What city's skyline do you think is the coolest?
I think it’s Dubai and New York City
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I prefer mountains over buildings.
Aw, @chyna, you beat me to it. I was going to say Seattle as well.
I’m with @marinelife and @chyna on this. Another vote for Seattle, especially approaching on a ferry from the other side of Puget Sound.
Nashville, Tennessee.
We have the Bat Man Building, which no other city has. it’s a one-of-a-kind and owned by AT&T.
At nightime, this building “haunts” the Nashville skyline with its tall Bat Man image. it also casts a long, long shadow.
@jonsblond Yes, I too love the San Francisco skyline.
For pure wierdness. Take a superfast metro ride through dubai. It is an homage to pure excess, containing the tallest building in the world, which looks all the bigger because there are no tall buildings around it.
Dubai consists of little islands of skyscrapers set some miles apart on the shore. It’s like one of those towns that huddle against the highway, but nowhere else. It’s freaky, if you ask me. They plan such fanciful buildings. I have no idea how the skyline will end up.
Well, I used to like the Austin skyline until developers started building high rise condos like there is no tomorrow.
So, how do I get a partition started to demolish the crack needle building?
Agrees with @Cruiser. I get to see Chicago’s skyline from various directions on a regular basis, and it makes me smile every time!
New York; but Chicago is a close second. I don’t know why but I really like their skyline.
Seattle’s is cool too.
Chicago and Seattle seem to be the top contenders.
Shanghai is worth a mention too. That bottle-opener tower is 500m (1600ft~). Nice view from the top. Highest observation deck in the world. It’s right next door to a 420m tower. Another tower of 632m (2,073ft) is being built next door.
Shanghai is the biggest city there is.
Do we mean cool as in the weather?
In the early 19th century, Manchester was the centre of the world’s cotton-spinning industry, the chimneys of the mills creating a strange, new, alien skyline.
It was known as Cottonopolis.
It must have been something to behold.
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“A thick black smoke covers the city. The sun appears like a disc without any rays. In this semi-daylight 300,000 people work ceaselessly. A thousand noises rise amidst this unending damp and dark labyrinth…the footsteps of a busy crowd, the crunching wheels of machines, the shriek of steam from the boilers, the regular beat of looms, the heavy rumble of carts, these are the only noises from which you can never escape in these dark half-lit streets ..”
– Alexis de Tocqueville , Oeuvres Completes, (1835)
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So much of what I’ve seen in China reminded me of what I’ve read of Victorian England…
Although it might not meet the definition of a city, one of my favorites is Tengboche, Nepal.
On the other hand, LA is due for a rather perturbing skyline. ;-)
@The_Idler: Nah: HK is too pastoral, under-populated, unpolluted, not stimulating enough, boring and inexpensive
@gailcalled Not to mention the fact that it’s parched, cold & there are absolutely no tailors.
@The_Idler: True. For me, right up there with air, water, food, clothing and shelter is the need for a plethora of tailors.
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