Here's a poll for Rochester, USA, in Minnesota, not New York.
The city in Minnesota is much smaller than the one in New York, and is home to the Mayo Clinic. It is the 4th largest city in Minnesota, behind Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth.

Population: 85,806 as of the 2000 Census
Metro Population: Maybe 120,000

http://p.vtourist.com/392747.jpg
http://www.hsmcc.org/Springtime-in-Rochester.jpeg
http://www.lauraknauth.com/photos/RochBldg6_md.jpg
http://www.lauraknauth.com/photos/RochBldg2_md.jpg
http://www.mayo.edu/mshs/images/mcr.jpg
http://www.mayo.edu/msgme/images/mcr_001.jpg
http://www.edu.uni-klu.ac.at/~gschiffe/Iowa/Travel/Rochester_Mayo/20RM_old%20and%20new.JPG

I believe someone told me once that the curved glass building in the Mayo complex was built with expansion in mind, and that they might one day add another 10 stories to it. Sorry I couldn't find a good, overarching skyline pic anywhere.

Wow great pics! I didn't even know that town had a skyline, though I have heard of it lol. I give it an 8...it looks nice. It looks cool on the water.

for a city with that population => :okay:

This tower looks nice, what is the name of it?

http://www.lauraknauth.com/photos/RochBldg2_md.jpg

That's the Plummer Building.

Also, some more pictures, taken from the forums at www.twincityscape.com

http://www.twincityscape.com/rochskyscrapers/2-21-04/downtown4.jpg
http://www.twincityscape.com/rochskyscrapers/2-21-04/mayo1.jpg
http://www.twincityscape.com/rochskyscrapers/2-21-04/skyline1.jpg
http://www.twincityscape.com/rochskyscrapers/2-21-04/skyline2.jpg
http://www.twincityscape.com/rochskyscrapers/2-21-04/pano4.jpg

Also, some more information on the buildings in Rochester:
Tallest:
01. Oakwood Broadway Plaz.. 104 m 2004 (27 Stories)
02. Gonda Building 93 m 2001
03. Plummer Building 91 m 1929
04. Mayo Building 90 m 1955
05. Guggenheim Building 78 m 1974
06. Charter House 67 m 1988
07. Siebens Building 67 m 1994
08. Center Plaza 58 m 1982
09. The Kahler Grand Hote.. 47 m 1921
10. Eisenberg Building 46 m 1966

Big skyline indeed !!

Gave it a 6.5 for a commendable effort. Meanwhile, why in the world does it get such an usually high proportion of 3 and below voters?

Very nice for a city of its size.

One of the things that helps me determine what score the city is going to get, that is if the skyline fits the population. For this city, it no doubt fills the role of having a skyline 10 times the size that it should be. Therefore, I'll give it a 10. :)

Gave it a 6.5 for a commendable effort. Meanwhile, why in the world does it get such an usually high proportion of 3 and below voters?

Don't you know? There are like a group of 20 ass-holes that really are just to ruin the scores of these fine cities, and the people that have done that in this thread are just childish. I suppose they get jelous...Have you seen the poll on Hong Kong? HK is no doubt the best skyline in the world, yet there are like 200 people that rated it 3 or below...What can I say? They are just being childish and jelious...

Meanwhile, why in the world does it get such an usually high proportion of 3 and below voters?

Hmmm, that's very strange indeed. Last time I checked, no one had really paid any attention to this thread in a long time. There might have been 1 3 or less vote then. Seems like someone really, really hates Rochester.

Hmmm, that's very strange indeed. Last time I checked, no one had really paid any attention to this thread in a long time. There might have been 1 3 or less vote then. Seems like someone really, really hates Rochester.


I'm sorry, but when being realistic, people are just jelious, that or they just like ruining the scores of these cities...I personally think it's extremely stupid.

Yeah, you're probably right. I hadn't seen that though when I posted. You beat me to a reply by about 5 minutes.

Yeah, you're probably right. I hadn't seen that though when I posted. You beat me to a reply by about 5 minutes.


:D What can I say? I type pretty darn fast! ;)

Anyway's...The more I explore these thread about the skylines being rated, the more I get frusterated with people that vote 3.5 or lower! I guess we have to learn to just ignore them, and hopefully, they will realize there is no purpose in voting if no one cares...

Hmmm, that's very strange indeed. Last time I checked, no one had really paid any attention to this thread in a long time. There might have been 1 3 or less vote then. Seems like someone really, really hates Rochester.
Right. I was begining to wonder how can a relatively small city like this breed so much hatred!

Sure it's small, but it's a nice size for the small city: 7.5

great architecture, small, but dense. Looks clean and classy. 8/10

Excellent skyline for a city this size. 8.

great for a city its size.
Rochester has huge potential.

8.0

Amazing. I did not even know this city existed (and that's saying a lot). Outstanding, really. It'll get a 6.5 from me.

Quite good skyline. And some nice skyscrapers (especially Plummer Building) 6,5/10

For a city of its size, Rochester MN's got a good skyline! Lot of density and pretty good heightage. Never seen a city of 85,000 with a skyline like that. 7.5/10. Although may not be as good as its similar named brother in New York.

The city looks interesting but, looking the pics, it has a very monotonous skyline and some of the tall buildings aren't really beauty.

I give a 6,5 to Rochester.

when i first went to rochester i was really impressed by the buildings! iwas freaking out i never knew that it could have such a beautiful skyline. its a great city and a fun place to be soo many people vote wrong they dont take the time to really look at how great this city looks. 8/10

all the ppl who are 'purposly' trying to vote 3 or under to drop its ratings you are very very immature....

For its size, great skyline. 9.5/10

6/10

Not so bad -- 7.5/10

I gave it a 10. Having grown up in Rochester for one, but for a realtively small population the city has a lot of tall buildings. It has a good art community. It has some of the lowest unemployment in the country - consistently. They recently completed an upgrade and expansion of the highway that runs along it's western fringes and it looks like it's finally going to get a 4 year university tied in with the University of MN.

6.5/10

I see a couple nice buildings. 6.5/10

7/10

8/10- very well-developed for its pop.

Nothing special...

wonderful for a city of its size
9/10

6/10

this city looks pretty neat...nice and clean:) but its skyline is quite small. 7.5/10 for skyline

8, It looks pretty good.

Some nice old buildings. 4/10

A couple of facts about the city I was born in:

Rochester Metro area is the 9th wealthiest in the entire US, behind SF-Oakland-San Jose, DC-Baltimore, Anchorage, Mpls-St. Paul, Boston, Hartford, Atlanta, and Honolulu. This is mostly due to the large amount of wealthy physicians employed by the world famous Mayo system.

Regular patients of the Mayo Clinic include(d): JFK, Gerald Ford, Reagan, George Bush, King Hussein of Jordan, Sheik Zayed (leader of UAE), Bono, Eddie Van Halen, Lou Gehrig, George Harrison, Walter Payton, and many other big names.

The Mayo Clinic was featured in an episode of the Simpsons where Burns goes there to get treated.

It was listed as #1 Best Place to Live in America (Money Magazine) for 3 years, and was in the top 10 for 6 consecutive years.

The Mayo Medical system performed over 48,000 surgeries in 2005. That is more than one surgery for every two people in the city. (obviously most patients are from abroad).

Skyline gets 10/10. High quality new and old buildings. Looks like a skyline of some 500,000 pop. metros with a fifth of the size. What the fuck is with all the haters voting 3 or less?

for a 120,000 inhabitants city that's really cool, nothing amazing but i give it an 8/10

4/10

10/10 for a city of its size.

8/10. Nice skyline for a small city. From a quick Googling I found some more images. I think that 1-2 taller buildings would boost the skyline significantly.

http://images.google.com/url?q=http://www.soldiersfield.com/Images/22/Hotel-Mayo-05.jpg&usg=__UO8GqC5QLSWbpez9snYFFxETN7M=

http://www.webtourist.net/destinationimages/rochester_mn_usa.jpg

http://www.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles5371.jpg

http://www.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles5370.jpg

http://www.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles19069.jpg

5.5/10

5/10

8/10

4.5/10

I'd be hard pressed to find a similar or greater skyline for this sized population. It's a very clean city with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.

6.5/10

Here are some more pictures I found on Flickr. Some parts of downtown look like the belong to New York or Tokyo rather than a small Midwestern city. Hard to believe that Rochester is a city of just 80k!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/323569585_21cbb0d7d7_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/429956624_80df9011cc_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/321060086_9eb4e9b2bc_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/182182694_67299d4534_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/20/74138343_f51e7e0564_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/64346021_95fd2e877c_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/206246258_02884a80d7_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/108/289769500_94e0c876b6.jpg

Photo credits: cjohnson7 (http://flickr.com/photos/johnson7/), http://flickr.com/photos/cursedthing/, Olivander (http://flickr.com/photos/olivander/)

I went to Rochester last fall for the first time, and was impressed with what I saw when first driving into town. I was not expecting any skyline at all considering the population. I had a friend staying at a hotel downtown as she was being treated at Mayo, and another friend of mine just moved there and is a pilot for Mayo's Medivac. I soon realized that downtown is almost exclusivly driven by Mayo and really nothing more, other than a few hotels to accompany the Mayo crowds. The nightlife downtown left a lot to be desired. Overall though, Rochester is a very nice place to visit and I look forward to going back.

5/10

6.5/10

9.5/10. An amazing skyline for such a small city.

7.5/10

6/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

7.5/10

7.5/10

^^9/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

8. Good. Regards.

7/10

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3868067408_a54f850c7f_o.jpg


by DigitalObserver (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sednominituo/)

What a nice looking town!

At 85,000 I give an 8.5/10.

8/10

6/10

8/10