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I count only total of under 50 highrises, period, for Center City! I really think the count is waay off by Emporis.com. To me, Dt. Boston has over 80 highrises, especially if you include the Back Bay area. As far the architecture is concerned, Philly can take the cake on this one. Realistically, I think there are around 62 highrises all together in Dt. Philly, if count so thoroughly and all the hidden ones, along with new construction. I'm even giving the benefit of the doubt since I'm not including the waterfront, University City and other areas of Philly.
First off, Boston has MUCH MUCH better highrise architecture than Philadelphia.
Whereas Boston has a lot of interesting highrises like One Lincoln, Millenium Towers, 75 State Street, the Federal Reserve, Exchange Place, Atlantic Wharf, and One and Two International Place, Philadelphia has two or three good-looking skyscrapers surrounded by concrete boxes that look like they belong in Co-op City.
Also, whereas in Philly you see the same three buildings whenever you look at it, Boston's skyline (because all the buildings are the same size and therefore tend to cover one another) looks COMPLETELY different depending on where your looking at it from. Boston from the Seaport, Boston from Mission Hill, Boston from the harbor, Boston from Charlestown, Boston from Cambridge, and Boston from Allston all look entirely different.
Second, there are two problems with that source you gave.
For one thing according to Emporis Boston DOES in fact have more buildings than Philly
In addition a lot of the buldings in the "highrise" list are loo short to have any impact on the skyline.
As for the point you were trying to make with that website, Philly may have as many buildings as Boston, but Boston's skyline is still bigger. Whereas Philly only has its Center City, I hope Í have the right name, Boston has Kendall Square, the West End, the Financial District, the Seaport, Downtown Crossing, and the Back Bay, which all add to and enhance the skyline in some way. That is, of course, leaving out the towers along Huntington, in Longwood, Brighton, Mission Hill, JP, and Cambridge (outside Kendall). So Boston DOES have a larger skyline than Philly.
And I won't mention the fact that Boston has a waterfront and Philly doesn't.
Philly's skyline is impressive, but Boston's is easily better.
I still can't understand why Philly has 84 more votes. How? Why? What? When?
First off, Boston has MUCH MUCH better highrise architecture than Philadelphia.
Whereas Boston has a lot of interesting highrises like One Lincoln, Millenium Towers, 75 State Street, the Federal Reserve, Exchange Place, Atlantic Wharf, and One and Two International Place, Philadelphia has two or three good-looking skyscrapers surrounded by concrete boxes that look like they belong in Co-op City.
Also, whereas in Philly you see the same three buildings whenever you look at it, Boston's skyline (because all the buildings are the same size and therefore tend to cover one another) looks COMPLETELY different depending on where your looking at it from. Boston from the Seaport, Boston from Mission Hill, Boston from the harbor, Boston from Charlestown, Boston from Cambridge, and Boston from Allston all look entirely different.
Second, there are two problems with that source you gave.
For one thing according to Emporis Boston DOES in fact have more buildings than Philly
In addition a lot of the buldings in the "highrise" list are loo short to have any impact on the skyline.
As for the point you were trying to make with that website, Philly may have as many buildings as Boston, but Boston's skyline is still bigger. Whereas Philly only has its Center City, I hope Í have the right name, Boston has Kendall Square, the West End, the Financial District, the Seaport, Downtown Crossing, and the Back Bay, which all add to and enhance the skyline in some way. That is, of course, leaving out the towers along Huntington, in Longwood, Brighton, Mission Hill, JP, and Cambridge (outside Kendall). So Boston DOES have a larger skyline than Philly.
And I won't mention the fact that Boston has a waterfront and Philly doesn't.
Philly's skyline is impressive, but Boston's is easily better.
I still can't understand why Philly has 84 more votes. How? Why? What? When?
Center City alone is bigger than all those Skylines combined... and Philadelphia has University City, Templetown, Temple Hospital, Germantown and City Avenue Corridor.
Boston has better architecture?! Since when? Haha. Philadelphia has MUCH better architecture. Comcast Center, One Liberty Place, Two Liberty Place, Cira Center, the Murano, BNY Mellon Center, Independence Blue Cross Building, City Hall, The Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, The St. James, Loews Philadelphia Hotel (PSFS Building), PNC Bank Building, One South Broad, Two Logan Square, Wells Fargo Building, One Logan Square, 10 Rittenhouse, 1706 Rittenhouse, Peco Building, Bellevue Philadelphia, The Drake, Residence Inn Philadelphia, Land Title & Trust Building, Inquirer Building, The Grande, 1700 Market, 1835 Market, 1650 Arch, Penn Center Suburban Station, The Regatta, One Penn Square West, Edison Building, 1845 Walnut, The Rittenhouse, Hotel Palomar, 1500 Walnut, 1616 Walnut, Penn Mutual Life Building, Society Hill Towers, Waterfront Square, 1528 Walnut, U.S. Customs House, Eight Penn Center, 1930 Chestnut, The Atlantic Building, GlaxoSmithKline Building, Wanamaker Building, Three Parkway, The Chancellor, Hyatt Philadelphia, etc. etc. etc. and the list goes on and on. Philadelphia and bad architecture do not belong in the same sentence. You are out of your mind.
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and you can't even see the smaller clusters of Kendall, DTX, or the Seaport in that picture(which was taken from Waltham, a town far away from central Boston).
and you can't even see the smaller clusters of Kendall, DTX, or the Seaport in that picture(which was taken from Waltham, a town far away from central Boston).
So you use a picture of only one part of Philadelphia's skyline, against the entire length of Boston's skyline? haha.
Also, Boston's skyline is more spread out, only a block or two wide in some sections (like the Back Bay) and the larger towers are more spread out making it appear larger where Philadelphia's 5 tallest are all within 2 blocks of each other.
Boston has better architecture?! Since when? Haha. Philadelphia has MUCH better architecture. Comcast Center, One Liberty Place, Two Liberty Place, Cira Center, the Murano, BNY Mellon Center, Independence Blue Cross Building, City Hall, The Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, The St. James, Loews Philadelphia Hotel (PSFS Building), PNC Bank Building, One South Broad, Two Logan Square, Wells Fargo Building, One Logan Square, 10 Rittenhouse, 1706 Rittenhouse, Peco Building, Bellevue Philadelphia, The Drake, Residence Inn Philadelphia, Land Title & Trust Building, Inquirer Building, The Grande, 1700 Market, 1835 Market, 1650 Arch, Penn Center Suburban Station, The Regatta, One Penn Square West, Edison Building, 1845 Walnut, The Rittenhouse, Hotel Palomar, 1500 Walnut, 1616 Walnut, Penn Mutual Life Building, Society Hill Towers, Waterfront Square, 1528 Walnut, U.S. Customs House, Eight Penn Center, 1930 Chestnut, The Atlantic Building, GlaxoSmithKline Building, Wanamaker Building, Three Parkway, The Chancellor, Hyatt Philadelphia, etc. etc. etc. and the list goes on and on. Philadelphia and bad architecture do not belong in the same sentence. You are out of your mind.
I can't believe I'm actually going to respond to this. But I guess I asked for it (sigh).
now I suppose everyone's entitled to their opinion, but in my opinion, the Hancock is much more elegant. Not to mention it was built almost half a century earlier by the same architect that built the glass pyramid at the Louvre.
Cool building. But seeing as though only the top section clears the adjacent building I have a hard time believing that it shows much on the skyline. It reminds me of Boston's Landmark Center except taller and not as massive. - http://www.bostonloftspace.com/blog/...ark-Center.jpg (terrible picture btw, but the best I could find)
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And do I really need to keep going? I don't feel like it, and honestly I haven't seen anything that blew me out of the water or convinced me that Philly's highrises are the best. And remember, I never said Philly had any bad architecture necessarily, I just said it was for the most part (aside from One and Two Liberty and the BNY Mellon Center) unmemorable and bland compared to Boston.
Here are some Boston highrises with photos to prove my point...
Center City alone is bigger than all those Skylines combined... and Philadelphia has University City, Templetown, Temple Hospital, Germantown and City Avenue Corridor.
Either google images keeps me from seeing the awesome buildings located in these neighborhoods, or they really don't have that big an impact.
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University City looks like a really spread out version of Kendall Square..
So you use a picture of only one part of Philadelphia's skyline, against the entire length of Boston's skyline? haha.
Also, Boston's skyline is more spread out, only a block or two wide in some sections (like the Back Bay) and the larger towers are more spread out making it appear larger where Philadelphia's 5 tallest are all within 2 blocks of each other.
Well for one thing, that was a distant look at the length of Boston's skyline.
And what's your point? If anything your just helping mine. Boston's skyline does appear bigger and more impressive because it isn't all jammed into a tiny space. That's what I've been saying. That's why Boston's skyline is better.
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An annoyingly long response :( ...
