Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Having seen all three major west coast skylines (SF, LA, Seattle) I'd have to say SF takes this pretty handily. LA has the bigger skyline (i.e. there's multiple nodes) but SF packs a much larger punch than any of LA's nodes. Seattle has an impressive skyline and the surrounding topography and terrain is beautiful, but SF has equally distinctive topography and terrain and its skyline stands out more.
Seattle's skyline is pretty impressive, I guess it depends on which view but I think it compares pretty well to San Francisco. I don't think any of the others are that impressive at all, just a few big buildings arising out of a flat plain.
San Diego's has the bay as a nice foreground and the mountains close by as a backdrop, and when those mountains are covered with snow on a sunny winter day it sure is beautiful. But because of our downtown airport which limits the height of buildings to an unimpressive 500' and local codes which mandate such increased engineering at building heights about 25 stories that developers either stop there or go all the way to 500' all of our "skyline buildings are mostly those two heights and not much architecture other that a couple of interesting "toolbox" shapes.
Thank you... Phoenix has by far the LEAST impressive skyline out of these cities, and especially for the second most populous city on the west coast. SLC at least has the mountainous backdrop... Phoenix's mountains are far away from the city itself and as a result don't add much to the city's skyline.
Thank you... Phoenix has by far the LEAST impressive skyline out of these cities, and especially for the second most populous city on the west coast. SLC at least has the mountainous backdrop... Phoenix's mountains are far away from the city itself and as a result don't add much to the city's skyline.
Being entirely honest, Oakland's skyline is more impressive...
Oakland? I don't think so. Phoenix has a very nice skyline that looks modern. The only thing is, it looks like the skyline a city of 2million should have. Phoenix should have a skyline twice as large..yes...but that doesn't mean its not a nice skyline. I quite like it actually.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
owntown Phoenix Aerial Looking Northeast.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
