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Old Posted Jul 31, 2016, 7:40 PM
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I have to agree with Volguus Z. about the lack of Art Deco towers in Philly. What made this a bit of a challenge was finding towers from that era, from 5 different cities, that would make an impact on the present skyline (unless one places said buildings just outside the most dense part of town).

I found four buildings from the 20s and 30s and one, due to lack of vintage, from the 90s.

Book Tower (Detroit, 1926, Renaissance/Classical Revival), 475'. Pick a spot within 5-6 blocks from City Hall.

Terminal Tower (Cleveland, 1930, Italianate/Art Deco), 708'. Near 30th St. Station.

Chicago Board of Trade (Chicago, 1930, Art Deco), 605'. Between 20th St. and the Schuykill, near Market.

500 5th Avenue (New York, 1931, Art Deco [designed by same architect who designed ESB], 709'. Center City along E. Market or S. Broad..... maybe.

SunTrust Plaza (Atlanta, 1992, modern but has some nice geometry and texture to it), 871'. Between Center City and 30th St. Station.

Was thinking of the top of Wm. Penn's hat (548') during this exercise.
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Old Posted Aug 1, 2016, 6:10 AM
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For LA
56 Leonard-NY
Mellon Bank Center-Philadelphia
Williams Tower-Houston
Terminal Tower-Cleveland
Transamerica Pyramid-SF
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Old Posted Sep 5, 2017, 11:43 PM
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For Houston:

1 - China Resources HQ from Shenzen:


2 - The Pinnacle from London:


3 - One One One Eagle Street from Brisbane:


4 - Bank of America Tower from New York:


5 - Soleil Apartments from Brisbane:
3 in downtown...2 in galleria
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Old Posted Sep 6, 2017, 12:50 PM
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For New York:

1. Salesforce Tower - San Francisco, directly to the north of the Time Warner Center at West 60th street, Columbus Circle.

2. Trump International Hotel & Tower - Chicago, somewhere in the Times Square area

3. Key Tower - Cleveland, 5th Avenue E 38th Street

4. 609 Main at Texas - Houston, 1st Avenue 35th Street

5. US Steel Tower - Pittsburgh, Lexington Avenue East 60th Street

*6th Bonus tower*
First Canadian Place - Toronto, Built on landfill, directly in front of 55 water Street
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Old Posted Sep 6, 2017, 1:51 PM
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For Houston...

Tomorrow Square (Beijing)
Terminal Tower (Cleveland)
Trump (Chicago)
Woolworth (New York)
BoA (Atlanta) *placed near Transco/ Williams in Uptown area since they have similar height and massing.
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Old Posted Sep 6, 2017, 3:45 PM
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Fun game!

As others have echoed Philly lacks really tall pre-war buildings. The long standing gentleman's agreement kept all the old buildings below 500 feet (and somewhat indistinguishable when viewing the skyline as a whole); our tallest buildings are all modern. To that end, I'd add:

Terminal Tower (Cleveland)
40 Wall Street (NYC)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Building (NYC)*
Note: I actually prefer Chicago's Wrigley Building over Met Life, but at just 438 feet, it wouldn't stand out as much in Philly.

I also think Philly's tallest modern buildings are a bit safe/conservative and would like to add a couple to jazz things up a bit:

Turning Torso (Sweden)
The Shard (London)
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Old Posted Sep 6, 2017, 4:09 PM
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Shanghai Tower - Shanghai
Taipei 101 - Taipei
Bank of America Tower - NYC
John Hancock Center - Chicago
The Shard - London
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Old Posted Sep 7, 2017, 7:21 AM
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For Houston...

Tomorrow Square (Beijing)
Terminal Tower (Cleveland)
Trump (Chicago)
Woolworth (New York)
BoA (Atlanta) *placed near Transco/ Williams in Uptown area since they have similar height and massing.
nice choices...
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Old Posted Jul 7, 2018, 3:34 PM
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For Chicago, I would add these 5:

Bank of China Tower - Hong Kong (location: Randolph and Franklin)

Source: wikipedia.org

American Copper Buildings - New York City (location: North Water and Columbus)

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Palacio Salvo - Montevideo (location: 830 South Michigan Avenue)

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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower - Tokyo (location: Harrison and State)

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Absolute World - Mississauga (location: Roosevelt and Wells)

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Old Posted Jul 7, 2018, 3:59 PM
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For Philadelphia:

Chicago - One Chicago Square (Put it in the Disney Hole)

Baltimore - Commerce Place (6th and Arch, right on Independence Mall)

San Francisco - 181 Fremont (19th and Arch, diagonal from Comcast Technology Center)

New York - 60 Wall Street (18th and Chestnut, where there are low-rises)

Des Moines - 801 Grand (16th and Arch, where the ugly building is)
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For Chicago:

1. From NYC - Woolworth Building


2. From Cincinnati - Carew Tower


3. From Pittsburgh - Cathedral of Learning:


4. From Detroit - Book Tower


5. From Boston - Custom House
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Old Posted Jul 8, 2018, 12:01 PM
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Fort Worth's skyline is relatively small, so I don't want to overwhelm it.

1. Gonna steal volguus's idea of 111 Westminster. Many of FW's prewar skyscrapers are beautiful, but simple box shapes. We could use some setbacks and spires. It's it right in.

2. We have a lot of zig-zag moderne art deco, but none of them are blue. So, give me LA's Eastern Columbia Building. Would be another nice pinnacle to the prewar skyline.

3. Milwaukee City Hall. Absolute landmark and I want it. The world needs more Flemish Revival.

4. Fort Worth lacks really any international Mies style or Pomo skyscrapers. So I'd go for a twofer here and select Houston's Pennzoil Place, would add some nice bulk to the skyline and certainly stand out, without being overly massive. Beautiful lobby too.

5. Can we include unbuilts? If so, I'd take Nashville's never built Signature Tower. A stunning crown and would easily be the new tallest and would really live up to it's name.
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Old Posted Aug 3, 2018, 4:19 AM
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For San Antonio, Texas, I would add:

1. Court Chambers Building, 75 Livingston Street, Brooklyn. This Gothic Revival skyscraper would be a perfect pairing for San Antonio's own landmark Tower Life Building.

(Photo by GrissJr on Wikipedia)

2. Russ Building, 235 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Another handsome Gothic Revival tower that would match well with the city's other similarly styled building.

(Photo by grizzlehizzle on Wikipedia)

3. Paramount Building, 1501 Broadway, New York City. A wondrous ziggurat to partner at night with our city's own tiered wedding cake.

(Photo by Brian Reed on cityseeker)

4. Guardian Building, 500 Griswold Street, Detroit. Flamboyant Art Deco, but still keeping in tone and scale to our city's other historic buildings.

(Photo by Glenn Triest on Crain's Detroit Business)

5. The Legacy at Millenium Park, South Wabash Avenue and East Monroe Street, Chicago. With all the historicist and earth-tone masonry buildings I'm bringing in to a city already full of historicist and earth-toned masonry buildings, a little shiny contrast is in order.

(Photo by Diego Delso on Wikipedia)

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If we allow towers from outside the U.S., then I would make my city handsomely modern by grabbing:
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Tokyo
Abeno Harukas, Osaka
Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt am Main
Guangzhou International Finance Center, Guangzhou
HSBC Headquarters, Hong Kong
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Old Posted Dec 1, 2018, 1:37 PM
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For Jacksonville , Florida I would add:

1000 Museum- Miami, Fl.
Scotia Plaza - Toronto, Ont.
Marriott Marquis- Atlanta, Ga.
Aqua- Chicago, Il.
Bank of America Center - Houston, Tx.
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Old Posted Dec 17, 2018, 8:36 PM
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I would add....

1. World Trade Center


2. Woolworth Building


3. Lotte World Tower


4. Wilshire Grand Tower


5. Deutsche Bank Building

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^ damn you reminded me of just how good the twins looked in New York's skyline.
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Old Posted Dec 18, 2018, 4:18 AM
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1) Bank of America Plaza from Atlanta
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buil...rica-plaza/429


2) Terminal Tower from Cleveland to the Municipal District Downtown
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buil...nal-tower/1338


3) One Atlantic from Atlanta to somewhere near Madison Square Park
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buil...tic-center/874


4) Bank of America Center from Charlotte
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buil...ate-center/711


5) Williams Tower from Houston
http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buil...iams-tower/661
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Old Posted Dec 18, 2018, 5:07 AM
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For Chicago:

Basically stealing 5 from NY

1) 50 Leonard St
212781313 by Andrew W, on Flickr
2) Frank Gehry Building in Lower Manhattan
32173509 by Andrew W, on Flickr
3) Citigroup Center
citicorp-building-3 by Andrew W, on Flickr
4) The Drumpf World Tower
500x0 by Andrew W, on Flickr
5) Madison Square Park- Metlfie Tower, Madison Square Park Tower, and 1 Madison Park (Can I just take all three of these please? )
generateImage by Andrew W, on Flickr
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Old Posted Dec 18, 2018, 5:40 AM
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For Detroit I would continue the amazing art deco theme by adding:

Chrysler NYC
Pittsfield from Chicago
Eastern Columbia from Los Angeles
LeVeque Tower from Columbus
Baltimore Trust Co building
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Old Posted Dec 18, 2018, 6:25 AM
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Since JPMorgan Chase doesn't want it, can I take 270 Park Avenue? She's a little more than twice the height of Halifax's tallest building, and would make the local NIMBYs shit their shorts.
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