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Does a city's skyline really matter. I mean if a city has all the amenities, rich culture, and a great quality of life who cares how tall the buildings are right? What do all poster on this forum think? I personally don't really care i mean they are just buildings after all. To me there more like a bonus but they do not define a city.
Sure. They have skylines to one extent or another. Still, they are largely irrelevant. If Paris or London were in the US, they'd be on either side of Chicago in terms of metro population (with Paris at almost 10 million and London at 8.5). For cities that size in a region in which urban planning is more traditional and centralized and sprawl isn't nearly as common, you might expect larger or more impressive skylines to occur.
They don't need 'em, though. That's not what the cities are known for. Dubai might need a spate of skyscrapers to be globally notable. The aforementioned cities do not.
In short, skylines are something, but certainly not everything.
DC
and yes, this IS a skyline - there are buildings touching the sky (and you can go into the wash monument)
If you want to get technical. Still, do either of those three cities have a real skyline of their own? With a count larger than four buildings in their core? No.
^ those are the core though, and just because it isn't big doesn't mean it isnt a skyline
and yes, La Defense is not actually in the city, but next to it, the tallest building actually IN paris, excluding that effil tower, is 210 meters
But you understand what I was trying to say, though right? Of all those cities that I mentioned, they are still loved and respected without having large and tall downtowns.
You only need two points to make a line. Seems to me that if you have at least two buildings touching the sky, you have a skyline. All points of a skyline are beautiful to me--the lower buildings, the domed buildings, and the church spires are just as lovely as the tall columns.
^ Of corse,mpope, i understand! Paris, DC, Milan, and London would all lose their touch if they were overrun by skyscrapers, and i want to keep it that way, with the exception of certain areas
[quote=toughguy;2143982]This doesn't have anything to do with the fact that you are a San Antonio cheerleader, and San Antonio doesn't have a skyline to speak of, right?
Large and important US cities with out skyscrapers.
Washington D.C.
Phoenix
San Antonio
San Diego (?Has many building but no height)
New Orleans
Orlando
San Antonio cheerleader ahh maybe. But that because i love the city i live in so why not. As for our skyline it old, still has the second tallest needle in the US. Has 12 projects over 200 feet planned and in construction. So yea its short but i bet if you put it on a photo on a post card most people know what there looking at.
"i bet if you put it on a photo on a post card most people know what there looking at."
That's what I look for when rating a skyline. IMO, the best skylines are the ones people recognize.
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