Skylines From Far Far Away Thread

[Crawford]

Nice pic.

I was recently at a birthday in one of those newer Harbor Point highrises in Stamford. The views of Manhattan from Harbor Point are pretty badass.

[SAN Man]

To celebrate the New Year, I went for a hike on 1/2/21. In both of these pictures you can see Downtown SD and both are from rugged lands within the city limits of San Diego, if I were to turn around you would see some snow on the distance peaks. If you look closely, you can see two cruise liners anchored off shore, waiting to come in to San Diego Bay. Temperature at time of picture 61 degrees.

Fortuna1 by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr

Fortuna2 by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Nice!

[SAN Man]

I took this picture yesterday, nice weather with good visibility. The view is from Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery at about 350 feet above sea level.
If there is any question as to why San Diego has a short skyline, half of the answer lies in front of you.
The airfield isn't SD's airport it's NAS North Island. Just out of frame to the left of NASNI and also along the bay is the airport on the north side of the bay.

Fort Rosecrans by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr

[ThatDarnSacramentan]

The Urban Edge 2 by C.M. Keiner, on Flickr

The Urban Edge 3 by C.M. Keiner, on Flickr

The Urban Edge 4 by C.M. Keiner, on Flickr

[Labtec]

The major city with the most trees, Atlanta:


Atlanta Skyline in the Fall by RJ DiBella, on Flickr

From Dekalb Peachtree airport:

Atlanta skyline(s) by hddean99, on Flickr

[photoLith]

^
That first pic could fool people into believing its the skyline of NYC.

[ThatDarnSacramentan]

Portland:

PDX in the Distance 3 by C.M. Keiner, on Flickr

[MolsonExport]

Montreal from Whiteface Mountain, New York (129.1 km): https://i.imgur.com/up9bFwj.jpg

Montreal from Mount Mansfield, Vermont (121.8 km): http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/27856694.jpg

Montreal from the hills above Fairfax, Vermont (~96.5km): https://vthouseonthehill.files.wordp.../vermont16.jpg

Montreal (left) from the A-15 @ Saint-Jerome (49.3km): http://asphaltplanet.ca/PQ/A/15/A15L...outh_May10.jpg

Montreal from Mont Saint-Grégoire (36.7km): https://icilamerique.files.wordpress...428_124051.jpg

Montreal from Mont Saint-Hilaire (33.6km): https://guillaumehj.files.wordpress....8/imgp1237.jpg

https://www.reddit.com/r/montreal/co...ultiple_shots/

[badrunner]

20 miles


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojD2OBlsNSU

[Hudson11]

another of NYC from across the Sound. Aprox 35 miles


NYC from Norwalk by caboose_rodeo, on Flickr

[mrnyc]

cleveland
from gildersleeve mountain in chapin forest -- a summit located in suburban kirtland, ohio
1,163 feet (354 m) above sea level & 593 feet (181 m) above Lake Erie.
The shoreline of Lake Erie is approximately 6.7 miles (10.8 km) north west of the summit.

[SAN Man]

Beautiful February day in San Diego, about 10 miles out.

DT from the Pacific by Manuel Sanchez, on Flickr

[Steely Dan]

^ desperately needs more height.

stupid airport.

[SAN Man]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

^ desperately needs more height.

stupid airport.

Yeah we have a plateaued skyline. I'd like to see a 750-800 footer in the middle of the pack, but that's unlikely anytime soon. I am happy to report there are a bunch of high-rises going up right now and the skyline will change greatly in the next 2-3 years.

[Steely Dan]

it was just interesting to have the cleveland shot posted just prior to your SD one.

SD has the more expansive skyline overall, but because cleveland has much greater top-end height, i like its skyline more.

SD has 40 buildings over 100m, but nothing over 152m (500'), whereas cleveland only has 19 buildings over 100m, but it has 5 buildings over 152m (including the U/C S-H HQ), with its tallest tower stretching all the way to 288m (947').

[chris08876]

As of late Feb 2022.

Philly:



Aerial View of Philadelphia by Todd Jacobson, on Flickr

[SAN Man]

^Nice shot of Philly!

There's a lot of potential in that shot. The riverfront areas look heavy industrial/port, but are there any plans to start developing these areas?

[TempleGuy1000]

Originally Posted by SAN Man

^Nice shot of Philly!

There's a lot of potential in that shot. The riverfront areas look heavy industrial/port, but are there any plans to start developing these areas?

Yes, that area contained Philadelphia Energy Solutions and was the largest and oldest oil refinery on the east coast until the massive explosion in 2019 that led to it's closure.

Hilco has bought the site and is remaking it into a life sciences campus:
https://www.thebellwetherdistrict.com/

To the east of it is the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The US Navy abandoned the site in 2000. It's been turned into an office park. Currently it is the HQ location for GlaxoSmithKline US, Urban Outfitters, and Rite Aid corporations. A new master plan to turn it into more of a mix-used commercial neighborhood has begun with a 3rd partner being selected two weeks ago.
https://navyyard.org/

This week also saw a large area directly to the east of the stadiums go up for sale with it being marketed as a mix-use entertainment district next to the stadiums and the new casino.
13-acre Stadium District site eyed for 'grand scale development' put up for sale

The rest of that "bottom" portion of south philadelphia will stay industrial. It's Aker's Shipyard that builds big ships still, and the Port of Philadelphia that has been very profitable recently.

Going further up the rivers, there is the Durst redevelopment of Penn's Landing on the Delaware river. That officially broke ground this week too. PennDot is capping 3-acres of I-95 with a new park so you will be able to walk from Center City to the riverfront: https://www.delawareriverwaterfront....ng-development

The big redevelopment along the Schuylkill river is Brandywine Realty's 30th Street station redevelopment. Amazon's selection committee chose this area as the winning proposal for the HQ2 competition, but the CEO of Amazon Web Services didn't want to move from NYC to Philadelphia and according to the NY Post "trashed" the recommendation (which effectively means the whole 'search for HQ2' was a sham with Bezos just wanting to live in DC and executives splitting time in NYC). The development is moving forward anyway, and the first building is just starting to rise with a second starting soon.

Philadelphia lost race for Amazon HQ2 because new CEO is a Giants fan
https://schuylkillyards.com/developm...huylkill-yards

Some other current developments:
https://www.liveatnorthbank.com/
The Battery Power Plant <-- Definitely one of my favorite redevelopments
https://www.theolinstudio.com/festival-pier
https://www.schuylkillbanks.org/proj...lkill-crossing

So yeah, plenty going on to redevelop quiet a lot of the river fronts. Been ignored for far too long.

[Comrade]

30 miles or so southwest of downtown Salt Lake City from the suburb Herriman (located at the very SW of Salt Lake County):