Your favourite American skyscrapers

***wjfox*** · April 23rd, 2007, 01:21 AM

Discuss.................

eusebius · April 23rd, 2007, 01:24 AM

Chrysler Building
ESB
Bank of America, SF

jmancuso · April 23rd, 2007, 04:33 AM

empire state building, chrysler building, sears tower, williams tower:

Bluewarning · April 23rd, 2007, 05:33 AM

The best skyscraper in the country, maybe the world. If you are ever in Chicago--its observatory is better than the Sears Tower, cheaper I believe.

Second best, but not far behind. An American Classic.

-Corey- · April 23rd, 2007, 05:41 AM

Empire States Building..

cinosanap · April 24th, 2007, 08:32 PM

Chrysler Building
I can't see any competition against it. Even the Empire State Building hasn't got a look in.

Preston_guy · April 24th, 2007, 08:54 PM

Again, the Chrysler Building it's just so beautiful but there's still something gorgeous about the Empire State Building, too.

Erebus555 · April 24th, 2007, 09:42 PM

Transamerica Pyramid and Library Tower (the one in Los Angeles).

Snowy · April 24th, 2007, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluewarning

The best skyscraper in the country, maybe the world. If you are ever in Chicago--its observatory is better than the Sears Tower, cheaper I believe.

Second best, but not far behind. An American Classic.

Funnily enough, these are my two favourite US towers too!

T0M · April 26th, 2007, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnowyBoy1

Funnily enough, these are my two favourite US towers too!

Mine too! Chrysler for sheer elegance, style and beauty, and Sears for ambition and design (and the speed of the lifts!)

El_Greco · April 26th, 2007, 05:07 PM

Woolworth Building (NYC)
Chrysler Building (NYC)
Empire State (NYC)
Manhattan Municipal Building (NYC)
Bank of America Corporate Center (Charlotte)

Monkey · April 27th, 2007, 01:38 AM

New York:
Old World Trade Center, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, GE Building, Trump World Tower, Trump Tower, New York Times Tower, Bank of America Tower, Woolworth Tower, American International Building, Citigroup Tower, Bear Sterns Tower, Times Square Tower, Sony Plaza, Skyhouse, 17 State Street, Mondrian Tower.

Chicago:
Waterview Tower, AON, Chase Tower, Lake Point Tower, Marina City towers, Tribune Tower, Wrigley Building, Hancock Tower (though it's hugely overrated), and all the Mies van der Rohe black boxes in Chicago - there are loads!

Noostairz · April 27th, 2007, 01:45 AM

1) hancock tower, chicago
2) chrysler building, new york city
3) first national tower, omaha, nebraska (mainly for sentimental reasons, but still not a bad effort for a centrepiece tower in a city with a population comparable to leicester, coventry, hull or bradford):

Joey313 · April 28th, 2007, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmancuso

empire state building, chrysler building, sears tower, williams tower:

its this a real building??

Stefan88 · April 28th, 2007, 03:14 AM

Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, One Liberty Place (Philadelphia), Columbia Center (Seattle), Two Prudential Plaza (Chicago) and The Hancock Center in Boston only because I went up to the top when I was 8 yrs old and it felt huge back then.

jmancuso · April 28th, 2007, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joey313

its this a real building??

yes. in the galleria area here in houston. i'm looking out the window at it right now.

RaulValpo · April 29th, 2007, 03:02 AM

Well,, i love space needle, its my favourite ......

and the birth city of fantastic musicians

absolwent · June 13th, 2007, 04:34 PM

Chrysler Tower in NY - no doubt

Bachy Soletanche · July 7th, 2007, 09:49 AM

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SOH/SOH026.htm

Sy · November 4th, 2007, 05:39 PM

Flatiron Building:

Hearst Tower

[img]http://www.*************/architects/foster/hearst/1hearst.jpg[/img]

The Chrysler building (my company has a small office in this building, but haven't found a reason to go there (yet))

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Monkey Londinium langur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Londinium Posts: 14,616 Likes (Received): 1	New York: Old World Trade Center, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, GE Building, Trump World Tower, Trump Tower, New York Times Tower, Bank of America Tower, Woolworth Tower, American International Building, Citigroup Tower, Bear Sterns Tower, Times Square Tower, Sony Plaza, Skyhouse, 17 State Street, Mondrian Tower. Chicago: Waterview Tower, AON, Chase Tower, Lake Point Tower, Marina City towers, Tribune Tower, Wrigley Building, Hancock Tower (though it's hugely overrated), and all the Mies van der Rohe black boxes in Chicago - there are loads!

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