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jjacob, there ya go...that east west looks I was talking about... I think Chicago does best new york as far as it goes though... But NYC has *more of them*
Chicago is helped immensely by its grid system. Broadway cuts diagonally through the center of Midtown and there are numerous diagonal streets in Downtown. Not to mention that Central Park also helps to break up the continuity of Manhattan's urban canyons.
A lot of people pick on Orlando, but for not being the most business-y city I think we have an alright skyline:
Dude, I know you're one of the few Orlando-advocates out there, but why would you even remotely mention Orlando in this thread of urban canyons...?! Suntrust's 440' building is a joke and our downtown has no livelihood...c'mon now.
Love the pics posted of Chi-town & NYC by everyone though! Gorgeous!!
St. Louis has some nice urban canyons. I'll attribute that to its age and the fact that when most of these buildings were built St. Louis was likely the 4th largest city after NYC, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
Chicago is helped immensely by its grid system. Broadway cuts diagonally through the center of Midtown and there are numerous diagonal streets in Downtown. Not to mention that Central Park also helps to break up the continuity of Manhattan's urban canyons.
no doubt, sun set then looking down madison/adams etc looks freaky as the buildings are perfectly aligned, almost vertigo inducing. nyc has some of these too, i think the best are looking north from around nyu/chinatown areas...
also somebody, i think 18m mentioned the lasalle street reminded them of batman, that is where most of the scenes in dark knight was filmed.
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Suntrust's 440' building is a joke and our downtown has no livelihood...c'mon now.
I miss home.
