Battle of the Upstate WNY skyline: Buffalo or Rochester (moved from city vs. city) (Newark: apartment complexes, condo)

[cheese9988]

Some more (from city data, I'll see if I can get some of my own ):

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by LucasS6

Wow. I know that 50 or years ago demographics were very different (very Rust Belt-centric) but I never knew that Buffalo was so prominent. When was this? Top 10 or 15? Yeah, I would've bet good money on it, but #6? Color me impressed.

Around 1900 was when Buffalo hit the big leagues. The actual census put Buffalo at #8 on the 1900 population list. Though Buffalo still gained population after that until 1950, it was not as fast as other cities, so therefor you have to look back over 100 years or so.

[Buffalonian4life]

Whose city hall can beat Buffalo's in the skyline? (Ok, maybe Philly)...But look at Buffalo's City Hall

















Part of the Downtown Buffalo skyline as seen from the 32nd floor observation deck.



(All photos from my photo collection).

[Buffalonian4life]

I'm not sure exactly why people think Buffalo's skyline is so spread out - compared to Rochester, I don't see a major difference, maybe it depends on what angle you view it from:

Buffalo:

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by cheese9988

Its tough, Buffalo has more of the older art-deco buildings, and I would think there are more high rises. I've seen a few city halls up close and I have to say Buffalo's is hands down the best, its like a cathedral inside, not to mention its mammoth size. Don't forget some beauties like the old central terminal (defunct) and the electric tower. The waterfront is being fixed up and adds that little extra touch. Buffalo's skyline is very spread out compared to Rochester, most of Rochesters skyline is contained within the inner loop.

Rochester has a newer look to it, the Bauch & Lomb building is is my favorite in the city, it has the indoor garden inside. The bridge adds a nice new touch to the city. The city hall is very nice on the inside, if you goto the second floor, there are three more floors of marble archways, indoor ponds and skylights, not as nice as Buffalo city hall, but worth seeing. The large corporations and corporate headquarters gives the city a feel of financial wealth. Rochester doesn't have a water front downtown, but it does have the Genesee river in the High Falls area that gives a great view of the water fall.

I grew up in Buffalo, I now live in Rochester. I think I'll wait and look at some more photos before I make a vote.

Now if we are talking about city streetscape, Buffalo would have Rochester blown out of the water:

Main Street, Downtown Buffalo:












Not at all my best photo work, but still you get the picture.

[JAB27]

Buffalo's skyline just seems so..underwhelming. There may be more buildings than Rochester but they don't come together well to form a nice skyline. Considering the size Buffalo used to be, color me vastly unimpressed. Rochester, for a smaller city, has a much more impressive skyline.

[SteelCityRising]

Sorry. I'm voting Rochester here.

[Ben Around]

As a native son of Rochester, I'd still have to go with Buffalo! No, it's not a very "modern" skyline, but it's a classy, classic one! Buffalo's sky line evolved over the years when its population exceeded 500,000. Rochester has much less classic archtiecture, and is smaller, as its population zenith was only ~330,000. Also, Rochester has proportionally more generic, modern buildings than Buffalo.

[Newarkbomb]

Rochester.

[cheese9988]