Top American Landmarks (house, suburbia, title)

[panamamyers]

The Sports Librarian » Most Recognizable American Landmarks (http://librarianchat.com/?p=205 - broken link)
Agree or disagree?

[Dncr]

I don't know about the arch...everything else I guess seems fairly understandable, but what about the White House, Empire State Building, EXPRESSWAYS AND SUBURBIA?!?!?

[Bydand]

Empire State Building is #2.

I would think that list is about right.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by panamamyers

The Sports Librarian » Most Recognizable American Landmarks (http://librarianchat.com/?p=205 - broken link)
Agree or disagree?

With most of them I do...I would put a few others above the Space Needle in Seattle since several cities have similar observation towers (CN Tower/Toronto; Tower of the Americas/San Antonio; Stratosphere/Las Vegas; Calgary Tower/Calgary; Reunion Tower/Dallas; etc.)

[robbobobbo]

I think the White House and Washington Monument would be among them, but they included Lincoln's statue from his monument so I guess they covered DC.

[pw72]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

With most of them I do...I would put a few others above the Space Needle in Seattle since several cities have similar observation towers (CN Tower/Toronto; Tower of the Americas/San Antonio; Stratosphere/Las Vegas; Calgary Tower/Calgary; Reunion Tower/Dallas; etc.)

I have to defend the Space Needle here. It was the first of its kind, and still stands out as being the most unique. Yes, Canada is part of North America, but this thread is titled "American landmarks", open to interpretation, but "American landmarks" to me means U.S.

[jayp1188]

I would probably put the Golden Gate Bridge ahead of the Gateway Arch, but overall, a solid list.

[thePR]

I agree with the names being recognizable, but not the images as much.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by panamamyers

The Sports Librarian » Most Recognizable American Landmarks (http://librarianchat.com/?p=205 - broken link)
Agree or disagree?

I think that was a pretty good list.

I think that arch thing is the weakest on the list, though. I don't think a lot of Americans would be able to recognize and locate it, let alone foreigners.

[18Montclair]

There is an actual poll of the recognizability of world landmarks.
Leading World Attractions, 2005

They asked thousands of people around the world in about 20 countries.

Rank/ Attraction/ City/ Awarness by Respondents
1 Eiffel Tower/ Paris/ 78.96%
2 Golden Gate Bridge/ San Francisco/ 74.47%
3 White House/ Washington DC/ 66.47%
4 Opera House/ Sydney/ 62.95%
5 Pyramids/ Cairo/ 61.46%
6 Statue of Liberty/ New York/ 54.23%
7 Edinburgh Castle/ Edinburgh/ 53.30%
8 Red Square/ Moscow/ 51.83%
9 Cristo Redentor/ Rio de Janeiro 50.59%
10 Big Ben/ London/ 46.08%
11 Colosseum/ Rome/ 44.49%
12 CN Tower/ Toronto/ 35.53%
13 Kremlin/ Moscow/ 35.02%
14 Hollywood/ Los Angeles/ 31.69%
Source: Anholt-GMI Brands Index

http://www.publications.parliament.u...34/6061317.htm