What US skyline is boxier than boxy?
Which ones are so bland and boring you might as well turn your pencil around, erase the thing, and start over cause your art teacher told you it just wasn't creative enough?

http://p.vtourist.com/353110-Downtown-Los_Angeles.jpg

Denver without a doubt.

Denver without a doubt.
http://www.iaap-hq.org/Convention_05/Denver_Skyline.jpg

Maybe that's why there aren't many forumers from Denver?

Denver and Portland immediately come to mine. L.A. not so much. Houston is much more boxy.

Denver!

http://p.vtourist.com/353110-Downtown-Los_Angeles.jpg
Wow. I never noticed how boxy LA can be. For major cities, I go with San Francisco and Boston. I think LA escapes it because it has height.

San Fran!

after visiting emporis.com, i've decided that both phoenix and houston's skylines are nothing more than glorified bank boxes



Indianapolis has twice as many skyscrapers as phoenix but half the population...I thought our sprawl was bad, but damn.

Richmond
Tulsa
Phoenix
And basically any skyline that had alot of development 1965-1985

Indianapolis has twice as many skyscrapers as phoenix but half the population...I thought our sprawl was bad, but damn.

Skyscrapers have absolutely nothing to do with how much a city sprawls.

I'm glad somebody else caught that.

Richmond comes to mind first...
http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_portfolio/51/print_preview/53815.jpg


Norfolk
http://www.millershomes.com/skyline1.jpg


Syracuse
http://www93.homepage.villanova.edu/michael.b.walsh/syracuse_skyline.jpg


Tacoma
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/destinations/images/b/us_wa_ca_fdgwa116_b.jpg


Also: Oklahoma City, Denver and Phoenix

Richmond
Tulsa
Phoenix
And basically any skyline that had alot of development 1965-1985

I agree about richmond, the boxiness really eff's up the skyline

Too many to name.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/nathanh6686/SF1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/nathanh6686/SanFrancisco2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/nathanh6686/SFRingMountain.jpg

Except for the pyramid, San Francisco is pretty boxy, but I think that the hills help add dimension (when looking from Marin)

wait a minute.. let's clarify things here.. are we talking about skylines that have boxy individual skyscrapers or skylines as a whole that are arranged in a boxy shape? :dunno: for example..

boxy skyline buidlings:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1687/richmond1hj.jpg

boxy skyline shape:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4503/boston6cy.jpg

Phoenix

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Phxdowntown.jpg/900px-Phxdowntown.jpg

Salt Lake City

http://www.parcgateway.com/images/hp_gateway.jpg

wait a minute.. let's clarify things here.. are we talking about skylines that have boxy individual skyscrapers or skylines as a whole that are arranged in a boxy shape? :dunno: for example..

boxy skyline buidlings:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1687/richmond1hj.jpg

boxy skyline shape:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4503/boston6cy.jpg
I think we are talking about the skyline with the highest percentage of box tower in their skyline.

Denver....definitely. Yes, they have a good number of buildings, but good lord, could they be any more boring?

wait a minute.. let's clarify things here.. are we talking about skylines that have boxy individual skyscrapers or skylines as a whole that are arranged in a boxy shape? :dunno: for example..

boxy skyline buidlings:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1687/richmond1hj.jpg

boxy skyline shape:

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4503/boston6cy.jpg
Well, I wasn't really thinking about skylines as wholes being boxy in shape, no. Just, skylines that are bland-boring to the max with boxes.

I guess Tulsa is a bit on the boring side as far as range in building design goes, but I think its height is great and it still looks really nice. ^_^
Not boring to me. :okay:

http://www.victorykidz.org/Tulsa%20skyline%20night.jpg

:hahaha: new york has the boxiest skyline

Indy is relatively boxy

http://m01.mail.netscape.com/14738/nc/en-us/Mail/get-attachment.aspx?uid=1.327402&folder=Inbox&partId=1

Denver.

LA can't help being boxy, I'm pretty sure that every tall building requires a helipad for evacuation purposes.

Baltimore....although thats beginning to change with some of the newer buildings going up.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b29/code130/DSCN1593.jpg

Denver.

LA can't help being boxy, I'm pretty sure that every tall building requires a helipad for evacuation purposes.

yup, its an ordinance or something like that, but all buildings over 10 stories require a helipad

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b375/bustedpits/Tree_Hill_Skyline.jpg

More Richmond boxes...

ehh, i hate it when skylines have like the tallest buildings on the edges, like Richmond does in this picture

Like Chicago. With that said, I think even with Richmond, Phoenix, Portland, and Denver take it, Norfolk is also boxy too.

But LA I like, b/c of how abruptly the height starts.

Denver and LA have boxy skylines, but thery're still really attractive (especially LA).

It really depends on the meaning of the word boxy, as in the plainest, no character buildings, or as in a skyline that lacks depth and variation with the buildings


When you think about it most skylines have some kind of "boxiness"

NYC probably will win this.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/wtc/images/wtc_fulton_ferry.jpg
http://hem.bredband.net/b265662/photo/2005/newyork/061_Weehawken.jpg
http://hem.bredband.net/b265662/photo/2005/newyork/062_Weehawken.jpg
http://www.wirednewyork.com/skyscrapers/trump_world_tower/images/trump_queens.jpg
http://www.wirednewyork.com/queens/olympic_village/olympic_village.jpg
http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/4624/bloomberg366hl.jpg

I don't agree with NYC being boxy. Yes, it has many recangular buildings but there are quite a few ones with spires or "tapered tops" plus the variety of heights keep it from being boxy. I think Denver has the boxiest skyline.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a197/MVBergy24/Denverfromhighway.jpg

where is that?

Doens't New Orleans got some boxiness goin on?

where is that?

Denver.

:hahaha: new york has the boxiest skyline
Well, it used to. :sleepy:

Doens't New Orleans got some boxiness goin on?
You might say that it does.

http://mk29.image.pbase.com/u44/jfmansfield/upload/28519138.Bnr06.jpg

every skyline is boxy imo.

That's sort of what I am thinking about myself.

san fran?

Denver....

New Orleans is boxy, always has been that I remember...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/alon504/nodowntown.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/alon504/skyline.jpg

^^ Boxy, yet still attractive, at least in those pictures. Always would be great if it had a tallest-signature spire, though.

So what is exactly wrong with "Boxy"?

Every city has "Boxy" Buildings. So A skyline with all spires and poles is the best skyline of them all? Sometimes I wonder about the mental health and judgement placed by some of the forumers.

So what is exactly wrong with "Boxy"?

Every city has "Boxy" Buildings. So A skyline with all spires and poles is the best skyline of them all? Sometimes I wonder about the mental health and judgement placed by some of the forumers.
Oh please.
We've all described a skyline as "too boxy" before. Meaning that all they have are a bunch of cereal boxes and nothing that changes it up. Lots of that ugly 60's crap.
I assure that my mental judgement need not be questioned.

And yes, every city has them, but some have nothing but them, making the skyline boring and void of anything that makes it stand out from other cities.
And no, no one ever said all spires is the best, so lets not make things up.
Did I not just say NO looked attractive in the post above yours? Sometimes there isn't anything wrong with being boxy.

Hold on a second, did anybody even bother to read the very first post of the thread?

Which ones are so bland and boring you might as well turn your pencil around, erase the thing, and start over cause your art teacher told you it just wasn't creative enough?

Um, why are New York and Chicago being nominated for this? There are plenty of completely sub-par cities in the US to choose from before you go picking two of the three most impressive skylines in the world to fit that above description. :?

I mean, if NYC is the boxiest it's because it has more skyscrapers than every US city combined. :hilarious

The place is basically a museum of historical and architecturally varied buildings from every era since the birth of the skyscraper that can be found in no other city on earth. Heck, most of the taller and more cherished skyscrapers in the city do not even have flat roofs -- Look at the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, American International, 40 Wall Street, Citigroup Center, Woolworth Building... ? Check out my avatar too.

Birmingham, Alabama


http://www.mostlivable.org/cities/birmingham/images/HOME-MISC/web_Birm_sky_sm.jpg

http://p.vtourist.com/859182-Birmingham_Alabama-Alabama.jpg

Hold on a second, did anybody even bother to read the very first post of the thread?



Um, why are New York and Chicago being nominated for this? There are plenty of completely sub-par cities in the US to choose from before you go picking two of the three most impressive skylines in the world to fit that above description. :?

I mean, if NYC is the boxiest it's because it has more skyscrapers than every US city combined. :hilarious

The place is basically a museum of historical and architecturally varied buildings from every era since the birth of the skyscraper that can be found in no other city on earth. Heck, most of the taller and more cherished skyscrapers in the city do not even have flat roofs -- Look at the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, American International, 40 Wall Street, Citigroup Center, Woolworth Building... ? Check out my avatar too.
First of all, get over yourself, like right now.

They have the most skyscrapers, there-fore have the most boxes, which means there the boxiest.

You lose.

The first cities that come to mind for me are Houston, Denver, Portland, Oklahoma City, and San Francisco.

Denver....definitely. Yes, they have a good number of buildings, but good lord, could they be any more boring?

ARe you on crack?...they are very beautiful boxes....true skyscraper fans never think down on tall buildings.....YOU CRITIC!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA WHEO!!!!! JK!!!! WHEO WHEO ...........SNIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF...COUGH COUGH

First of all, get over yourself, like right now.

They have the most skyscrapers, there-fore have the most boxes, which means there the boxiest.

You lose.

There isn't anything to get over, that post was sarcastic at the very least. The people who did mention New York are two of the better posters on the forum and reason they did so is very apparent and well, funny.

On a serious note, what exactly am I losing and who determines whether boxy is bad? New York has the most boxes, but there are other places who have nothing but them and are therefore boxier in the way the skyline looks. And at least the boxes in New York are actually skyscrapers. The same goes for places like Houston and Los Angeles, they shouldn't really be nominated more than a city like Phoenix or Denver because they are of the top skylines in the country.

There isn't anything to get over, that post was sarcastic at the very least. The people who did mention New York are two of the better posters on the forum and reason they did so is very apparent and well, funny.

On a serious note, what exactly am I losing and who determines whether boxy is bad? New York has the most boxes, but there are other places who have nothing but them and are therefore boxier in the way the skyline looks. And at least the boxes in New York are actually skyscrapers. The same goes for places like Houston and Los Angeles, they shouldn't really be nominated more than a city like Phoenix or Denver because they are of the top skylines in the country.
Sorry, I'm kind oblivious to sarcasm.

Just kidding then, love you forever...

Just b/c a skyline is dominated by boxes, doesn't mean that it's bad to look at.

Sorry, I'm kind oblivious to sarcasm.

Just kidding then, love you forever...

Sarcasm aside, I think the idea here is to find the city with the highest proportion of boxes to total skyscrapers. The larger cities mentioned (NYC, Chi, etc.) have the most boxes but they probably also have the most spires, the most x, y, and z. Therefore the sum of the skyline may not be so boxy.

That said, I think Denver is extremely boxy
http://home.att.net/~dick107/COconnection/7Denver_Skyline_2001.JPG

As is Arlington, VA
http://www.beyonddc.com/images/photos/va/rosslyn/skyline08-fromPO.jpg

Does a box need to have 6 sides?