Best Present Skyline II

[iamtheSTIG]

Nottingham
not much compared to some of the cities on here, but here you go:



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[TheFly]

Because it has 4 buildings over 100m and one super tall. Provincial terms of course.

Liverpool is cool though *cough*

[oscar9]

Salford quays looking dense these days with more midrises to come soon, kind of an extension to its bigger brother a mile or two up the road , but kind of only gels with Manchester in distant panoramic pics

[Brum X]

Originally Posted by TheFly

Because it has 4 buildings over 100m and one super tall. Provincial terms of course.

Liverpool is cool though *cough*

Rubbish

[cardiff]

My pics of Portsmouth

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P5040016 by stephenanstiss, on Flickr


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P5281735 by stephenanstiss, on Flickr

[ill tonkso]

That second one is why Portsmouth is a contender. That sillhoutte couldn't be any other city.

[Lad 2011]

I've passed through Portsmouth many times and seen the skyline while pulling in on ferrys, and truth be told the skyline is nothing amazing.

[Lad 2011]

Spinnaker and One Gunwharf are nice towers though, but i wouldn't really say they make a skyline comparable to the Listed.
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Portsmouth, England by Melfiire, on Flickr


Outline of Spinnaker & One Gunwharf during sunset

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Portsmouth Sunset, England by Melfiire, on Flickr

[poshbakerloo]

They all have nice skylines. I voted for Liverpool though. Its not the tallest but it is the best formed out of them, and has a waterfront which makes it 10x anything else. Manchester and Sheffield both have hills behind them which can make them pretty cool, and Birmingham's looks pretty impressive, although imo it looks better from a distance rather than up close, but I guess thats the case with most.

[MancKnight]

Realistically the best UK skyline outside London is between Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. My vote would go for Liverpool as has distinctive, goad quality buildings.

[Lad 2011]

Originally Posted by MancKnight

Realistically the best UK skyline outside London is between Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. My vote would go for Liverpool as has distinctive, goad quality buildings.

Manchester skyline is not all that great, every tall is spread out making it look like theres just 4 towers scattered about on a flat terrain and beetham tower sticks out too much taking all the attention.

[Lad 2011]

This picture for example shows how horribly spread out the skyline is:

Originally Posted by Aaronj09

The skyline would have been so much better if all them talls were in close proximity

[Lad 2011]

Originally Posted by yoshef

Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there

What i meant by it was is that Liverpool skyline is only wide from oneside, not that it matters much, the waterfront setting and them nice talls certainly make up for it.

[MancKnight]

Originally Posted by Lad 2011

This picture for example shows how horribly spread out the skyline is:



The skyline would have been so much better if all them talls were in close proximity

That is from one angle. From the North of the city you get all the towers bar the new wakefield one in a line and it looks brilliant, I'll post a picture of it after the City match on Sunday.

[MancKnight]

Plus that picture you posted doesn't have New Wakefield in it

[Lad 2011]

Leeds

[Lad 2011]

Originally Posted by MancKnight

Plus that picture you posted doesn't have New Wakefield in it

True, although i do still believe that it wouldn't make that much of difference on the skyline with all the talls spread the way they are.

[MancKnight]

[Mr Brightside]

Some Sheffield night pics.


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New Sheffield by Richard Cartawick, on Flickr



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Skyline Reflections2 by Richard Cartawick, on Flickr

[Aaronj09]

If only you could take Liverpool's skyline, waterfront and all, and put it next to the Pennines - that'd be ace.