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Like another poster said,because of the elevation. Seattle's appears much higher.Not sure if that is true ,but it does seem to come across in pictures quite so.Of course from ground level Vancouver's is more impressive due to it compact density.Vancouver is also a small city land wise and population wise.But its density is extremely high for a city of only 44 square miles and under 600,000 people!
The variation in Seattle's building heights is not all due to elevation changes. Even if downtown was on a flat grade, there are significant differences in height of buildings in the CBD vs places like Belltown.
Why is everyone voting for Seattle? Seattle skyline is not that impresive. If you'd look at seattle's skyline from diffrent angels instead of from in front of the space needle view (which is not even that tall but spears tall cause of hills) you'll see seatttle skyline isn't that special. Vancouver's buildings are more denser, taller, prettier, aesthetically pleasing and everything else plus it's not on a hill to give off a illusion that it's skyline is tall.
Just don't get it. Look at this skyline it's a million times better than seattle's
Why is everyone voting for Seattle? Seattle skyline is not that impresive. If you'd look at seattle's skyline from diffrent angels instead of from in front of the space needle view (which is not even that tall but spears tall cause of hills) you'll see seatttle skyline isn't that special. Vancouver's buildings are more denser, taller, prettier, aesthetically pleasing and everything else plus it's not on a hill to give off a illusion that it's skyline is tall.
Just don't get it. Look at this skyline it's a million times better than seattle's
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and that's only half of it
Well, because some of us like it better than Vancouver's, that is why. Seattle's skyline IS impressive and not just from the Kerry Park view. Rounding the last corner on I-5 coming in from the south it is stunning. Across the bay from West Seattle is amazing. Vancouver has no buildings that are taller than Seattle's tallest and only one that is taller than most buildings in Seattle. Vancouver's buildings are variations on the same theme, blue or green glass and hardly any variation in architectural style. A big blob of modern looking glass condos is not my cup of tea. The density is impressive but that's about it.
Vancouver has a nice, huge dense skyline that is very impressive, but there is too much uniformity in the height and architectual style, IMO. The green/blue glass condos are done ad naseum...it looks like Sim City copy/paste.
The Space Needle is not even on a hill, it only appears tall because people take pictures of it from Kerry park and the it looks big relative to downtown because it's in the foreground. Yes the hills in Seattle give the skyline a more dramatic effect, but the buildings would still be taller than Vancouver on flat elevation. Here's a shot from Pwright1 on the Seattle forum.....pretty puny and unimpressive, huh?
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