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View Poll Results: Which Mega City Skyline is your favorite?
Chicago 149 41.39%
New York 211 58.61%
Voters: 360. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-29-2009, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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Originally Posted by Akhenaton06 View Post
Manhattan's skyline just doesn't look the same post-9/11. I really miss the Twin Towers.

i know..how do you think a lot of us feel who saw it on a regular basis? Well, at least we'll have a new skyline with the Freedom Tower in a few years.

 
Old 01-29-2009, 08:10 PM
 
Location: New Mexico to Texas
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I think New Yorks skyline is untouchable
 
Old 01-30-2009, 09:17 AM
 
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u guys are so stupid. chi-town has a more beautifully mastered look. nyc is nice but very outdated. its only ur pride that leads u to such a dumb answer. with the addition of the chicago spire, chicago is really the best loking skyline in the U.S and maybe even the world. just because nyc is big doesn't mean its beautiful. truthfully, i think that it is an eyesore.
 
Old 01-30-2009, 09:23 AM
 
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u guys are so stupid. chi-town has a more beautifully mastered look. nyc is nice but very outdated. its only ur pride that leads u to such a dumb answer. with the addition of the chicago spire, chicago is really the best loking skyline in the U.S and maybe even the world. just because nyc is big doesn't mean its beautiful. truthfully, i think that it is an eyesore.
Here you go. That's a Chicago way of arguing your point. Only in Chicago and most highschools in the country.
 
Old 01-30-2009, 09:44 AM
 
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Pound for pound Chicago is better. From a magnitude perspective, NYC is better.
 
Old 01-30-2009, 12:16 PM
 
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Originally Posted by midway-man View Post
u guys are so stupid. chi-town has a more beautifully mastered look. nyc is nice but very outdated. its only ur pride that leads u to such a dumb answer. with the addition of the chicago spire, chicago is really the best loking skyline in the U.S and maybe even the world. just because nyc is big doesn't mean its beautiful. truthfully, i think that it is an eyesore.
Say what you want but its not pride when millions of people agree. Anyway the Spire will most likely not get built but the World Trade Center will.





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Old 01-31-2009, 01:57 PM
 
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Pound for pound Chicago is better. From a magnitude perspective, NYC is better.

Pound for pound? Chicago's skyline is uninspiring, all those post-modernist boxes do not stand a chance with the likes of Chrysler Building or Empire State. Those are unique pearls of architecture as opposed to postmodernist boxes you can in find in any city in the world.
 
Old 01-31-2009, 02:16 PM
 
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Hong Kong is so awesome it manages to win polls where it's not even an option!

But between those two... New York's tallest building was built when John McCain's father was still a teenager! Chicago, on the other hand, was building quite a few new and exciting projects, most notably The Spire (now on pause, darn). So in spite of being a bigger and better city, NYC's skyline loses.
 
Old 01-31-2009, 06:59 PM
 
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Hong Kong is so awesome it manages to win polls where it's not even an option!

But between those two... New York's tallest building was built when John McCain's father was still a teenager! Chicago, on the other hand, was building quite a few new and exciting projects, most notably The Spire (now on pause, darn). So in spite of being a bigger and better city, NYC's skyline loses.
Not according to the poll in this thread
 
Old 01-31-2009, 07:04 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Pound for pound? Chicago's skyline is uninspiring, all those post-modernist boxes do not stand a chance with the likes of Chrysler Building or Empire State. Those are unique pearls of architecture as opposed to postmodernist boxes you can in find in any city in the world.

You have four posts, all bashing Chicago, stop trolling.
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