Birmingham and Richmond vs. Little Rock and Winston-Salem

[DeaconJ]

Oh, come on, post some comparable photos and we'll discuss them. Those two photos are not comparable - the W-S one is not nearly as complimentary as the Birmingham one.

Downtown Birmingham is small...it's definitely not any larger than W-S.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

Oh, come on, post some comparable photos and we'll discuss them. Those two photos are not comparable - the W-S one is not nearly as complimentary as the Birmingham one.

It was my intention to find photos for each city that included as much of the skyline as possible and that were taken from a similar distance from the CBD, not to find one that was "less complimentary" for Winston-Salem. Here are some other you might use for the sake of comparison, but the fact is that Winston-Salem's skyline is noticeably less dense than Birmingham's:


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/102/2...0d4250bdbc.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/...532ca65a09.jpg


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/20...cdedf5cad2.jpg

http://www1.wfubmc.edu/NR/rdonlyres/2DC6900A-88B9-4387-9026-C80085A98783/70005/winston_skyline.jpg (broken link)
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/NR/rdonlyres/2DC6900A-88B9-4387-9026-C80085A98783/70005/winston_skyline.jpg (broken link)


http://winstonsalemhomesblog.com/wp-...skyline-lc.jpg

Whatever the case, the skyline is noticeably less dense than this


http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...am_skyline.jpg

Another similar angle/distance of comparison:

http://www1.wfubmc.edu/NR/rdonlyres/A4322543-7A29-4CCE-B281-E50EAE53B41B/47773/image001_669580010.jpg (broken link)
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/NR/rdonlyres/A4322543-7A29-4CCE-B281-E50EAE53B41B/47773/image001_669580010.jpg (broken link)


http://www.jamesspann.com/blogpix/chitlins2_550.jpg

Downtown Birmingham is small...it's definitely not any larger than W-S.

The areas designated as their downtowns may cover the same amount of area (and I'm not even sure that they do), but Birmingham's is definitely denser.

[Agingwell]

Here are some more photos of Little Rock's skyline. Yes, Little Rock's SMSA approaches a million people and I believe its skyline shows off its muscles!

[Agingwell]

Originally Posted by MrMcCoySays

Little Rock's skyline is actually a little small for it's size. It's CMSA is nearly one million, so it would be nice to see more talls and some density. Even still, the downtown area is still really impressive. Not something many people would expect to see in the middle of Arkansas.

Actually, Little Rock's 40 story Metropolitan Tower is taller than any of the skysrapers in neighboring Memphis. Several 15 - 20 story buildings have been added over the past 5 years to Little Rock's River Market District in Downtown which is not shown in these outdated pictures in this survey. Little Rock has two other "city centers" in its Midtown and the Financial Parkway. Interstate 630 (Wilbur D. Mills Freeway) connects the Downtown at the Eastern end to Midtown to Financial Center Parkway on the western end.

[blingboy68]

Birmingham is much more dense than Little Rock and bigger. Im in Little Rock right now they have one building that is taller but that's about it. Its easy to think that the buildings downtown Birmingham aren't that tall probably because driving thru on the freeway its really close to the buildings and the freeway is elevated. I know a lot of these cities have elevated higways but none of them are so close almost a stones throw to the buildings. these are some better pics hope have a better perspective on it