Ten Tallest Skylines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, people, Boston)

[PDX_LAX]

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?

[Gtownoe]

Interesting way to look at it. I can't think of any cities you left out that would crack the top 10.

[adambos]

the official "tallest city in the world" for this year was NYC, followed by Hong Kong.

The World's Tallest Cities - Forbes.com

[18Montclair]

Interesting criteria.
+1

[DeaconJ]

You could include Canadian cities...Toronto would definitely make the list.

[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.

[eon-krate32]

Hmm...i doubt Denver would have enough height to make it up there (tallest building period is just over 700ft). Try Vegas, Diego, and Indianapolis.

[DeaconJ]

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.

Houston and Atlanta aren't known for their skylines??? Obviously not as much as NYC and Chicago, but HOU and ATL are definitely known for big/tall skylines.

[Mgyeldell]

Cool list

[bgNCATL]

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.

We all know that NYC and CHI have many more buildings than the rest of the list, but when it comes to height; the other cities stack up well. You will be surprised how many people outside these forums that don't realize Atlanta has the tallest building outside of NYC and CHI.