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I don't quite get how a city as powerful, rich, and large as LA has such a crappy skyline. Sorry folks, but it's true, LA's skyline comes up pitifully short compared to the skylines of some (objectively) less influential cities like Seattle, Pittsburgh, etc.
One legitimate excuse for this could be that maybe architects back in the day (You know, back when people were actually building cities) really feared or didn't even know HOW to build many high skyscrapers in areas that got frequent earthquakes. I mean, people in the 1930's constructing the Empire State Building didn't have to worry about making sure the building could survive a 6.5 on the Richter.
I don't quite get how a city as powerful, rich, and large as LA has such a crappy skyline. Sorry folks, but it's true, LA's skyline comes up pitifully short compared to the skylines of some (objectively) less influential cities like Seattle, Pittsburgh, etc.
One legitimate excuse for this could be that maybe architects back in the day (You know, back when people were actually building cities) really feared or didn't even know HOW to build many high skyscrapers in areas that got frequent earthquakes. I mean, people in the 1930's constructing the Empire State Building didn't have to worry about making sure the building could survive a 6.5 on the Richter.
1. New York: My personal favorite in the world, with great height and density and some really iconic buildings like Chrysler and ESB.
2. Chicago: Easily the second best in the US, and it looks especially cool from the water. Again, it has pretty much the total package of height, density and cool individual buildings.
3. Seattle: Not as big, but I like the mountain the in the background and the Space Needle is a cool "signature".
4. Miami (only recently): The individual buildings are not great, but I love the water and in the last 10-15 years it has really improved on density.
5. Tough one. I like the height and the buildings themselves in Atlanta (191 Peachtree, Suntrust, Westin Peachtree, BOA, 1080 Peachtree), but I really like the density and grouping of Pittsburgh (plus PPG is very cool). San Francisco is also nice, especially with the natural setting.
I don't quite get how a city as powerful, rich, and large as LA has such a crappy skyline. Sorry folks, but it's true, LA's skyline comes up pitifully short compared to the skylines of some (objectively) less influential cities like Seattle, Pittsburgh, etc.
One legitimate excuse for this could be that maybe architects back in the day (You know, back when people were actually building cities) really feared or didn't even know HOW to build many high skyscrapers in areas that got frequent earthquakes. I mean, people in the 1930's constructing the Empire State Building didn't have to worry about making sure the building could survive a 6.5 on the Richter.
Let me answer your question.....LA and SF need to withstand a 7.5 to 8 earthquakes not the puny 6.5 that you mentioned....
I don't quite get how a city as powerful, rich, and large as LA has such a crappy skyline. Sorry folks, but it's true, LA's skyline comes up pitifully short compared to the skylines of some (objectively) less influential cities like Seattle, Pittsburgh, etc.
One legitimate excuse for this could be that maybe architects back in the day (You know, back when people were actually building cities) really feared or didn't even know HOW to build many high skyscrapers in areas that got frequent earthquakes. I mean, people in the 1930's constructing the Empire State Building didn't have to worry about making sure the building could survive a 6.5 on the Richter.
I dont get why Pittsburgh is always so over rated.
NY
Chi
SF
Miami
Seattle
LA
Houston
Dallas
Philly
Minneapolis
Honolulu*
Pittsburgh
San Diego
*under rated or often times forgotten....
Last edited by slo1318; 08-01-2011 at 04:57 PM..
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