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Vancouver is underwhelming/very monotonous architecturally--honestly one of my least favorite skylines in North America.
Boston is underwhelming in terms of height.
I'm still going with Boston, as it undoubtedly has more memorable and prettier signature towers.
Ugh, Boston's tallest buildings are almost 800' by roof height (not spires), I don't think you realize how tall that is. It's #7 in the country by +150m buildings.
Boston has more +600' buildings than Seattle (9), is tied with Philly & LV (10), and shade under SF/Dallas/Atanta (11).
The gap opens with LA & Houston (+20) and then after that you are in Miami, Chicago, NYC territory.
Ugh, Boston's tallest buildings are almost 800' by roof height (not spires), I don't think you realize how tall that is. It's #7 in the country by +150m buildings.
Boston has more +600' buildings than Seattle (9), is tied with Philly & LV (10), and shade under SF/Dallas/Atanta (11).
The gap opens with LA & Houston (+20) and then after that you are in Miami, Chicago, NYC territory.
It is high, yeah. But Boston plateau’s so it looks stumpy lol
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I'm going to go with Boston.
Vancouver would win on sheer volume and spread (with far more mid-rises and apartment buildings surrounding its downtown), however, Vancouver looks too uniform / copy+paste. Boston's architecture is rich and historical. I like the contrast of new and old.
Also Vancouver's architecture sort of reminds me of Miami or even Honolulu (modern/ beach city vibes), which is unexpected, because Vancouver is not a beach city.
Vancouver would win on sheer volume and spread (with far more mid-rises and apartment buildings surrounding its downtown), however, Vancouver looks too uniform / copy+paste. Boston's architecture is rich and historical. I like the contrast of new and old.
Also Vancouver's architecture sort of reminds me of Miami or even Honolulu (modern/ beach city vibes), which is unexpected, because Vancouver is not a beach city.
Parts of Vancouver do have a copy and paste look. Blame that on Concord Pacific, who bought the old World's Fair grounds around False Creek. Many of their buildings built in the 1990's to early 2000's have a similar look. They also built in Toronto...same looking buildings. This is mainly in that area. Newer buildings have a far different vibe.
That doesn't mean Vancouver doesn't have older buildings, but being only incorporated as a city in 1886, it naturally will not have the age of Boston's buildings.
Yaletown and Gastown are two downtown areas with older buildings. Of course these aren't represented in any skyline views..so they tend to be missed.
As for Vancouver being a beach town, I suppose it depends on how one defines it. People don't necessarily come to Vancouver for beaches, but once they are here, they certainly enjoy them. We do have North America's largest nude beach as well. 8 K long, Wreck Beach.
Vancouver has beaches downtown, and others walkable to downtown. The season is May through September, and during those months, Vancouver feels very much like what I consider to be a beach town.
I have never been to Boston, so can only judge from the photos. Boston looks nice, but Vancouver's skyline ( there are four different views ) is more dramatic looking IMO.
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