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Bunch of self important gasbags |
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Maybe I'm a self important gasbag :shrug: |
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I've heard criticisms of Jacksonville's skyline before, but I think folks are being way too hard on it. I think one of the issues is that the river actually breaks up the skyline so you have the main northbank cluster and the southbank cluster, plus a secondary northbank cluster. The typical skyline shot is usually of the main northbank cluster taken from the southbank:
https://newvitruvian.com/images/skyl...skyline-11.jpg https://newvitruvian.com/images/skyl...skyline-11.jpg However this vantage point doesn't capture the "backside" density of the northbank or the other clusters which can be had from other vantage points: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...e_Panorama.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...e_Panorama.JPG http://metroscenes.com/jacksonville/...nes.com_17.jpg http://metroscenes.com/jacksonville/...nes.com_17.jpg https://i.etsystatic.com/5459756/r/i...25280_9esn.jpg https://i.etsystatic.com/5459756/r/i...25280_9esn.jpg Jacksonville's skyline is just fine. |
It's a long-running gag to compare Jacksonville to Toronto because someone (I'm not mentioning names so as to not conjure him/her) was insistent that he/she either preferred Jacksonville's skyline to Toronto or was trying to argue that Jacksonville had a more aesthetically pleasing skyline than Toronto. I understand that arguing aesthetics is subjective but it got ridiculous to the point of trolling.
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There is literally 1 building that is remotely aesthetically pleasing (the one that is a weak duplicate of San Diego's One American Plaza). Remove that 1 building and you have an assortment of relatively short low density boxes. Modis (Wells Fargo) looks like what you would get if you asked a three year old to "draw a building" in 1970. |
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Heck, most normal people don't factor in a city's skyline when considering a move. They think about things like jobs, affordability, cost of living, climate, recreation, schools -- not whether the city has built some 500 footers recently or some cool bars are located near the courthouse or law firm. Phoenix will never be a Chicago, because it has land, lots of land. It had a population of 100k in 1950. It also has a massive 4 runway airport just east of downtown. |
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This is true in many western cities -- "Do not block my view of the _____!!" [usually it's mountains]. It's entirely different than a city like Chicago. Which goes back to my post, people don't move to Phoenix in search of Chicago. People don't move to Los Angeles in search of New York. |
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