Two Skylines In One Shot????

[wwmiv]

Originally Posted by Nite

I was replying to someone who ranked North American cities in regard to the amount of secondary skylines they have. how else should i have raised my objection to the list as is?

Look bro, it isn’t that serious. Objectively you’re right: Vancouver has more secondary and tertiary nodes than Chicago, but personally I think Chicago’s substantially larger primary node outweighs that fact.

What I’m more surprised about is that nobody has dinged me for not including Phoenix. That is a truly objectionable omission, but not quite as glaring as that I left off Jacksonville.

[yaletown_fella]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

^ yeah, that's Hyde Park.


And here's Lakeview/uptown

(You can see Edgewater starting on the far upper right)


But overall, I don't think you can realistically rank Chicago ahead of Vancouver for secondary skylines.

Chicago has an unbelievably giant and tall downtown clump that far surpasses anything in Vancouver,

but 99% of the non-downtown highrises in the entire metro area are all piled up along the lakefront.

There are no real inland secondary skyscraper nodes of note.

The quality of buildings , specifically the amount of pre-war high rise stock in Chicago, is also significantly more comprehensive than Toronto, Vancouver or Miami.

Chicagos beauty , layout and orderliness is unmatched. It's a curated museum of the skyscraper which can never be replicated. Even though Toronto has the edge in volume with all the construction and proposals and multiple nodes , the quality isnt there.

[mhays]

No, give Vancouver credit. I love the residential vernacular. And Vancouver's parking is mostly underground unlike Miami (which builds vast amounts of it) and even Chicago.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by yaletown_fella

The quality of buildings , specifically the amount of pre-war high rise stock in Chicago, is also significantly more comprehensive than Toronto, Vancouver or Miami.

Well yeah. Chicago and NYC are the planet's two great skyscraper museums.

But I was only taking about skyline size (height and #buildings), not more subjective assessments like architectural quality.

[goat314]

Originally Posted by yaletown_fella

The quality of buildings , specifically the amount of pre-war high rise stock in Chicago, is also significantly more comprehensive than Toronto, Vancouver or Miami.

Chicagos beauty , layout and orderliness is unmatched. It's a curated museum of the skyscraper which can never be replicated. Even though Toronto has the edge in volume with all the construction and proposals and multiple nodes , the quality isnt there.

Miami's pre-war high rise stock is virtually non-existent. Miami was a small town before WWII.

[chris08876]

NYC from Newark NJ's Ironbound District. Three skylines, with Jersey City fused into Lower Manhattan. As Journal Square fills up, will add a larger node to this perspective.


Credit: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=htt...8a3ef5322b0f37

[chris08876]

Atlanta from the air. Atlanta is very underrated IMO. Its many nodes can be seen.














Via: Airport Bunny

[chris08876]

As with Atlanta, one of NYC showing Flushing Queens along with the various NY Nodes.














Via: spursjecc1

[chris08876]

NY's multiple skyline nodes. LIC can even be seen. Zoomed in version. Original via credit link.

Several months ago, reference 270 Park's u/c benchmark at the time. But nevertheless, good stuff!


Credit: Paul Seibert

[giallo]

Three skyline here.

Vancouver, Brentwood and Metrotown

[homebucket]

^ That's a pretty cool living roof on that tower towards the bottom of the photo there.

Reminds me of the California Academy of Science (designed by Renzo Piano) in SF.


https://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/living-roof

[Maldive]

Guess the city without right clicking the file name ...spelling counts:


Link

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by giallo

Three skyline here.

Vancouver, Brentwood and Metrotown

I also see New Westminster poking out way in the background. And Edmonds.

[UrbanImpact]

Originally Posted by goat314

Miami's pre-war high rise stock is virtually non-existent. Miami was a small town before WWII.

There are many, but, they get overshadowed by the new taller buildings.

Freedom Tower by 320-ROC, on Flickr



The Biltmore Hotel by Kev Cook, on Flickr

Security Building (1926), view02, 117 NE 1st Ave, Downtown, Miami, FL, USA by Steve Minor, on Flickr
Security Building Downtown Miami by Phillip Pessar, on Flickr

Ingraham Building South Side by Adam Mizrahi, on Flickr

Langford Building 1926 And Royalton Hotel Downtown Miami by Phillip Pessar, on Flickr

Meyer-Kiser Building (1926), view02, 139 NE 1st St, Downtown, Miami, FL, USA by Steve Minor, on Flickr

Alfred I. DuPont Building (1939), view01, 169 E Flagler St, Downtown, Miami, FL, USA by Steve Minor, on Flickr

[craigs]

Originally Posted by goat314

Miami's pre-war high rise stock is virtually non-existent. Miami was a small town before WWII.

Miami had only 172,172 residents at the time of the 1940 census.

[giallo]

Metrotown with the Vancouver skyline in the distance

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by Maldive

Guess the city without right clicking the file name ...spelling counts:

The "Quote" feature can't be used without seeing the name of the image file.

[Velvet_Highground]

https://beta.ctvnews.ca/content/ctvn...1_4190120.html

[Maldive]

Posted by MonkeyRonin in the Canada section.


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