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Distinguishing landmarks of a city
I am starting this thread to compile a list of cities and their distinguishing landmarks. Please refrain from using capital buildings as landmarks, since they all look the same. I will start with my city of San Antonio, TX , USA.
San Antonio's distinguishing landmarks: 1. The Tower of the Americas 2. The Alamo 3. The Riverwalk 4. The UNESCO San Antonio Missions St. Louis, MO: 1. The Gateway Arch San Francisco, CA: 1. The Golden Gate Bridge 2. Chinatown New Orleans, LA 1. The French Quarter Everyone get the idea? Let's see how many cities we can get on this thread with their landmarks. |
Neat idea, I'll add in some SoCal
Los Angeles: Hollywood Sign Library Tower (aka US Bank Tower) Randy's Donuts building Capitol Records Tower San Diego: California Tower in Balboa Park USS Midway Lindbergh Field (and aircraft constantly flying overhead) |
Chicago:
Sears Tower Hancock Tower Bean The El Chicago River Bridges Water Tower Buckingham Fountain Navy Pier Lower Wacker Drive Michigan Ave Streetwall Museum Campus Tribune Tower Wrigley Building Wrigley Field Merch Mart Marina Towers Lake Point Tower Aon Center Chase Building we have a lot don't we... |
LOVE those additions!!:cheers:
Where is Philadelphia and Boston? Those cities have some great landmarks!:cheers: |
Philly's right here:
The top landmark is above and beyond Independence Hall. It's in a class of its own, fame wise. The Liberty Bell is the obvious answer, but that's more of an item than a landmark. It's like saying the Mona Lisa is one of the best landmarks in Paris. Other than that, you have a bunch that aren't as famous, but you would definitely know if you came: Philadelphia Museum of Art Betsy Ross House Franklin Court City Hall Eastern State Penitentiary 30th Street Station Reading Terminal Market Philadelphia Zoo Barnes Foundation Benjamin Franklin Bridge |
I think people should rank any list they post. That way there's an idea of importance.
The Chase Center is certainly not on par with the Sears Tower for Chicago, for instance. |
I am adding more San Antonio landmarks.
The 1929 Tower Life Building The 1929 Nix Hospital Building Hemisfair Park San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio Zoo The Pearl District The Museum Reach Riverwalk |
For Detroit:
The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Detroit Institute of Arts Renaissance Center Campus Martius Detroit RiverWalk Ford Rouge Plant Prewar skyscrapers like the Fisher Building, Guardian Building and Penobscot Building |
curious what others think, but i think some of you are over reaching for most people with some of these. i would say:
Los Angeles: Hollywood Sign Randy's Donuts building Capitol Records Tower San Diego: zoo san antonio: riverwalk needle tower thing chicago: sears bean wrigley field marina towers philadelphia: city hall rocky statue murals now these other quick examples given are right on point, again at least from a typical visitor point of view (i dk if brevity is important to op, seemed like it at first from the examples, but then he added a bunch more so ??? -- so if not then i dk where you would draw the line because there is tons of idiosyncratic stuff in any bigger city): St. Louis, MO: The Gateway Arch San Francisco, CA: The Golden Gate Bridge Chinatown New Orleans, LA The French Quarter it's a fun idea to make this kind of list, but maybe we should narrow it a bit? just a thought. |
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