What makes the skyline so great??????? (New York, York: ferry, best, cities)

[JerichoHW]

Really I want to know this, what makes NYC skyline so great, and greater then that of chicago??

Currently, I think Chicago is first, NYC second, Seattle third and Miami 4th.

[analyticalkeys]

I don't think that it's greater than Chicago's..

[Blackbeauty212]

I think Pittsburgh actually has the most beautiful skyline of any city......tooooo any skyscrapers can kill a skyline.

[soho111]

I seriously don't get this argument.

Being to both cities, how in the world is Chicago's skyline even in the same league as New York's?

I love Chicago, but I just don't get it.

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(BTW, the skyline is much larger than that, it's just hard to put it into one picture....downtown Manhattan is missing from the pic)

I have been everywhere and nothing beats the NYC skyline IMO.

[Rachael84]

NYC beats Chicago's skyline by far. I think the longer the skyline, the better. I laughed at this thread in Florida's forum where they asked which city in FL has the best skyline. Those aren't skylines...lol. I laughed even harder when people said that like Talahassee has a skyline.

[SeventhFloor]

nothing beats the view of manhattan when driving over the kosciuzsko bridge.

[JerichoHW]

Thank you all for your comments, while I still don't agree, you brought up many good point.

[Fred314X]

The original question was, what makes NYC's skyline great? And the answer is...the sheer size and diversity of the buildings. I don't say that Chicago has an inferior skyline, but, hey, let's face it: Chicago is only half the size of New York!

Actually, looking at the photos, Chicago's skyline reminds me somewhat of Brooklyn's. (Yes, Brooklyn has a skyline. But you don't notice it next to what's on the island of Manhattan).

[tpk-nyc]

The best view of the skyline is Midtown as seen from Long Island City. "What makes is so great" is that from certain angles you can't see sky between the buildings; it appears to be a 700+ foot wall glass and steel. Downtown as seen from the Staten Island Ferry is perhaps more elegant (and certainly more romantic), but Midtown from the East River displays the awesome immensity of the city like no other vantage point. The only other city that can compare is Hong Kong.

[Viralmd]

And when you're flying home, there's NOTHING like looking out the window and seeing the statue of liberty. That's something Chicago will never have.