Best Small-City Skylines (Metro Population < 600,000)
There are so many threads discussing which major city has the best/second best/third best skyline, and let's face it, small cities just can't compete with the Chicagos and San Franciscos of the world.
Let's see some of the best 'small city' skylines (from cities with metros with less than 600,000 people). Post pictures along with what city it is as well as the metro population. TOP 5... 1. Corpus Christi, Texas http://www.ccmorf.org/images/SunsetS...pusSkyline.jpg (Source: http://www.ccmorf.org/) Metro Population: 431,741 2. Des Moines, Iowa http://www.desmoines.org/images/DesMoinesSkyline.jpg (Source: http://www.desmoines.org/) Metro Population: 556,230 3. Peoria, Illinois http://givingbackpeoria.org/PeoriaSkyline.jpg (Source: http://givingbackpeoria.org/) Metro Population: 371,206 4. Reno, Nevada http://www.snapreno.com/files/RenoSkyline.jpg (Source: http://snapreno.com/) Metro Population: 577,386 5. Boise, Idaho http://appliancerepairboiseidaho.com...ylineFall2.jpg (Source: http://appliancerepairboiseidaho.com/) Metro Population: 587,689 |
Madison, WI has a sick skyline:
http://www.december.com/places/mad/images/madsky.jpg december.com Its not very tall, but each building is very high quality and it is located on an Isthmus where excellent views of the skyline abound from all directions. The reason the skyline is relatively low and uniform is that Madison has a height restriction limiting the buildings to the crest of the the Capitol Building dome so that the dome will always be the sole peak of the skyline. I'm very conflicted about the height restriction because Madison could certainly support some very tall buildings and has already begun to take on the aire of Paris with just solid 5-10 story buildings across much of the city. However, I don't want it lifted because the crown jewel capitol dome effect would disappear rapidly. I've always thought it would be interesting if they lifted it in the area of the University of Wisconsin campus where the most development pressure seems to be. That would be off to the side and away from the capitol dome and would satisfy the demand for the tallest buildings. |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Pretty nice, just needs taller buidlings.
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for "very small" cities, I'd go with Hot Springs, Arkansas (pop. 37k). Kinda tough to get a skyline shot there, but the density and variety of its buildings is very impressive... not to mention that most of the city was built during the Art Deco era.
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You can't really see all of the skyline, but here is a small capture of Mobile, Alabama's skyline. Definitely one of the best in the 'small' category. Tallest building is 745 feet.
http://www.lumis.com/images/sized/ph...tmas-0x600.jpg Lumis.com |
Look up Regina, SK. I think my city has a fairly impressive skyline for a city of only 200 000.
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Des Moines
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Winston-Salem, NC (MSA: 468K)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1196/...fa946b30ef.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1364/...bd77010ceb.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1196/...fa946b30ef.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1364/...bd77010ceb.jpg Shreveport-Bossier City, LA (MSA: 390K) http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...m/23337804.jpg http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...m/23337804.jpg Mobile, AL (MSA: 406K) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/...c04c9a3b04.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/...c04c9a3b04.jpg |
600,000 is an awfully high threshold for a "small" USA city, yellowboy, given that it includes such places as Denver, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Las Vegas, Portland, Atlanta, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Honolulu, St Louis, Buffalo & Cincinnati.
But given that those are your parameters, my vote goes to Seattle (pop. 598,707), followed closely by Minneapolis (pop. 382,605), Cleveland (pop. 433,748) and Pittsburgh (pop. 310,037). |
^Read the title again.
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Montgomery, AL's also isn't too shabby:
http://soulofamerica.com/content/ima...95d23929d6.jpg Soul of America Chattanooga, Tennessee https://www.rastn.com/images/Chattanooga%20Skyline.jpg RAS |
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Des Moines, Yellowknife, Regina, Victoria, Winnipeg (I guess it's slightly over 600), Boise, Madison, Halifax, Mobile, Burnaby-New Westminster (technically apart of Vancouver...) and Bellevue (technically apart of Seattle...) have pretty good small city skylines.
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^Agreed. The crown comes across purely as a cheap afterthought.
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Here is a slightly old photo of Halifax, which has about 400,000 people:
http://westinnovascotian.files.wordp...at-pier-21.jpg Source Another angle: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2603/...87ede999_b.jpg by dcnelson1898 |
Asheville, NC...408,000
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/878889_8311712071.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/878889/ Augusta, GA...528,000 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/...e1cf2a2cf1.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourview...hy/3370868021/ Fort Wayne, IN...411,000 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/...07e00822eb.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/31431611@N08/2939364886/ Myrtle Beach, SC...300,000 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/...7a63d6d02f.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/31142169@N03/3481121869/ |
Lexington, KY...437,000
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...onDowntown.JPG |
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