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I would say, from looking at photos, the follow (this includes the metro area):
1. Chicago: Although a large city with about 6 million, it's skyline is the third biggest in the world, beating many megacities like Sao Paulo and Tokyo.
2. Seattle: With a metro about 3 million, it's skyline looks to be one of the biggest in the US. The city itself also punches above it's weight in other areas.
3. San Diego: Has quite a large skyline for a city of 2 million.
That's all I can really think of. What others, do you think?
ed: Oh I should have put this in the Gen forum, never mind...
Calgary. For a city with a metropolitan population of 1,182,446, its skyline is on par with much larger cities such as Montreal, Minneapolis, and Denver.
I would say a big skyline relative to population is a good thing, a statement of the general health of a metro area. (BTW, Seattle's skyline is actually not that dense, but quite tall and spectacular with the combination of architecture and backdrop). Suburban Bellevue is quite dense for a smaller suburb, but again reflects general health in the regional economy. Bellevue is definitely in the top 5 of suburban edge cities, despite it being relatively small population-wise. (The other four, debatable, but Atlanta's Buckhead would definitely be in there, go at it in naming the others...)
I think most American cities, even mid-sized cites have decent skylines when compared to many international cities of the same size. Even some of our suburbs like Tyson Corners & Clayton, Missouri have skylines.
Chicago stands out to me because she has less than half the population of NYC but her skyline is more or less similar to Manhattan. Some other cities like Toronto, Seattle, Vancouver, Miami and Philadelphia also stand out.
1. Chicago: Although a large city with about 6 million, it's skyline is the third biggest in the world, beating many megacities like Sao Paulo and Tokyo.
I'm not sure where you got Chicago being the third largest in the world because it's far from it. Tokyo has more than twice the buildings that Chicago does. We won't even get into China and Dubai.
From Emporis:
Tall buildings in Tokyo (existing and under construction): 2,718
Tall buildings in Chicago (existing and under construction): 1,138
I would say definitely Miami and yeah to an extent, Chicago.
Last edited by atlantagreg30127; 12-03-2009 at 12:46 PM..
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