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Originally Posted by RC14
I got crucified last time I suggested this but I think Seattle and Chicago are similar in some ways.
Both cities were destroyed by fire and had to be rebuilt and have some cool underground areas. They are both located on the water. Both cities hosted world's fairs. They also both have very dense urban cores. Chicago has the Willis Tower and Seattle has the Columbia tower. Both towers have public observation decks.
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i'm not into crucifixions; you're free to hold you own opinions, but i am going to disagree with you that seattle and chicago are good analogues for each other.
yes, both cities had very destructive fires in the late 19th century, but so did other cities like boston, st. louis, and san francisco. that's a tenuous link at best.
yes, they are both located on the water, but that's a dime a dozen as far as cities are concerned. most cities around the globe are located on a body of water.
yes, they both have hosted world's fairs, but again that's dime a dozen stuff. what great american cities
haven't hosted a world's fair at one point in their history?
yes, they both have dense urban cores, but so do NYC, LA, SF, boston, philly, etc. that's hardly something unique that the two cities share that sets them apart.
and once you are outside of the downtown cores, the cityscapes of the neighborhoods of the two cities are pretty different from each other.
~3 miles outside of downtown seattle:
north:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6463.../data=!3m1!1e3
east:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6063.../data=!3m1!1e3
south:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5855.../data=!3m1!1e3
~3 miles outside of downtown chicago:
north:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9205.../data=!3m1!1e3
west:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8883.../data=!3m1!1e3
south:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8424.../data=!3m1!1e3
the two cities simply have very different built densities and scales outside of downtown.
and when you consider the VASTLY different climates, topographies, demographics, and cultures of the two cities, i think the analogy starts to completely fall apart.
as far as the sears tower and columbia center, that is probably the best link. columbia center does vaguely resemble a curvilinear sears tower mini-me.
source:
http://deardeepthi.blogspot.com/2006/09/ ........................................................................................ source:
https://www.fiveina5th.com/the-bigge...llest-mostest/