What skyline do you think is pathetic for its size? (better, people)
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But MY question is..... what's up with the cities on this list?
New York?
Chicago?
Houston?
Philly?
.... these cities have the right sized skyline for the size of the city, maybe more so.
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and (now) Detroit are lucky to have what they have now.
L.A. could be debatable, but it looks better when you're closer.... and you can actually see it.
Maybe 2 or 3 of the cities on the list could be understandable, but where's Phoenix? Where's D.C.? Where's El Paso or San Jose or Fort Worth?
I think ya just picked cities EVERYONE knew instead of cities that have 'undersized' skylines.
And someone mentioned San Diego. That city has height restrictions, but they still work with what they have.
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Phoenix I think is the ultimate example of a pathetic skyline for a city its size. I'm surprised New York and Chicago appeared on this list...their skylines perfectly reflect their size. As for Pittsburgh, I actually think they may have too big a skyline for a city their size...same thing for Seattle. St. Louis' skyline is also fairly small, at least looking across the river at Illinois. Looking at it from the south or north makes it seem a good size. Also, if the Arch had not imposed a height restrictions of 630 feet on buildings here, my guess is our skyline would be even larger.
You see how dense Dt. San Jose's skyline is, albeit shorter. I believe there's one more picture from Bill Cobb that's even a better picture of Dt. San Jose and shows more high-rises in the picture that wasn't included but can be looked at by going to skyline scenes.com. Remember, they've added 5 more towers since then and some still are not shown, too. It's just as impressive as Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, if not even more impressive.
If you guys like 70 story towers, then I can see your point. The tallest in SJ is 28 story Marriott's hotel.
Well your username says it all... That's great you have a lot of Civic pride and all that good stuff. As do I for my Hometown. That being said not too many people are going to agree with you on this one. Ive been to all the Cities mentioned including San Jose and it doesn't even come close to the others. Heck even the Texas Medical Center in Houston, all by itself blows away San Jose.
As much as I can't wait to move to LA in two-three months from now, there is no getting around it, its downtown and skyline is quite small for a city its size. Its just a fact. Although of course there are tons of smaller skylines all over LA county.
Why in the world, someone would put Chicago up there is beyond me. Chicagos skyline can almost be described as too large for a city of its size. Like its almost deceiving.
Well your username says it all... That's great you have a lot of Civic pride and all that good stuff. As do I for my Hometown. That being said not too many people are going to agree with you on this one. Ive been to all the Cities mentioned including San Jose and it doesn't even come close to the others. Heck even the Texas Medical Center in Houston, all by itself blows away San Jose.
I have to say San Jose's is a little better since it's more dense. Dallas is just taller with 71 story tower.
Without it Dallas still has a taller skyline. The 2nd tallest building in Dallas is the Renaissance Tower, it's 56 stories/886 ft. That's 35 ft shorter than the Bank of America Plaza (tallest building).
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