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river otters21 girl: I had read somewhere that the decline of the neighborhoods is a part of the "Billy Penn curse". No Philly sports team won a championship since 1983 and since that time period Kensington...... a: [[img:28602]] Las vegas has so many cool hings about its very diverse skyline.
[[img:28606]] I think montreal has the best canadian skyline
[[img:28603]] Philadelphia is also really cool
[[img:28604]] Charlotte has an awsome skyline
[[img:28605]] San Fransisco has...... burj: I think that Wichita Kansas should be one of the top 100 skylines in the world.[[img:28581]] Just kidding!:-D Here's some real pictures of Wichita. [[img:28582]][[img:28583]][[img:28584]] Here's Wichita at night. [[img:28585]][[img:28587]]
... a: Las Vegas should really be in there, it is unlike any other skyline in the world.... SKYBOX: did anyone jeer/boo motley crue?... krimzer kkk: [[img:28566]]
montreal skylines is the best than toronto!... krimzer kkk: montreal has the best skylines in canada!... Helladog: Yeah, Saint John has a better skyline than Moncton. And The guy above is right- Saint John and Moncton have the tallest buildings in NB, not the Maritimes.
... NF: Someone put a picture of what the Niagara Falls skyline might be turning into....there missing a building that is under construction right now. Were building a 52 storey hotel addition onto the Hilton. I also...... Peter: that sky is simply delicious...... Peter: i really love that first shot, particularly... nice. i love how the foreground, skyline and sky split so nicely into contrasting thirds...... CatLegger: Nice skylines. But what's it look like inside Sydney's {Chinatown}?... Jamie: Nice. I like the supersaturated sky.... Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used...... serlingrod: the city skyline embodies an idea of the collective imagination of the city's inhabitants and institutions. The silhouette of man's built environment provides and essential image for a city's dreams and aspirations.
thanks so much...... Mitch: We're now a month past the demolition ruling, still absolutely *nothing* happening at the site. The only new thing to report are large billboards that went up in the parking lot besides Ben's, with an...... Matt T: For all the Sao Paolo doubters - I've had the incredible luck to have been to most of the top ten cities and none of them is as staggeringly impressive from the air as Sao...... river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and...... Mitch Vernace: Grew up on the "other side" of Myrtle Avenue, on Knickerbocker between Putnam and Madison Street between 1961 and 1978. Went to St. Martin of Tours and we always felt our competitors were from...... jack: yep, it reminds me of when i played behind apartment buildings in brooklyn, and in particular one yard with louella and her brother and we were in her sprinkler and we lay there looking up...... anon (12.130.9.139): CAN I PLEASE GET SOME BOSTON LOVE HERE? While population wise it's smaller than a bunch of U.S. Cities, we deffinately have top 5 skyline potential (for U.S.A.)... Super Dave: Pittsburgh should definately be in the top 10.
Its skyline is truly breathtaking.... Calgary : To be honest I think montreal has the best skyline in Canada.... Signs-of-time: NWO, bar codes with 666, micro-chips, veri chips, nano bots, real ID, RFID chips, bio-microchip implant... who needs a BIG BROTHER like this? Ever heard of... the Mark of the Beast? And his #...... Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot!
A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo.
[[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]]
by Adam Enright
I was thrilled to read about...... anon (5ad082aa.bb.sky.com): over 60...............fred is 71. And not that bad if you just banter with him. + ... Cityplanner: 4. Calgary: The fastest growing city in Canada will probably move up a couple of spots in the future. It's skyline is nice and has some pretty memorable buildings in it.
5.Niagara Falls: This skyline reminds...... Cityplanner: Top 5 Canadian cities:
Toronto: Toronto has so many skysrapers and so many of them that you will break you're neck trying to look up at them.
Montreal: Montreal is probably the nicest in all of Canada...... Richard: Here's a few more recent images of Brisbane City. By 2012 we'll have around 6 new supertalls reshaping our skyline. By 2020, an extra 10 fully constructed towers is expected, along with necessary infrastrucure upgrades....... marlene: Winnipeg definitely deserves to be on the list. Its skyline is distinctive--especially in the dead of winter when its really cold and ice fog clouds are in the air and the sky is clear...... foosh: I am from Calgary Canada, You said it yourself that New York is the most recognized skyline in the world if it weren't then it wouldn't be so recognized as the most would it! so...... James cashan: Found this site through my friend gary sparkes, thrilled to see people had foresight to capture Irlam and Cadisheads social history in passing lest be forgotten forever especially photos by rob tynan, yes i...... marie: you mentioned one main reason Saskatoon did not make cut was because there were no distinguishing features. I often sit in car or walk along Spadina viewing our skyline in wonder at the very...... L.k: dont forget we have a pretty good and growing skyline in the city of Nairobi Kenya.... Beni: I lived in Jax for one and a half years. I don't like it. My main problem with the city is the lack of public transportation, the non-centralized infrastructure and the low intellect of the...... Ken: The building in the 4th pic down is The 1250 Rene Levesque Ouest formerly it was the Tour IBM? if I'm not mistaken, it opened sometime in the early '90s?
Another interesting skyscraper downtown is the...... Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters...... Pearlykingjim: Wotch ya Kim
I know what you are saying and i agree 100%
the problem is that we have a wave of new pearlies with little or no cockney pearly history,and they seem to forget that...... Stockton: I'm sorry but Sao Paolo doesn't deserve her place!
Where is Paris, where is Istanbul?
An Istanbul view:
[[img:26827]]
Photo by Ersel OK @ http://www.skyscraperlife.com ... Jacob: Really, no-one?
ok.. moscow! it might be better to put in nicest cities... because its skyline isnt huge... but a mix of tsarist, soviet, modern architecture is amazing. The old orthodox cathedrals infront of a soviet...... TTT: o and my favorite skyline is definately CHICAGO.
"The 2IFC building in Hong Kong looks too much like a giant penis"
wow now that i look at it it does look like a giant penis. hong kong...... TTT: i dont like both montreal or toronto. i agree, montreal is bland. with toronto, if the CN tower wasnt there it would look so boring and blend in with many other skylines like LA does.... Sadie: "Montreal, Canada- yes, the city looks great and i like it better than toronto. the buildings great at night when lit up"
It's skyline looks like Denver. Very bland and unimposing.... woo hoo: whoever said that yellowknife, canada should be on the list is half retarded. just look at the skyline (if you can call it that). it looks like it might have 1 building over 10 stories...... A-TRAIN: los angeles is definately not the most recognized in film, tv, or anything in the world. if someone showed me a picture of it and asked me what city it is, id probably have no...... Richard: Brisbane has a beautiful river contour which curls around the CBD. We also have several major towers under construction that will completely evolve the city skyline! It's a really exciting time for Brisbane. To catch...... da man: wow ive never heard of brisbane before. it looks awesome and the setting is pretty. this just became one of my top 10 skylines. and i agree with ?!$@#, the 2IFC building in HK does...... Richard: Hey, this is the current city skyline of Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane city is located in south-east Queensland, the fastest growing region in Australia. With so many new towers proposed, approved and underconstruction- Brisbane's skyline is...... anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): Winnipeg has a decent skyline.
There are ecrtain angles it must be taken from.
East looking west: Southwest looking North East and South looking north are best.
Winnipeg is preforming better than anywhere else in Canada at the...... Michelle: Love this series of shots. That one of the skylight in the legislature is particularly good.... Bob Salmon: A bit late, sorry, my internet connection broke down.
Hi Alan
You are correct with what you say about the sky lighting up.
Having worked in all the areas that could light up the sky, I will endeavour...... Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril,
That glow would be from one of two sources, when they ran the manganese or pig into the beds aside of the blastfurnaces, was rare really, the other would be from the slag ladles...... ArchDoctor: I'm APPAULED that Mississauga wasnt an immediate top 10 candidate, have you guys been here recently?? the absolute world is gonna boast the tallest condominiums outside of Toronto, there are 35+ story monsters reserecting...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob
Really interesting old photos.I can all but see the "back entrance" under the railway to the Steelworks canteen.
I wonder if there were many loyal workers there as my father-in- law was, after spending 50years...... EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles.
Thus, this page is intended...... joey: yep. thats the seattle that we saw in august 2007. it looks like china with all the cranes on the skyline.... ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area)
First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up.
1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great....... GGP: this is an article of sky, landmass, history, hope, irony, disappointment, promise, France, waves, fish, weather, reflection.... Giddie: I request at least a post of one city in Sub-Saharan Africa at least Nairobi which has a nice skyline in African standards. Despite having some weird shanties in the outskirts, Nairobi downtown area has...... Peter: the sky in that second one is rad, as is the sunlight on that building... speaking of... what is that building? it looks interesting...... CHEDDI-FKS, JVC. G11 - NYC QBORO: Spoiled or not....your man is up, way up....up in the muthafucking sky. RESPECT.
The NYC streetscene and subway system cannot be compared to, hands down the illest vandal cicumstances.
If anything and @ the least...... rick: RD - I remember Bobby Fischer. He was a good friend of my friend Mike Demsky (a relative of Kirk Douglas, by the way) who lived in my bldg at 881 Washington. I would spend...... Keith McClusky: actually it was by mutual consent and richie is 88 years old!... Patrick McD: With 30-40 new skyscrapers going up in the central business district,Calgary is surely on it`s way to having one of North America`s most impressive skylines.
... Jamie: @Peter I feel sorry for [[goo:keith mcclusky]] ... Peter: though im not sure what to think about the preponderance of south park/rugrats/pokemon characters, but that {chav} {statue of liberty} sure is something else! hehehe.
also: much of the {graf} reminds me of oldskool nyc graf,...... CartLegger: Umm...how do you think that Mr. McClusky feels about this post?... chitown chillin: i'm from chicago, and for a country that has just about twice as many people as the state of illinois (and only about ten times the number of folks in my city) your cities are...... NYCForever: Dallas' skyline is better than Houston's according to most people because of its color and the shape of buildings which has its own unique identity... anon (5acb3ed9.bb.sky.com): you sad cocks... been: But I think, ultimately, the fourth is my favourite. Love the dendritic effect of the leafless tree, so sharp in the foreground. The transition from the glittering bay up to the murky sky, through the...... jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have...... Kimberly: The sky maybe clear but I recall gas in air, burning, killing people, do you think its all gone? The great city helps everyone forget.... T DAWT: Toronto is underepresented in pictures. Did you know the skyline actually isn't along the lake but North/South. It'll probably soon surpass Vancouver in terms of density and has some nice tall buildings in...... rayray: yes, montreal has a nice skyline -if you're denver.... AsianDallas: Shanghai is better then NY, trust me that little skyline you across the river is only a small percentage of the buildings. The amount of high rises is literally sickening. Hong Kong does out do...... JOEY TPA CREW: Queens is right, and good catch on the "DC-10" tag. The Captain disappeared, Tage is no longer with us, Duck 77 is still around, works in a moving company, still living in Woodside, UJ-178....off to...... rachael: hmmm...
many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway...
i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for...... thepegguy: how come 'peg is not on the list???
i think 'peg has better skyline, it should be on the list, maybe at number 9 or 10...
but for me, calgary should be at number 1 and toronto...... Mark Whitfield: Great photos Myke. Good that you got a blue sky day. I work in Salford Quays and trip to the War Museum regularly to observe the latest developments with the MediaCity:UK build which will be...... anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): Herb - Peg Promoter
I think that the clustered Winnipeg Skyline looks very up & coming.
With her economy in high gear & full swing it will soon be ob the list for sure along with having...... Rael O.: Yes! This is one of my favourite buildings ever... did you know back in the 80s you could still walk through it? It has the most amazing echo if you stand in the center. Me...... Pettis - December 09, 2007: Your comments resonate the truth in so many ways. When you peel back the years, you'll find that many families raise their children in the Henry Horner Homes. The Mitchell family was a...... Will: The last picture is the Jacksonville Electric Authority building. I owe them $110 currently. The Modis building is also interesting because it's like a 70's retro skyscraper. Oh and I love Jacksonville because there is...... Rael OneCloud: Yes! This is one of my favourite buildings ever...
did you know back in the 80s you could still walk through it?
It has the most amazing echo if you stand in the center. Me and...... Dailey: Just noticing the comments from the Texas people.. That Houston skyline is terrible, and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breathe as the Dallas skyline. The Dallas skyline is amazing. Can't believe how even...... 34 years in Norman: I came to Norman, OK in 1973. Never intended to stay. I love the people and especially the big sky. The trees, haze and mountains elsewhere that block the sky make me...... montrealrules: If you look at the pictures I posted above. In the 3rd picture I put, it shows a biiger skyline then some of the cities mentioned above (not the top 15 cities,im talkin about...... montrealrules: [[img:24665]]
[[img:24667]]
[[img:24668]]
Some of the many pictures that have to make up the skyline of Montreal,quebec, Canada
... sarahthecanadian: i agree i love winnipeg its a great city and i think it has a pretty impressive skyline....allthough i am from there lol... Elicar: In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still...... does it matter?: If you view Winnipeg from the south, so that Osborne Village is to your left and Fort Garry Plaza is to your right, you can see Winnipeg from a much more complimentary angle. Unfortunately, most...... alensky: well,that twin towers i supposed is the Glorietta complex? (not sure) but it's like a Condo then shopping mall.filipino like to do shopping...... Glen: Very good picture, lights from the signs, good contrast to the dark sky..... frank s: The Winnipeg skyline should be veiwed from a different angle than whats shown, people would be suprised of the size.
... tania : hi all the way from new zealand i saw the documentry on the sky channel i hope you guyz are still riding the horses as one day i do hope to come over and ride...... chiamattt: I know the fires are bad...but those sky shots don't have anything on bejing. hahaha... mr. pINk: looks so dramatic. like the real intention for skyscrapers are graves just waiting to be used.... Rose Garrison: What a sad statement the author of this article has made about small town living, he, who obviously has never experienced small town living. It is truly where the best begins and some of...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:23990]]
one more from our walk to Newtown creek. Nice billboard against the skyline.
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