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Didn't I agree that Seattle had a gorgeous skyline? Seattle is one of my favorite cities, I just was noting how skylines look from the sea is not what residents live with... I still think Seattle is beautiful.
NYC has the prettiest skyline. I don't care others say it is more powerful than pretty. It is the most powerful and the prettiest at the same time. It has so many angles and so many interesting buildings. Every time you look at it you find something more and they are all spectacular.
Just find any skyscraper book, count the number of buildings listed that are in NYC and in Chicago. NYC has lots more *famous* and *textbook* buildings. Of course, people from Chicago never get that and always think they are the architectural leader.
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Originally Posted by wpmeads
I don't know about that part in bold at least for architecture. Have you ever heard of Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan, or the Chicago School?
The word "prettiest" makes Seattle and San Francisco the winners, no doubt. Their surroundings define "pretty". Both also are substantial when it comes to pure office/residential space, and that shouldn't be discounted.
Just find any skyscraper book, count the number of buildings listed that are in NYC and in Chicago. NYC has lots more *famous* and *textbook* buildings. Of course, people from Chicago never get that and always think they are the architectural leader.
Lol! I don't know how many architectural history classes you've taken but I'm going to take a wild guess and say your talking out your a**. That wasn't true for my text book. They where about the same. Have YOU ever heard of Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan, or the Chicago School? They are arguably the three MOST important and influential architects/design movements of the modern architecture era!!!!! All based out of Chicago. Google it. Chicago was just as important in the development of the skyscraper and modern architecture as New York especially in the 19th and 20th century. Chicago can hang with the best of them when it come to modern and even current architecture.
Oh and I'm form Houston BTW. I've never lived in Chicago. It's just what the city is known for.
No need arguing over this people. It's all opinions, so grow up! We all like different things, so stop bashing people because they like something you don't like. You guys act like you're still in high school or something. Differences in taste are what make our world diverse and what make our cities unique.
A skyline (if we're just talking buildings) IMO cannot be "pretty." Most builings look the same, some glass highrises of various diversity, some historical buildings.
On the other hand, a cityscape can be pretty since that will probably include whatever natural features surround the central business district.
That's why these threads are unfair. A city can have three paltry bulidings, but plop some water and mountains next to it and suddenly it has the best skyline in the country. I do not, however, consider water and mountains a skyline.
Im sorry nothing touches the Burgh....I could look at this skyline from Mt Washington for hrs.
Amen. Couldn't agree more. A skyline does not have to be massive to be beautiful. It's not just the perfectly constructed buildings that make Pittsburgh beautiful to me. It's the three rivers, the bridges, the hills surrounding the city, the triangle, the huge fountain at the end of the point... and so many other things that make it unlike any other city. My (hopefully) soon to be home<3
If you like huge skylines, the Burgh probably isn't for you.
Check out these pictures of beautiful Pittsburgh and it's "golden triangle."
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