What city

-GR2NY- · #1 Posted **Feb 19, 2007, 6:44 PM**

Its a screen from a music video. I have some ideas but I'm not sure.

Mayfd24 · #2 Posted **Feb 19, 2007, 8:20 PM**

One part looks like the skyline to the right of Battery Park in NY

KevinFromTexas · #3 Posted **Feb 19, 2007, 8:44 PM**

The buildings to the left look like New York, Woolworth Building and the tallest World Financial Center tower and then some of the other hulking office towers downtown. The right side of the pic sort of reminds me of Seattle. I know there's no hill like that in New York, though.

Cro Burnham · #4 Posted **Feb 19, 2007, 11:16 PM**

Looks like someplace in Jersey City or Hoboken looking SE toward Lower Manhattan

Coldrsx · #5 Posted **Feb 19, 2007, 11:25 PM**

san fran?

-GR2NY- · #6 Posted **Feb 19, 2007, 11:44 PM**

You guys are running thru the same exact analogies that I had when I first saw it.

rockyi · #7 Posted **Feb 20, 2007, 1:14 AM**

I thought San Francisco when I saw it.

LMich · #8 Posted **Feb 20, 2007, 2:25 AM**

Funny, I also thought of both downtown Manhattan and downtown San Francisco when I saw this.

Nouvellecosse · #9 Posted **Feb 20, 2007, 2:34 AM**

Yea, I'm going with Sf as well, since that pointed building on the very left is looking more and more like the Trans Am pyramid.

JManc · #10 Posted **Feb 20, 2007, 3:05 AM**

yeah, the NY area is not that hilly.

Cro Burnham · #11 Posted **Feb 20, 2007, 3:15 AM**

Jersey City is very hilly. They have the "Palisades" there. I'm 95% sure it's Jersey City looking at Lower Manhattan. You can see the silhouettes (from left) of American International Bldg, former JP Morgan HQ, Chase Manahattan, Marine Midland, former Merrill Lynch HQ, then a the big bldg in the middle in the foreground on the Jersey side, then the World Financial Center.

-GR2NY- · #12 Posted **Feb 20, 2007, 4:48 PM**

Haha even with 4 more posts you guys are coming up with the exact same things that I was thinking. Also, the architecture in the foreground seems to be right in step with SF. However, the hill could be an optical illusion from Jersey. But, the spike does look like the transamerica. But, the tallest building on the right could be the WFC (forgot which #) exactly in proportion with WFC-4. But, the horizon might be the ocean and not brooklyn which would make it SF, however the far left spire might be the trump.

**EDIT** from jersey city the WFC area would be slightly to the left of 55 water, trump and others. It could be from west of hoboken somewhere, while using a crazy-zoom.

Cro Burnham · #13 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 12:39 AM**

The more I look at it, the more I believe that the background (taller buildings) and the foreground (truck, street, low-rise blgs) are two separate photos spliced together. The background is lower Manhattan viewed from the north somewhere along the Hudson (on the NY side, NOT NJ), maybe in the 30s or 40s. The big building in front of WFC to its left is the Citigroup/Travelers building.

Goody · #14 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 1:29 AM**

I am thinking San Fran as well

newplace · #15 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 1:40 AM**

Memphis, TN, or Atlanta

giovanni sasso · #16 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 1:53 AM**

i'm with cro -- that looks like NY from weehawken or JC. from that tiny screencap, i think i'm making out 70 pine, chase manhattan, the tiptop of 40 wall, one liberty and the WFC. there is definitely a hill that rises from JC to weehawken, and the camera looks like it's lying on the ground.

Chicago3rd · #17 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 2:02 AM**

Seattle

phillyskyline · #18 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 3:51 AM**

SF got my vote bc of the hill... but it is really hard to tell.

oilcan · #19 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 4:31 AM**

Seattle is eliminated.. beause of the large spire building in the back..My guesses: San Fran.. but doubtfull.. Montreal as picture below... hilly....

All signs after further looking at pics says New York but have never seen it from an angle like that Taken City Hall area in Jc JC?..

Stephenapolis · #20 Posted **Feb 21, 2007, 1:24 PM**

cro is right it is two differnt pics spliced together. The background skyline IS NYC. No need to debate the obvious. It is easy to make out the WFC slightly to the right of the vehicle. The tall building directly behind the vehicle is the Travelers Building. I recognize all the buildings to the right, but can not name them all.