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I've just realized that no skyline in the world really impresses me because I live in Chicago.
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Not even New York's does. Especially since the towers went down. Before that it seemed like a half decent skyline. Now New York's tallest building is in the middle of nowhere, while the towers' optical heightening effect on surrounding buildings is gone. True, there's the other major center around Times Sqaure, toward Central Park, but it too isn't particularly impressive. New York: it's like two small boobs instead of one good one.
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Japanese and some other Asian cities tend to have beautiful and original building designs, much like Chicago and unlike New York, but they remain scattered, unorganized and generally unimpressive. Dubai looks very promising but it has some way to go. And I'm not so sure that them having the tallest building in the world is gonna seal the deal. It remains to be seen how they integreate the thing into the overall skyline.
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Other Western cities outside the US don't seem to be as infatuated with monumentalism as we are/were. All European, Canadian and Australian cities don't appear to be particularly fond of it. I'm not necessarily arguing that this is something that is automatically desirable in a city, only that Chicago is the most breathtaking urban cityscape I have seen and probably ever will.
>> Anonymous
I...I'm having a case of déjà vu...was this copypasta at one point or another?
>> Anonymous
>>23443
Um no. I just typed this up. I think it's genuine déjà vu.
>> Anonymous
>>23445
Weirdest moment ever, I'm going to bed.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>23439

Hong Kong.
>> Anonymous
>>23462
OH SHI-
Got me there.
>> Anonymous
>>23462
Anything else I'm forgetting plox?
>> Anonymous
>>23462
Anybody?
>> Anonymous
Them americans sure like it BIIIIIIIIG.

IMO churches, factories and proper monuments make for a much better skyline than some random skycrapers. Chicago is a great city. It just isn't as great as some others.
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>>23541
>Anybody?
You want a picture or something?
>> Anonymous
I'm from New York and I get impressed whenever I go back, l love how it looks like boobs. I jizz my pants when I'm looking at the city from the Lincoln Tunnel ramp.

The freedom tower will be huge as soon as the jews decide to start building, and it has a beautiful and creative design, it should make it look better.

I've never seen Chicago in person though, but Chicago isn't nearly as big as New York and I don't know what you're talking about with the beautiful and original designs, Sears tower is pretty ugly and the rest of the buildings just look normal.

Toronto has a cool skyline with the CN Tower, and I was impressed by Atlanta, mostly because I had really low expectations.
>> Anonymous
>>23556
Wow, this shit looks awesome at night.
>> Anonymous
>>23553
Well which ones? This is what I want. Examples, explanations etc.
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>>23557
I've been to New York and the buildings there seem much more plain. Though I'll give you that the Sears tower is pretty much an eye sore.
Chicago has a long architectural legacy. A great many buildings here are historical landmarks due to architectural gods like Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright, among others, having worked here extensively.
Chicago has to be seen to be believed.
>> Anonymous
A visitor to Chicago once described his impression of it thusly: "If New York is Gotham City then Chicago is Metropolis."
>> Anonymous
I dunno, I visited Chicago and I thought it was the most run-down shitty looking place Ive ever seen. 1/3rd of the buildings looked abandoned, and the "skyline bridge" or whatever the fuck gives you an awesome view of endless industrial buildings in varied states of ruin. Even the City hospital had fuckin graffiti on it. The whole place looked like post-apopcalyptic Detroit or something.
>> Anonymous
>>23583
Agreed. The number of people in the city just make it seem so empty and desolate compared to the magnitude of the buildings. I'd much rather live in New York City with a vibrant social life than nice buildings to look at.
>> Anonymous
>>23579

Actually Gotham City is New York, its a nickname for the city, and Metropolis is based heavily on New York, they just show different aspects of it.
>> Anonymous
>>23583
Uh.. when were you here? The 80s? Or maybe you've only been to the south side? Anyway I'm talking about downtown, where the actual skyline is located.
>> Anonymous
>>23598
What? Chicago has 10 million people living in it making it the size of Paris. It's the third largest city in the country and hardly any other city comes close.
The night life is vibrant.
I see there are a great many common misconceptions about this place.
>>23614
I know that but that's not what he meant by it. The way it is portrayed in each comic is literally like night and day.
To him New York is like Gotham because it has more of a grungy feel to it while Chicago is more monumental like Metropolis.
I also personally feel that New York looks better at night, while Chicago looks better in the daytime, which kind of agrees with this analogy.
>> Anonymous
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But does Chicago have FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE THEM OH GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING
>> Anonymous
>>23654
>>23651
Not the previous poster you're responding to, but when I went to Chicago it seemed a lot more spread out and open than other cities I'd been to, like San Fran, Portland, Seattle, or Memphis. The waterfront area especially. I think it's the combination of wide roads and pedestrian-friendly areas.
>> Anonymous
>>23664
We had the space (great plains) and the foresight to plan all that out. Oh and the fire helped out a bit too.
>> Anonymous
>>23437
More like, Shitago.
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Melbourne's skyline is smaller than Chicago's, but it's still quite impressive. I'd say it's the most impressive skyline in the Southern Hemisphere.

This photo is only a small part of the whole skyline though. It's pretty hard to find (up-to-date) photos of the full Melbourne skyline with a good view.
>> Anonymous
>>23690
Yeah, I've noticed that Australian cities have some pretty nice architecture.
I remember the shock I experienced after learning the city in The Matrix Reloaded was Sydney. If I didn't know that I would've sworn it was some Japanese city.
>> Anonymous
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Adelaide, Australia
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>23757
Best skyline I'll ever see.
>> Anonymous
>>23757
>>23759

Agreed. Chicago is the runner up.
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oh

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>> Anonymous
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Who says skylines have to be made of metal towers? I'd rather see this skyline anyday - epic blue skies, beautiful mountains, buildings optional.
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Anchorage, Alaska
>> Anonymous
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Portland, Maine.

Its not really the size of the buildings as it is the old architecture.
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I wish some eastern bloc city would go all Dubai so I wouldn't have to travel outside of Europe to see proper skylines.
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Despite the Museum Plaza being an awesome building, it's going to make Louisville skyline as a whole look retarded until they fill up that space.
>> Anonymous
I need to go out and take a good picture of Melbourne's modern skyline (vastly improved with the new Eureka Tower) from one of the good views I always get when driving past certain parts of Melbourne.
From a good view, I think Melbourne's skyline actually looks better than Hong Kong. Of course, HK will always be impressive and have the advantage of its huge size, but despite being smaller, Melbourne's skyline looks... really good. That's my opinion anyway.
You'll see what I mean if I can be bothered going out to take a photo.
>> Anonymous
there's only really a few worthwile/distinctive skylines around the world, but nevertheless people wish to believe that as a sign of the city's greatness or prestige or as bogus indicator for some other trait. this symptom of hyper-centralisation and endless growth capitalism has always been dissapointing; i'd much prefer services such as hospitals and courts to be moved around a bit into metro areas, as it makes no sense to cram everything into several square ks of space. it would solve gridlock and packed public transport problems as well.
>> Anonymous
>>I remember the shock I experienced after learning the city in The Matrix Reloaded was Sydney. If I didn't know that I would've sworn it was some Japanese city.

i suspect part of the rationale for the foreign set was the chance of unhelpful connotations provided by a US city. a foreign city is sort of emotively 'neutral'
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>> Anonymous
>>23885
>I wish some eastern bloc city would go all Dubai
This might just turn out to be Warsaw. Why Warsaw? Only because it was the one European capital that saw complete and total annihilation during the war. After the war all the buildings that were put up by the commies were shit so they have no qualms about tearing them down and putting new ultramodern buildings in their place. In other European capitals there simply isn't as much space in this regard because of all the historical and otherwise well-made buildings around. One thing holding them back is the Stalinist Palace of Culture and Science which stands as the national monument. It's right in the heart of the city and it's tall but not overwhelmingly so. They don't want surrounding skyscrapers to upstage it so they've set a cap on height. But a separate center is already growing a few miles away around the Warsaw Trade Tower. Right now construction is still accelerating because obviously money is still an issue. But should that ever change I predict they'll pull out all the stops.
>> Anonymous
>>23908
That and it's cheaper. They used to do a lot of movies in Chicago BECAUSE of the skyline. Now nearly ALL movies are shot in Vancouver and Toronto (and some locally in LA) cause it's so cheap.
>> Anonymous
I live in the bay area, California, so I don't know nothing about skylines.. San Francisco doesn't have one at all. I don't even know what the tallest building there is. I'm making an educated guess and assuming we don't have lol HUEG towers is cause of all of the seismic activity and the fault lines etc..

How do the Asians deal with it? I remember them saying that they were still using bamboo as a building material even in their skyscrapers, allowing more "give" in windy conditions or whatever.
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>>23690
>>I'd say it's the most impressive skyline in the Southern Hemisphere.

Umm...Sao Paulo?
>> Anonymous
>>24016
What the balls? Thats alot of buildings and shit.
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So you want some crazy skyline? Here you go bitches!!!!

Paris.
>> Anonymous
>>24016

That just looks like a shit ton of buildings that look the same, how is that a great skyline?
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Sup San Diego here, is ours any good? I know it doesn't compare too a lot of places, but I like it. :)
>> Anonymous
>>24035
Its impressive, is all, because it stretches over the horizon and the buildings are huge.

Yeah it does kinda remind me of Sim City too, but its still pretty impressive.
>> Anonymous
Rio has a better skyline than Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires too.
>> Anonymous
>>23972
>I'm making an educated guess and assuming we don't have lol HUEG towers is cause of all of the seismic activity and the fault lines etc..
Yep. Same reason Japanese cities don't grow very tall.
>> Anonymous
>>23973
So far I'm pretty damn impressed with Chinese cities.
More evidence that China will be this century's America.
>> Anonymous
>>24016
Sao Paulo may be bigger, and be impressive due to its size, but that doesn't mean it looks better. Melbourne's buildings are much more modern and well-designed, and the overall look of the skyline is really nice. Sao Paulo is just 50 million tall buildings, but it doesn't really look that nice as there's not too much variation and a lot of the buildings don't look quite modern.
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>>24073
Indeed. There's tons of cities in China that most foreigners haven't even heard of yet they're huge and have very impressive skylines.

Pictured is Dalian.
>> Anonymous
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>>24078
Here's Guiyang.
>> Anonymous
>>24090

OK, now show some pictures of how it REALLY looks. You know. With a thick cloud of brown pollution hanging over it.
>> Anonymous
>>24092
The pollution in most Chinese cities other than Beijing are exaggerated. It's not really a thick cloud of pollution.
Anyway it's fairly hazy in those photos, that's about what Guiyang looks like on a clear day.
>> Anonymous
>>24093
Well those photos are obviously spiced up. Which would be fine--as this is done commonly with such photos--if it weren't for the doves, which just oversell it.
But even without the special effects it looks pretty decent for a city I'd never heard of.
Oh and btw give me a break. No pollution in other cities? Even the heavily industrial ones? I mean they've SHOWN the haze that enveloped some central city ON THE NEWS. You could see pretty far so it wasn't a cloud, but the air certainly didn't look breathable.
>> Anonymous
I get a second hard-on every morning when I look out the window of my guangzhou apartment. I'd get a picture now if my camera worked at night.

And yeah, the air here is shit. I got used to it after two days or so, but I'm going to Zhuhai tomorrow and I know the sea air will be like... well, a breath of fresh air. But even the air *there* (a relatively clean and quiet seaside city, more or less) is dense enough that you can see the beam from a laser pointer during the day.
>> Anonymous
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>>24120
Google Image search revealed they have a lot of giant and interesting looking buildings in the works but not a single skyline pic.
This is from Wikipedia. As it stands it looks pretty bland :/
>> Anonymous
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>>23958
Naw. Right now Warsaw isn't even in the running.
>> Anonymous
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>>23958
Although I can see what you mean about that second city center. It's showing some potential. SOME.
>> Anonymous
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PARIS
eat that
>> Anonymous
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and another one!
>> Anonymous
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>>24156
La Defence is ok but I mostly just like the Grande Arche.
>> Anonymous
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a mile high building called the illinois was supposed to have been built in chicago by frank lloyd wright. i heard it was scrapped because no one thought they could pull it off at the time even though wright kept insisting that they could. i think if anyone could have done it it was wright.
>> Anonymous
>>24206I read a lot of Ayn Rand

Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings are notorious for looking great on the surface, and being flaky and structurally unsound in real life.
>> Anonymous
>>24211
drat. i guess i do read too much ayn rand.
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whatever clown reckons melbourne is good.. is a genuine retard.

sydney. wut.
>> Anonymous
>>24126
Guangzhou is a really fucking huge hive city. There's undoubtably an angle somewhere worth shooting.
>> Anonymous
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>>24235
You were right.
And look what else I found while looking for it:
http://www.diserio.com/hongkongskyline.html
http://www.diserio.com/chicagoskyline.html
WE CALLED IT WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
>>23759
>>23859
Here's #30 if you wanna go through the whole thing:
http://www.diserio.com/parisskyline.html
>> Anonymous
MODS
>> Anonymous
>>24382
Hay. At least we found a use for this lame board.
>> Anonymous
>>24227
Fuck off Sydneyfag. Sydney looks good yes, but we're talking about SKYLINES here (you know, where all the tall buildings are clumped together? Just in case you might not have understood the topic, being an arrogant Sydneyfag). Sydney's skyline is good, but it isn't as big or impressive-looking as Melbourne's. It's certainly quite small in terms of height when compared with Melbourne.
>> Anonymous
australian cities fight to the death for the best skyline in australia title
cute
>> Anonymous
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Paris is pretty, but is it EPIC?
>> Anonymous
>>24479
Enjoy your skyline, Melbourne. Keep reaching for that rainbow.
>> Anonymous
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Can I play too?
Buenos Aires, Argentina
>> Anonymous
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>>24495
>> Anonymous
>>24495
>>24496
It's a skyline alright (no gaps). I like the shapes.
>> Anonymous
>>24492
Ahh, you Sydneysiders. Always reverting to hollow wit when faced once again with the fact you'll never rock as hard as Melbourne.
>> Anonymous
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>>24496
>> Anonymous
>>24498
No one gives a shit about Melbourne. I would forget you even existed if you didn't constantly try and convince the world of how special you are. Seriously, look at this thread:

We have New York, Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong... Melbourne. WHICH ONE OF THESE DOESN'T FUCKING BELONG? Get some perspective, Melbourne.
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>>24499
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>>24501
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>>24503
Ground level
>> Anonymous
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>>24506
>> Anonymous
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>>24507
(Last one, I promise)
>> Anonymous
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>>24508
Now I'm done.
>> paprika
woot woot i live in chi town too! I completely agree with you. That plus the architecture is AMAZING
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>>24490
Yep, the nicest skyline ever.
>> surfercat is amused Anonymous
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>>24500
i am enjoying this feud immensely. please continue...
>> Anonymous
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>>24503
whoa... that's cool
>> Anonymous
>>24500
Clearly Melbourne belongs, considering this thread is about SKYLINES and Melbourne indeed has a better SKYLINE than Sydney.
And pretty ironic how it's the Sydneyfag accusing Melburnians of "trying to convince the world how special they are". Nobody gives a shit about Sydney, because we all know under that high and mighty exterior is a crime-ridden shithole.
You get some perspective, Sydney, you're not the king of the world.
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deadliest thing known to man... ONLY in sydney
forgive me. just trying to add some fuel to the flaming.
>> Anonymous
>>24500
why is it that almost every single person from sydney seems to display a major case of superiority complex (i.e. being an arrogant prick and trying to bring down any other Australian city that starts to get more attention than them)
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Perth-fag here. Our skyline isn't too bad i reckon.

>>24500
Heh, I see how this is. Skylines is something Sydney cant win at in Australia, so in a desperate attempt for attention, the Sydneysider tries to take away any merit the other Australian cities have gained.
Calm down mate, just cos you're not in the spotlight for once doesn't mean you have start whinging and go into a fit of jealousy. Give the other cities a chance.
>> Anonymous
>>24529
Seems normal to me. New Yorkers are pretty fucking arrogant about being New Yorkers.
>> Anonymous
>>24241
Well according to this site Sydney has the 13th best skyline while Melbourne has the 23rd best skyline. Just saying.
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You know what your skylines are missing? Nature.

Fuck yeah, Kagoshima
>> Anonymous
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>>24538
It may not be burgeoning or anything like that but it is quite nice anyway.
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>>24538
>> Anonymous
>>24540
Seconded. Moar nature would be nice.
>> Anonymous
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San Fran
>> Anonymous
>>24500
>>BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW MELBOURNE ISN'T A FINANCIAL CENTRE!!!
>> Anonymous
i'm so sick of the melb-syd rivalry; the only thing it does is give newspapers the perfect pretext for filling themselves with slack, no-effort shit, quasi-adverts and poor reportage.

all post-industrial urban centres are involved in the only game that exists in the age of globalisation: attraction of foreign investment capital. cities are able to 'carve their own path' about as much as people on a rollercoaster can diverge from the track with the big drop.

the only thing worse than melb's boosterism is syd's pathetic attitude that they aren't in direct and vicious competition for wealth. the two cities are each other's only real compeitors in Australasia and regional SE asia
>> Anonymous
>>24943
Yeah, I agree. I admit that one a few occassions I have been inflamed by the taunting of Sydneysiders and taken part in the bickering between the two cities. I do ass how it's pointless though.
Can't we all just be friends?
>> Anonymous
>>24945
*on
*see (I have no clue why the hell I wrote ass)
>> Anonymous
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miamifag posting our skyline. it's a start
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specially since this is sighted at every fucking corner in Miami
>> Anonymous
>>25121
miami is too infested with tourists, cubans and jamacians who think their new home should conform to them and treat the locals like shit. Sorry, Miami was nice once but sucks
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Have you guys heard about the new 2000 ft condo tower going up in Chicago. From afar it looks like shit, but up close it is really pretty.
>> Anonymous
>>25152

Enjoy ur unicorn dildo tower
>> Anonymous
>>25152
yes, i have heard of the drilldo.
>>24943
>>24945
get over yourselves both of yous. neither sydney nor melbourne are alpha world cities. these are:
new york, london, paris, tokyo, chicago, frankfurt, hong kong, los angeles, milan, singapore.
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OP IS A FAG!
TOKYO IS TEH WINNAR!!!
>> Anonymous
>>25167
Frankfurt over Shanghai? I loled.
>> Anonymous
>>25167

Frankfurt and Milan aren't global cities.
>> Anonymous
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Baby, if you ever wondered... wondered, whatever became of me...
>> Anonymous
>>25167
Huh? We were saying that it's pointless to argue, not continuing the argument.
I also realize neither Melb or Syd are alpha world cities, but a lot of the cities in this thread aren't either.
>> Anonymous
>>25177
>>25178
sry fgts i didn't make it up:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/citylist.html
>> Anonymous
>>25177
>>25178
You two are fucking morons.
>> Anonymous
>>25194
Toronto that high? Have they even been here in the last 10 years?
>> Anonymous
>>25194
I love fucking sheep that get all their ideas and opinions from bullshit indexes that are completely made up.

Do you have any idea on how that "index" is calculated?
>> Anonymous
Meh Tokyo's skyline isn't much, it's the massive urban sprawl that's impressive. There's city as far as the eye can see.
>> Anonymous
>>25215
I think this is it. Looks like there is some flex space...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_City#Other_criteria
>> Anonymous
>>25215
can you read?
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb5.html
and you're absolutely right, it's COMPLETELY made up. some guy just sat down on his lunch break, wrote down some random cities on a napkin in about 30 seconds with his greasy half-eaten burrito in his left hand, and then put them up on the web while his boss wasn't looking.
he then scratched his ass and sniffed his fingers while thinking about what he's gonna do to his realdoll when he gets home.
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>>25380
Oh lawd... you are an idiot.

I see you can copy-paste a link, but can you actually understand the criteria used and see why the whole thing is flawed and bullshit?

Follow the link in>>25231to see all the criteria that are NOT considered in the study.

Urbanization? Not taken into account.
Skyscrapers / Skyline? Not taken into account.
Poverty? Not taken into account.
Quality of life? Not taken into account.
Educational institutions? Not taken into account.
Universities? Not taken into account.
Research facilities? Not taken into account.
Headquarters for international organizations? Not taken into account.
World Heritage Sites? Not taken into account.
Cultural facilities, theatres, operas, film festivals? Not taken into account.
Political influence? Not taken into account.
Economic development? Not taken into account.

Instead, the index focuses on bullshit irrelevant data like:
1. Expatriate cost of living - Some of the best cities in the world are actually very cheap, and many shitholes like Shanghai or Douala are very expensive
2. Annual passenger air traffic in a single airport - What about cities that are far away from all airport connections, like Sydney? Panama is not a main city but it connects most airline flights in the Americas.
3. Number of billionaires - What does this have to do with the city? This is automatically biased against countries with a large population and more social inequality.
4. Economic output - Biased against larger populations.

The end result is that a British think-tank happens to put London in the first spot. Meanwhile, third world shitholes like Caracas or Sao Paulo, with no culture or history at all, rank higher than Berlin or The Hague.

Pic related shows you why your index is bullshit.
Caracas, Venezuela ranks higher than Berlin, Germany
>> Anonymous
>>25430
PWNED.
Sorry for the immaturity, but I had to applaud you for shutting down that 25380 idiot. Good work.

I haven't actually bothered to read that link, but judging from all those you listed that it failed to take into account, it looks like a pretty shitty index.
>> Anonymous
>>25433
Actually, I just realized how faggot-like I sounded. Fuck.
>> Anonymous
>>25433
Thanks...

Yeah, it pisses me off to see how easy is to manipulate public opinion. All it takes is some corporate group with money to fund a "think tank" that makes up a random pseudo-scientific index, and that alone gives then enough credibility to spread any idea into public opinion.

In fact, the "Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network" which came up with this index is a completely unknown think tank... nobody knows who they are, and they never did anything important except for this index.
>> Anonymous
>>25430
The index is accurate. Your opinion on 4chan is irrelevant. You just don't want to agree because wherever you live isn't on the list which makes you feel unimportant, as you are.
>> Anonymous
>>25476
lol
>> Anonymous
Anyway, I think the point the faggot above me was making is that this index has nothing to do with SKYLINES. And that's what this thread is about.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>25859
wut?
>> Anonymous
banpu
>> ?????????? !JiHADLZ54Q
I was really impressed when I was in Abu Dhabi. All the skyscrapers look so clean and modern. It doesn't look very good on pics though.

And I can't wait to see Dubai again when there are more buildings than cranes.
>> Anonymous
>>25172
ew from a distance that pic looks like vomit. your city is made of vomit sir.
>> Anonymous
>>27941
>> Anonymous
>>27940
I lol'd because it's true
>> Anonymous
coming into this thread late but as a fellow Chicagoan I agree with OP...

We have fucking Frank Lloyd Wright stuff everywhere...

/win
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>>23885
>I wish some eastern bloc city would go all Dubai so I wouldn't have to travel outside of Europe to see proper skylines.

Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazprom_City
>> Anonymous
>>28490
das sum scary shit
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why are there so many tards trying to show off kentucky and melbourne before toronto? TO is the 4th biggest city in north america (after NYC/MXCity/Chicago) with the skyline to match.
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>>28867
>>TO is the 4th biggest city in north america (after NYC/MXCity/Chicago)

Los Angeles too.

But anyway, here's a nice picture. Rather Shanghai-ish.
>> Anonymous
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I know at first it seems like Los Angeles has a horrible skyline, but I actually kind of like it due the the very compact yet tall nature of it. The US Bank Tower is actually the tallest North American Skyscraper west of the Mississippi River, yet it's surrounded by an unusually small skyline. Most cities stretch out a bit more, but LA is just one very dramatic island of tall buildings, then back to small buildings all around.
>> Anonymous
>>23437
>Im American so I think that my city is the best
>> Anonymous
>>28888
Yes I think my city has the best skyline which it does.
>> Anonymous
>>28898
Again, save for Hong Kong.
>> Anonymous
>>28887
Western cities can't really have very tall/large skylines because of their proximity to a major fault.
>> Anonymous
>>28900
But LA does have a tall skyline. It's just not very large.
>> Anonymous
>>28901
Well yes, but there are very few of said tall buildings. Probably because they have to be earthquake-proof which I'm sure doesn't come cheap.
>> Anonymous
>>28901
Let me clarify, when I say "tall skyline" I mean the overall skyline not individual buildings.
>> Anonymous
>>24495
>>24496
>>24499
>>24501
>>24503
>>24507
Argentina ftw!

Posteas en el foro skyscraper city?
Me parece que vi algunas de esas fotos ahi.
>> Anonymous
>>28905

It's not fear of earthquakes per se, it's fear of everything - poor people, rich people, foreign capital, the government, immigrants, etc. LA urban planning has been ruled by phobias since skyscrapers were invented. This is why there is no discernible center, except for a few measly skyscrapers erected during a few brief spurts of investment frenzy, mostly financed by the Japanese.
>> Anonymous
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>>28900
Vancouver?
>> Anonymous
>>28917
Not tall, just wide, and Vancouver is much less earthquake prone than California.
>> xChan xChan
xChan
>> Anonymous
>>28912
Oh ok.
>> Anonymous
When I went to Tokyo, I remember hearing/reading that the Tokyo Tower is actually taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The thing is... the Tokyo Tower LOOKS smaller. Why? Context.

The Tokyo Tower is surrounded by similarly tall skyscrapers. The Eiffel Tower, on the other hand, is the tallest structure in Paris by a mile... making it appear to tower over the entire city.
>> Anonymous
chicago rawks
>> Anonymous
>>28925
you forgot la defense
there are tall skyscrapers in la defense
they're nowhere near the eiffel tower (which means your context argument holds up) but it doesnt make the eiffel tower the tallest structure in paris by a mile by a long shot
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
Honestly, I'm more impressed by Pittsburgh's skyline than most of these European and Australian cities.

http://pittsburghskyline.com/content/2007/09/04/new-wtae-set-cityscape-backdrops/
>> Anonymous
>>28933

La Défense is right next to Paris, but located in other cities (Nanterre, Courbevoie ...) and in another département entirely. So they don't count as "Paris". Parisians are strongly opposed to skyscrapers in Paris itself (though these would be economically beneficial). Which is why there are few of them and proposals for more are rejected.

So the Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris proper. As for Tokyo Tower, since it was built much later and was inspired by the Eiffel Tower, they made a point of making it taller, but it's only by a few meters. And it also looks less impressive partly because it's much sleeker, about half the weight of her Parisian sister.
>> CapitalistBastard !!f/pELCnjRD0
>>28968

The Tokyo tower is fucking hideous and is a perfect example of everything wrong with Japanese Culture.
>> Anonymous
>>28969
Yes, it's hideous. However new developments like
Tokyo Midtown are first class.
>> Anonymous
>>28968
Of course they count as Paris. Those buildings wouldn't BE there if it weren't for the fact that Paris is right next door. The only reason they're on the outskirts and not in the center is that Paris is a historical city, so the financial center had to be located elsewhere. And besides, in case you didn't know, a city is most often considered in terms of its overall "metropolitan area" or urbanized agglomeration if you will, not just the city proper as per its official boundaries. In this instance Paris proper is just 2 million people, while considered as an agglomeration it's 10 million. La Defense is part of Paris in this sense.
>> Anonymous
>>28968
http://www.diserio.com/parisskyline.html
Also, it's considered Paris by this website, which judges it as the 30th best skyline in the world.