New win, place, and show skyscrapers in American/Canadian cities

[Phil McAvity]

I'd like to see pictures and discuss all the cities that have a significant skyscraper that's either under construction or has been added to the skyline recently. By "significant" I mean one of the three tallest hence win place and show. Here's the list of all the cities + buildings I know of:

Chicago-Vista Tower
Toronto-The One
Los Angeles-Wilshire Grand
Philadelphia-Comcast Tech Center
Edmonton-Stantec Tower + JW Marriott Hotel
Seattle-Rainier Square Tower
Miami-Panorama Tower
Jersey City-99 Hudson St + URBY Harborside Tower I
Calgary-Brookfield Place + Telus Sky
San Francisco-Salesforce Tower + 181 Fremont
Winnipeg-Artis Reit Residential Tower
New York City-Central Park Tower + Steinway Tower
Vancouver-Trump Tower + One Burrard Place
Austin-The Independent + Fairmont Hotel
Boston-Four Seasons Hotel

[Steely Dan]

milwaukee recently completed its 2nd tallest building, the 550' tall Northwest Mutual Tower.


Morning at Milwaukee's Lakefront by John December, on Flickr

[dimondpark]

Salesforce Tower has completely altered the SF skyline...

dimondpark@imgur

[spidey7312]

Philly has the new CTC


Philaddelphia Skyline as seen from the 59th street bridge in West Philadelphia by Krtz07, on Flickr

[Steely Dan]

Holy crap, that shot is awesome! It almost looks like a fake.

Philly skyline is in the big leagues now. What a city!

[Hudson11]

505 Church Street in Nashville


Nashville Sunset by Tom Hightower, on Flickr

414 Light Street in Baltimore


414 Light Street Baltimore by Will, on Flickr

600 Canal Place in Richmond


Untitled by cmyhsi, on Flickr

1144 15th Street in Denver is worth an honorable mention I think


1144_Union_Station by Ryan Dravitz, on Flickr

[Kngkyle]

Vista Tower in Chicago continues its facade-less climb. About 30 floors to go as of this picture.

Originally Posted by SolarWind

July 31, 2018

[Pedestrian]

The amazing thing I noticed today as I wandered through the roof garden of the new Salesforce Transit Center, to which both 181 Fremont and the Salesforce Tower itself have direct access, is how much taller both buildings look from the garden than they even do from the street:






Photos posted by viewguysf at http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...36300&page=160

[Pedestrian]

^^
But, while these two towers are now virtually complete, let's not forget their U/C neighbor, across Mission St., the Foster & Partners designed, 910 ft Oceanwide Center:


https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/complex/1294

[KevinFromTexas]

The Independent - 690 feet with 58 floors - all residential. New tallest beating The Austonian that had been the tallest since 2010.

Fairmont Hotel - 595 feet 37 floors to the spire/456 feet to the roof. Tallest hotel in Austin and the 3rd tallest building with the spire.

Of course, both of these will be passed up in a couple of years by at least two other buildings.

The Independent (left) and Fairmont Hotel (big blue building with the spire, right).




Austin Skyline - 704 by Boost +Barbells, on Flickr

From Zilker Park - The Independent (left) and Fairmont Hotel (right).


https://www.flickr.com/photos/27940925@N07/29613903088

[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Holy crap, that shot is awesome! It almost looks like a fake.

Philly skyline is in the big leagues now. What a city!

Not only lots of biggies now (7 over 700 feet tall) but some cool looking ones too

I knew I would forget something and Milwaukee is it because i've actually been following it although I didn't know Baltimore and Nashville are getting some biggies too. Baltimore is especially encouraging because it's one of the quietest cities in America for growth.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

(7 over 700 feet tall)

yeah, the philly skyline is making some serious noise these days

it now has the 5th most 700+ footers in the nation, after NYC (80), chicago (25), houston (11) and LA (9).

and with 4 towers over 800' tall, it's now 3rd behind only NYC (42) and chicago (16) in that category.

[JAYNYC]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

yeah, the philly skyline is making some serious noise these days

with 4 towers over 800' tall, it's now 3rd behind only NYC (42) and chicago (16) in that category.

Right, but Houston has 2 towers above 990'. How many does Philly have?

[AviationGuy]

Kevin, that pic taken behind Kerbey Lane is amazing. Also, I didn't know the Fairmont has a spire. Haven't been downtown in over a year, so it's time to take a tour. Might even ride the rail in from the Crestview Station. I'm terrified of driving and parking downtown. Walking is fine, of course.

[DZH22]

Four Seasons Boston. Many more pictures can be found in my photostream.

IMG_5413 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_5500 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_5980 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_6040 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_6123 by David Z, on Flickr

[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by JAYNYC

Right, but Houston has 2 towers above 990'. How many does Philly have?

Philadelphia has one but the two tallest buildings in Houston add up to 1994 feet while the two tallest buildings in Philly add up to 2095 feet tall.

Winner-Philadelphia

[Capsule F]

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

Philadelphia has one but the two tallest buildings in Houston add up to 1994 feet while the two tallest buildings in Philly add up to 2095 feet tall.

Winner-Philadelphia

Exactly. Philly has a 973' and an 1121' vs 992' and 1002' in Houston. Houston has more overall height though.

[dave8721]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

yeah, the philly skyline is making some serious noise these days

it now has the 5th most 700+ footers in the nation, after NYC (80), chicago (25), houston (11) and LA (9).

and with 4 towers over 800' tall, it's now 3rd behind only NYC (42) and chicago (16) in that category.

Too bad Paramount World Center in Miami is being built at 699 feet. One more foot would put Miami back into a tie with Philly once it and Flatiron top out. Maybe someone can put a box on the roof or something to make it an even 700.

[dave8721]

Miami's new tallest Panorama is pretty blah. It does end the "batman ears" look that Miami had for a while with its two tallest being at the ends of the skyline. Hopefully its not the tallest for long with a bunch of taller ones in the pipeline but none really moving dirt yet.

[Centropolis]

insane...the austin skyline is no longer recognizable as such to me.