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It can't but neither can LA or SF. Maybe with the exception of Singapore. Neither can other world class cities like Barcelona, Sydney, Toronto, Rio, Buenos Aires, Milan, etc. IMO there are tiers of world class cities. Cities like London, NYC, Tokyo and Paris make up the first group. The next group where would be cities like Chicago, Barcelona, Sydney, Milan, Toronto, etc.
I am becoming more and more convinced New York is the only city in the US that genuinely has the complete package. Every other US city is lacking in one way or another.
Victoria Peak with it's over cable trams overlooking Victoria harbor. You don't have to be a skyscraper keek to identify Hong Kong. It's the most vertical city in the world and has twice the amount of skyscrapers than Chicago. Looking at a photo of the city in general identifies that. Please don't compare Chicago to Hong Kong as a reason for comparison. They are not close.
Hold on a second you think most people know what and where Victoria peak is? Haha, go ahead ask people in your office and what not where Victoria Peak is.
I wasn't comparing Chicago to Hong Kong. I was saying that you argument that no global landmark does not equate to it not world class. While that is a weak attempt, Hong Kong does not have a global landmark either, so hence your argument it can't be world class either?
Oh wait, I guess when it comes to Hong Kong it's just different, right? Rule only applies when its convenient to your argument. Don't deny it.
I agree that alone does not make a city world class, but it is one of the tangibles.
It helps for sure, but that is not what you said earlier. But so are world class universities. University of Chicago is reknowned around the world. Where the atomic bomb was created and the entire Chilean economy was built. SF city proper doesn't have that. There is one tangible that Chicago has that SF doesn't.
Everyone also born pre-1995 knows about the Sears Tower and where it is.
My daughter, who is 11 and not a geography nerd, and also who grew up far, far away from Chicago -- in the Atlanta suburbs -- couldn't wait to see the Sears Tower when we went to Chicago. I didn't even know she knew what it was. (I didn't tell her what it was, where it was and why it's important and neither did my wife.) Somehow, she picked it up.
Everyone also born pre-1995 knows about the Sears Tower and where it is.
Travel to most corners of the world and show a picture of the Willis Tower most people would think it's New York or some other city with a vertical skyline.
It's very difficult to pin a skyscraper to a specific city unless your a skyscraper guru. Most people in the world are not.
My daughter, who is 11 and not a geography nerd, and also who grew up far, far away from Chicago -- in the Atlanta suburbs -- couldn't wait to see the Sears Tower when we went to Chicago. I didn't even know she knew what it was. (I didn't tell her what it was, where it was and why it's important and neither did my wife.) Somehow, she picked it up.
One of the first things my mother's international students want to do is go see the Sears Tower. I always tell them that John Hancock is better
Travel to most corners of the world and show a picture of the Willis Tower most people would think it's New York or some other city with a vertical skyline.
It's very difficult to pin a skyscraper to a specific city unless your a skyscraper guru. Most people in the world are not.
But it's still known? Is it iconic as the Golden Gate? No. But the point is people around the globe know about it.
Honestly, if a Hollywood sign posted on the side of mountain makes a city more world class than another, or if a suspension bridge makes a city more world class than the other, well I am sorry that is just a stupid argument.
It makes city more of a global icon but it doesn't make it more world CLASS.
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