The 15 Best Skylines in the World

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I couldn't get any in Chicago. Fortunately, I go to school in Southern Illinois, juuuuuuust close enough to Cincinnati to stock it in the grocery stores. I wonder how many years I take off of my life everytime I eat a three way? oh well, it's worth it.

Skyline Rules

Dallas has a great skyline and where I lived until moving to DC. I miss it.

Love the shot of Shenzhen at night... must be the #1 most colorfully lit city (and tastefully, in case someone mentions Vegas).

A number of German cities have better skylines: Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, etc.

heck, paris even, Cairo still has one of
the most awesome sunset-architecture features of
any city on earth, worthy of a runner-up spot,
Berlin's skyline is quite impressive as well, with
the new reichstag. Moscow, saint petersburg are
also rather distinct.

Heck, with the right camera angle, even a junkyard can
look architectureally impressive. :-)

At least not the skyscraper kind of skyline.

Mies van der Rohe and others wanted to build one in the 20s; Donald Trump asks about twice a year. The Senate's position is clear: people are living in the city and there's plenty of room; so please stay under 100 meters.

I'm from Detroit.

I understand how "some" of the architecture is interesting... but as a SKYLINE? No freaking way.

thanks for the chuckle :hi:

I'm not surprised, though. The Emerald City is gorgeous. A building never mentioned on the lists, but stunning nevertheless is the Washington Mutual Tower. With it's sandstone coloration and turqouise windows, it's absolutely breathtaking on a clear bright day.

Woohoo! :woohoo:

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Absolutely wonderful architecture.

Go Seattle!

A little disappointed that it comes in 15th, but hell, looking at the others it's no wonder!
I love Tokyo's.

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Whoever did this list must not have seen Pittsburgh on "Light Up Night".

but the rest of the world usually doesn't.:thumbsup:

Honorable Mentions

16. Pittsburgh, USA
Although Pittsburgh only has two buildings over 200m tall, its skyline is very impressive nonetheless. Pittsburgh has nicknames like the "city of bridges", "the Burgh" or the "golden triangle" which outlines its true characteristics. It is surround by three rivers and the CBD is shaped in a triangle and surrounded by golden color bridges. The city is also surrounded by hills and valley's giving access to great views of the city. The city has not had a major skyscraper raised since 1988, but good planning and a scenic surrounding region still makes it a great skyline.
Metro/Urban Population: 2.4 million

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gorgeous

I wasn't aware of the construction that has occurred there in the past ten years. Still, as an ex-New Yorker, I have a sentimental attachment to the New York skylines---New York has two skylines, one in midtown and a second downtown in the financial district.

I was there 18 months ago... they have the whole PuDong section across the river that has gone from almost nothing to Manhattan in 15 years. And, that is not even the main section of the city...

~what great pictures!

i've got to send that link to my brother. He'll love it. :)

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Singapore higher on the list and taken the shot from the Raffles City end of the island. It's breathtaking.

Edit:

Wikipedia helps us out...

It's hot, smoggy, humid, noisy, dirty, old and extremely, unbelievably crowded - just masses of people moving in all directions around the clock. Not exciting or glamorous or cosmopolitan at all, just a crowded, suffocating city. Many cars use diesel fuel and the air there smells awful. That's my experience of it, anyway.

...and I've got to say that wasn't my experience at all.

I'd like to see some more pictures of skylines from medium sized towns.

Fayetteville, AR has a beautiful skyline for its size (70,000). The way it's nestled into the Boston Mountains makes it very nice also. You can see it very well as you reach the Razorback Rd. exit on I-540.

And I think it's quite beautiful, but I might be biased.

That's a great pic.

...conditions were perfect. I agree, the mountains make it.

Someone should really do something about that.

No, seriously, that's beautiful. I want to visit ANC sometime.

Somebody should bring some bulldozers in here and knock those things down. They're obstructing the view.

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For being as small a city as it is, not to mention the misconception people have about it being a filthy city. I took it for granted when I lived there, but the view as one exits the Fort Pitt Tunnel is pretty amazing.

...the first time I can through the Fort Pitt Tunnel. It was at night, and so it just seemed like the skyline just leaped right out at you. Still one of my favorite parts about visiting Pittsburgh.

Unfortunately, we have nothing like that in Cleveland. The city is just- there.

The west is really falling behind. Nothing in the US compares to what' going on in the pacific rim.

it this way from across the river in Canada.

Thank you for the picture.

Home, sweet home

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a Nissan Skyline GT-R, of course

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Put it in the honorable mention, and bring Syndey up.

Chicago is beautiful, simply elegant

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and

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I guess we'll be back on top.

a GORGEOUS skyline. I could (and often do) list all the bad things about Chicago but driving up Lake Shore Drive on a starry night is truly spectacular and I never tire of it.

And I know I say a lot of bad things about Chicago, but the issue this time isn't my hatred of Chicago - I just don't think it has a very interesting skyline.

And as much as I am a totaly NYC-is-the-center-of-the-world kind of guy, I think that compared to a lot of Asian cities, and Seattle and Toronto and European ones, NYC's skyline isn't very interesting, either. It's IMPRESSIVE, yes - but not visually compelling.

Not lilke Hong Kong, or Sydney, or Singapore, or...

It's not that visually interesting as a skyline, just impressive.

And I love Seattle, Sydney, Hong Kong, as well.

But I don't know. When I'm at SummerDance or the movie night downtown, I always look up at the skyline from the park and am completely captivated by the skyline. I just love it.

In fact, for all the things I don't like about Chicago, I would be quite happy if I could magically relocate Chicago to a better location. Somewhere more temperate with interesting surroundings so I could take more exciting road trips. I've pretty much exhausted all the road trip potential around Chicago and I am freaking sick of driving past cornfields and surburban strip malls.

Corfields are what we're about, 'round these parts. Just 'member that the next time you eat corn on the cob!:evilgrin:
The Professor

I do like our skyline-- it's got some very interesting buildings:

it is a pretty cool skyline.

But I still think it's neat to have skyscrapers sticking up out of the forest. ;)





-Laelth


Edit:Laelth--added another pic.

And Atlanta has one of the best skylines of any city that's not built near a body of water, IMO...

They ought to rip that pig down and build a nice glass tower in its place.

The Boston Skyline at dusk or from the water. A great sight! I was at Harbor Lights one night seeing Pat Metheny Group. It was a warm June evening and Boston was lit up as the sun was down but there was still some color in the sky. Awesome!

Then where would the prostitutes go?

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/02/18/mayor_urges_1000_foot_skyscraper/

Well maybe not the tear down the Pru part but the skyscraper part.

BTW: I love the Boston skyline particularly from across the harbor.

Toronto, Seoul, New York, Frankfort, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Tokyo amd Dallas

Here is one of my favorites:

My hometown - Milwaukee.

The new art museum, the Calatrava makes the skyline so much better than it used to be.

I do still like Chicago skyline from out on the Lake - it is one of the best.

I've been there a dozen times and barely noticed the skyline. Methinks this is a "tad" overrated here.
The Professor

Just look at that picture. Nothing like a good prison wall to make a great skyline!
The Professor

I spent my HS time there, and Frankfurt has no skyline to speak of (No German city has). Of course, it neither has much urbanization to speak of. An airport, a few banks and the exposition area - that's it. Ten minutes from end to end.

Okay, if you've read my posts over the years, you may know that I am sick to death of living in Chicago. Mostly because I hate the weather but there are other reasons.

HOWEVER, I will ALWAYS appreciate the beauty of Chicago's skyline.

Every summer, the city sponsors free outdoor movies all over the city. One of the parks along the lake, on the south-ish end of downtown, has a really huge screen and always attracts a big crowd. People bring food and lawn chairs pack the lawn. It's hard to hear and really crowded (and usually hot) but even so it's quite fun.

Well one of the best parts of the evening is when the movie is halfway done (everyone has arrived and settled in but none of the early leavers are gettting pack up yet). If you look up, past the movie screen and throngs of people, the view is absolutely spectacular. The glittering skyline seems to protectively surround the park, but you don't feel hemmed in because Lake Michigan is on one side. If the stars are visible it's even more gorgeous. I get chills just thinking about it.

That one tower on the left is a little too phallic-shaped to be coincidental

That's impossible.

We just added another cool building the Cira Center which you can't see in this picture. But this is a cool skyline:




The building on the left is the art museum. And next to the PSFS building is city hall with William Penn on top.

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i can't agree if they don't even have paris

maybe paris is too sprawly for them, i dunno

It's skyline seems to go on forever.

IMO much nicer than Dullest, TX

As seen from Illinois:

With a backdrop that's hard to beat ...

there`s not another city in the usa that has a water front skyline as chicago..

Saint Mary Lake, Glacier National Park