But man, walking around Copley Square is beautiful. Also Newbury Street.
 
Old 09-14-2009, 06:26 PM
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I agree absolutely. Philly has some great street scenes, both modern and colonial, but Boston has more.

Can we get a few Boston photos up? If I recall from my last visit correctly, there are only three or four real "skyscrapers." But man, walking around Copley Square is beautiful. Also Newbury Street.
I do mean that, critically speaking, but I don't want to diminish Philadelphia in any way. That city gets really rough treatment by a lot of posters here, and it really doesn't deserve it. It's a mystery to me why this is so. But then, I can say that about a lot of other cities on here...including my own.
 
Old 09-14-2009, 07:06 PM
 
Location: Jacksonville,Florida
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=853900
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Aerial shots of Philadelphia
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...ghlight=boston
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Boston projects and construction
 
Old 09-14-2009, 07:30 PM
 
Location: Denver
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I agree absolutely. Philly has some great street scenes, both modern and colonial, but Boston has more.

Can we get a few Boston photos up? If I recall from my last visit correctly, there are only three or four real "skyscrapers." But man, walking around Copley Square is beautiful. Also Newbury Street.
I guess it depends what you'd call a skyscraper...Boston has a big downtown, it's just not extremely tall. I think Philly has a better skyline than Boston, but we're not too bad.

https://wfs.bc.edu/bowesst/ab/wiki/skyline/panorama6.jpg (broken link)
https://wfs.bc.edu/bowesst/ab/wiki/skyline/panorama4.jpg (broken link)
https://wfs.bc.edu/bowesst/ab/wiki/skyline/panorama1.jpg (broken link)
http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/IMG_0940.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...kyline/014.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/...2b0384ab_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/...ca13c053_b.jpg

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Old 09-14-2009, 07:44 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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They both have their shots. Boston looks amazing from some angles, and so does Philadelphia.
 
Old 09-14-2009, 07:47 PM
 
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Philadelphia .
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