City with Two Downtowns? (NYC, Phoenix, better, bigger)

[The A-Team]

Originally Posted by jessemh431

Yeah. Cool. I don't believe San Diego has two downtowns though. I do love DT SD though. Nice, new, lively, and dense.

Great to hear. They say there is another going up, but you'd have to talk to the current San Diegans to find out more.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by The A-Team

And which leaves Century City which IS in Los Angeles, so bye-bye to the futility of trying to dismiss LA as a city with more than one skyline.

Re-read my post. I didn't say L.A. should be dismissed as a city, only those downtowns that are not in the city of L.A.

[Iconographer]

I think that of any of the cities cited here, Atlanta fits the criteria better than any.
You have three very distinct skylines within the city limits: Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead.
I believe that the latter two have now surpassed Downtown in the terms of aggregate commercial space.

[The A-Team]

Originally Posted by JMT

Re-read my post. I didn't say L.A. should be dismissed as a city, only those downtowns that are not in the city of L.A.

I think it was just the way your post sounded that made it seem like you were saying this. I wasn't the only one who thought so lol so I don't think I'm totally crazy Either way, I think all can agree L.A. has more than one because....well it does lol.

[grindin]

I Love this photo! It makes Century City looks so ominous:





And yes, San Diego has multiple Business Districts within its city limits:

Downtown

Mission Valley

Golden Triangle/UTC

Sorento Valley

Can't really find any decent pictures of any of the areas besides Downtown, and I live thousands of miles away, so I can't take pics of them myself .


I know Tyson's Corner, VA outside DC has more office square footage than Downtown Denver or Seattle, but since it's not in the DC city limits, it doesn't count on this list.

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by grindin

I know Tyson's Corner, VA outside DC has more office square footage than Downtown Denver or Seattle, but since it's not in the DC city limits, it doesn't count on this list.

you think that's the only area outside DC that qualifies as a 'downtown'? There are many, many downtown skylines outside of DC(and if you count office parks there's way more!). But of course, they can't qualify for this thread because they're not in city limits

[grindin]

Originally Posted by Billiam

you think that's the only area outside DC that qualifies as a 'downtown'? There are many, many downtown skylines outside of DC(and if you count office parks there's way more!). But of course, they can't qualify for this thread because they're not in city limits

Umm no. I have family in the DMV area, and quite familiar with the area.

Off the top of my head, I can also think of:

Just in Arlington County alone, I can think of:

Rosslyn

Crystal City

Pentagon City

If Arlington was a city, they would count.

Oh yeah, and lets not forget:

Reston Town Center (VA)

Columbia, MD

Bethesda, MD

Silver Spring, MD

I-270 Corridor (Rockville/Gaithersburg, MD)

[Katarina Witt]

Denver has downtown, with the 16th St. Mall, and Cherry Creek, with the Cherry Creek mall. The 16th St. area is much larger, however.

[coog78]

Houston has three prominent skylines. The Texas Medical Center skyline, Galleria skyline, and Downtown skyline. All three are large and many downtowns have smaller skylines than the smallest (Texas Medical Center). They form a triangle in the city and the middle is gradually seeing more highrises (Greenway Plaza and Upper Kirby).

LA also has mutliple skylines. New York is the grand daddy of all skylines as the skyline their is massive and nearly completely continuous. You could say Brooklyn is their second skyline. Dallas has two skylines, though only the downtown could be called large.

[jsn2007]

Pittsburgh has the Golden Triangle as well as a second downtown in Oakland.