http://pro.corbis.com/images/watermark/67/13067674/CB057948.jpg

http://pro.corbis.com/images/watermark/67/14128237/US-058-0104.jpg

http://www.iamcaresla.org/SKYLINE.JPG

I think those 3 pictures pretty much sum it up.

beautiful skyline, one of my fav american skyline! 10/10

LA has a nice skyline. If the inner-city wasn't so bad...

7/10

Beautiful skylines and very dense in the CBD

I like how it has a very dense built up downtown. Based on the design of the towers like the library tower and gas company tower I give it a 9/10. Without them 7.5/10.

nice skyline, 8/10

for a city of that size the skyline is hilarious , much to small , needs many more towers to be impressive :(

Very nice! But I agree, too small for it's size.
I like the shape of it 8.5/10

"I like how it has a very dense built up downtown. Based on the design of the towers like the library tower and gas company tower I give it a 9/10. Without them 7.5/10."


I'm sure that without the CN tower and First Canadian Place, Toronto would also be a little crappy!






Anyways, I love L.A's skyline! At night, the library tower's crown just puts you in a deep ecstatic trance!

10/10!

X-Seed: Except that First Canadian Place is no where near as nice as the Library tower. Even with them Toronto is a little crappy.

LA like tokyo and london suffers from the problem of being massive so the skyscrapers arent in one place. the CBD of LA is impressive but thanks mostly to the library tower but as has already been mentioned that for a city so large its actually rather small. i give it 7.5.

LA's Skyline is huge especially from certain angles!

I love clusters....9/10

a nice skyline, with a beautiful back ground to it,.. 9.5

Actually pretty good and it dosen't deserve its bad rep.

8.5/10

Very nice, but for a city that large it needs to be BIGGER! 8.5/10 I've always really liked the Library Tower.

top 5 on my NA skyline list.
9/10

8/10 nice skyline;)

I give it a 8/10. Los Angeles looks good with the mountains. Now, it would be better if all of those other skylines in Los Angeles were put into downtown Los Angeles, it would look better.

I gave it an 8/10 - it's pretty nice, but it sure could do with being a bit bigger. I mean, LA is huge! Why isn't the skyline?

I love the LA cluster!! Especially with the mountains at the back!
9/10

i like the cluster, so dense. i like 8.5

Much too small? Who cares? It's about quality not quantity... a solid 8.5. That pic with the mountains is great!

8/10

Pretty good. Although anyone who says Toronto is too boxy hasn't seen any pics of LA's skyline.

They got the location of the Library Tower spot on. The tallest in the middle, giving the skyline a peak, like a mountain. That first picture shows it best. Very nice, but for a city so big I always thought it should have been much larger. 8/10

I think LA has a better balance of non-boxes to boxes than Toronto. Bring on Trump.

one of my favorites in NA, a little too small for the city that it is though
9/10

the landmark and the cluster are very good... remember that when a city is so huge like this there are not way to get a skyline of all the city, so the cluster becomes the main and unique skyline.

Some better design in the skyscrapers could be great...

9/10

9/10 for LA's beautiful and dynamic skyline. But still love to see more scrapers in LA.


My Favorites are Hong Kong, NYC, Chicago
:)

10/10

9 for cluster and mountain background;)

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Not LA'S fault! Every building over a certain height must have a helipad so it's kinda hard not to have a boxy building. On the other hand, Toronto has no excuse. Lame.

Toronto's excuse is that its skyscrapers were built when boxes were cool! :D

beautiful mountain background...giving the combined feel of nature and engineering masterpieces.
i gave it an 8.5/10!

I think the polls states rate the skyline not judge it by it's population? right....

I love the L.A. skyline....i give it a 9.99999/10.
i would give it a 10 but they didn't build the Figueroa Tower:rant:

By the way isn't the first picture one that was posted in the L.A. times in winter of 99'?
I remember because i saved that front page but i have it somewhere in a storage?

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Ahh...didn't thnk about that one! I wonder if they will ever become cool again. If they do, Toronto will have THE coolest skyline!!! But as of right now...:bash:

Pretty good. 8/10

I like. Based on population or not, the skyline needs to be bigger for the 2nd (or 3rd if you'd like to debate) most important cities in america. Still, a beauty.

8.6/10

Wow!!!! Great pictures. I have like 10,000 pictures of Los Angeles.

beautiful. 8.5/10

Downtown Los Angeles skyline is nice. 9.5/10

9.5/10

Very nice 9.0. Without the Library tower, it's mark would drop by three points.

Beautiful skyline. A 9.

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Good things:

Library Tower - Simply awesome building... great height... powerful look... wonderful top
The fact that the tallest building is in the middle to make a peak of skyscrapers
High density in the CBD
Wonderful natural scenery... the mountains are tall, volatile and beautiful

Bad things:

Most buildings are boxy and bland
Skyline is rather small for city of this magnitude

I just don't find the LA skyline very interesting... but the Library Tower and the mountains rule.

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Wow, i wish i voted a 9,5 instead of a 9.

I gave it a 9.5.

I think LA has one of the most photogenic skylines with the palm trees, the mountains in the background, and the beautiful skyscrapers of downtown.

Very fitting for a city famous for its motion picture industry.

9/10 good height/density

the skyline is just amazing, the very best in the world imho...10/10

:cool:

I miss Los Angeles.:(
Great skyline
9.5/10

I know this skyline really well...it is quite impressive....9,1/10

To all the people who don't think LA's skyline represent its relative size. Can you say...seismic zone.
Oh! and BTW, the skyscaper boom that existed in the US in the 80s don't exist anymore.

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It exists in New York City and Chicago...

i like it 9/10

oh the camera must have a very strong megazoom :D
http://pro.corbis.com/images/watermark/67/13067674/CB057948.jpg

nice cluster! i give it a 10

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I think the polls states rate the skyline not judge it by it's population? right....

I love the L.A. skyline....i give it a 9.99999/10.
i would give it a 10 but they didn't build the Figueroa Tower



Yeah, the Figueroa would really top off the skyline (proposed height was over 1200' or 1270'.)

VRWil is right, the reason why the skyline is not that big because LA is a major seismic zone. Who knows when the next big one might come. Why build them to be destroyed?

Due to the vast land of LA and the economy, I don't think skyscrapers are much of a demand right now.

I really want to see LA more urbanized.

though the skyline may be lacking when contrasted with the population, it still has an unforgivable dominance. i like it :)

9/10

8/10

8/10 tight skyline:)

I dig the L.A. skyline, one of my Top Ten in the country ahead of San Francisco and Minneapolis (#8). Lots of height and some interesting buildings placed apart nicely but still very dense. As the country's 2nd largest city the skyline should be better though, and it will in the future. Lively downtown area in parts and great natural setting with the mountains in the background. I think I like this skyline so much because I see it in movies all the time, and I love the Library Tower! 9/10

l.a. rocks. it's really one of the best skylines not only in the us but also in the world imo. the mountains add beauty to it.

.........

For a city its size with numerous downtowns I gave LA a 10. Years ago LA had height restrictions, so I think its come a long way. Downtown LA is pretty big when you're there in person, and California Plaza is awesome.

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Hey whatever to that article on Trump building a tower in L.A. But hey whatever. I LOVE LOS ANGELES!!!!!!!! it is my favortite city in North America and in the World because I love the different ethnic groups. We all know that Los Angeles is a bit small for having a population of four million poeple in its close permiters and 17 million including the county. Los Angeles is slowly densifying but were in for a big boom for skysrapers and restinals towers which defently be a good thing. :D :angel1: :cool:

7.5/10



Great towers, but form its size it needs much more.

I like the tallest one, unique and mordern.
But great skyline is limited only CBD area.

5.5 :) Nothing too impressive,even Moscow's skyline is better :(

Originally posted by Kommentare

5.5 :) Nothing too impressive,even Moscow's skyline is better :(

Moscow's skyline is definetly interesting with the Kremilin and other historical/ important buildings to boot, but in terms of office buildings/ skyscrapers there is no way you can say that Moscow has more skyscrapers/ better skyline than Los Angeles.

Library Tower gives the city a real center and evens out the weight of the other buidlings
Great Sky line jsut appears as cluster of talls in these shots
I had no idea the mountains where that close WOW
Joke-> How did they find a day with so little smog to take these !

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L.A. downtown skyline is on the far left in this pic

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Whats the second set of Towers ?

Century City district of course

http://pro.corbis.com/images/watermark/67/11457969/68474.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rlinger/California/Los%20Angeles/2a.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rlinger/California/Los%20Angeles/Century.JPG

Two more pics of the downtown skyline

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/577/699laawesomepic.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/577/699ladowntowncoolphoto3b.jpg

Century City !
Sorry to sound Hollywood and use a movie example
But where Diehard One was is that the Fox Building there ?

Yep, the Fox plaza in Century City, as Nakitomi Plaza in Die Hard:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/630528069X.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif http://www.chrismill.com/graphics/foxplaza.jpg

Really? I thought that was some building in Japan...

it was called Nakatomi plaza
and was ment to owned by a Japan Company

Nice skyline, beautiful location, smog sucks and the streets felt kinda dangerous. So like 5 out of 10 from me (skyline gets a 7 though). Library tower is cool.

8/10 for me.

LA isnt very big, but, the downtown is very dense. There isnt many buildings at the surrounding areas, but, I can only imagine how bright the downtown will be at night. Wow!!..I give 8.5/10

There isnt many buildings at the surrounding areas

There arent many buildings in the L.A. metro area? :?


What about these?

http://rlux.com/wilshireblvd_horz2b.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/577/699brentwoodskylineb.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/577/699santamonicadowntown.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/577/699picture_149b.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/577/699picture_127b.jpg

http://pro.corbis.com/images/watermark/67/12310500/AX014299.jpg

http://pro.corbis.com/images/watermark/67/11457469/67947.jpg

http://pro.corbis.com/images/watermark/67/11457473/67950.jpg

http://www.woodlandhillscouncil.org/images/Home_MainPic.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/593/29longbeachawesome.jpg

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I think it is too small for a city that size.

nice skyline i'm going there in 3 months soon.

LA needs more scrapers in CBD Area. Specificly in Civic Center Area. I hope is will be better soon. I still love there 8/10 :cheers1:

The skyline though good doesn't live up to LA's image.
8/10

8.5/10 Looks very good, but there are better skylines in US (and there's too many grey boxes :sly: )

Those of us who live and work here in LA love the skyline and know it well (it's the only sight to look at if you are caught in traffic on I-10, and we are often). We need at least one more building that approaches the height of the US Bank Tower, if for nothing else to draw attention away from our tallest building. It is one of the ugliest scrapers ever built, but it's an LA original :^)

I love the LA skyline

here's a few of my favorites pics
Enjoy!!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/171110196154.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/1711la_skyline_b2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/171131856959hhnvbgwtzr_fs.jpg

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What do you rate LA's skyline?
A dense cluster with a lot of cool skyscrapers :cool: 9.0/10

5/10. Riddled with boxes. The only things that prevent this from getting 4/10 are US Bank, 777 Tower, and of course LA City Hall.

9.5/10

spectacular although a little bit lack of imagination... :)

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AWESOME skyline! one of the best!!!!! i love how the buildings are in a group there...

8.5/10 :colgate: sweet!.. only prob is that there should be hella more highs :D.. nice composition with what's there tho :okay:

I think it's a little small. 8.

Those of us who live and work here in LA love the skyline and know it well (it's the only sight to look at if you are caught in traffic on I-10, and we are often). We need at least one more building that approaches the height of the US Bank Tower, if for nothing else to draw attention away from our tallest building. It is one of the ugliest scrapers ever built, but it's an LA original :^)
i actually like the library tower very much. ;) Downtown skyline can be visible in many parts of the city. Most of the time when i get lost, i will look for the downtown then i would be able to tell which direction i should go. :D

I also like the US Bank Tower. I think it's one of a kind. 1000+feet, circular top, and a helipad on its roof! The Aon Center is one slim box.

I also look at the skyline when I drive on the I-5. At certain angles, the city appears to have nothing, but at other angles it looks large and dense.

:applause: :applause: :applause: :colgate: :hug: :hug: :love: :love: :cool: :cool: Los Angeles is the most beautiful city in the planet and it's skyline is nothing less than fantastic. The mountains and palm trees make an awesome scenario that makes LA skyline something like a gem surrounded by a blue velvet :dance: :wave: :wave: :colgate: :colgate:

8/10
LA has a very beautiful skyline. I especially like it at night.
:dance:

10/10 :cheers: :)

One of the worlds best designed skylines, one of the worlds coolest cities (not rated). 10/10

I love the LA skyline
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/1711la_skyline_b2.jpg


WOW!! AWESOME!!

Yep, the Fox plaza in Century City, as Nakitomi Plaza in Die Hard:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/630528069X.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif http://www.chrismill.com/graphics/foxplaza.jpg

LOL, :lol: 40 stories, loooll, thats an old movie.

great skyline though, verry nice, inderratted. 9/10

8 I say

It looks amazing with the mountains in the background.

It's LA, it has to have some impact doesn't it?

8/10

Tall dense cluster of flat topped buildings. Impressive. 8/10

Best skyline ever!!!

I give a 10/10 for Los Angeles Skyline. It was compared to Tokyo skyline. :righton:

wo la's cool 8.5

Hey guys, there are plenty of towers in the works (40 - 50 above 15 storys at the time of this typing, although mostly in the 20 - 35 story range, a few 55 - 65 story ones are in the pipeline with the convention center hotel, grand avenue development (one 65 story and a few others in that range) and two resedentials of 50 stories each, so the skyline will be totally different in 5 or so years. There are many good changes happening downtown and in a few years it will be the place to live play and work downtown and i cant wait.

I hope so

L.A. skyline is like a Vodka....."Absolut" :okay:

8.5

Los Angeles has a perfect-shaped skyline but its too small

Iconic skyline with some really tall towers surrounded by miles of urban sprawl.

8.5

I quite liked it. I've seen some pictures though in the movie The Day After Tomorrow which looked really well! Just right for a city known for it's suburbs and not for it's downtown area.

Now with the Walt Disney Theatre I think many people will invest there!

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I work on the 41st floor of the North Tower
not a sight I like to see during weekends......:D

really... my school is right under your office then :)

Downtown & Century City
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/1711la4.jpg

Downtown LA fropm Elyssian Park

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/1711laviewelysian-med.jpg


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/1711laviewsilverlake-med.jpg

You get a nice view of downtown from the school I should take pictures

LA does have a nice skyline. Good cluster of tall buildings. If the city wasn't so sprawling and spread out it could have a nicer skyline though. Downtown is actually a nice place to walk around and enjoy on a sunny day. Library Tower (US Bank Building now) is quite impressive. As is the new Walt Disney center.

But then when you get to 3rd Street... :runaway:

Great L.A

10/10!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/lastdragonn/Picture065.jpg

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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/1711laviewsilverlake-med.jpg

Great picture of The US Bank Tower.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/lastdragonn/GoingToSchool030.jpg

:D

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10! My favorite city!

By itself I give it an 8.5..

But

Noting the size of the skyline's host city, I give it a 4. Thats my final answer.

It is ok, but b/c LA is so spread out, and a disgrace of a city to urban planners everywhere I give it a 4. There are countless cities with 1/10 the people with better skylines...

Downotwn LA is so beautiful and horribly underated. If ever mid and high-rise in the Los Angeles area was in downtown, it would be gargantuant. Love it!!

Go lakers 9/10 :)

From My school today 1-12-05
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7.5 nice skyline but just doesn't have much of an impact for some reason

0/10, this city is ugly, and the skyline is not befitting of the second largest city in the US. i mean this is a forum for buildings and skylines, and L.A. cant stand up the likes of New York or Chicago, or even Baltimore. yeah i said it Baltimore. i think they should just knock the city over and try again, because they f*cked up real bad with this one. and for anybody who voted 10, are you high on crack, or just another idiot in lala land?

Downtown is great but rest of city is not special 5/10

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/lastdragonn/bbaall057.jpg

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0/10, this city is ugly, and the skyline is not befitting of the second largest city in the US. i mean this is a forum for buildings and skylines, and L.A. cant stand up the likes of New York or Chicago, or even Baltimore. yeah i said it Baltimore. i think they should just knock the city over and try again, because they f*cked up real bad with this one. and for anybody who voted 10, are you high on crack, or just another idiot in lala land?


Ok buddy and you are not on crack fro giving LA a 0?? what a retard. because fo eartquake codes the developers were limited on height for a long time. There are plenty of projects in the works and by 2010, Downtown LA will have 50 - 0 new towers (already approved and or proposed, from 15 - 65 stories) not to mention allt he new ones that will be proposed because of the remarkable turnaround in downtwon LA.

Ok buddy and you are not on crack fro giving LA a 0?? what a retard. because fo eartquake codes the developers were limited on height for a long time. There are plenty of projects in the works and by 2010, Downtown LA will have 50 - 0 new towers (already approved and or proposed, from 15 - 65 stories) not to mention allt he new ones that will be proposed because of the remarkable turnaround in downtwon LA.

okay big guy your right, a o/10 is a little generous, i wish i could go into negatives. i dont care about earthquake codes, or whats in the works for 2010, i care about right now; and for the sencond largest urban metropolis in the united states, i demand better than this. los angeles sucks. im sorry for offending your home town, but this is just my opinion. by the way, your ali g icon is classic.

I rate it a 8.5/10. It's the best skyline in California. Second best on the West Coast.

For such a world-reknowned city, the skyline has less high-rises than even Penang... Come on LA, lets see more new skyscrapers in the coming years!

7/10

Expect to see more tall ones in LA. Moving closer to the city is becoming more appealing to younger generations who do not see the point of fighting the freeways in and out of the suburbs. I like the way the CBD looks with a smoggy sunset.

I might be off to California soon, just because my mate whats to see a band so am gona tag along(can't remember the name though, just know that there playing CA. Also probs gona visit LA while am there.

Great one.IMO,best in the west.8.

LA is huge but needs more skyscrapers. 8/10. :banana:

Just bin having a look at gigs and I also want to see a band(Phantom Planet) who are playing in Anaheim in March so you never know I might be over there next month and the skyline gets a 8/10.

not much skyline. 6

8/10. Doesn't seem to have as much density as Chicago or New York, but the skyline is tall, though, I like that.

8.5 because the city have earthquakes, but this skyline isnt that good for a city that is nearly 4 million. The mountain backgrounds makes it up though.

LA should have a bigger skyline. and I really don't like the buildings that much. Seattle and San Francisco have way better looking skylines. 6.5/10

really nice, and compact... but it should be much larger for its size 8/10

Great, great city. 2nd Best skyline in California after San Francisco. An 8.5/10 from me.

Oh yeah, for those of you who keep dissing LA, take a look at this thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=174650

9.5

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The best!

more votes? he hee

8.5/10

How can you not love it. A city of this size should be better though. Gotta mark it down just a bit 8

6.5 ewwhh SO CAL

I live in LA, but the downtown area doesn't have the density of buildings.
I give it a 7.

9/10- i like it, but i still think that it is too small for a city of that population.

8.5 i like it

Nice skyline but not sufficient to LA
9/10

8, needs to connect w/ l.a.'s century city skyline....
then it would be a unique 10!!

^^ They are connected through Wilshire Blvd.

9/10, but WAYYY to small for a MEGACITY! Manila has the same amount of earthquakes as LA, and it has (more) skyscrapers!

Should have more condos/apartments, not just single family residences, like other megacities, and just...more.

As everyone else here is saying, its a great skyline, but it just doesnt reflect the size of the city.

I bloody love the US Bank tower though - its one of my all time favourite skyscrapers. Awesome stuff.

9/10 - its just got a special feeling about it.


Here is a shot I took from Mullholland Drive this July. I'm sure youve seen it all before, but it was a clear day (no smog!) so it looks fookin' marvelous:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/the_boy_david/threadmull.jpg

^^ ahahaha thats not that clear.

gotta wait after rain to see LA clear

Anybody here watch "The OC"?

^^ ew

no.

^^ ew

no.

lol why is it eww? I've never seen it BTW but people at my school are like "OMG I want to live in Orange County!"

they want to live in OC because of The OC? Thats stupid.

they want to live in OC because of The OC? Thats stupid.

Yep... well most people at my school are stupid.
(yet somehow it scraped up a five-star rating :runaway:)

I give it a 5.5

^^ cause you're bitter

^^ cause you're bitter

Of course...

Chicago is.... :bash:

LA is an awesome city and i think its skyline is great it could use a few more skyscrapers granted, but it is joined by so many other cities with spectacular skylines like century city, beverly hills, etc. and business is very spred out among the city people dont see that not all those 3 million ppl work in downtown LA and the skyline is plenty large enough for its size i vote 9.5/10

^^

Thats what I've been wondering about... do most people work in downtown in other cities?

for a city of that size the skyline is hilarious , much to small , needs many more towers to be impressive :(

CHeck this out http://webpages.charter.net/ctaylor7096/lapano.jpg

DaveLdude took this pic
the skyline stretches for a few miles
This IS THE REAL L.A.!!!!!!!!!!

do most people work in downtown in other cities?

Yes.

[QUOTE=daortiz]Downtown & Century City
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3093/1711la4.jpg

This ones my favorite picture

You can pretty much trace Wilshire Blvd in that picture.

BTW..Wilshire is about 15 miles long. Starts at 1 Wilshire in downtown and ends at the ocean.

7/10.

For america's second city it should have a bigger CBD but it is really dense and has nice buildings so 7/10

Beautiful skyline and very dense!!!
8/10

http://webpages.charter.net/ctaylor7096/lapano.jpg
very nice!!

10/10

If you cruise through western LA you get to see the real "skyscraperish" LA.

Ir you put all the 329 buildings listed in ssp together, Los Angeles would create a major competition with Chicago. After all, they have the same number of buildings according to ssc.

I do not understand where the skyline is here. All I see is a sprawl of scattered office buildings with a suburban landscape. This reminds me of Chicago's far west suburbs.

9/10

I do not understand where the skyline is here. All I see is a sprawl of scattered office buildings with a suburban landscape. This reminds me of Chicago's far west suburbs.

I kind of agree....this isn't a very nice shot of downtown...downtowns skyscrapers even look smaller than actual size...looks a little weird. The whole downtown area looks so condensed.

L.A. has some note-worhy scraper, but still VERY dissapointing. 7/10.

7.5/10

I give it 8/10 because the skyline is rather small for 18 million people. But, hopefully that will soon change.

8.5/10

Might not be very big, but this is the shape I'm looking for! :happy:
9,5/10.

i dig our skyline <9>
its got size and its still human...

Ir you put all the 329 buildings listed in ssp together, Los Angeles would create a major competition with Chicago. After all, they have the same number of buildings according to ssc.

Let's not get carried away now. LA has a ways to go before it gets anywhere near Chicago's level.

LA happens to be one of my favorite skylines in North America! I like how you got clusters of 700m+ skyscrapers surrounded by low-rise sprawl. Not just that but you got cluster of mid-rise CBDs around the city like Long Beach, El Segundo, Century City and more!

9/10

But if it didn't have the US Bank Tower, 7.5/10!

All though I never think of LA as having an elite skyline there are same frames when I like it and think its pretty cool (though not one of my favories). Then there are other angles where I really almost don't like (which is rare for me to be say about any skyline).

Why does the CBD look so dense in some shots and then the talls so spread out (more then any other city save maybe Houston) from certain angles?

8.5/10

[QUOTE=WANCH] I like how you got clusters of 700m+ skyscrapers surrounded by low-rise sprawl.

That would be a really tall cluster. ;)

8.5/10
Are there any high-rises under construction at present?

oops my bad! I mean over 700 ft ;)

I just find skylines like these breathtaking :)

http://www.wb6bjm.com/Dsc00640.jpg

9/10

Awesome; one of my favourite skylines.



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/LosAngeles06.jpg

7/10 :)

I <3 it's sprawly-ness. This city is the epifphamy of the American Dream™

CHeck this out http://webpages.charter.net/ctaylor7096/lapano.jpg

DaveLdude took this pic
the skyline stretches for a few miles
This IS THE REAL L.A.!!!!!!!!!!


Yes this is the real Los Angeles shot,(this panorama is aprox. 17 miles in length) although this shot encompasses the (from right to left) Downtown, Mid/wilshire,Hollywood,Miricle mile,Beverly hills, Century city, Golden mile/Westwood, Brentwood, and Santa Monica area's

What is not visable, but significant, behind the Santa Monica mountains;
The Ventura blvd. corridor,North hollywood, Universal city, (with one of my favorite L.A. towers, 10 Univesal plaza, at 36 floors.) Burbank Media center, and way west, Warner center.

And on the same side of the hill, but behind this panorama,
The LAX, and El Segundo center,Long Beach, and harbor area,


Chicago and Los Angeles may have close to the same number of above 15 floor buildings, but in L.A., about 15 to 20% are above 500'and spread over a vast area.
Chicago, on the other hand is spread over a vast area also, but its tower development is more densely confined to the shoreline, and close to 60% of its buildings, are above 500'

[QUOTE=WANCH] I like how you got clusters of 700m+ skyscrapers surrounded by low-rise sprawl.

That would be a really tall cluster. ;)

8.5/10
Are there any high-rises under construction at present?

Click this: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=302143

Because l.a is so big it has other quite substantial 'skylines' in other areas. Main cbd is a great skyline!! 10/10

For most cities, it would be an excellent skyline, but for how huge LA is, it seems like it should be bigger. still gets an 8.5/10

8/10

In my opinion, it deserves nothing less than 10!!!

9/10

That panorama is STUNNING! That is what a city is meant to be, from the mountains to the sea! (and the Hollywood sign just clinches it all!)
10/10

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Click this: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=302143
Thank you for the link!

I love L.A and l.as skyline a 10/10

9.5/10- I rate !

9.5/10 ;)

9.0/10

5.5 :) Nothing too impressive,even Moscow's skyline is better :(
You have to be kidding!!HAHAHA Moscow? better skyline? you are retarded!!!

[QUOTE=lotrfan55345]9/10, but WAYYY to small for a MEGACITY! Manila has the same amount of earthquakes as LA, and it has (more) skyscrapers!

Should have more condos/apartments, not just single family residences, like other megacities, and just...more.[/QUOTEThats because they dont care in Manila.

okay big guy your right, a o/10 is a little generous, i wish i could go into negatives. i dont care about earthquake codes, or whats in the works for 2010, i care about right now; and for the sencond largest urban metropolis in the united states, i demand better than this. los angeles sucks. im sorry for offending your home town, but this is just my opinion. by the way, your ali g icon is classic.Why would anyone be an idiot just for being in LA? Anyways, nobody, including your precious cities that you have listed, care about your demands. Los Angeles is tight!!

6.5 ewwhh SO CAL So Cal is cool man what r you talkin about?lol

LA skyline is not really as dense, a bit scattered, you have downtown, Century City, Westwood, and the Mid-Wilshire/Miracle Mile district. Downtown area doesn't have really that much skyscrapers, it just depends on your vantage point.

I live here and I do find LA's skyline disappointing.

Before:

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this city is awsome

L.A. has a nice skyline, but due to the fact that Los Angeles is such a huge city the skyline is a bit disappointing. I give it a 7/10.

AHH! i love this city!

10/10!

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well this will probably make it better

LA has a good skyline, but for a city of it's size, it's slightly disappointing. But saying that, i do realise it's in an earthquake zone, which would have alot to do with it. 7.5 for me. But if all those new projects go ahead, it will certainly rank higher.

I kinda like LA's skyline the way it is right now :)

very recognizable and beautiful skyline, well defined and great buildings

though, i would assimilate the idea of being a 17 million city in it´s metropolitan aerea and the anger skyscraper fans from l.a. city must feel for not having a super skyline, dense and compact

the skyline has a 9 rating

the 17 million factor turns it on a 3

i give it a 10 becouse it is in a earthquake zone and yet it can still build towards the sky.

i love the skyline. it just looks powerful. there are no spires or overly thin buildings. driving on the 110 freeway toward downtown is by far my favorite vantage point from which to view it.

7/10

Looks pretty good.....7.5/10

i love the skyline. it just looks powerful. there are no spires or overly thin buildings. driving on the 110 freeway toward downtown is by far my favorite vantage point from which to view it.

To me it's Griffith Park or any hill in Hollywood :)

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I love L.A.! Los Angeles has a beautiful skyline that’s getting better and better by the day.

Beautiful..

Los Angeles it's a beutiful city with a brilliant downtown :okay:

9! From street level the scrapers are stunning, a truely beautiful skyline. One of my favorites.

great skyline