Saw a thread about Dallas being voted as the best skyline in the world and as a "Dallas fanboy", I will say that is utter BS. I do suppose someone might think Little Rock has the best skyline in the world, but come on, I would rank Dallas skyline 2nd or maybe 3rd in TEXAS. Houston has the best, imo, and after it's all said and done, Austin might have a better skyline in less than five years.

I think Seattle or San Fran has the best skylines in the US and I would rank my top 5 in North America as followed

1. Seattle
http://citiesofdoom.com/upload/Seattle,%20WA3.jpg
http://designcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/seattle-skyline-picture.jpg
http://www.wakinglux.com/new_images/panorama/seattle_skyline2.png

2. San Francisco
http://www.hdwpapers.com/walls/san_francisco_skyline_wallpaper_at_night-other.jpg
http://velo-vagabond.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/VeloV_20120906_023.jpg
http://hdwallpapersly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cool-San-Francisco-Skyline-At-Night-Travel-P-Os-And-Wallpaper.jpg

3. Vancouver
http://www.barbieandrobyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vancouver-skyline1.jpg
http://www.canadaka.net/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/urban_canada/vancouver/vancouver_skyline_281.jpg
http://cdn.all-that-is-interesting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/vancouver-skyline.jpg

4. NYC
http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2011/09/01/skyline4__1314914830_5975.jpg
yes I know it is a rendering :p it still looks cool
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/NYC-Skyline.jpg
http://jloffner33.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/nyccityscape.jpg

5. Chicago
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/2008-06-10_3000x1000_chicago_skyline.jpg
http://www.critiquebycreating.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Chicago-Skyline.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Chicago_Skyline_from_Lake_Michigan.jpg

I'll post more of other cities in different countries and around the US. Please feel free to add your own or make a list. I'll also make a list of my top 5 "smaller" sized cities that have great skylines.

Melbourne, Australia

http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53cff0866da811e00a08951c-1000-666/australia-1-2.jpg

I literally just returned from looking at that view from Kerry Park here in Seattle. :D

I would definitely put New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Fran ahead of Dallas. That's just the American cities. Went to Toronto this summer and that's in the Seattle/San Fran league, at least.

I would definitely put New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Fran ahead of Dallas. That's just the American cities. Went to Toronto this summer and that's in the Seattle/San Fran league, at least.

I was in Vancouver earlier this year and would put their skyline above Toronto.

I've been to Vancouver and you're probably right. I was just mentioning another city not already noted.

I would definitely put New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Fran ahead of Dallas. That's just the American cities. Went to Toronto this summer and that's in the Seattle/San Fran league, at least.

Yes, I agree with that!
A lot of people don't realize Toronto is the fourth largest city in North America. Only Mexico City, NYC and Los Angeles are bigger.

These two pics are four years apart 2010-2014.

http://i.imgur.com/GenJNa0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bhpkq9Y.jpg

And a view from the other side.

http://i.imgur.com/Um2vEpH.jpg

A lot of people don't realize Toronto is the fourth largest city in North America. Only Mexico City, NYC and Los Angeles are bigger.


If you're talking about within the city limits, that's true. If you're talking about the metro areas Toronto is surpassed by cities such as Dallas and Houston.

OK, but only barely. According to Wikipedia, the 2011 population of Metro Toronto is 6,054,000. The "Golden Horseshoe" area is larger.
I just have to say, and I know it's not the topic of this thread, we absolutely LOVED Toronto. We mentioned that there were almost no American cities that could compare. And I've been to 47 states. As patriotic as our family is, we - almost apologetically - we're comparing it favorably to the best of America.

I literally just returned from looking at that view from Kerry Park here in Seattle. :D

They named a park in honor of JTF? ;)

My home town:
http://imagesci.com/img/2013/11/morning-skyline-25593-hd-wallpapers.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/tm/2008/08/lookoutmountMOS_428x269_to_468x312.jpg

My personal shots of the beautiful Corpus Christi. It is amazing how many different, beautiful skylines Texas has. They aren't the best, but still gives an idea.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/q82/s720x720/10679872_10203878098225387_7160451726472511302_o.j pg

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/1382027_10203878098545395_1828664545773127228_n.jp g?oh=f237eacb2219bd75b07293c4a033d6a4&oe=54B57BC0

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/q84/p180x540/10377600_10203878098025382_7794763367849552335_n.j pg?oh=77100ac68b4f1c75e2fb5d1e659f1058&oe=54B9DF26&__gda__=1418251680_6a36ece06b03659383a7a1f3f8d2b07 2

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/10355390_10203878097705374_6587925853641063992_n.j pg?oh=6f3ee43ab863c2d0bd7d7d64d6f9648b&oe=54B90673&__gda__=1421464460_3bf7985c390ea8158b6484c710dbb9f 5

Certainly not major competition on a worldwide level, but I've always thought my hometown of Jersey City, NJ has a damn impressive skyline for a city of just 250,000 people. I'm probably (definitely) a bit biased, though. :P Couldn't resist.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/city-vs-city/37151d1236026504-better-skyline-buffalo-jersey-city-jcskyline.jpg

http://skyviewsurvey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/JerseyCity365162-copy.jpg

http://cdn2.business2community.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Skyline-Of-New-York-City-New-Jersey-1024x356.jpg

Southern half

https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6102/6369345729_2a42112c08_z.jpg

Uhhh, yeah man!!! lol... that is amazing for a city that size. I guess it does help to be that close to NYC, but that is still a beautiful skyline!

L.A.

https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1796432_10152311576096010_2721381009811982428_n.jp g?oh=c5cf366791295a8a44764e079aa24353&oe=54BBF275

- https://www.facebook.com/losangelesfan/photos/a.145459076009.126326.81619266009/10152311576096010/?type=1

Vancouver

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53e0f850eab8ea0e3ba95129-1200/vancouver-canada-has-set-a-mission-to-become-the-greenest-city-in-the-world-by-2020-which-has-already-led-to-a-20-decrease-in-water-consumption-plus-41-of-people-walk-or-bike-to-get-around.jpg

^Man I love that city.

My favorite part is the lack of highways.

^Man I love that city.

My favorite part is the lack of highways.So go live there and don't try and remove highway from cities that already have them and embrace them because one of my favorite parts of Dallas and L.A. is how awesome their highway system is.

I to think Vancouver is an awesome city and can't wait to make it up there one day. I certainly won't be complaining about highways or lack thereof.

When the hell did I say I wanted to remove any highways. I literally said "My favorite part is the lack of highways"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Downtown_okc_skyline.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Downtown_okc_skyline.JPG

The 1 tower power! OKC!!!

When the hell did I say I wanted to remove any highways. I literally said "My favorite part is the lack of highways"I'm just saying... I agree with you though I think it is a beautiful city and I personally would not be in favor of placing large highways there.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Downtown_okc_skyline.JPG
Womp, womp.

Skylines to me are kinda big, ugly creations of man, or an eyesore, especially when seen during the day time. Not so much so when lit up at night, though. Skylines foregrounded with water and boats are more visually interesting, though, as in Chicago's.

Los Angeles

https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10398708_10152513646561010_1777888949433754294_n.j pg?oh=f7737143fd0d68c7ff296c8d4542b8d2&oe=556C56DA

10036
St Petersburg Fl.

10047
wherever the hell this is. :P
EDIT: Its Shanghai, Duh.

Shameless plug, but I've always enjoyed Ohio's skylines:

Cleveland
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/63036004.jpg
http://www.clevelandfoundation100.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IM-PC-Cleveland-Skyline.jpg
Close in on just the downtown skyline...

Columbus
http://www.columbussports.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Columbus-Skyline-GCSC-Header1.jpg
http://www.aboveallohio.com/images/stock/big/ohio_stadium_and_downtown_columbus_aerial_photo.jp g
Ohio State campus..

Cincinnati
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mUoB0DIei1s/T9obGydmyII/AAAAAAAAA5s/tA2jSsW03DY/s1600/Cinci+Skyline+-+Chelsea+Flowers+Photography.jpg
http://qe1pr67o4hj19lx494tvhiwf.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/porkopolis_03.jpg
Over-the-Rhine, nation's largest historic district (I'm currently working on a few projects in OTR :)

Toledo
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/15244164.jpg

Akron <3
http://loveakron.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Akron-Skyline-1_resized-940x340.jpg
(One of the first developments I ever worked on is the big parking crater right of the ballpark)

Dayton
http://robinfeld.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Skyline.jpg

Canton
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Canton_Ohio.jpg

Youngstown
http://www.hivelocitymedia.com/galleries/Features/Issue_74/Youngstown/youngstown_6.jpg

Mansfield
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Mansfield_Ohio_skyline.jpg/680px-Mansfield_Ohio_skyline.jpg
(Roughest town in Ohio?)

Thanks for sharing! I went on a skyline looking rampage the other night and was blown away by how many skylines the state of Ohio has! Cleveland and Cincinnati are my favorite two but i was most impressed by Akron and Toldeo, I had no idea they had significant buildings.

Shameless plug, but I've always enjoyed Ohio's skylines:

Cleveland
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/63036004.jpg
Great photos man! Cleveland looks like a cool city.

What is that weird looking building closer from the core that looks like shiny metal?

Thanks for sharing! I went on a skyline looking rampage the other night and was blown away by how many skylines the state of Ohio has! Cleveland and Cincinnati are my favorite two but i was most impressed by Akron and Toldeo, I had no idea they had significant buildings.

Akron was the rubber capital, while Toledo was the glass capital. They both have museums unlike anything Oklahoma has, sadly...

Akron Art Museum:
http://akronartmuseum.org/display/images/000516_RH1684-17.JPG

Toledo Museum of Art
http://www.toledomuseum.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/visiting_header.jpg

Not to get away from skylines in a thread about skylines, but both are great examples of the rich industrial legacy that are enduring. Ohio hits way above its weight as a civilization because it grew during the Gilded Age.

The one that's really surprised me is Columbus, actually. Cbus is at least the same urban scale as Denver or Kansas City, but remains the largest city that stubbornly refuses mass transit and people have a huge little man syndrome. While I was up in Cleveland for two years, I only ever heard about Columbus as "Cowtown" and not unlike the rest of "downstate" in being completely uncivilized. Or at least that was "Ohio geography according to Clevelanders."

http://cmh.natca.net/Pictures/downtown%20columbus.jpg

Wow those museums looks incredible! The lack of Columbus wanting public trans boggles my mind considering tOSU main campus being located there (I'm assuming they have more than one campus idk?). Also I always get a kick out of the opinions of same state, cities. (People who live in the same state but different cities). Thanks for your knowledge you've single handedly have made me want to visit Ohio!

Great photos man! Cleveland looks like a cool city.

What is that weird looking building closer from the core that looks like shiny metal?

I found it!
Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Weatherhead+School+of+Management+at+Case+Western+R eserve+University/@41.5096797,-81.6081586,231m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0xdb6fb a903f29e7c9

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/pub/media/1383/wes1383wn.133424_lg.jpg

Here is a pretty good image of the Charlotte skyline.

Sorry PluPan, either you added the question after I replied or I glossed over it. That's Frank Gehry's building on Case's campus. The deal with University Circle is every major starchitect is required to contribute their worst building, whether it be Gehry, Pelli, Foster, Breuer, Vinoly, etc etc...


Wow those museums looks incredible! The lack of Columbus wanting public trans boggles my mind considering tOSU main campus being located there (I'm assuming they have more than one campus idk?). Also I always get a kick out of the opinions of same state, cities. (People who live in the same state but different cities). Thanks for your knowledge you've single handedly have made me want to visit Ohio!

tOSU is consolidated entirely in inner NW Columbus, with 60,000+ students crammed just 3 miles NW of downtown. And maybe half of them have cars, and it's a huge mess - but it's no worse than the 100,000 people who work in DT Cbus. They've nearly built a streetcar linking downtown and tOSU several times, but it's become quite the Greek tragedy. Last time it was the mayor's pet project, so the council opposed it just to spite him (what does that remind you of?)..

Barcelona. Barcelona has the coolest skyline. From certain angles it includes the Gaudy Cathedral to remind everyone of the way things used to be. Excuse me: I meant the Gaudi Cathedral.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Sagrada_Familia_01.jpg

I hear/tell that there's an Art Deco Bus Station near the parking garage.

No, it was probably just a pet cemetery of vintage signs.

Here is just about the only good view of the Indy skyline:
http://conference.iaao.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Indy-Skyline.jpg

Barcelona. Barcelona has the coolest skyline. From certain angles it includes the Gaudy Cathedral to remind everyone of the way things used to be. Excuse me: I meant the Gaudi Cathedral.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Sagrada_Familia_01.jpg
.

I hear/tell that there's an Art Deco Bus Station near the parking garage.

This cathedral, Sagada Familia, would be booed off this board. It is unfinished (after 126 years) over budget and way underfunded. The church and city would be roundly criticized for over promising and failing to deliver a completed project

This cathedral, Sagada Familia, would be booed off this board. It is unfinished (after 126 years) over budget and way underfunded. The church and city would be roundly criticized for over promising and failing to deliver a completed project

You're right, Rover. They could have at least put a nice 10 floor parking garage under it before they started. Just think of the parking proceeds they've been missing out on for all those years.:)

Uhhh, yeah man!!! lol... that is amazing for a city that size. I guess it does help to be that close to NYC, but that is still a beautiful skyline!

Not sure if this is the thread for it, but I can't get over some of the new development going on in my hometown of a quarter million.

New Look: 99 Hudson Street (http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/01/new-look-the-990-foot-99-hudson-street-new-jerseys-future-tallest-building.html)

http://newyorkyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/99-Hudson-Street-1.jpg

New 990-foot, 95 story residential tower (condos) announced, dwarfing the Goldman Sachs building which was, if I can get this straight, the tallest building in the nation that was in a city other than the respective metro area's largest city (phew). Blew that record out of the water.

And to make matters worse (and trying hard not to beat a dead horse too much...), they're wrapping the entire base of the building around the parking garage, since back home building towers on top of the parking garage is considered a failure. Imagine we could ever be so lucky... :rolleyes: Sigh.

Wow!!!!

Miami

http://artofmiami.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sky2.jpg


Salt Lake City

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608023277702286715&pid=1.7

You're right, Rover. They could have at least put a nice 10 floor parking garage under it before they started. Just think of the parking proceeds they've been missing out on for all those years.:)

I hear/tell that they are putting in a Braums, a Sonic and a Sean Cummings Irish Pub in the shadow to the left. Barcelona: Capital and Capitol of Diversity.

I like Capitola de Diversity. It just sounds diverse.

Benidorm, Spain
10080

Looking for opinion here so no right or wrong answers. Who here believes that a city's iconic tower has to be in the CBD? The reason I ask is because my wife is from Houston, and I asked her what building in Houston lets people know they are in Houston. Her answer was Williams (formally Transco), which is in the Galleria area. Thought that was pretty interesting. I thought she would have said Wells Fargo or Bank of America.

Office towers that are truly iconic tend to be downtown since most office towers are in downtowns, but many iconic structures are not: the Eiffel tower, the Statue of Liberty, Washington Monument, St Paul's in London, Guggenheim museum in NYC, are not downtown but are iconic. The iconic commercial buildings I can think of are downtown: Transamerica tower in SF, Chrysler and Empire State, the Peachtree Hotel in Atlanta (IMO it is iconic), Sears tower in Chicago. Not sure I would put the Transco tower as iconic, but it is certainly striking and identifiable in Houston. To me it doesn't quite rise to the lofty level of iconic.

To me, the GM Tower is pretty iconic as well.

To me, the GM Tower is pretty iconic as well.

I'd consider them to be in the CBD area of Detroit, or at least in pictures (I've never been to Detroit). Williams tower is a few miles from Houstons CBD, and could never be included in a CBD skyline shot.

Oklahoma City has a couple of those as well (for me at least) the 50 Penn Place and the round tower just off NW expy are always iconic to me.

Oklahoma City has a couple of those as well (for me at least) the 50 Penn Place and the round tower just off NW expy are always iconic to me.

I love the Founders Tower as well! ("the round tower") and Classen Tower is pretty neat too. 50 PP is a little boxy for me but I do love the new signage on it. Makes it look like its in use.

I'd say the three most iconic towers in OKC you could place together with just outlines and know it is OKC would be the Devon Tower, First National Center, and the Cotter Tower.

When I see a round tower, I think of Capitol Records in LA; it was a symbol for L.A. for years. Holiday Inn also had several round tower hotels, but I assume they copied the design from Capitol Records. Chicago has the twin round tower parking garages. Not sure who was first with a round tower, Capitol Records or Holiday Inn or elsewhere (Pisa, Italy?)

I think the Bank of CA tower in downtown LA with its circle-in-a-square design is very striking and could be an iconic building for LA now.

I'd say the three most iconic towers in OKC you could place together with just outlines and know it is OKC would be the Devon Tower, First National Center, and the Cotter Tower.

I'd change City Place for Cotter Ranch and I agree on the other two.

The Transbay tower design in San Francisco looks a little like Devon to me. It is going to be a taller at 1070 feet but not as interesting as Devon.

I think the Bank of CA tower in downtown LA with its circle-in-a-square design is very striking and could be an iconic building for LA now.

Its certainly the building I recognize LA with.

The Transbay tower design in San Francisco looks a little like Devon to me. It is going to be a taller at 1070 feet but not as interesting as Devon.

It looks like the Devon Tower and the Torre Agbar in Barcelona had a mutant baby haha I like it!

Looking for opinion here so no right or wrong answers. Who here believes that a city's iconic tower has to be in the CBD? The reason I ask is because my wife is from Houston, and I asked her what building in Houston lets people know they are in Houston. Her answer was Williams (formally Transco), which is in the Galleria area. Thought that was pretty interesting. I thought she would have said Wells Fargo or Bank of America.

Williams Tower is one of my favorite skyscrapers in Houston. It is memorable because of how tall it is for not being in a CBD and how it towers so far above everything around it. Uptown Houston truly is an impressive place. However if I was to name a skyscraper I consider synonymous with the city it's 700 Louisiana.

http://x.lnimg.com/xnet/mainsite/HttpHandlers/attachment/ServeAttachment.ashx?FileGuid=06adc164820147ffbf2f 511898a766ac&Extension=jpg&Width=0&Height=0

I think the Bank of CA tower in downtown LA with its circle-in-a-square design is very striking and could be an iconic building for LA now.

I assume you are talking about US Bank Tower or the proper name for it, Library Tower? I agree, that is LA's iconic building.

The Transbay tower design in San Francisco looks a little like Devon to me. It is going to be a taller at 1070 feet but not as interesting as Devon.

The iconic tower doesn't always have to be the tallest. San Francisco is a perfect example of that. I don't know how anybody could dispute that the TransAmerica Pyramid is San Francisco's iconic tower.

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/us-ca/usca9296.jpeg