Smallest Cities with skylines

[philphil60]

Here is another view of Rochester, Minnesota. When you arrive from I-90, you take Hwy 52 into the city. You go over a big hill and here is the view you see.

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Rochester Skyline by philphil60, on Flickr

[Mplsuptown]

Any news on anything in the works for Rochester?

[hyrule-mpls]

Originally Posted by Mplsuptown

Any news on anything in the works for Rochester?

a new mix-use building for the U was completed downtown, its about 9 floors.
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Mayo is also expanding Saint Marys hospital and working on a new research lab that has the potential to reach up to 20 floors.

[tvdxer]

I can't believe Duluth was only mentioned once, and in half of a thread. It might not be the **smallest** city, but it definitely has a skyline that betrays its population of 85,000:


(Note: that's only the far eastern part of the skyline)






I'll get some better (albeit outdated) pictures of the skyline off my desktop tomorrow.

[Paule]

One of the reasons why Duluth has such an impressive skyline for a city of 85,000 is because all of it's taller buildings were built during it's heyday. The city and whole area has been losing population since the 60's.

From Duluth's Wiki page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota
In 1900 Duluth had a pop of 52,969, by far the largest city in the northern half of the Great Lakes states. In 1920 Duluth missed the 100,000 mark by only 1,000, makeing it to 101,453, in 1930, and topping off at 107,312 in 1960. If this city would've continued to grow at the pace it set in the early 1900's the city would probably be around 250,000 today with a metro around 400,000, IMHO.

Even the city of Superior Wisconsin was considered a big city in the early 1900's topping off at 40,384 in 1910. The 2010 census has it at 27,244.

The Duluth/Superior metro hit it's big time in the early 20th century and I contend that's the reason why Duluth has such an impressive skyline for a city of 85,000.

Just saying.

[tvdxer]

Originally Posted by Paule

One of the reasons why Duluth has such an impressive skyline for a city of 85,000 is because all of it's taller buildings were built during it's heyday. The city and whole area has been losing population since the 60's.

From Duluth's Wiki page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota
In 1900 Duluth had a pop of 52,969, by far the largest city in the northern half of the Great Lakes states. In 1920 Duluth missed the 100,000 mark by only 1,000, makeing it to 101,453, in 1930, and topping off at 107,312 in 1960. If this city would've continued to grow at the pace it set in the early 1900's the city would probably be around 250,000 today with a metro around 400,000, IMHO.

Even the city of Superior Wisconsin was considered a big city in the early 1900's topping off at 40,384 in 1910. The 2010 census has it at 27,244.

The Duluth/Superior metro hit it's big time in the early 20th century and I contend that's the reason why Duluth has such an impressive skyline for a city of 85,000.

Just saying.

That IS most of the reason, though Duluth remains a hub for a very large region, all the way from west of International Falls to east of Ironwood, Michigan. Several new projects on the far east side of downtown are of recent construction, usually medical.

Most of the large and elegant buildings downtown, though, date back to Duluth's heyday in the early 1900's.

[Paule]

Originally Posted by tvdxer

That IS most of the reason, though Duluth remains a hub for a very large region, all the way from west of International Falls to east of Ironwood, Michigan. Several new projects on the far east side of downtown are of recent construction, usually medical.

Most of the large and elegant buildings downtown, though, date back to Duluth's heyday in the early 1900's.

Minnesotans sure love their skyscrappers and because of that I'm more than sure that if Duluth would've kept growing it could've been something very, very special. It still is something very special though, beautiful town and some great architecture!

[james5]

That fourth pic in, what's with the bottom of those buildings, a 1970's mistake? The buildings looks cool then it looks like they revamped them for the the skywalk. nice pics though. I always liked the way Duluth is situated with the hills and lake....

[tvdxer]

(Sorry about the awful picture quality of some of them)

2005:



2006:





(I wish I had a DSLR, ideally with a wide-angle lens, now so I could update these as high-quality pictures with my knowledge of photo composition and different places to take pictures, e.g. a really good vantage point from a parking ramp, that I didn't have then. These were taken with a 2002 vintage Cybershot DSC-P71; a nice camera in its time, awfully obsolete today. The later pictures in my last posting were taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2; I also had a DMC-LX5 as of last year, but which was stolen 2 months after I bought it. You're more than welcome to contribute to my photography fund if you'd like)

[edutj16]

our ... it's amazing how small American cities already have a high degree of vertical .. Very good that! I live in Santa Ines - Brazil with + - 100 000 inhabitants and now that the 1st building constructed over seven floors.

[AcesHigh]

Originally Posted by edutj16

our ... it's amazing how small American cities already have a high degree of vertical .. Very good that! I live in Santa Ines - Brazil with + - 100 000 inhabitants and now that the 1st building constructed over seven floors.

thats a problem with your city. In the south of Brazil there are cities with smaller populations and dozens of buildings over seven floors.

like Pato Branco, just as an example.

[Paule]

Originally Posted by AcesHigh

thats a problem with your city. In the south of Brazil there are cities with smaller populations and dozens of buildings over seven floors.

like Pato Branco, just as an example.

I agree, I viewed that link you posted awhile back and was very surprised on how so many small cities in Brazil have such high skylines.

[Lmichigan]

Originally Posted by Paule

I agree, I viewed that link you posted awhile back and was very surprised on how so many small cities in Brazil have such high skylines.

That really was an odd thing to say, because I think Brazil is probably one of the better examples of really small cities with tall skylines. Sure, they may be dominated by look-alike apartment blocs, but they are impressive still the same.

[Paule]

Originally Posted by Lmichigan

That really was an odd thing to say, because I think Brazil is probably one of the better examples of really small cities with tall skylines. Sure, they may be dominated by look-alike apartment blocs, but they are impressive still the same.

Lmichigan you are either miss reading what I said or reading into something I said because nothing what I said had anything to do with "look-alike apartment blocs" nor did I mention anything about how impressive or how unimpressive they might be. I simply stated that I was surprised that so many small cities in Brazil had such high skylines. What am I missing here? I escencially agreed with what you said. The only real difference in what I said and you yourself said is that I said "high skylines" and you said "tall skylines", I said "small ciries" and you said "really small cities". Perhaps you should read my post over again?

[Lmichigan]

This is a misunderstanding, and I should have been more clear. I was saying that AcesHigh's comment (not your's) was kind of odd considering that Brazil is pretty well known in the skyscraper community for its small cities with unusually large skylines.

[AcesHigh]

Originally Posted by Lmichigan

This is a misunderstanding, and I should have been more clear. I was saying that AcesHigh's comment (not your's) was kind of odd considering that Brazil is pretty well known in the skyscraper community for its small cities with unusually large skylines.

small cities with skylines you will find usually only in the south and southeast states. In the north and northeast, usually, only state capitals have decent skylines.

[Rockmont]

Originally Posted by AcesHigh

thats a problem with your city. In the south of Brazil there are cities with smaller populations and dozens of buildings over seven floors.

like Pato Branco, just as an example.

Sao Paulo, while it doesn't have supertalls like New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, and so on, it has a gigantic number of high rises, such as 25-30 floors, or in that range, that seem to spread endlessly for miles and miles and miles, like a huge blob swallowing the land up.

[Paule]

Originally Posted by Lmichigan

This is a misunderstanding, and I should have been more clear. I was saying that AcesHigh's comment (not your's) was kind of odd considering that Brazil is pretty well known in the skyscraper community for its small cities with unusually large skylines.

LOL, I knew there had to be a misunderstanding, thanks for clearing that up.

[IndyLife]

Population about 41,000
Covington is across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio

[IndyLife]

Population about 63,000