View Full Version : Post Pics of Skycraper Canyons in Your City


i_am_hydrogen
April 3rd, 2005, 11:34 AM
Canyons! Canyons!

DarkFenX
April 3rd, 2005, 07:28 PM
What do you mean by canyon? A wall of skyscrapers?

612bv3
April 3rd, 2005, 08:21 PM
SAN FRANCISCO
http://re.strsoh.org/PropSums/West/Pictures/44Montgomery_bldg.JPG
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~kioup/photos/SF_skyscrapers.JPG
http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~wdietl/diary/bg/2000-05/sf/sf-0521-skyscrapers.jpg
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/coastline/images/line3220.jpg
http://www.easterwood.org/sanfrancisco/photos/skyscrapers.jpg
http://www.easterwood.org/sanfrancisco/photos/cablecarcalifornia.jpg

New Jack City
April 3rd, 2005, 08:25 PM
Here's one I took:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3196/24042004_1113Image0050.JPG

hudkina
April 3rd, 2005, 10:54 PM
Detroit:

http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/002.jpg

EastSider
April 3rd, 2005, 11:10 PM
savethewtc:

I think I took a picture from the exact angle of yours when I was in New York last week. :)

chicagogeorge
April 4th, 2005, 12:59 AM
Chicago
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/2306/Chi-in-July--80.jpg
http://www.photo.net/philg/digiphotos/200206-chi-wisc-iowa/chicago-downtown-2.half.jpg
http://www.state.il.us/ltgov/ircc/images/100_0942.jpg
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/2218/Chi-in-July--113.jpg
http://img39.exs.cx/img39/3558/Chi-in-July--50.jpg
http://www.philipmalenfant.com/chi2042
http://www.philipmalenfant.com/chi2051

*Sweetkisses*
April 4th, 2005, 02:48 AM
Chicago looks so cool

i_am_hydrogen
April 4th, 2005, 03:14 AM
Wow, these are all great.

JivecitySTL
April 4th, 2005, 03:23 AM
St. Louie:

http://www.pbase.com/jivecity/image/18979944.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jivecity/image/23559649.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jivecity/image/35417120.jpg

djm19
April 4th, 2005, 04:23 AM
Los Angeles

http://img221.exs.cx/img221/4671/dtla97jv.jpg

http://img221.exs.cx/img221/4424/dtla279gw.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/5895/dtla1836zg.jpg

Daytwahs Own
April 4th, 2005, 04:43 AM
http://img67.exs.cx/img67/8568/70jpg6ji.jpg
http://img53.exs.cx/img53/7543/buildings0cm.jpg
http://img53.exs.cx/img53/9589/im0007724yi.jpg
http://img117.exs.cx/img117/7946/img65315hq.jpg
http://img131.exs.cx/img131/834/120604img40634qc.jpg

chicagogeorge
April 4th, 2005, 05:06 AM
Here are some very cool canyon pics I found in the NYC forum....
Gotta love Manhattan!
http://home.flash.net/~ral1/starbucks/bigimages/DSCN3475.jpg
http://img51.exs.cx/img51/7237/DSCF2778.jpg
http://img67.exs.cx/img67/2073/DSCF2813.jpg
http://img196.exs.cx/img196/3680/dscf27116nf.jpg
http://img196.exs.cx/img196/6969/dscf31288ti.jpg
http://img196.exs.cx/img196/6020/dscf31579pp.jpg
http://www.pierluigisurace.it/imagerie/images/aatw/DOT_NY_Park_Avenue_01.jpg
http://www.wirednewyork.com/skyscrapers/metlife/images/metlife_park.jpg
http://img70.exs.cx/img70/8486/dscn72710ni.jpg
http://img187.exs.cx/img187/7134/dscf00068thavenuemanhattan2567.jpg
http://img75.exs.cx/img75/4267/dscf0067small1xp.jpg

i_am_hydrogen
April 4th, 2005, 05:46 AM
@ Manhattan: :crazy:

i_am_hydrogen
April 4th, 2005, 05:54 AM
More from Chicago - LaSalle canyon (one of my favorites in the city)

http://www.nies.ch/usa/chicago/image.200108h.17.jpg

From the other direction:
http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/film/filmtrial/Images/chicago/LaSalle-Street.gif
http://www.optimundus.at/images/folder/CHI_LaSalleStreet.jpg

chicagogeorge
April 4th, 2005, 06:24 AM
and more of Chicago......
http://home.planet.nl/~west3142/P1016184.JPG
http://home.planet.nl/~west3142/Panorama04016.jpg
http://www.philipmalenfant.com/chi2022
http://www.philipmalenfant.com/chi2043
http://www.philipmalenfant.com/chi2049
http://www.philipmalenfant.com/chi2050

chicagogeorge
April 4th, 2005, 06:43 AM
New York!
http://www-scf.usc.edu/~elms/NYCSlideShow/images/NYC%20Jan-03%20068.jpg
http://pictures.fooguru.org/albums/NYC/sat_08_17_36.sized.jpg
http://pictures.fooguru.org/albums/NYC/DSCN1520.sized.jpg
http://www.johnsangiovanni.com/Images/2003-08%20NYC%20Blackout/IMGP0148.JPG
http://www.imghst.com/uploads/570%20lex/Soho.jpg
http://www.tropicalisland.de/NYC_New_York_Eleventh_Avenue_b.jpg
Pick a fucking canyon!
http://www.pbase.com/gregory/image/25417663/large.jpg

james2390
April 4th, 2005, 09:00 AM
I love NYC and Chicago's canyons.:drool:

Justadude
April 4th, 2005, 10:22 AM
Cool thread!

New Jack City
April 5th, 2005, 03:14 AM
savethewtc:

I think I took a picture from the exact angle of yours when I was in New York last week. :)

Cool, this one was taken in Tudor City. Has a great view of the UN Building too.

SChristopher
April 8th, 2005, 12:22 AM
Cool pictures, it looked as though some of the Chciago and NYC pictures could be interchangeable.

gaviidae
April 9th, 2005, 07:11 AM
Minneapolis:

http://images5.fotki.com/v88/photos/1/142378/805105/minneapolisstreet-vi.jpg

http://www.cgstock.com/pics/1838.jpg

http://www.cgstock.com/pics/1874.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/caffeine_headache2001/NicolletScene.jpg

jmancuso
April 9th, 2005, 12:06 PM
i took this today:

http://www.pbase.com/mancusoj/image/41803061.jpg

and this on 12/31/03:

http://www.pbase.com/mancusoj/image/24657001.jpg

EastSider
April 10th, 2005, 05:06 AM
Cool, this one was taken in Tudor City. Has a great view of the UN Building too.

Yea. They had a article posted on a bulliten board in the park about the neighborhood. Seems interesting.

maconahey
April 10th, 2005, 08:33 AM
Dallas

http://jeremyporadek.com/wp-post-content/images/15.jpg
http://img84.exs.cx/img84/3203/4copy0la.jpg
http://img84.exs.cx/img84/4207/2copy6or.jpg
http://img84.exs.cx/img84/2052/1copy4bq.jpg

i_am_hydrogen
April 10th, 2005, 01:42 PM
Glad to see this thread is still alive. These are great. Keep 'em coming, please.

The anti-cheesehead
April 14th, 2005, 05:20 AM
I found a good one from Minneapolis on this site:

http://www.homestead.com/mikempls/mplspics1.html

http://img225.echo.cx/img225/2315/canyon3ux.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Daytwahs Own
April 14th, 2005, 06:47 AM
http://img178.exs.cx/img178/4062/d9pn.jpg
http://img178.exs.cx/img178/7870/r1ey.jpg

streetscapeer
April 14th, 2005, 08:09 PM
^^that's some really good Detroit!!:)

SChristopher
April 14th, 2005, 09:01 PM
^ I was thinking the same thing when I saw it last night, it looks very nice.

I could post pics, but none of them are mine so I had better hold off.

atkinson1
April 18th, 2005, 11:38 AM
WELLINGTON:

Not my city, and not my photo. But a nice little canyon:

IMAGE SOURCE: http://www.domus.uklinux.net/images/new_zealand/lambton16th1327.jpg
http://www.domus.uklinux.net/images/new_zealand/lambton16th1327.jpg

i_am_hydrogen
April 18th, 2005, 02:15 PM
^Nice.

pwright1
April 19th, 2005, 12:46 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/DowntownSeattle046.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/cloudyseattle050Small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/cloudyseattle305Small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/cloudyseattle368Small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/DSC01164Small.jpg

Brian21
May 5th, 2005, 04:20 AM
Baltimore's Skyscraper Canyon

http://imagehost.biz/ims/thumbs.php?u=4267KkmBH&i=310579&c=.gif

Minneapolis612
May 5th, 2005, 05:30 AM
some more from the second best skyline in the midwest...Minneapolis
http://www.phototour.minneapolis.mn.us/pics/645.jpg
http://lingbeek.com/travel/photos/unitedstates/MSPskytowers.jpg
http://www.robertbody.com/cities/images/1998-minneapolis-buildings.jpg
http://www.cgstock.com/pics/2982.jpg

Brian21
May 5th, 2005, 04:32 PM
Baltimore's Skyscraper Canyon

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_363_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_371_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_372_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_403_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_404_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_408_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_409_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_418_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/images/503/baltimore_419_550wm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/photos/702/balt_4120_550_dropwm.jpg

http://www.baltimoreentrepreneur.com/photos/702/balt_4117_550_drop.jpg

Baltimore's canyon from the sky

http://imagehost.biz/ims/pic.php?u=4267KkmBH&i=94131&c=.gif

chicagogeorge
May 6th, 2005, 03:57 AM
chicago canyon cam:
http://64.108.14.106/fullsize.jpg

Soulbrotha
May 6th, 2005, 06:03 AM
Louisville
http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/30786115/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/34211055/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/30784806/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/soulbrotha4620/image/34688374/original.jpg

STLgasm
May 6th, 2005, 06:22 AM
St. Louis.

http://www.builtstlouis.net/washington/images/westat7th.jpg

Furiine
May 6th, 2005, 06:57 AM
More of Baltee-more hon.
http://www.beyonddc.com/images/photos/baltimore_area/baltimore/neighborhoods/downtown/calvert01.jpg

http://www.beyonddc.com/images/photos/baltimore_area/baltimore/buildings/oldbldgs02.jpg

http://swusew.typepad.com/freak_magnet/dowtown.jpg

http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~atolea/second/Dontown_lamps2.jpg

deadmaker7
May 6th, 2005, 07:01 AM
Looking north on Broad St. towards City Hall:
http://img93.echo.cx/img93/8886/philly14uy.th.jpg (http://img93.echo.cx/my.php?image=philly14uy.jpg)

Down Ben Franklin Pkwy. toward City Hall:
http://img93.echo.cx/img93/2629/philly25uj.th.jpg (http://img93.echo.cx/my.php?image=philly25uj.jpg)

2000_Watts
May 6th, 2005, 07:29 AM
http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/albums/downtown/powerandlightcityscape.jpg Kansas City, MO

http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/albums/downtown/10thstreetscape.jpg



http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/albums/downtown/Downtownat10th.jpg


http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/albums/downtown/11thcityscapefromwest.jpg

http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/albums/downtown/9thmainnight_021303.jpg

http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/albums/downtown/rooftopscityhallinbackground.jpg


http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/albums/downtown/11thstreetcanyon_072004.jpg

007Kid
May 6th, 2005, 11:09 PM
The NYC and Chicago shot are crazy!! Its almost pitch black dark in those canyons, MID DAY!!! Im sure there are parts of NYC and Chi that never see SUNLIGHT!


http://img29.exs.cx/img29/2306/Chi-in-July--80.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3196/24042004_1113Image0050.JPG

DTO Luv
May 8th, 2005, 09:50 AM
Omaha along 16th St.

http://images5.fotki.com/v65/photos/4/42372/766056/P1010001-vi.jpg
http://images2.fotki.com/v19/photos/4/42372/212395/P3140034-vi.jpg

Omaha along 19th St.

http://images2.fotki.com/v19/photos/4/42372/212395/P3140046-vi.jpg

Along Farnam

http://images9.fotki.com/v174/photos/4/42372/2102109/P1011446-vi.jpg

Dodge St.

http://images9.fotki.com/v167/photos/4/42372/2102109/P1011474-vi.jpg
http://images9.fotki.com/v173/photos/4/42372/2102109/P1011476-vi.jpg
http://images9.fotki.com/v175/photos/4/42372/2102109/P1011486-vi.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/DTOLuv/Copyof100_1530.jpg

waccamatt
May 9th, 2005, 02:09 AM
Here is a canyon from a mid-sized city, Columbia. With another building under construction, this will be more impressive 6 or 8 months from now.

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/waccamatt/neighborhoods/usc%205%20points%20downtown/main%20st%20from%20the%20state%20house%202.jpg

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/waccamatt/main%20from%20the%20capitol.jpg

deadmaker7
May 9th, 2005, 04:55 AM
Here is a canyon from a mid-sized city, Columbia. With another building under construction, this will be more impressive 6 or 8 months from now.



Columbia looks pretty nice. I gotta get down there one of these days.