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I vote Houston. I like the several skyline effect and I also like the architecture in Houston. I'm not a fan of the "gritty" look. It looks dirty to me or I may have inaccurate definition of gritty. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong. I also agree that Houston's skyline is underrated as Houston as a whole is underrated.
I voted for Houston. Houston's skyline is much larger than that of Philly and its modern looking. Philly to me, is a dirty run down city. it's just so old and run down. I went there (Philly) this summer and was not impressed at all.
I definitely love my adopted home town - H Town! But, I'm going to give the nod to Philly on this one, especially when taking into account the offerings of the entire metro. I visited as a tourist for the first time this past summer (4th of July) and was impressed with Philly's history, cultural offerings, proximity to nature, ease of getting from point A to point B, etc. In short, Philly's a great town that we should all be proud of as Americans. Philly-represent!
Philly All day !!!! the urban fabric of the city and it's urban nieghborhoods. Houston can't match... It Ma be old and ran down but the history of the city can't be touched ethier...
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The Loop and the Near North Side look like they're on Manhattan. The Willis Tower is in the West Loop and the John Hancock marks the general area where Michigan Avenue ends into the lake and blends into the Lincoln Park area. A longitude line can be drawn from the bend where South Wacker becomes West Wacker up to the lakeshore and notice the tall buildings congregate east of the longitude line.
The New York skyline is fantastic...for color-blind people that is. Apparently the grey weather of the North made the architects lose color perception; it's the city where people love black (and brown sometimes).
Center City is more impressive than Manhattan because the red brick buildings indicate the history of this place. This is probably what the city looked like when the Constitution was signed in 1787. New York didn't preserve its history well. Federal Hall is a reconstruction and the historical original building was decommissioned as the City Hall (its last use) and torn down for scrap. The balcony where George Washington became the first President of the United States is now gone and one must have to imagine that spot (and use a ladder to stand at that exact spot now in the air). No one needs to go to such extremes in Independence Hall. The modern business district (with the landmark Liberty Place towers) is a little more colorful because of the reddish Bell Atlantic tower.
New York needs a little color since the most noted buildings look more like the Chase Tower than the Bank of America Center. A tall red granite building like the Bank of America Center or a green glass curtained building like Houston's Wells Fargo Plaza brings color in the daytime (the preferred time for picture taking) and is one of the strengths of Houston's Downtown skyline.
Sorry, I'd rather have skyscrapers than "green tall buildings" *yawn*
Sorry, I'd rather have skyscrapers than "green tall buildings" *yawn*
So this is what your "houston" search brought up in City Data. Thanks for coming.
OH, and that "green tall building" is 8 feet short of being a super tall at 982 ft. When do you start considering tall buildings "skyscrapers"? At 1,000 feet? In that case, i guess NYC only has 4 skyscrapers.
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So this is what your "houston" search brought up in City Data. Thanks for coming.
OH, and that "green tall building" is 8 feet short of being a super tall at 982 ft. When do you start considering tall buildings "skyscrapers"? At 1,000 feet? In that case, i guess NYC only has 4 skyscrapers.
I don't know, none of the buildings in Houston excite me. I was just in Philadelphia 2 days ago and I love the skyline, even though it's kind of small. The buildings are pretty, and most people don't care what color buildings are, lol.
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