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Atlanta has 3 skylines in their city and combine all 3 in 1 shot and youve got the manhattan of the south. Miami has a good compactness but not enough skyscrapers (its getting there). Houston and Dallas are alright but its only average/slightly below average for cities of their sizes.
Houston towers over Atlanta.
It has 4 skylines (Downtown, Uptown, Texas Medical Center, Greenway Plaza) just within the inner loop alone & 8 (Downtown, Uptown, Texas Medical Center, Greenway Plaza, Westchase, Memorial, Energy Corridor, Greenspoint) inside the city limits.
No other cities besides NYC & Chicago beat Houston in total number of tall buildings.
Miami beats Houston in total number of high rises, but not height.
It has 4 skylines (Downtown, Uptown, Texas Medical Center, Greenway Plaza) just within the inner loop alone & 8 (Downtown, Uptown, Texas Medical Center, Greenway Plaza, Westchase, Memorial, Energy Corridor, Greenspoint) inside the city limits.
No other cities besides NYC & Chicago beat Houston in total number of tall buildings.
Miami beats Houston in total number of high rises, but not height.
Come on...Houston does not "tower over" Atlanta. It may have a few more highrises but it's not a significant amount. And as for the number of skylines, if you're counting Greenspoint (below) as a skyline then Atlanta has many more than the 5 that are usually counted. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...um/1506799.jpg
Come on...Houston does not "tower over" Atlanta. It may have a few more highrises but it's not a significant amount. And as for the number of skylines, if you're counting Greenspoint (below) as a skyline then Atlanta has many more than the 5 that are usually counted.
Come on...Houston does not "tower over" Atlanta. It may have a few more highrises but it's not a significant amount. And as for the number of skylines, if you're counting Greenspoint (below) as a skyline then Atlanta has many more than the 5 that are usually counted. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...um/1506799.jpg
Theorectically, if Atlanta's tallest & Houston's tallest were side by side I could be in Chase Tower's overservation deck on the 60th floor looking 5 floors down waving to someone inside the 55th floor of Bank of America Plaza. Go all the way to Chase's 75th floor or rooftop & I would be looking 38 feet up at BOA's spire.
The only building outside of NYC or Chicago that can compete with Houston's Chase Tower is the US Bank Tower in LA.
Theorectically, if Atlanta's tallest & Houston's tallest were side by side I could be in Chase Tower's overservation deck on the 60th floor looking 5 floors down waving to someone inside the 55th floor of Bank of America Plaza. Go all the way to Chase's 75th floor or rooftop & I would be looking 38 feet up at BOA's spire.
The only building outside of NYC or Chicago that can compete with Houston's Chase Tower is the US Bank Tower in LA.
While your story becomes more and more compelling with each installment, it simply has nothing to do with the actual topic specified by the OP.
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The poll only lists "Atlanta" as an option, therefore, I'm only considering the Atlanta skyline, not Midtown or Buckhead.
Using that logic, only lower Manhattan could be considered. Midtown and the Upper East and West Sides would be excluded.
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