^Farmer' fields in China have skylines? What are you
talking about?
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Originally Posted by pj3000
The above photo is definitely not the best angle by far since it cuts off the west side which has the city's tallest, 3rd, and 4th tallest buildings, among others, and also lines up all of the tallest buildings along State St as the photo is straight-on, not to mention it also doesn't include the new convention center and waterfront hotel... but still it's not as if all of those buildings are stunning skyscrapers anyway (more like 8 - 15 story forgettable structures).
Erie knocked down 5 of its tallest buildings in the 70s and 80s, but Erie has always been more of a long, low manufacturing city than a tall, banking/headquarters city anyway. It's not much of a skyline to look at, but I don't think too many people would expect it to be. Remember, it's only around 300K or less metro area. So to say Erie takes the cake as far as underwhelming skylines are concerned is kinda silly... kinda like saying the handicapped kid is the worst athlete in class.
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I didn't see anyone comparing Erie to a larger city, although it's metro population of about 300k wasn't mentioned and it probably should have been but even for a city of 300k, that's a pretty weak skyline. I live in Victoria and we have had a height restriction for decades accompanied with a very provincial (excuse the pun), small town mentality and our skyline blows Erie away even though Victoria isn't much bigger. Also, saying that, "Erie knocked down 5 of its tallest buildings in the 70s and 80s, but Erie has always been more of a long, low manufacturing city than a tall, banking/headquarters city anyway" is obviously a contradiction but what I would like to know is, why? Did a lot of companies up and leave to Philly and Pittsburgh?
Trueviking, Canadian cities in general are anomalies because of the far greater number of residential towers we have over the states. In that regard, Calgary is the most American city in Canada in that it doesn't have countless residential towers the way other large Canadian cities do.
I think we have a new winner in Allentown Pennsylvania. With a metro population of over 800K the city basically has one building. It actually makes
Phoenix look good.