My personal list would include Sydney and Honolulu, but those aren't really obvious choices, unless you've been there.
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Top Five City Skylines
Topic started by FrankCanada97 on April 14, 2009.
Last post by Nick 5 months, 2 weeks ago.
Post by prowlingmongoose (42 posts) See mini bio
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Let me lay it down for you guys old school...:
1. Chicago (Most varied, tallest in NA, just awesome)
2. Toronto (The CN tower really makes it [sorry if the name's wrong])
3. Seattle (Again, space needle)
4. St. Louis (K, so this one's a little weird, but I really like the arch...its unique.)
5. San Fran (Architecture is awesome, some really interesting buildings, GG bridge.)
BOOM!
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Post by vidiot (1,098 posts) See mini bio
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@Player1 said:
It's not just the Space Needle. Like a previous poster said: Seattle is pretty damn clean and clear, and when the hazy fog that is the weather lifts, all is forgiven with some phenomenal clear views." Seattle is cool...but don't see why everyone is freaking out over it. I like Tokyo's and New Yorks the best "
Mountains? Water? Buildings? Strange alien spaceship? Check. Check, and check.
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Post by AgentJ (6,535 posts) See mini bio
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@Knives said:
The Rio De Janeiro pic is fantastic, but the pittsburgh one is kind of meh. i mean, the bridge is nice in the forefront, but the skyline itself is just boring. Maybe pittsburgh needs to look into getting itself an icon, like the Sears Tower or Christ Redeemer
" Just throwing out some that you wouldn't immediately think ofRio De JaneiroAnd my personal favorite:"PittsburghThese pictures really don't do it justice.
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@jakob187:
That skyline is the result of the effort of one set of housebuilders, and natural processes. It could be replicated with little effort anywhere. By what measure is a rural skyline superior to the effort of hundreds of thousands of people, and the vision of several thousand architects and urban planners?
Personally, I don't appreciate skylines for their aesthetics, but for the staggering amount of effort and ingenuity they represent. Give me an urban skyline over a rural skyline any day. (Unless it's an industrial scale aggricultural centre or something to that effect.)
@Gorillawhat: What's Malaysia like, Gorilla? Or at least the part(s) of Malaysia you visited. Care to share any insight?
That skyline is the result of the effort of one set of housebuilders, and natural processes. It could be replicated with little effort anywhere. By what measure is a rural skyline superior to the effort of hundreds of thousands of people, and the vision of several thousand architects and urban planners?
Personally, I don't appreciate skylines for their aesthetics, but for the staggering amount of effort and ingenuity they represent. Give me an urban skyline over a rural skyline any day. (Unless it's an industrial scale aggricultural centre or something to that effect.)
@Gorillawhat: What's Malaysia like, Gorilla? Or at least the part(s) of Malaysia you visited. Care to share any insight?
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Post by Gorillawhat (1,017 posts) See mini bio
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@Gorillawhat said:
My hotel was the tallest one between the big towers and the needle." I was just in Kuala Lumpur a week ago, and it has one bad ass skyline."
@Suicrat: Although I was only in Malaysia for 3 days, from what I could tell it was a pretty cool place. It was really modern for such a muslim country, with gigantic malls, amazing sushi, and women who didn't have to hide their faces. Their aren't any bombing worries in Malaysia, the muslim extremeists haven't started bombing their own countries yet.
Man do I miss that sushi.
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Post by AgentJ (6,535 posts) See mini bio
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@ahriman22 said:
London? I didn't really think it was all that great, though to be fair it has been a while
" DAMN YOU AND YOUR CCENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.1. Tokyo2. Montreal (My City)3. London4. Lisbon5. KyotoI've seen all those cities "in person" and much more, but I love those ones the most."
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Post by ahriman22 (1,824 posts) See mini bio
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@AgentJ said:
Well, I wasn't really all that sober for my whole time there, so I may be wrong. But in my state of mind at the time, it was great.
"@ahriman22 said:London? I didn't really think it was all that great, though to be fair it has been a while "" DAMN YOU AND YOUR CCENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.1. Tokyo2. Montreal (My City)3. London4. Lisbon5. KyotoI've seen all those cities "in person" and much more, but I love those ones the most."
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