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« Reply #2870 on: August 01, 2024, 12:17:56 PM »
Kind of arbitrary, to me, at 200 m, but whatever.  Miami and Dallas have impressive looking skylines, so does Seattle and SF.  I'm thinking this is incorrect.

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« Reply #2871 on: August 01, 2024, 01:33:00 PM »
Really surprised to see Houston so high on that list.  Never seen NYC or Chicago.  They must be really impressive.  
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« Reply #2872 on: August 01, 2024, 01:35:42 PM »
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« Reply #2873 on: August 01, 2024, 01:40:42 PM »
Atlanta does have ten, soon to be 11, but the shortest 4 or so are barely over 200 m.

Mapping Atlanta's 10 tallest towers, from downtown to Buckhead (curbed.com)
Mapping Atlanta's 10 tallest towers, from downtown to Buckhead (curbed.com)

One of them us up in Buckhead.  
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« Reply #2874 on: August 01, 2024, 02:03:50 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on August 01, 2024, 01:33:00 PM
Really surprised to see Houston so high on that list.  Never seen NYC or Chicago.  They must be really impressive. 
They are.

Great cities to visit, would never live in either one.
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« Reply #2875 on: August 01, 2024, 02:17:07 PM »
NYC is far and away the most impressive.  For one thing, you have the density hemmed in by two rivers.  Then you have granite bedrock.  And land started being very expensive a hundred years ago.  So many of their very tall buildings are many decades old.

The land here is relatively cheap, still, we have a fair number of surface parking lots around midtown today, some owned by speculators.  Up until recently, new construction was in the 30-40 story range because of that, but a new 60 is going up now.  That will be the tallest built here in 30+ years, and fifth tallest overall.

If erected in Manhattan, one would not even notice it.

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« Reply #2876 on: August 01, 2024, 02:26:30 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 01, 2024, 02:17:07 PM
NYC is far and away the most impressive.  For one thing, you have the density hemmed in by two rivers.  Then you have granite bedrock.  And land started being very expensive a hundred years ago.  So many of their very tall buildings are many decades old.

The land here is relatively cheap, still, we have a fair number of surface parking lots around midtown today, some owned by speculators.  Up until recently, new construction was in the 30-40 story range because of that, but a new 60 is going up now.  That will be the tallest built here in 30+ years, and fifth tallest overall.

If erected in Manhattan, one would not even notice it.

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That and the huge park in the middle of it all.
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« Reply #2877 on: August 01, 2024, 02:30:27 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 01, 2024, 02:26:30 PM
That and the huge park in the middle of it all.
Central Park took some huge foresight, a long time ago.  
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« Reply #2878 on: August 01, 2024, 02:33:53 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on August 01, 2024, 02:30:27 PM
Central Park took some huge foresight, a long time ago. 
Yes, it did.

Chicago got even more foresight, learning from some of the mistakes made in NY. The alley concept was a great idea. 

Daniel Burnham's "Plan of Chicago" is pretty cool.

Burnham Plan of Chicago - Wikipedia
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« Reply #2879 on: August 01, 2024, 02:36:49 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on August 01, 2024, 01:33:00 PM
Really surprised to see Houston so high on that list.  Never seen NYC or Chicago.  They must be really impressive. 
I wonder if they’re less concentrated in Houston.
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« Reply #2880 on: August 01, 2024, 02:37:45 PM »
Central Park is a thousand acres, amidst Manhattan, and indeed is amazing.  

The park here is 200 acres, and also, to me, amazing.  It's a huge part of what makes this area desirable, just as Central Park works in Manhattan.

They have smaller parks dotted around.  The potential money taken up by parks I think pays out manifold in property values around said park.

Waterfront parks are also super nice.  I thought Cincinnati really blew a chance back in the day when they put two stadiums on the waterfront when there was room further inland, not the river front there is .... not what I like.
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« Reply #2881 on: August 01, 2024, 02:41:24 PM »
Downtown Austin has two adjacent parks right along the river that together are about 400 acres.  That's where they hold the ACL Fest every year, among many other events.
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« Reply #2882 on: August 01, 2024, 06:04:57 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 01, 2024, 12:17:56 PM
Kind of arbitrary, to me, at 200 m, but whatever.  Miami and Dallas have impressive looking skylines, so does Seattle and SF.  I'm thinking this is incorrect.


Oklahoma City going for "quality" over quantity soon
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« Reply #2883 on: August 01, 2024, 06:10:46 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on August 01, 2024, 02:41:24 PM
Downtown Austin has two adjacent parks right along the river that together are about 400 acres.  That's where they hold the ACL Fest every year, among many other events.

Vancouver did a nice job as well.  They have a lot of water front and parks nearly all the way around, plus one large park on an isthmus.   A water feature should not be wasted on commercial stuff in my view.  We don't have one here, except the Chattahoochie which is north of the city, and substantially preserved fortunately.

Savannah has their tourist district right on the water front which works pretty well for them, it's not a park, but it's pretty open at least.  I was disappointed in Chattanooga.

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