Miami 3rd largest skyline in the USA

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by CF221

Love that second to last picture (the first one with the electricity-carrying poles) ... conveys alot of movement, height, and the permanency of the skyline in the background.

Thanks! I wasn't so sure about it at first, so I cut the pole out. I did that trip again in order to try to get all of the Miami skyline into one frame. Was not easy.

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CSC_1001 by QuantumX, on Flickr

[LexISguy]

Nice pics X did you take them from a cherry picker?

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by LexISguy

Nice pics X did you take them from a cherry picker?

Oh, no! These are from the new Metrorail orange line that goes to MIA. This is the view you get along the way. I think this one below is my best offering from that trip composition-wise.

[QuantumX]

This is more like what I set out to capture that morning. I think this is it!

[QuantumX]

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CSC_1008 by QuantumX, on Flickr

[Aceventura]

That big-rig tractor is just chillin.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by Aceventura

That big-rig tractor is just chillin.

Oh, wow! That IS a pretty big-rig tractor. I didn't even notice it until you mentioned it. I'm still trying to figure out which of my skyline shots from this perspective I like best. The Miami skyline looks huge from the Metrorail airport extension, but when I zoom out too much, it looks too far away. Not sure which shot in-between I like the most. I look at that skyline and I think to myself - "Wow! There's more coming even as we speak!"

[zach7795]

boxes, boxes everywhere!

[QuantumX]

This link is fun to revisit from time-to-time.

MIAMI'S NEW SKYLINE
http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedi...ine/index.html

[skyscraperhighrise]

Originally Posted by QuantumX

This link is fun to revisit from time-to-time.

MIAMI'S NEW SKYLINE
http://www.miamiherald.com/multimedi...ine/index.html

Nice, this is gonna be so great.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by skyscraperhighrise

Nice, this is gonna be so great.

That link is 7-years-old though. Half these projects are dead and more have been born since then. It's interesting just as a point of reference and for pinpointing where everything is in relationship to everything else. Brickell Citicentre is not there, not even the originally planned one. OBP is not there and 1101 Brickell isn't outlined either. There was even more planned later in 2005 than what is shown here. I knew at that point that if not even half of this gets built, Miami will have the third largest skyline in the country and that is the way it happened. Brickell is going to have great density by the end of this decade, but we need those Miami World Center lots developed badly.

[skyscraperhighrise]

Originally Posted by QuantumX

That link is 7-years-old though. Half these projects are dead and more have been born since then. It's interesting just as a point of reference and for pinpointing where everything is in relationship to everything else. Brickell Citicentre is not there, not even the originally planned one. OBP is not there and 1101 Brickell isn't outlined either. There was even more planned later in 2005 than what is shown here. I knew at that point that if not even half of this gets built, Miami will have the third largest skyline in the country and that is the way it happened. Brickell is going to have great density by the end of this decade, but we need those Miami World Center lots developed badly.

We need miami world center to be built as well, we need a super casino.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by skyscraperhighrise

We need miami world center to be built as well, we need a super casino.

We sure as hell need something on those MWC lots. I would have been happier if Genting had taken an interest there rather than where they did, but they want that waterfront property. Maybe Las Vegas Sands will come through with something for us. The Biscayne Wall looks kind of weird there with no other skyscrapers behind it.

[QuantumX]

[skyscraperhighrise]

Originally Posted by QuantumX

We sure as hell need something on those MWC lots. I would have been happier if Genting had taken an interest there rather than where they did, but they want that waterfront property. Maybe Las Vegas Sands will come through with something for us. The Biscayne Wall looks kind of weird there with no other skyscrapers behind it.

Resort world miami needs to go back to the original plans if this casino bill passes, who cares about special interests and other stuff.



we need big again.

[QuantumX]

[1772]

This is going to sound like a stupid question, probably impossible to answer; but aproximately how much would it cost to buy the whole lot of buildings and land which is now in between Biscayne Blvd., Chopin Plaza and the Miami River; (Intercontinental and surrounding buildings).

Anyone care to do a guess?

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by 1772

This is going to sound like a stupid question, probably impossible to answer; but aproximately how much would it cost to buy the whole lot of buildings and land which is now in between Biscayne Blvd., Chopin Plaza and the Miami River; (Intercontinental and surrounding buildings).

Anyone care to do a guess?

You planning on putting a block of skyscrapers there?

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CSC_1072 by QuantumX, on Flickr

[1772]

I think the current scrapers are God-awful ugly and I had a better idea; yes.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by 1772

I think the current scrapers are God-awful ugly and I had a better idea; yes.

While you're at it, please do something with Brickell Key!