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On a side note, I wonder if St. Paul steals some of Minneapolis's thunder? If Minneapolis were the only city in that area, then it'd probably be the state capital of Minnesota, and it'd have all of St. Paul's buildings too, making its skyline bigger and more impressive than it already is. If Minneapolis loses this competition, it's St. Paul's fault.
Downtown Minneapolis currently has about 27.7 million square feet of office space ( http://www.cushwake.com/cwmbs4q09/pd...polis_4q09.pdf )and downtown St. Paul has about 17 million square feet, (including government, owner-occupied office, and competitive space). There is also an additional 3.5 million square feet of medical space in downtown St. Paul. So yes, downtown St. Paul has had an effect on downtown Minneapolis.
Pittsburgh by far. Pittsburgh has 15 buildings 500 feet or taller and its extremely dense towards the south of downtown. u truly have to go there and walk around and just look up!
Well, from this poll it looks like a repeat of SB IX, Steelers over Vikings, but personally, I like Minneapolis' skyline, it reminds me of a more dense version of Atlanta's skyline.
I can see that comparison also.
Pittsburg's reminds me more of downtown while Minneapolis makes me think more of Midtown/Buckhead- more futuristic in nature. I'm leaning toward MSP because of those reasons, but I seem to be outnumbered
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Regardless, I'd like to visit Pittsburgh and see it for myself before I can make a true comparison. I hear good things about Pitt and it really seems like my kind of town!
Aesthetically I'd give it to Pittsburgh. Its quite pretty. For "Wow" factor I'd give it to Minneapolis. Its more impressive.
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