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New Yorks skyline is the original "skyline" it's also among the Largest on earth (I think Hong Kong has a bigger one).
But to me the Prettiest skyline would be Seattle. That place is so beautiful. Also, Chicago is awesome as well.
Underrated skylines:
Los Angeles (go to westwood, and look towards downtown and tell me it's a "pathetic" skyline, I dare you)
Atlanta (so beautiful)
Boston (I'm a diehard Laker fan and even I think that's a beautiful place lol)
I would say it's also the prettiest, but "pretty" is subjective, of course. Maybe SF would be a rival, the way you have the bay, mountains and bridge? Or maybe Seattle, I guess?
Chicago I don't see as a "pretty" skyline, at all, compared to NYC, (heavily boxes) and you don't have the world's greatest collection of bridges, the varying topography and other features (the bay, the islands, the statue, etc.) that make the NYC skyline almost unbeatable (IMO).
Globally HK is really the only skyline rival to NYC. HK has possibly even more spectacular setting (lacks the bridges but has everything else) but the problem is 80% of the skyline is repetitive housing projects.
I would say it's also the prettiest, but "pretty" is subjective, of course. Maybe SF would be a rival, the way you have the bay, mountains and bridge? Or maybe Seattle, I guess?
Chicago I don't see as a "pretty" skyline, at all, compared to NYC, (heavily boxes) and you don't have the world's greatest collection of bridges, the varying topography and other features (the bay, the islands, the statue, etc.) that make the NYC skyline almost unbeatable (IMO).
Globally HK is really the only skyline rival to NYC. HK has possibly even more spectacular setting (lacks the bridges but has everything else) but the problem is 80% of the skyline is repetitive housing projects.
True. Chicago's boom happend around the 70s so there were a lot of boxes constructed. but i dot really see this as a bad thing. the boxes give color and separation in the skyline. the black building boxes mix in with the old beige ones giving a real depth of color, not just all wishywahsy diffrent shades of beige. also some of the boxy buildings, like the CNA center, give a real pop of color (the building is bright red)
They top each other in different dimensions and aesthetics. So I cannot choose.
I don't know what's with this San Francisco thing..... It's alright but certainly not the prettiest. Boston, LA, Seattle, even Miami can all compete with San Francisco.
I would say it's also the prettiest, but "pretty" is subjective, of course. Maybe SF would be a rival, the way you have the bay, mountains and bridge? Or maybe Seattle, I guess?
Chicago I don't see as a "pretty" skyline, at all, compared to NYC, (heavily boxes) and you don't have the world's greatest collection of bridges, the varying topography and other features (the bay, the islands, the statue, etc.) that make the NYC skyline almost unbeatable (IMO).
Globally HK is really the only skyline rival to NYC. HK has possibly even more spectacular setting (lacks the bridges but has everything else) but the problem is 80% of the skyline is repetitive housing projects.
True. Chicago's boom happend around the 70s so there were a lot of boxes constructed. but i dot really see this as a bad thing. the boxes give color and separation in the skyline. the black building boxes mix in with the old beige ones giving a real depth of color, not just all wishywahsy diffrent shades of beige. also some of the boxy buildings, like the CNA center, give a real pop of color (the building is bright red)
Very true. If you're into the big boxes than Chicago is great (and clearly Chicago is a strong #2 in U.S. terms of overall size and grandeur, and this probably won't change, ever).
NYC though clearly has a much wider variety of skyscrapers, because there are tons of prewar buildings, and then representation of every era, right up to the present. Whether you prefer 1920's, 1960's, 1980's, or the present day, NYC has massive representation, and is probably unique in the world in this context.
Also, NYC just has far more famous buildings, and far more starchitecture, with probably 10x as many towers constructed by famous architects than anywhere else in the U.S. (just look at the present boom where basically every starchitect on earth, from Zaha Hadid to Enrique Norten to Norman Foster to Shigeru Ban to Jean Nouvel, have multiple highrise projects in development).
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