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Old Posted Jul 11, 2020, 1:44 AM
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US equivalents of Calgary?

I've heard more than a few times that Calgary, AB punches far above it's weight in the skyline department. What American cities of comparable size come close?
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According to Wikipedia, metro Calgary is home to ~1.4M people.

According to the CTBUH, Calgary is home to:

5 towers over 200m
20 towers over 150m
72 towers over 100m



I don't think any US metro in the 1-2M people range has a central city skyline that comes anywhere close to touching that.

I mean, those are like Atlanta numbers (except for the very top end).


According to the CTBUH, Atlanta is home to:

10 towers over 200m
17 towers over 150m
72 towers over 100m
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Old Posted Jul 11, 2020, 2:12 AM
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Skyline-wise, nothing in the U.S. comes close in the similar size range. Calgary also has a far higher transit share than comparable U.S. cities.

I will say though, that it doesn't necessarily translate to a much more vibrant downtown. There are many U.S. cities of similar size that have more energy at the street level, notably Portland, but also Austin, New Orleans, and others.
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Honolulu is the closest I can think of
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Honolulu? Not really. Far more highrises and mid rises

Austin or Charlotte
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Honolulu does have a crapload of 100+m buildings, but it really lacks upper end height. It's extremely "plateau-y".

According to the CTBUH, Honolulu is home to:

0 towers over 200m
0 towers over 150m
84 towers over 100m


As a good example, Calgary's tallest tower is roughly twice as tall as Honolulu's tallest.
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Honolulu does have a crapload of 100+m buildings, but it really lacks for upper end height. It's extremely "plateau-y".

According to the CTBUH, Honolulu is home to:

0 towers over 200m
0 towers over 150m
84 towers over 100m


As a best example, Calgary's tallest tower is roughly twice as tall as Honolulu's tallest.
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It's basically a Boston-sized skyline, but without the rest of the city to back it up. Calgary's skyline punches wayyyyy above its weight class.
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It's basically a Boston-sized skyline,
Oh yeah, Boston lines up very closely with Calgary in terms of skyline size.

According to the CTBUH, Boston is home to:

5 towers over 200m
23 towers over 150m
54 towers over 100m
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Austin's skyline seems to be really growing. It's becoming disproportionate to its population size.

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And Calgary (skyline at 3:00 mark)

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Austin is the only one that seems to come close. At first I thought about Seattle but I guess it has more people in its metro than I thought. Definitely much higher than Calgary’s.
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Denver is probably the closest in terms of overall city appearance and geography/topography, but obviously Calgary has more overall towers (and Denver's a larger city including the metro area, of course.)

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According to Emporis:

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Calgary

342 low-rise building
304 high-rise building
91 skyscraper

Austin

787 low-rise building
214 high-rise building
57 skyscraper

Charlotte

379 low-rise building
147 high-rise building
32 skyscraper

Honolulu

742 low-rise building
443 high-rise building
97 skyscraper

Denver

447 low-rise building
273 high-rise building
48 skyscraper

Salt Lake City

185 low-rise building
63 high-rise building
10 skyscraper
Whats interesting is the large quantity of low-rise (<12 story) in the US cities.

and that Salt Lake City has far less highrises as well as lowrises compared to its peers
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In comparison

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Seattle

730 low-rise building
315 high-rise building
123 skyscraper

Bellevue, Washington

121 low-rise building
79 high-rise building
21 skyscraper

Portland, OR

1,155 low-rise building
182 high-rise building
12 skyscraper

Edmonton

264 low-rise building
363 high-rise building
67 skyscraper

Vancouver

719 high-rise building
658 low-rise building
85 skyscraper

Burnaby, BC

158 high-rise building
43 low-rise building
33 skyscraper
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I've heard more than a few times that Calgary, AB punches far above it's weight in the skyline department. What American cities of comparable size come close?
Canada has about 37 million people per Wiki, and Calgary is the 3rd largest city and 4th largest metro. Given its size influence to Canada, should it be compared to bigger US metros like Atlanta, rather than Austin, and does it really 'punch above its weight' in that regard?
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I always thought of Calgary as a smaller Denver in a way. Right beside the Rockies, similar built form, both are very wealthy cities, both are new cities, etc.

Calgary probably has the largest skyline “per capita” on the continent though so it’s not going to match anywhere else on that front.
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Des Moines has a decent skyline for its size.
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I've heard more than a few times that Calgary, AB punches far above it's weight in the skyline department. What American cities of comparable size come close?
Denver
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I always loosely associated it with Denver, partly because of their proximities to the Rocky Mountains. Not sure how similar are their climates, but Calgary's urban development is beyond compare to most U.S. cities.
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I've always felt that Denver was the American analogue for Calgary, despite having much fewer buildings than the latter.
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