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City proper?
Sea above bos? Im not sure about that. Dallas too. Why is houston #4?
Houston has like 6 large-ish business districts in city limits.
Downtown Houston
TMC
Uptown
The big three. A little bit iffy, on the number of buildings that qualify,
Greenway Plaza
Westchase
Greenspoint
Energy Corridor/Memorial City (Not connected but, Energy Corridor is more of a linear gathering of tall-ish buildings, and arguably Memorial City is around were it starts, and Memorial City is a small gathering of large-ish buildings).
which all add up significantly when counting tall buildings, virtually all the tall buildings in the MSA are in city limits, while some other cities have suburban districts in suburbs or satellite cities with their own Downtowns.
1. NEW YORK
2. CHICAGO
3. MIAMI OR Houston
4. Houston or Miami
5. LA
6. SF or Dallas
7. Dallas or San Francisco
8. Seattle
9. Boston
10. Atlanta
And in that order!
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Originally Posted by odurandina
then the order is
1. NYC thousands of bldgs
2. Chicago or DC many hundreds of bldgs
3. DC or Chicago
4. Miami or SF - several hundred
5. SF or Miami - several hundred
6. Los Angeles or Boston (Boston/Cambridge/Somerville (what's actually Boston)
7. Los Angeles or Boston (it's very close) - several hundred
if you include all of Los Angeles County, then LA.
8~10. Houston/Seattle/Dallas in whatever order
Was Philadelphia omitted on actual findings? Or another oversight?
Was Philadelphia omitted on actual findings? Or another oversight?
Philadelphia is a suburb of NY so its with #1. just playing. I actually was thinking of Philly while making the list, but when I got to #6 I got distracted. So yes It was an oversight. Was thinking of yall though.
Houston has like 6 large-ish business districts in city limits.
Downtown Houston
TMC
Uptown
The big three. A little bit iffy, on the number of buildings that qualify,
Greenway Plaza
Westchase
Greenspoint
Energy Corridor/Memorial City (Not connected but, Energy Corridor is more of a linear gathering of tall-ish buildings, and arguably Memorial City is around were it starts, and Memorial City is a small gathering of large-ish buildings).
which all add up significantly when counting tall buildings, virtually all the tall buildings in the MSA are in city limits, while some other cities have suburban districts in suburbs or satellite cities with their own Downtowns.
The Woodlands has a couple taller buildings along the waterway.
Almost all of DC’s high-rises sit in the 110-160’ range. There are a few ~180’ tall apartments in Navy Yards but anything north of +200’ is unheard of outside of places like Arlington, Silver Spring, Tysons, etc..
Exactly... Even if you add up all 200 footers throughout all of Metro DC you'd get fewer than in the city of Miami. DC probably wouldn't even crack top 10 on this metric. Like you said, it's a heavy hitter in the 110-160 range but falls off once you go above that.
This is a list of completed +200’ buildings in each city. Paints a lot different picture in skyline size as buildings in the 200’ range play a huge roll in skyline infill/visual density.
Houston - 281+
SF - 223
Philly - 181
Dallas - 171
Boston - 156 (Does not include Cambridge)
Seattle - 147
Denver - 98
MSP - 93
SD - 86
St. Louis - 76
Austin - 68
Pittsburgh - 65+ (Does not include Clayton)
Baltimore - 65+ (Does not include Towson)
Portland - 61
Charlotte - 58
NYC, Chicago, Miami, LA are all major step above the “top” tier
Philadelphia is a suburb of NY so its with #1. just playing. I actually was thinking of Philly while making the list, but when I got to #6 I got distracted. So yes It was an oversight. Was thinking of yall though.
So that would knock Atlanta out of the top 10 . If you want Atlanta to remain in your top 10 list may be oversight Boston .
This is a list of completed +200’ buildings in each city. Paints a lot different picture in skyline size as buildings in the 200’ range play a huge roll in skyline infill/visual density.
Houston - 281+
SF - 223
Philly - 181
Dallas - 171
Boston - 156 (Does not include Cambridge)
Seattle - 147
Denver - 98
MSP - 93
SD - 86
St. Louis - 76
Austin - 68
Pittsburgh - 65+ (Does not include Clayton)
Baltimore - 65+ (Does not include Towson)
Portland - 61
Charlotte - 58
NYC, Chicago, Miami, LA are all major step above the “top” tier
LA has ~102 buildings over 300’ granted it’s also +400 square miles and extremely poly-centric so it’s skyscrapers are nowhere near as centralized as places like SF, Philly, Boston or Seattle
Yeah, ilke totally "extremely poly-centric." Thats what it is. To the max.
Its downtown skyline is still as or more impressive as any of the other cities you mentioned, and its the only city of those with two complete, topped out supertall buildings downtown.
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just playing. I actually was thinking of Philly while making the list, but when I got to #6 I got distracted. So yes It was an oversight. Was thinking of yall though.