What city has the world's best skyline? (home, manufacturing)
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Really though I never understand why people hype up NY's skyline so much. It doesn't seem to be all that big in pictures nor overly impressive compared to other cities.
Pics don't tell you everything. New York's is so massive that you can't get it all in one frame properly (without one section... i.e. Midtown... looking like it's WAY off in the distance) which creates misleading photos. From the bridges (VZ Narrows, GW, Queensboro, Williamsburg, and even the Eastern side of the Tapan Zee) and other vantage points (Staten Island, Jersey City, etc) it's immense and wildly impressive.
NYC doesn't have the scale that other cities do (it did, pre 9/11 and the Empire State Building still appears to stand alone in contrast to other skyscrapers) but what you don't see in the picture is that 800+ foot towers blend right into the skyline because there are SOOO many massive buildings.
New York has a massive, sprawling skyline with a blend of architectural styles (the Chrysler, which still stands out, is the prettiest tower on earth) that no other city can match.
and that's not including uptown, the bronx, broklyn, queens, jersey city, hoboken, ft lee which all add to the skyline..
here's a pic of the interior view from central park
http://pixbuddy.com/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-photoblog/cache/thumb.f2c04ee566a2afbbd596aa933befd9a6.170111038ea 5e3e2b25deb80cf156075.jpeg (broken link)
Pics don't tell you everything. New York's is so massive that you can't get it all in one frame properly (without one section... i.e. Midtown... looking like it's WAY off in the distance) which creates misleading photos. From the bridges (VZ Narrows, GW, Queensboro, Williamsburg, and even the Eastern side of the Tapan Zee) and other vantage points (Staten Island, Jersey City, etc) it's immense and wildly impressive.
NYC doesn't have the scale that other cities do (it did, pre 9/11 and the Empire State Building still appears to stand alone in contrast to other skyscrapers) but what you don't see in the picture is that 800+ foot towers blend right into the skyline because there are SOOO many massive buildings.
New York has a massive, sprawling skyline with a blend of architectural styles (the Chrysler, which still stands out, is the prettiest tower on earth) that no other city can match.
Yeah, I always thought about that. I always thought about how many 800+ buildings NYC has, that people don't even notice, or know are that tall, because there are SOOO many other TALL buildings. Whereas if ANY of NYC's 800+ footers were in regular skylines, they would get ALOT more noticed.
Yeah, I always thought about that. I always thought about how many 800+ buildings NYC has, that people don't even notice, or know are that tall, because there are SOOO many other TALL buildings. Whereas if ANY of NYC's 800+ footers were in regular skylines, they would get ALOT more noticed.
Pics don't tell you everything. New York's is so massive that you can't get it all in one frame properly (without one section... i.e. Midtown... looking like it's WAY off in the distance) which creates misleading photos. From the bridges (VZ Narrows, GW, Queensboro, Williamsburg, and even the Eastern side of the Tapan Zee) and other vantage points (Staten Island, Jersey City, etc) it's immense and wildly impressive.
NYC doesn't have the scale that other cities do (it did, pre 9/11 and the Empire State Building still appears to stand alone in contrast to other skyscrapers) but what you don't see in the picture is that 800+ foot towers blend right into the skyline because there are SOOO many massive buildings.
New York has a massive, sprawling skyline with a blend of architectural styles (the Chrysler, which still stands out, is the prettiest tower on earth) that no other city can match.
Nice post. A think a lot of people are either jaded, or misunderestimate ( Thanks, Bush ) the size and scale of the NYC skyline. Take this picture for example:
There are a bunch of 700-800 foot buildings in this picture. Even the Trump Building ( The building in the middle with the green spire. ) is 927 feet tall, yet it blends in so well with the surrounding skyline. The AIG Building ( located just to the back and right ) is 952 feet tall, and bearly noticeable ( partly because of my vantage point ). As one can see, Manhattan is litteraly an island of Man-Made mountains.
Now if we look at Jersey City and Manhattan, together:
In JC, the tallest building in the City ( and NJ ) is the Goldman Sachs Building. It is 781 feet tall. The tallest building at the World Fiancial Center is only 739 feet ( The building in Lower Manhattan with the "pyramid" top .) Yet, it doesn't really stand out on its own apart from its unique roof and design. Part of this has to do with the surrounding buildings, density, and most of all, the height of the local buildings. Sometimes, I even forget that these buildings are litteraly hundreds of feet tall, untill I'm across the street from it.
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