DISCUSS: Best North American Skyline

[GenericUser]

Miami is absolutely gorgeous. My favourite features are all the canals in the city. Doesn't that water get stagnant though?

[Dralcoffin]

Originally Posted by GenericUser

Miami is absolutely gorgeous. My favourite features are all the canals in the city. Doesn't that water get stagnant though?

Those aren't so much canals as slow rivers and parts of the bay between built-up islands. I'd imagine the tides are pretty effective at keeping the water moving.

[Jay]

I love Seattle's skyline, but it needs a supertall

someday...

[Eduardo L. Ramirez]

New York


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L.A.

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[bennyboo]

i dont think it NEEDS one. besides, columbia center when accounting the hills has the appearance of a super tall anyway.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Manitopiaaa

there opinions should count way more...

Architects have formal training, but it's still an opinion. Equating someone's opinion to being 'fact' is ridiculous. It's like saying sky blue is the best blue because interior decorators say so.

That's just stupid.

Originally Posted by GenericUser

Some people just think that their opinion > everyone else's.

That's my point exactly. No one's opinion is worth more than someone else's. Continually quoting some architects ranking to prove that you are right and someone else is wrong is bound to solicit a rolling of the eyes. There is no right or wrong ranking.

[GenericUser]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Architects have formal training, but it's still an opinion. Equating someone's opinion to being 'fact' is ridiculous. It's like saying sky blue is the best blue because interior decorators say so.

That's just stupid.



That's my point exactly. No one's opinion is worth more than someone else's. Continually quoting some architects ranking to prove that you are right and someone else is wrong is bound to solicit a rolling of the eyes. There is no right or wrong ranking.

Honestly, don't get too worked up over it. I love Chicago, and it is my home, but Toronto has A TON of stuff that I am envious of. The skyline debate is a joke, and that's all it will ever be. Why? Because I'm willing to bet that more than 95% of people discrediting Toronto have never seen it in person, and have only seen a few shots from the islands. If that was all I knew, I would discredit Toronto as well. Other than skyline though, I wish Chicago was as clean as Toronto. Don't even get me started on crime...sigh. I'd give Toronto #3 in North America, without a single doubt in my mind. With the current pace of development, Toronto will match Chicago within the next decade. While everyone here is against that, I'm really excited for it. I can't wait for the all the friendly competition

[HK999]

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[yankeesfan1000]

Thanks to NYGuy on SSP for digging this one up. The colors on this one are incredible.

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drocpsu

[Sarcasticity]

Originally Posted by GenericUser

Honestly, don't get too worked up over it. I love Chicago, and it is my home, but Toronto has A TON of stuff that I am envious of. The skyline debate is a joke, and that's all it will ever be. Why? Because I'm willing to bet that more than 95% of people discrediting Toronto have never seen it in person, and have only seen a few shots from the islands. If that was all I knew, I would discredit Toronto as well. Other than skyline though, I wish Chicago was as clean as Toronto. Don't even get me started on crime...sigh. I'd give Toronto #3 in North America, without a single doubt in my mind. With the current pace of development, Toronto will match Chicago within the next decade. While everyone here is against that, I'm really excited for it. I can't wait for the all the friendly competition

Not everyone is against Chicago and Toronto being on the same level, but I see that your argument is getting as tired and dragging as iloveclassicrocks argument over Chicago being an architects favorite and how NYC and CHI are always going to be in the top 5 in the world.

[MDguy]

Richmond, Virginia

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[isaidso]

Originally Posted by GenericUser

Honestly, don't get too worked up over it.

I just want the forum to be a place where people can share their opinions without being talked down to. Back to photos.

[desertpunk]

Toronto

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[desertpunk]

Chicago

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[iloveclassicrock7]

Originally Posted by desertpunk

Chicago

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Wow,Incredible photo. The Trump looks incredible from that angle, and it is easily one of my favorite buildings in the world. There really aren't words to describe how beautiful this is.

[HK999]

Yeah, Trump Chicago is a fine building. I just don't like the antenna.


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[iloveclassicrock7]

Originally Posted by HK999

Yeah, Trump Chicago is a fine building. I just don't like the antenna.




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First off, incredible picture. Second, I think the trump spire could look better, but I am glad it is on the building, it makes the building look even better far away, and it definitely adds something to the building. The building wouldn't really look right without it, but the spire could have looked better, that is for sure.

[GenericUser]

Originally Posted by iloveclassicrock7

First off, incredible picture. Second, I think the trump spire could look better, but I am glad it is on the building, it makes the building look even better far away, and it definitely adds something to the building. The building wouldn't really look right without it, but the spire could have looked better, that is for sure.

I realize that its very subjective, but I don't know why people hate the spire. I love the look of it at night! It looks beautiful, and I especially like the colour they chose for the night lighting

[iloveclassicrock7]

Originally Posted by GenericUser

I realize that its very subjective, but I don't know why people hate the spire. I love the look of it at night! It looks beautiful, and I especially like the colour they chose for the night lighting

Yeah me too. Check out these incredible photos I just saw.



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[GenericUser]

Incredible pics, classicrock! Do you have any pictures of downtown from the North on Lakeshore heading southbound? I love that vantage point, even if it only highlights a small portion of the skyline