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What US city (or Canadian if any apply) has the most outdated skyline? By this I mean a downtown with little to no prominent modern buildings. One example I can think of is Memphis, where aside from the Pyramid, every prominent building was built before 1985. Detroit is another, because aside from the Greektown Casino, every prominent building was built before 1993. I'm curious what city has the "oldest" skyline.
The newest building in the Tacoma, WA skyline was built in 1984, according to Wikipedia (although one pre-existing building got a large addition in 2019)
Birmingham, AL - nothing tall new since the late 80s
Memphis - nothing tall new since the late 80s
Toledo, OH - nothing tall new since the late 80s
Detroit - nothing significantly tall that is new since the early 90s but a new 680 footer is under construction currently...
New Orleans - a ~350 foot building was built in 2006, but nothing else significant since the 1980s
Baltimore
Springfield MA
Hartford
Detroit
Cleveland
Newark
Cleveland has a good mix of old and new. Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans and Birmingham are the "big five" when it comes to dated skylines.
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