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I was too lazy to post photos earlier but found some really good zoom in shots of skyscrapers with more dimensions, colors, and details. I love crowns, clock towers, spires, anything but the pure industrial concrete and steel look of the Empire State, and the cubist ones like the Sears/Willis tower in Chicago. Here are some good ones zoomed in to the crowns. ...
New York: Chrysler building
Chrysler Building | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ange27/4213243858/ - broken link)
Philadelphia: Liberty Place
Blimp between Liberty Place Towers | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinwburkett/4003073162/ - broken link)
San Francisco: Trans-America Pyramid
Trans America Pyramid | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/34716519@N04/4502896273/ - broken link)
Chicago: Chicago has some spectcular ones but I love the art decco aspirations of the Wrigley building, very classy building.
Wrigley Building at night, 1 Dec 2009 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rock_chalk_jhawk_ku/4217318675/ - broken link)
Boston: State Street Building
State Street Building | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerry_j/397963228/ - broken link)
Seattle: Washington Mutual tower (which reluctantly is now called the Chase tower)
wamu_tower | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahalie/123622844/ - broken link)
LA: US Bank tower
US Bank Tower - Los Angeles, CA | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianmlau/398416001/ - broken link)
Dallas: I love the JP Morgan Chase building
JP Morgan Chase Tower | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/3dphoto/3307305922/ - broken link)
Yeah we have similar likes and dislikes in buildings.
I think you hit my favorites in those cities. Only ones I don't like are Trans America and Capella.
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And here we have the delightfully gimmicky saucer buildings, Space Needle being the original from the 1962 World's Fair (attended by JFK and Elvis). It was a building ahead of its time a lot of people thought it was bizarre in the 60's. It looks like a Jetson House but ironically fits beautifully into the Seattle skyline as its signature landmark.
Williams Tower (my favorite in Houston):
All sizes | HDR Williams Tower | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfahler/4736000494/sizes/l/in/photostream/ - broken link)
All sizes | Transco Tower at night | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57678152@N00/3604588456/sizes/l/in/photostream/ - broken link)
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Really helps to liven up an otherwise bland skyline.
