US skyscraper milestone: closing in on 100 towers over 800' tall

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Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox

Ah, I had the opposite perspective: what skylines would have been the most impressive *for* 1940.

Gotcha - well, looking at it that way, Detroit maybe would've been #3 and Philly #4. Today? Philadelphia definitely has more existing prewar buildings that you can actually go and see, so it's probably Philly at #3 and Detroit at #4.