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You could include Canadian cities...Toronto would definitely make the list.
Good idea.
Toronto = 7,455 ft (Right between Atlanta and Dallas. CN tower not included. All my information was provided by Wikipedia and they didn't include the Space Needle for Seattle or CN for Toronto.)
Calgary = 5,787 ft
Montreal = 5,677 ft
Vancouver = 4,872 ft
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Originally Posted by Infamous92
Wow look how close cities which aren't really known for their skylines (such as Houston & Atlanta) are to the 2 reigning champions NYC & CHI which have world renowned skylines.
Yeah, Chicago and NYC are definitely the two most massive skylines in the country, but they aren't necessarily a whole lot taller than most other cities.
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Originally Posted by The Mayor of Mil-Town
Interesting, but why did you stop at only including the 10 tallest in each city?
When people look at a skyline, only the few tallest buildings stick out. Just look at Chicago's skyline, after Sears Tower, Aon, John Hancock, etc. all the other buildings kind of blend together. So to really get a good idea of how tall a skyline is I basically just added all the cities notably tall buildings together. I set the limit at top 10 even though most cities only have 3 or 4 tall buildings that stand out above the rest.
New York has a whopping 35 towers over 700 feet and 4 towers over 1000 feet? That's divided between its 2 distinct skylines.
NY should be considered the tallest.
Both Dubai and China were ahead of Chicago? That sucks.
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When people look at a skyline, only the few tallest buildings stick out. Just look at Chicago's skyline, after Sears Tower, Aon, John Hancock, etc. all the other buildings kind of blend together. So to really get a good idea of how tall a skyline is I basically just added all the cities notably tall buildings together. I set the limit at top 10 even though most cities only have 3 or 4 tall buildings that stand out above the rest.
Sounds like a convenient and yet fuzzy way to eliminate a bunch of New York's "notably tall" buildings. Go get 'em pal! Damn east coast tall buildin' hoardin' bastards!
Some people measure the height of a skyline by the height of the single tallest building - I personally don't like this methodology because I think most people notice several tall buildings in a city, not necessarily the single tallest. All I did was add together the heights of the top 10 tallest skyscrapers in each city.
Completed buildings only:
1. Chicago - 10,642 ft
2. New York - 9,861 ft
3. Houston - 8,105 ft
4. Los Angeles - 7,673 ft
5. Atlanta - 7,594 ft
6. Dallas - 7,292
7. Philadelphia - 7,120 ft
8. Miami - 6,666 ft
9. Seattle - 6,631 ft (Space Needle not included)
10. San Francisco - 6,525 ft
The only other cities I looked at were Denver, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. Any other obvious cities I forgot that might unseat one of the above?
This is true, but the crown is a significant part of the architecture of the building. Remember the antenna is not 100ft it's the crown and antenna. JP Morgan Chase should just add a 16ft antenna and take the title lol.
No that would ruin the architecture of the Chase building or the Wells Fargo building for that matter if they just suck a massive antenna on top. It would be completely hideous.
Tallest building =/= best architecture. I Think the Burj Dubai is the perfect example of that. I'd hate to see something like that go up in Houston even if it is over 2,000 ft tall. I think many people in Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, New York, and LA would feel the same.
The Space Needle isn't a skyscraper. It's a tower or a monument or something like that. Here's the definition of a skyscraper according to dictionary.com
"1. a relatively tall building of many stories, esp. one for office or commercial use.
2. Architecture. a building of exceptional height completely supported by a framework, as of girders, from which the walls are suspended, as opposed to a building supported by load-bearing walls."
Typically, the term skyscraper refers to office or residential buildings rather than monuments or towers. I think someone on this thread or another mentioned the Statue of Liberty as being a skyscraper. NYC has a lot of great skyscrapers, but the Statue of Liberty is a monument, not a skyscraper. Although, skyscraper or not, the Space Needle is a significant part of the Seattle skyline so I'm not sure why it wasn't include.
I said they aren't really known for their skylines compared to NYC & Chicago, I know they have nice (and tall) skylines but I was surprised that they were so close to Chicago & NYC. I wonder if Antennas count because the Sears Tower is really the tallest building in the World (minus the Burj Dubai), up until 2000 the WTC's North Tower was actually taller than the Sears Tower (by like 3 feet) and then the Sears Tower grew by like 6 feet lol. The Empire State building is actually nearly 1,500 feet when the antenna is taken into account, the Sears Tower is 1,730 feet when the antenna is taken into account.
Ranking skylines or buildings based on antenna height would be cool and interesting. And Houston, along with Chicago and NYC, would be the only city in the US with more than 1 supertall. Since One Shell Plaza's antenna rises to 1,000 feet.
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Sounds like a convenient and yet fuzzy way to eliminate a bunch of New York's "notably tall" buildings. Go get 'em pal! Damn east coast tall buildin' hoardin' bastards! 
