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Unread 09-09-2009, 09:53 PM
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Top five:

Hong Kong
Chicago
New York
Shanghai
Toronto
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Unread 09-10-2009, 01:30 AM
 
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Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai are definitely the top 3. Tokyo is also very impressive for the skyline size, but not so much the height.
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Unread 09-10-2009, 01:39 AM
 
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In the typical sense of what people here want to B.O. to, the order is:

1. Hong Kong
2. Chicago
3. New York
4. Shanghai
5. Tokyo
6. Insignificancy (even cute canadian cities!)


Order in my sorta skyline:

1. Istanbul
2. Rome
3. London
4. Paris
5. tha BEAN, No sheit keid
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Unread 09-10-2009, 10:10 AM
 
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1. Hong Kong
2. New York City
3. Shanghai
4. Chicago
5. Toyko
6. Singapore
7. Sydney
8. London
9. Paris
10. Moscow
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Unread 09-10-2009, 11:31 AM
 
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i gotta post pics of my favs - i'm choosing one per country to keep it interesting. (wasted 1/2 the day @ work )

1. HK
http://largefiles.maasdigital.com/asia2006/hk_skyline_large.jpg (broken link)

2. NYC
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs31/f/20...n_as_Candy.jpg
view from Jersey
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/5346304.jpg

3. Singapore
http://www.webabode.com/gallery/Gene...rePanorama.jpg

4. Osaka
http://www.taylorsloan.com/uploaded_...ama-740127.jpg

5. Frankfurt
http://www.lucagalli.net/photoalbum/...%20skyline.JPG

6. Panama City
http://www.physics.gatech.edu/jxiao/Album/Trip%20to%20Panama(2006)/pics/Panorama/Panorama-Images/1.jpg (broken link)

7.Buenos Aires
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ntina-_136.jpg

8. Toronto
http://coastcontact.files.wordpress....om-boat-11.jpg

9. Jakarta
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7905/megajktfl6.jpg

10. Sao Paulo
http://thomaslockehobbs.com/2005/banespa1.jpg
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Unread 09-10-2009, 01:21 PM
 
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Top 15 Skylines of the World

I basically agree with this list. Except I'm not so sure about Seattle and KL in the top 10. Seattle's skyline does not look impressive in person and KL just doesn't have the density.

I'd replace with SF and Sydney.
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Unread 09-10-2009, 01:49 PM
 
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KL is no joke. its worthy for the Petronas Twrs alone

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1082/...cff7be7d_b.jpg

http://ricxhollis.com/photos/pano/pano_KL_Med.jpg
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Unread 09-10-2009, 03:12 PM
 
Location: Shawnee, KS
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Dubai, hands down. Followed by Overland Park and Olathe...all in one of the nations wealthiest counties, Johnson County...Kansas.
Interesting, neither one of them (olathe or overland park) really have a skyline, but sure
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Unread 09-10-2009, 03:35 PM
 
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Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai are definitely the top 3. Tokyo is also very impressive for the skyline size, but not so much the height.
New York, Hong Kong, Chicago and Shanghai are the top 4 in no order. I'm sure Chicago deserves to be ranked with those cities in terms of skyline. It's got everything...height, density, size, aesthetics.
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Unread 09-10-2009, 03:51 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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Hong Kong
NYC
Tokyo
Shanghai
Seoul
Chicago
Toronto
Sao Paolo
Moscow
SF
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