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Originally Posted by JAYNYC
And yes, Boston's skyline is very disappointing when compared to that of Baltimore, regardless of how many 500+ foot towers it has. It's BOSTON for goodness sake - an internationally-renowned city rich in history, cultural significance and importance, so one would think it's skyline would at least rank among those of San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, L.A., Miami, etc. but it doesn't come remotely close to any of those, based on size or aesthetics.
Baltimore, on the other hand, is BALTIMORE - who would honestly expect much of a skyline?
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Let's start with Baltimore. I would certainly expect a major city with multiple pro sports teams to at least be visible before I'm literally right on top of it. (I drove in earlier this summer, been a bunch) Its tallest building is shorter than Hartford, CT's! Boston has a dozen taller buildings. It also beats Baltimore 18 (soon 20) to 4 in the 500'+ department, and 34 to 7 in 400'+. They aren't on the same stratosphere.
Boston's airport is also closer than the majority of major cities. Its lucky it doesn't have some terrible 500' limit like San Diego. Without the airport's extreme proximity it would have been easier to get a few taller buildings downtown.
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Originally Posted by homebucket
Totals:
Houston - 156
Miami - 154
LA - 140
Philly - 82
SF - 94
Atlanta - 82
Dallas - 78
Seattle - 68
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Using this methodology, Boston is up to 56, but 58 THIS WEEK, 60 by the end of the year, and has 12 more points (2 more over 600') in prep phase. So yes, it's a step down, but not a HUGE step down by any means. In the past few years it has gone from 2 buildings over 200m to 4, with a 5th in prep. (and a 6th possible at South Station if they ever all get on the same page)
The skyline is so expansive that so much depends on the angles its viewed from. The best way in is probably 93 North (via Quincy) as the skyline literally envelops you, and the financial district towers are allowed to stand out. 90 East has improved drastically with 1 Dalton, which lines up 3 buildings from ~745'-790' in a row on the final approach. From the airport area it's basically an unbreaking wall of buildings 500'-600'. There are a lot of hills which offer tons of awesome views (I know of at least 30 good skyline views) but also serve to block a lot of views or make buildings seem stumpier by being behind the hills.
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Originally Posted by The North One
Because most of those are enhanced photos with perspectives that don't actually exist.
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The first 2 are probably from a drone. The 3rd one I took from a park. The 4th one is the view from the plane approaching Logan. None of them are "enhanced" and those views all exist if you were at that same point the photos were taken from.
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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Yeah, seriously the Patriots and that Tom Brady douchebag need to go away already...
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A lot of hate for Boston for reasons other than its skyline is going to bias these responses for sure.
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Originally Posted by JManc
We down here also don't have the Patriots either...so that's an upside.
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My hometown team has won 6 Superbowls this century and the most playoff games of any franchise all time. Their overwhelming success has certainly led to a few gut-punches in that time, but overall I think rooting for the best football dynasty in the Superbowl era is more of an upside than rooting for a team that has never won a Superbowl.
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