DISCUSS: Best Central Asian Skyline (major cities only) e

[RyukyuRhymer]

Central Asia can have many meanings but for the sake of this discussion lets limit it to: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Omsk in Russia, and Xinjiang of China.

I know some may include Afghaistan, Mongolia, and parts of Russia and Iran.

Criteria: Has to be a major city with a decent skyline (up for interpretation), population over 1 million (this knocks out Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgzstan which has small cities)

Here's the list:
Astana, Almaty, Tashkent, Urumqi, Omsk

Astana

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Almaty








Tashkent






Urumqi


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Omsk

[Daur]

[QUOTE=RyukyuRhymer;94738654]Central Asia can have many meanings but for the sake of this discussion lets limit it to: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Omsk in Russia, and Xinjiang of China.

I know some may include Afghaistan, Mongolia, and parts of Russia and Iran.

Criteria: Has to be a major city with a decent skyline (up for interpretation), population over 1 million (this knocks out Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgzstan which has small cities)

I'm just wondering if Astana meets all those criterias (population)? I would love to vote for Astana if there is place for that kind of exception.

[RyukyuRhymer]

Originally Posted by Daur

I'm just wondering if Astana meets all those criterias (population)? I would love to vote for Astana if there is place for that kind of exception.

oh hey you are right.. for some reason I read it was over 1 million but another source says 770,000 ish. oh wells. the poll is already made but feel free to nominate other cities i didn't list because they were under 1 million (Ashgabad, Bishkek, Astrakhan, Turfan, etc)

[DZH22]

I would say it's a toss-up between Astana and Urumqi. Both have impressive, developing skylines.

[megacity30]

Originally Posted by CoCoMilk

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Urumqi International Grand Bazaar,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,China_DSC05032 by ohmytrip, on Flickr

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Urumqi Skyline with International Grand Bazaar_HXT3401 by ohmytrip, on Flickr

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Urumqi Skyline_DSC04922 by ohmytrip, on Flickr

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Urumqi Skyline with International Grand Bazaar_DSC04914 by ohmytrip, on Flickr

Xposting from the Urumqi sub-forum.

[megacity30]

Originally Posted by erniaz

The original architectural masterpieces in the Kazakh capital of the world's architects, combining European and Oriental motifs.

Astana - Kazakh President's dream come true. The most impressive urban landscape between Beijing and Moscow was built just 12 years - thanks to natural resource-based wealth of the country and the policies of its leader, who is personally involved in the planning of this city.

Originally Posted by Major Deegan

Originally Posted by ArchiMos

Photos made by Gelio (Stepanov Slava) taken from:
http://gelio-nsk.livejournal.com/144870.html
http://gelio-nsk.livejournal.com/144935.html
http://gelio-nsk.livejournal.com/145249.html

Originally Posted by ArchiMos

Photos made by Gelio (Stepanov Slava) taken from:
http://gelio-nsk.livejournal.com/144870.html
http://gelio-nsk.livejournal.com/144935.html
http://gelio-nsk.livejournal.com/145249.html

Xposting from the Astana cityscapes threads

[RyukyuRhymer]

Originally Posted by DZH22

I would say it's a toss-up between Astana and Urumqi. Both have impressive, developing skylines.

seems like its coming down to Astana vs Urumqi.
I'm a bit surprised Almaty isn't regarded that highly.. it has lots of skyscrapers for its population size AND lots of natural beauty to go along with the urban beauty.. all those trees and the mountains providing a great backdrop. It reminds me of Chilean cities.

Astana doesn't have much of a back drop but much of the buildings are new and the city has an advantage over the others in that its being built nearly from the ground up (Akmola, the city that existed before Astana was rather small and didn't have much)

[Yellow Fever]

Sorry, had to move this thread out of the Hall of Fame forum because Jan usually is the one to decide which new topic would be discussed.

Here's how the Hall of Fame forum works...

Basically, it is a forum of urban tournaments that at a certain time of the year ( I believe Jan is the one to decide when ), a chosen thread topic ( I believe Jan is also the one to responsible) will enter the contest for members to vote and pick the winner. So before we go to the poll, we have the chance to discuss and comment on your own and other people's choices.

Nobody should open any new thread until a certain thread has been nominated and a winner is announced although people are welcome to submit their ideas for any potential new threads.