Medium City Skyline

[MAJIKMAN]

Thanx for that info.

[NcSc74]

They are all combined in one MSA now.

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It won't be too long before the ME(Metrolina Empire) and the Triad merge. I know it is some time off but it will happen.

[Florida]

Jacksonville actually doesn't belong on that poll... it is not a medium city... especially by Florida standards.

[Viper]

Please tell me that you aren't going by arbitrary politcal lines?

MSA is being used here as it should be.

[Eastwestrob]

Well, as far as this poll is concerned, I think all of the cities here are more or less in the same league except Knoxville, Lexington, and maybe Raleigh (which, in any case, is certainly closer to being in the same league as the remaining cities). So, as far as this poll is concerned, I would define "mid-sized" as those cities having urbanized areas between 650,000-1 million residents. Including Raleigh, the range would be 500,000-1 million.

I agree 100%, It looks like another "See my bigger city beat your smaller" Poll. Everyone knew that Charlotte would win this one ...again. and where was Tampa. I am going to start a thread for the best skyline in the Triangle area...Just to see Raleigh win against Fuquay-Varina.LOL

[Plasticman]

I agree 100%, It looks like another "See my bigger city beat your smaller" Poll. Everyone knew that Charlotte would win this one ...again. and where was Tampa. I am going to start a thread for the best skyline in the Triangle area...Just to see Raleigh win against Fuquay-Varina.LOL

Actually Charlotte is only marginally bigger than Nashville...at least it isn't like New York vs. Charlotte or something.

[mcheiss]

I voted for Nashville, because the skyline to me seemed more memorable than Charlotte's.

Don't get me wrong about Charlotte, they have an excellent skyline, I just liked Nashville's a little bit more.

[Tre 4]

winston-salem should be own here

[krazeeboi]

Winston-Salem is not in the league of most of the cities listed here. I made a thread for the small Southern cities somewhere in The South forum.

[Tre 4]

I think Winston-salem should be on here accounding to skycaperpage winston-salem is in the top 50 in U.S for there skycapers.

Name of city Pop. # of Skycapers

1 New York City 8,104,079 931

2 Chicago 2,862,244 439

3 Los Angeles 3,845,541 383

4 Kansas City 444,387 190

5 Houston 2,012,656 182

6 Las Vegas 575,000 182

7 Minneapolis 373,943 181

8 Detroit 900,198 176

9 Atlanta 424,868 152

10 Miami 379,724 143

11 Miami Beach 89,104 141

12 Seattle 573,000 134

13 Pittsburgh 322,450 131

14 Baltimore 636,251 127

15 Boston 569,165 126

16 Philadelphia 1,470,151 125

17 Cleveland 458,684 116

18 San Francisco 744,230 111

19 Cincinnati 314,154 109

20 San Juan 433,900 101

21 Milwaukee 583,624 94

22 Honolulu 377,260 91

23 Dallas 1,210,393 90

24 Jersey City 239,079 90

25 Portland 539,438 88

26 Columbus 730,008 83

27 Indianapolis 784,242 82

28 St. Louis 348,189 82

29 Harrisburg 48,950 80

30 Long Beach 476,564 77

31 Austin 681,804 76

32 San Antonio 1,236,249 75

33 Denver 556,835 73

34 Charlotte 594,359 72

35 Nashville 569,891 69

36 Washington 553,523 66

37 Richmond 192,494 66

38 Buffalo 282,864 65

39 Myrtle Beach 22,759 61

40 Oklahoma City 506,132 59

41 Fort Worth 603,337 58

42 Winston-Salem 200,776 58

43 San Diego 1,263,756 56

44 Atlantic City 40,517 53

45 Omaha 390,007 52

46 Syracuse 143,101 51

47 Phoenix 1,418,041 51

48 Norfolk 234,403 50

49 Louisville 256,231 49

50 Sacramento 454,330 48

58 Birmingham 239,416 35

[Plasticman]

I think Winston-salem should be on here accounding to skycaperpage winston-salem is in the top 50 in U.S for there skycapers.

Name of city Pop. # of Skycapers

1 New York City 8,104,079 931

2 Chicago 2,862,244 439

3 Los Angeles 3,845,541 383

4 Kansas City 444,387 190

5 Houston 2,012,656 182

6 Las Vegas 575,000 182

7 Minneapolis 373,943 181

8 Detroit 900,198 176

9 Atlanta 424,868 152

10 Miami 379,724 143

11 Miami Beach 89,104 141

12 Seattle 573,000 134

13 Pittsburgh 322,450 131

14 Baltimore 636,251 127

15 Boston 569,165 126

16 Philadelphia 1,470,151 125

17 Cleveland 458,684 116

18 San Francisco 744,230 111

19 Cincinnati 314,154 109

20 San Juan 433,900 101

21 Milwaukee 583,624 94

22 Honolulu 377,260 91

23 Dallas 1,210,393 90

24 Jersey City 239,079 90

25 Portland 539,438 88

26 Columbus 730,008 83

27 Indianapolis 784,242 82

28 St. Louis 348,189 82

29 Harrisburg 48,950 80

30 Long Beach 476,564 77

31 Austin 681,804 76

32 San Antonio 1,236,249 75

33 Denver 556,835 73

34 Charlotte 594,359 72

35 Nashville 569,891 69

36 Washington 553,523 66

37 Richmond 192,494 66

38 Buffalo 282,864 65

39 Myrtle Beach 22,759 61

40 Oklahoma City 506,132 59

41 Fort Worth 603,337 58

42 Winston-Salem 200,776 58

43 San Diego 1,263,756 56

44 Atlantic City 40,517 53

45 Omaha 390,007 52

46 Syracuse 143,101 51

47 Phoenix 1,418,041 51

48 Norfolk 234,403 50

49 Louisville 256,231 49

50 Sacramento 454,330 48

58 Birmingham 239,416 35

I've been through Louisville. It is a respectable skyline. I am more amazed at how absoluely pathetic Phoenix skyline is compared to its population. No matter what angle you see, it just looks small.

I have little respect for that list anyway. For one thing, Kansas City may have buildings but WHERE? Certainly not up that high in the list, not even in the top 20.

The MOST amazing thing is how high Myrtle Beach is. It is ahead of Louisville, Omaha, Phoenix, San Diego, and others. I've been to Myrtle Beach many, many times. We were there in June. It has highrises but hardly ahead of Louisville or Omaha or especially San Diego.

[AphroHippi]

Whoever said that Charlotte, NC could possible compete with Atlanta's skyline must be crazy. Atlanta's skyline is so much bigger. Just Buckhead's skyline is bigger than Charlotte's. There is no way you can compare Charlotte's skyline with Atlanta's. Charlotte's skyline is 30+ years behind Atlanta's. Atlanta has one of the best skylines of any city. The two cities just don't compare in anything. Charlotte's skyline is a joke to Atlanta's .

^^ The person who said that obviously hadn't been to Atlanta and/ or Miami or hadn't seen any updated pics of both cities. I do agree that Charlotte can definitely compete with the cities in the poll (with Nashville close behind it), it would compare more appropriately with buckhead or midtown Atlanta (though Charlotte has nicer architecture than buckhead). Out of the cities I

I'd been to, I think Louisville impressed me the most.

[krazeeboi]

I think Winston-salem should be on here accounding to skycaperpage winston-salem is in the top 50 in U.S for there skycapers.

Name of city Pop. # of Skycapers

1 New York City 8,104,079 931

2 Chicago 2,862,244 439

3 Los Angeles 3,845,541 383

4 Kansas City 444,387 190

5 Houston 2,012,656 182

6 Las Vegas 575,000 182

7 Minneapolis 373,943 181

8 Detroit 900,198 176

9 Atlanta 424,868 152

10 Miami 379,724 143

11 Miami Beach 89,104 141

12 Seattle 573,000 134

13 Pittsburgh 322,450 131

14 Baltimore 636,251 127

15 Boston 569,165 126

16 Philadelphia 1,470,151 125

17 Cleveland 458,684 116

18 San Francisco 744,230 111

19 Cincinnati 314,154 109

20 San Juan 433,900 101

21 Milwaukee 583,624 94

22 Honolulu 377,260 91

23 Dallas 1,210,393 90

24 Jersey City 239,079 90

25 Portland 539,438 88

26 Columbus 730,008 83

27 Indianapolis 784,242 82

28 St. Louis 348,189 82

29 Harrisburg 48,950 80

30 Long Beach 476,564 77

31 Austin 681,804 76

32 San Antonio 1,236,249 75

33 Denver 556,835 73

34 Charlotte 594,359 72

35 Nashville 569,891 69

36 Washington 553,523 66

37 Richmond 192,494 66

38 Buffalo 282,864 65

39 Myrtle Beach 22,759 61

40 Oklahoma City 506,132 59

41 Fort Worth 603,337 58

42 Winston-Salem 200,776 58

43 San Diego 1,263,756 56

44 Atlantic City 40,517 53

45 Omaha 390,007 52

46 Syracuse 143,101 51

47 Phoenix 1,418,041 51

48 Norfolk 234,403 50

49 Louisville 256,231 49

50 Sacramento 454,330 48

58 Birmingham 239,416 35

That list ranks cities according to the number of towers those cities have over a certain height; that says nothing about the quality of architecture, variety of architecture, or vertical impressiveness of those skylines. I mean, even DC gets a mention, and it really doesn't even have a skyline (in the traditional sense). And Myrtle Beach ranked above Winston-Salem in this ranking, but there's no way I could rationally argue that it belongs on this poll, unless we were talking about residential skylines for some residents and transients. I don't care what that Emporis ranking says, there's no way Winston-Salem has a better skyline than San Diego or Los Angeles has a better skyline than Boston or Seattle (especially with respect to population).

[Tre 4]

That list ranks cities according to the number of towers those cities have over a certain height; that says nothing about the quality of architecture, variety of architecture, or vertical impressiveness of those skylines. I mean, even DC gets a mention, and it really doesn't even have a skyline (in the traditional sense). And Myrtle Beach ranked above Winston-Salem in this ranking, but there's no way I could rationally argue that it belongs on this poll, unless we were talking about residential skylines for some residents and transients. I don't care what that Emporis ranking says, there's no way Winston-Salem has a better skyline than San Diego or Los Angeles has a better skyline than Boston or Seattle (especially with respect to population).

[Tre 4]

That list ranks cities according to the number of towers those cities have over a certain height; that says nothing about the quality of architecture, variety of architecture, or vertical impressiveness of those skylines. I mean, even DC gets a mention, and it really doesn't even have a skyline (in the traditional sense). And Myrtle Beach ranked above Winston-Salem in this ranking, but there's no way I could rationally argue that it belongs on this poll, unless we were talking about residential skylines for some residents and transients. I don't care what that Emporis ranking says, there's no way Winston-Salem has a better skyline than San Diego or Los Angeles has a better skyline than Boston or Seattle (especially with respect to population).

I cant't belive you put Raleigh when all of our buildings are Taller and nicer than theirs come on

Raleigh's

Winston's

there both about the same.

[shane453]

Fort Worth and Oklahoma City are great southern skylines. Better than some of the ones on the poll. Also, they're more on par as far as population with Memphis, Nashville, and other cities on the poll.

Ft Worth

OKC

[lammius]

Winston-Salem has a nice skyline, but my god there's nothing breaking the tree line beyond it! There appears to be no gradient of land use intensity. What are the areas beyond the CBD like there?

[TBurban]

Photo courtesy of Coupe

Richmond is dense, and has a nice skyline for a city its size Although I like Raleigh a lot too.

[dimebag1980]

Of this lot, Charlotte definately has the best skyline.

No doubt. While I like Nashville's and Jacksonville's, Charlotte's is definitely the winner, hands down. It's not a huge cluster of buildings, but it's tall and beautiful. Great picture!

[dimebag1980]

That list ranks cities according to the number of towers those cities have over a certain height; that says nothing about the quality of architecture, variety of architecture, or vertical impressiveness of those skylines. I mean, even DC gets a mention, and it really doesn't even have a skyline (in the traditional sense). And Myrtle Beach ranked above Winston-Salem in this ranking, but there's no way I could rationally argue that it belongs on this poll, unless we were talking about residential skylines for some residents and transients. I don't care what that Emporis ranking says, there's no way Winston-Salem has a better skyline than San Diego or Los Angeles has a better skyline than Boston or Seattle (especially with respect to population).

I have to agree. While Winston-Salem's skyline is nice, it's definitely not better than that of San Diego.

I also love Boston's skyline and urban density.

[kayman]

1.Duval county is much bigger. Of davidson's 502 sq mi. only like 300 are inhabitable. If you were to make Davidson the same as Duval you would have to add Williamson at least. If you did this Nasvhille would be ahead and growing faster.

2. Are you saying the Nashville government is wrong? I would rather have the local governments oppinion than anyone else.

No offense, but that land you are talking about is very inhibitable. Just look at Birmingham, b/c in your terms most of Birmingham is uninhibtable. Those hills and ridges in NW Davidson County can be easily leveled and graded to developable leves like developers have done in Birmingham.

[satalac]

No offense, but that land you are talking about is very inhibitable. Just look at Birmingham, b/c in your terms most of Birmingham is uninhibtable. Those hills and ridges in NW Davidson County can be easily leveled and graded to developable leves like developers have done in Birmingham.

easily be leveled? apparently you haven't seen north nashville. there would be nothing easy about that. it would be costly, time consuming and most importantly horrible for the environment and the community in that area.

[UrbanCharlotte]

I didn't post here until now since a few of these cities are definitely not "medium sized" I don't think Charlotte or Nashville can be considered medium sized. Anyway out of all these I'd have to say Charlotte has the best skyline, and not just because i'm from there.

[krazeeboi]

I think they can be considered medium sized in the sense that as of the 2000 figures, the urbanized areas of these cities had not yet hit 1,000,000--which is when I start considering a city to be "big."

[Richhamleigh, DC]

My bad for leaving out new orleans. Charlotte is acctually the best. I voted for Nashvegas. Nashville whill deffinently gain ground with the Signature Tower(keep your fingers crossed). I must admit the Bellsouth is cool.

You left off Tampa too...