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LA would be more noticeable if it stopped building in Century City, and along Wilshire, and put everything downtown. In spite of all the new towers, the downtown skyline still looks like it has gaps when you look at it from West Hollywood or Griffith Observatory.
San Francisco is really noticeable on the Bay Bridge or ferry approaches.
The 10 tallest in Dallas were all built before 1990, 10 tallest in Austin all built since 2000.
I've never seen a crane count for Miami. It wouldn't surprise me if it beat Seattle.
Q2 2019 crane stats had it like this...
Los Angeles/Seattle where tied for 1st place at 49 cranes a piece.
Portland - 30
DC - 28
NYC/Chicago - 27
Miami's booms are cycles... it's slightly cooled off, but there are a lot of proposed/planned developments that are in their final stages before breaking ground.
Los Angeles/Seattle where tied for 1st place at 49 cranes a piece.
Portland - 30
DC - 28
NYC/Chicago - 27
Miami's booms are cycles... it's slightly cooled off, but there are a lot of proposed/planned developments that are in their final stages before breaking ground.
Where are you getting this? NYC has MUCH more than 27 cranes.
I don't trust the RLB crane stats at all. They appear to count only certain types of tower cranes. Much of NYC's construction uses short-jib cranes they might not count (??). And they skip Miami.
My city tops the list every year, several of which at any given time are my employer. I'm arguing against my own city here.
I don't trust the RLB crane stats at all. They appear to count only certain types of tower cranes. Much of NYC's construction uses short-jib cranes they might not count (??). And they skip Miami.
My city tops the list every year, several of which at any given time are my employer. I'm arguing against my own city here.
I think it only counts Tower Cranes, and I still haven't found any Miami crane counts
I think it only counts Tower Cranes, and I still haven't found any Miami crane counts
I agree these metrics are not accurate at all
Yeah the comparison is not accurate and partially useless because it only looks at "13 major cities across the U.S. and Canada":
Austin, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.
I remember a few years back when San Diego had its own boom--at least double the number of cranes reported than Phoenix or Portland--but wasn't mentioned. I delved a little deeper and realized the comparison is incomplete. Most annoyingly, Miami isn't included too.
They only examine cities they operate in, if I remember correctly.
Gotcha... I'm just questioning this, partly due to my personal experience in NYC a few months ago. Between Midtown and Downtown Manhattan, Downtown Brooklyn, and Long Island City, I find the 27 count to be particularly questionable.
I JUST DISCOVERED WHY THE CRANE COUNTS DONT MAKE ANY SENSE. IT IS BECAUSE RLB ONLY TRACKS 13 METRO AREAS.
Yes, New York City has more active cranes than Seattle so do a few other cities. But RLB does not track those cities so they are not included in the list.
Houston has at least 50 cranes operating right now. I dont understand how the cranes are counted??????
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Where are you getting this? NYC has MUCH more than 27 cranes.
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Crane counts are not accurate!!!
