http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/anithian/norfolksky.jpg

http://www.norfolkcvb.com/images/scope2.jpg

http://www.lynnseldon.com/photos/samples131.jpg

http://www.americancompanies.com/images_big/norfolksouthern.jpg

http://www.andystaxigroup.com/images/harrison-opera.jpg

http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/Paterson_Katherine_5.jpg

http://www.landmarkdg.com/pix/kp_usaa1.jpg

http://http://www.beachscreens.com/e-post-office/images/postcards-10-10-2002/DSC00395.JPG

http://www.beachscreens.com/e-post-office/images/postcards-10-10-2002/DSC01706.JPG

http://www.beachscreens.com/e-post-office/images/postcards-10-10-2002/DSC00040.JPG

http://www.beachscreens.com/Image-Archive/Beach-Screens-Wall-Paper/update-08-03-2002/Norfolk-VA-Skyline-04-02-2002.jpg

http://www.beachscreens.com/Norfolk/Norfolk-VA-Skyline-04-02-02-02.jpg

http://www.beachscreens.com/Image-Archive/Beach-Screens-Wall-Paper/update-08-03-2002/Norfolk-VA-Skyline-07-29-2002-01.jpg

4.5/10 not much of a skyline

Looks like it is fairly dense, and stuff may go on, but there isn't a quality skyline. Therefore, 5

0


There's nothing there! :rant:

5.5/10


The city looks nice, but the skyline is too small.

5.5/10

5, has some nice buildings but no skyline

4/10... sorry. I don't like it

The skyline is too small !!

5/10

5.5/10
Too say there's no skyline is a little over the top, but the skyline is small for a metro between 1.6-1.7 million. You also have to realize that we have 6 cities in our metro wiht over 100,000 people so everything is pretty spread out. Also being the military capital of the United States we can only build buildings but so high!!

6

A shame there are so many urban centres in this metro area, would have a much better skyline if that weren't so. As it is, too short, a bit too spread out by the looks of it, but actually better than I expected.

6.5/10

6/10 nice !

6/10

I like the Bank of America Buidling there.

Few small boxes, I'm not impressed 5/10

Looks like northern Virginia, but on the water...

???? nothight at all
4.5/10

Just about OK.
5/10

3,5/10

boring boxes

3.5/10 Small !

4/10

I see small stubbs :)

Small, boring, 3.0.

And not to be condescending, but is the Hampton Roads area really booming ? I'm just curious about the growth rate and new construction.

hey i'm from here and i'm fully aware that there is no skyline lol! realistically, though, almost all office space in the region is concentrated in several edge cities that possess maybe one tall building what these pics dont show, however is that there is a decent residential skyline on the other side of that water

I gave N/NN a 4.5. I'm sure in by the next decade there will be more taller buildings. Onward and upward.

Some decent buildings. 4.

7/10.....small but nice!

Sorry for the fuzziness. Bad camera.

Norfolk from Renaissance Hotel, Olde Towne Portsmouth
http://photo4.matchnet.com/beta/2004/11/15/00/73278428.jpg

With Harbor Tower Apartments, Portsmouth, on left foreground
http://photo2.matchnet.com/alpha/2004/11/15/00/73278515.jpg

At least it is on the ocean? 4/10

A great collection of cities that will have a much more impressive skyline very soon. Historic and dense, and pleasing to the eye. I gave it a 7.

4.0 Sorry, but Norfolk's skyline looks like that of an edge city, like Schaumburg, IL or Stamford, CT. I'm sure the multiple core cities in the metro are a big factor in this, but it doesn't change what's in those pictures.

The location is really nice on the water, and despite the small skyline it has now, I think it has a great potential to become a really booming city/area. 6.5/10

Standard skyline. Yet some nice-looking buildings.
6.5/10

I spent a few months there. Not much to say.

By the way, I never got what's the official name of the metro area : Norfolk? Hampton Roads? Virginia Beach? Newport News? People refer to this area by using any of these names.

Hampton Roads is the name of the metro area, and it comes from an old meaning for the word "roads" which meant "harbor."

Hampton Roads consists of the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, and probably one or two others. The major cities of the Hampton Roads metro area all have at least 250,000 people in their city limits.

6.5. +Cool points for density, but not tall at all.

Nice, but should be larger. I give it a 6.5/10.

6/10

7.5/10

not much too look at. i could be wrong.

5.5/10

Hopefully some of these pictures can change the negative opinions on Norfolk:

Norfolk, VA

http://www.pbase.com/image/2487029.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/2487034.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/33018975.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/norfolk/P4280087.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/norfolk/P4280092.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/cal7123/norfolkfrompeta.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/norfolk/P5050084.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/okinawatyphoon/Norfolk/Norfolkbest.jpg

7/10 Well lived there for few years loved the downtown had nice charm to it. And what was that thing when all the large wooden ship from all over the world showed up like in 2000 or something... But ive also read up and they are getting quite a few decent size buildings. I really wish Hampton roads would have just had one joint downtown thoe that would look really cool between Va beach, Newport News, Hampton etc

Also Here are some pics of the Town Center at Virginia Beach. It's not much now but it's building up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/guynvb/Virginia%20Beach/DSC02180.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/guynvb/Virginia%20Beach/145707804UzAdSy_ph.jpg

http://www.thecosmopolitanapartments.com/photos/c6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/guynvb/Virginia%20Beach/DSC02235.jpg

I'd like to thank the kind posters at Urban Planet for the pics.

7/10

Portsmouth:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/russthebuss2/DSC01771.jpg

Norfolk:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/russthebuss2/DSC01774.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y93/okinawatyphoon/Norfolk/skyline_22.jpg

This from Emporis:

Norfolk is the central city of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. Hampton Roads is one of the world's finest natural deepwater harbors. It is home to Norfolk Naval Base, the largest in the United States, as well as the headquarters of NATO's Allied Command Atlantic.
Norfolk was founded by the Virginia General Assembly in 1680 as port to serve ships sailing to England and the West Indies. It became an independent borough in 1735 and an independent city in 1845. Norfolk grew slowly until the Navy began building the base in 1917, shortly after the USA entered World War I. Military activity during World War II caused a surge in population from 141,332 in 1940 to 213,513 in 1950.

The military remains the city's largest employer. Port activity is also imporant to the economy. Hampton Roads handles more coal than any other port, serving as the distribution center for the coal fields of southwestern Virginia and West Virginia.

Norfolk began slum clearance under federal Urban Renewal programs in 1951. Much of the downtown area was demolished in the 1960's. Reconstruction began with the office core along East Main Street as well as the Scope cultural center on the north side of downtown. The Granby Street corridor was spared total clearance and includes a number of historic mid-rise buildings of architectural interest. At the center is the MacArthur Center shopping mall, built in the 1990's.

Granby Tower is now planned to be 34 stories at 485ft with a chance it could go higher. Some speculate that it could top Westin (planned at 501ft) for the title of the tallest building in the Hampton Roads and Virginia for that matter.

Really? No one cares to express their opinions on this area. I've got like 5 replies in a row.

:badnews:

Well Va is a hell of a lot better econonomically than other places getting tall towers, we'll start to become more accepting of it, between arlington, tysons, richmond, and hampton roads, we can have some really nice skylines, either way, we'll be fine, and just imagine if they vote in favor of the $1bln a yr budget for the state's transportation, we'll accept richmond and norfolk as real priorities instead of planning little preliminary projects.

5/10

7/10

It seems nice. I had always wondered what that area looked like. For a state of its size, you'd think that this area's skyline would be more impressive. Isn't Virgina Beach the largest city, that is in this area, no?

7/10- nice, but small.

5/10

i like the position of the city near to the water and the few scyscraper's are not ugly therefore 6 points
:)

Not bad imho 5/10 looks like it's having a bright future :)

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j276/VaCeltic/Picture003.jpg

I gave it a 5. Although there are valid reasons as to why the skyline is small, it is still small. It is all boxes, has no standout building and little height. The growth on the pictures for 2020 looks pretty good and combined with the natural beauty of that area of the country I could definitly see this area moving up but as of now I have to give it what it deserves.

I am stationed in Virginia Beach and really dont find the skyline of Norfolk too impressive.. I gave it a 6/10.. It looks really good when all the christmas lights are on.. I give it a 7/10 during that time..

6/10

6.5 :)

Nice but small i think the pictures didnt help.6.5/10

6/10 It's pretty good for one of those smaller american cities.

http://static.flickr.com/61/179195997_be590d7793_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/60/179195795_0949872bbf_b.jpg

hmm 4/10

6,5/10

A couple of waterfront shots from gosscj on UP.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/344812916_7727ccdf86_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/344818377_cac35ced0f_b.jpg

5/10

7/10

3.5/10 few buildings, no density, i don't like that buildings, and the are so small.

these pictures dont show anything so 2.0/10

such american city's are boring and not beautiful, 6/10

7/10

Growing skyline 5/10

7/10

7/10

8/10

8/10

6.5/10

7/10

From Norfolk and I give it a score of 5.5!! Have to be honest even though its my home and I love it but, the skyline is average for a metro area of 1.7 million people. Now the positive is there are projects on the way that will change the skyline in the next 10 years. 2 buildings i know of coming are to be built in the next 2 years so give Norfolk time because skyscrapers arent the focus of our military based area. The econmy is very strongly influenced by the military and tourism(Va Beach/Williamsburg) not the financial sector.

8.5/10

Have to admit my hometown has added some flavor to its skyline im bumping it up to 6.5 for now. In about 5 years will be a 7.5!! Lots of new buildings planned for Norfolk,Virginia should give a more dense look! I think we have 2-3 more new buildings planned for downtown to be complete in the next 3 years!!!! L.G.N.M

Does anyone have different angles of this skyline. Norfolk needs different views to be seen from different angles. L.G.N.M

6/10

A couple of waterfront shots from gosscj on UP.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/344812916_7727ccdf86_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/344818377_cac35ced0f_b.jpg

The earlier posted pics need this one on page one to show the newer buildings as well as the new construction on the Wachovia Center going up as well. Some good pics are here for Norfolk but, we need a great picture angle wise to display Norfolks growing skyline. Seen Roanoke and Richmonds scores and we appear to have more 3 or belows than the 3 cities!!

Love my fellow Virginia cities but, cant believe we have such low scores compared to the in state cities. Oh well, it is what it is!!! L.G.N.M:):):)

7/10

7/10

Wish we had an updated picture of Norfolks downtown. Just added another building(Wachovia Center/Wells Frago) to the skyline since the last picture taken of Norfolk.L.G.N.M

7. Regards.

I'm giving it a 7.5. I'm from the area (Newport News, to be exact), so I remember how it used to look. It's come up in recent years and is still growing.

Oh, how come Newport News was put in the title of this thread? Those two cities don't even share a border.

7/10

7/10

Need an update for pictures for Norfolk. New building went up since latest picture!!! L.G.N.M

Needs better angles so people can see the entire skyline and the newest skyscraper isnt in this picture as well. To those voting the pictures dont show the entire Norfolk skyline. These pics are nice but, there is much more to the skyline most of the shots only show the waterfront view, not the entire downtown!!! L.G.N.M

Dull. Could be anywhere. 6.5

6/10

Kinda good enough.. but i have to be consistent in my rating.. 6.0/10

6/10

http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/anithian/norfolksky.jpg

http://www.norfolkcvb.com/images/scope2.jpg

http://www.lynnseldon.com/photos/samples131.jpg

http://www.americancompanies.com/images_big/norfolksouthern.jpg

http://www.andystaxigroup.com/images/harrison-opera.jpg

http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/litmap/Paterson_Katherine_5.jpg

http://www.landmarkdg.com/pix/kp_usaa1.jpg

http://http://www.beachscreens.com/e-post-office/images/postcards-10-10-2002/DSC00395.JPG

http://www.beachscreens.com/e-post-office/images/postcards-10-10-2002/DSC01706.JPG

http://www.beachscreens.com/e-post-office/images/postcards-10-10-2002/DSC00040.JPG

http://www.beachscreens.com/Image-Archive/Beach-Screens-Wall-Paper/update-08-03-2002/Norfolk-VA-Skyline-04-02-2002.jpg

http://www.beachscreens.com/Norfolk/Norfolk-VA-Skyline-04-02-02-02.jpg

http://www.beachscreens.com/Image-Archive/Beach-Screens-Wall-Paper/update-08-03-2002/Norfolk-VA-Skyline-07-29-2002-01.jpg

this city looks good but not much skyline

We need better pictures of Norfolk like how the Rochester,NY page has showing the entire skyline at a great angle. The pictures of just certain buildings(two or three buildings only) are hurting the scores. You cant see the whole downtown as you can in person and a new building(Wells Fargo) has been added and isnt in any photos!! L.G.N.M

5/10

fairly nice city.

4.5/10

WOW, been a long time since anyones been here. Since the last pictures, new buildings have went up. Not in the pictures I see here. LGNM

I dont know how to do so, if someone from Norfolk/Va Beach does, please update the pictures here. Nor do I own a camera either! LGNM

kinda boring. 6.5/10

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/5452098704_aa2fa1542f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluesleepy/5452098704/)
47: Norfolk skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluesleepy/5452098704/) by bluesleepy (http://www.flickr.com/people/bluesleepy/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5013/5505580614_80f0afff8b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_little/5505580614/)
065/365: Sunday, March 6, 2011: Across Elizabeth (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_little/5505580614/) by Stephen Little (http://www.flickr.com/people/stephen_little/), on Flickr

5.5/10. Lacks in density.

7/10

5/10

7/10

Norfolk needs one kick@$$ skyscraper to bring it up to par. The 20-something story boxes just aren't cutting it.

Tired of not having any photos on here....so here goes! Thanks flickr!

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3074/3107177579_ed924b9f67_b.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5094/5454428067_f8c40c94b8_b.jpg
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1312/5124801927_ccc8e9b618_b.jpg
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1191/1461738820_478dada21e_b.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3064/2869086483_449398fae2_b.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5061/5734132255_29f3c4f963_b.jpg

New light rail system downtown: The Tide
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6209/6058576875_d35e775f60_b.jpg
Stations doowntown:
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6152/6187722388_54037f0ec3_b.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5269/5587305420_235b6689d9_b.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6021/5932795592_64fcd00b9d_b.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2456/3657584707_7591ab33bb_b.jpg
http://bowdenweb.com/wp/i/tilt-shift-focus/elizabeth-river-at-norfolk-naval-shipyard-600.jpg

Skyline aside, Norfolk is actually a really cool city. Awesome waterfront, constant fun activities, huge military presence, great downtown with light rail, and not that bad of a skyline for a 250k city. If you're ever around the city, come visit!

:lovethem:Yes, the true urban oais of the Hampton Roads meto area. With neighborhoods, love Ghent, and a walkable downtown and real culture, with attactions, and yes true grit too. A solid 8 more than a beach to get lost in. Thank you for the real thing.:cheers1:

7/10. The height and the boxy nature of the skyline are the worst problems but the location is beautiful and it doesn't look particularly ugly.

6/10

7/10