Show off your citys skyline.And urban development thread.

[TorqueHappenS08]

Simple thread, Post up a picture of your citys skyline... No not "nissan skyline"
But your citys downtown skyline, Either a picture from the internet or from your camera or camera phone. Also give a little description of your city, let us know how you feel about and what its like.. Give stats, whats your pop? get creative do a spread sheet, what ever turns ya on.

Also any projects in your city or new construction? post them up.

Charlotte northcarolina, nick named queen city.
pros.. 2nd largest financial city in the united states next to newyork.
Cons.. Growing to fast, And crime is rising along with the growth..

highest building of skyline, Bank of america financial office tower
pop. 860.654.

in developent/proposed
210 trade office tower wip
duke energy center office tower fight pic glass tower left. wip
the vue condo tower. 2nd pic far right.wip
nascar world wide Museum/international office tower. done
Bank of america 1 tower with hydrogen garden. above 10 floors.
duke energy center condo tower.wip
rilts carlton hotel tower.wip
wells fargo office tower. above street level
BB&T office tower, above street level
south tryon office tower. street level
epicenter mall. done.
Light rail to subway to university. wip.
rockafella tunnel 2011
Trump live office tower 2010
African american arts museum wip.
Hampton suites hotel tower wip.
belkway freeway reconstruction happening now.



what i like about it.. its getting huge. and its my home town. and watch out atlanta


And judt for good measure..charlotte in 1992

 

[McLaren]

Big D.

Biggest project is the extension of the GWB Tollway, but I have no photos of that mess.

 

[TorqueHappenS08]

Big D.

Biggest project is the extension of the GWB Tollway, but I have no photos of that mess.

I love dallas, it reminds me of a baby hong kong, and you usualy dont get that kind of flavor in american citys 👍

 

[Peter]

Nice thread, maybe I will show a few.

 

[Giancarlo]

Miami, FL
(specifically, Miami-Dade County)

(Huge resolution available on the Wiki...)
MIA, The 305, etc.

Pros:

• It's huge.
• Not much for college students (read: the broke ones) to do.
• Cultural melting pot.
• Food. Cuban, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, etc. etc.
• Yearly average: 84°F, 29°C
• 3rd best skyline in the country behind New York and Chicago, according to the Almanac of Architecture and Design.
• Overall one of the cleanest cities in the US.
• 3rd richest city in the US, 22nd in the world (but my scholarship still sucks ass).
• Brilliantly organized grid system. Thank goodness, because we loves us some driving 50-60 miles a day.
• The beaches are pretty nice. Good selection too. Not just "South Beach".

Cons:

• ...It's huge.
• Gentrification!
• Condos; oh my the big, empty condos.
• Public transportation, anywhere outside of Downtown, is garbage.
• Extremely high cost of living. If you pay $1000 a month in rent, you might be living in a decent place.
• Somewhat paranoid populace.
• Worst drivers in the US. Many years in a row.
• Water restrictions. I can only wash my car every Tuesday or Thursday. I prefer Fridays.
• A horrible location for indie music and somewhat underground artists.
• Tourists can start to become annoying.

 

[UnoMOTO]

Simple thread, Post up a picture of your citys skyline...

You are the kind of guy that should check this out!

http://skyscraperpage.com/

 

[paulpg87]

Milan, Italy ( can't find skylines). Project: none, like always (i think the skyline it's the same since 1400dc.. maybe they'll made some change with expo 2015)

 

[TB]

There's always something being built somewhere, but never anything tall. Us upper Mid-Westerners don't bother with things like that. Unless it's a TV tower, of course.

Point of interest, the picture is taken facing north, while the majority of the city is off camera to the left and behind. That's not terribly surprising, though, as all you can see is more trees. And flat. I'll see if I can find the pictures I took when I was on the roof of the tall, brown building in the center (no guardrail or parapet = , btw).

 

[homeforsummer]

Fairly hard finding a good photograph of my actual city, Newcastle upon Tyne, as most photos point towards Gateshead on the Southern bank of the Tyne as much of the development is on that side of the river. But here we go regardless:

Using the bottom pic as a guide: The buildings on the left are apartments. The building just left of centre is the Baltic Art Gallery, an ex flour mill. The curved building behind is The Sage, a music venue. The bridge closest to the camera is the Gateshead Millenium Bridge, which actually tilts on its axis to let river traffic through, like so (this vid, unlike the photos, is looking from Gateshead to Newcastle):

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Behind that is the Tyne Bridge, which predates the Sydney Harbour Bridge by four years and was designed by the same British engineers. Much smaller than the Sydney bridge though! Behind the Tyne Bridge and not visible is the Swing Bridge, which rotates around a central point in the middle of the bridge. Behind that (visible higher up) is the High Level Bridge, a road and rail bridge which featured in a well-known scene in the film Get Carter with Michael Caine.

As far as new projects go, Newcastle University is currently spending a great many millions developing the campus and Northumbria Uni has recently done a lot of work too including a flash business school which looks like this:

Newcastle as a whole has undergone massive changes in the last ten years, mainly along the Quayside which is unrecognisable to how it was in the early 90s. And it's frequently voted the "best night out" in the UK, as well as being an excellent place for students.

Save for London, skyscrapers are conspicuous by their absence in most UK cities.

 

[Philly]

^^^ I take it most of the European citys don't really have a big commercial core downtown area like most American cities do? I guess it makes for a different kind of "urban beauty."

Seattle, Washington

Classic Seattle picture:

And this is my favorite view of the city. Except the guy didn't have the decency to include the Space Needle.

It's an all around great city. The weather is awesome, the people are awesome, all of the nifty little Pacific Northwest traditions are pretty awesome. It is really close to everything you'd ever want to do outdoors, and there are hella trees and hills so it feels pretty natural.

As far as downsides go, the traffic is miserable. It's pretty difficult to get anywhere any time of day. But other than that, it's a very homely feeling place.

 

[homeforsummer]

^^^ I take it most of the European citys don't really have a big commercial core downtown area like most American cities do? I guess it makes for a different kind of "urban beauty."

Nope, you're pretty much correct. London is pretty much the only one, though cities like Leeds and Birmingham do have something similar on a smaller scale. Newcastle used to be a coal city and being on a river all the industrial stuff was on the coast so anything and everything could be moved up and down river by boat. It's fairly residential as cities go. I do find it beautiful though, the Quayside area is one of my favourite places in the UK.

Seattle has a fantastic skyline. As does Dallas as posted by McLaren. I'd never seen any pics of Dallas before.

 

[Northstar]

Luckily I have 2 big cities by me.
Minneapolis.

St. Paul

 

[TB]

As far as downsides go, the traffic is miserable. It's pretty difficult to get anywhere any time of day.

Driving in Seattle is the closest I have ever come to dying while behind the wheel of a vehicle. Heading north towards downtown on I-5 at 5:10pm probably contributed a bit to that.

Edit: @ Justin - The Science Museum is just off the screen to the left on the St. Paul shot, right?

 

[Steele_obsidion]

Not the best pictures, when i lost my computer i lost the High res. so this is what you get of lovely Ann Arbor Michigan, US I hope you like it!

 

[Kylehnat]

Driving in Seattle is the closest I have ever come to dying while behind the wheel of a vehicle.

Dying, or falling asleep because you hadn't moved an inch in 45 minutes?

Olympia doesn't really have a skyline, but here's a nice shot of the State Capitol from across the harbor (found on Google Images):

 

[TB]

Dying, or falling asleep because you hadn't moved an inch in 45 minutes?

Dying because I went from cruising at 70mph with everyone else to just about taking up residence in the trunk of the guy in front of me when everyone stopped.

Then we sat there for 45 minutes.

 

[Joey D]

I live in Orion Township, but the village down the road is called Lake Orion.

Population: 2,715 in the village, 34,211 in the township.
Area: 39.5 sq. miles
Motto: Where Living is a Vacation!
Median Family Income: $83,514...ya I know it's a wealthy area.
Famous Residents:
- Seth Green
- Alice Cooper
- Jimmy Hoffa
- William Edmund Scripps
- Frederick Henderson
- Cynthia Watros

Lake Orion is more or less a Main St. with some shops and restaurants. It looks old but in reality it isn't. When I was a junior in high school a majority of downtown burned down after Sagebrush Catina (the building on the far left in the top picture) caught on fire. Here was the results:

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The close major city is Detroit:

About the only noteworthy thing I think I can say about Detroit is that it's the only major US city to look south towards Canada. Past that it's one of the most dangerous cities in America, one of the most racial segregated, and one of the only major US city with under a million residents. There is no real public transportation, the roads are awful and there is no parking...and when you do find a spot your car will either get broken into or stolen. The city has a huge drug problem and it's thought 70% of the homicides are drug related. The public schools are failing. The former mayor got booted out of office and was even thrown in jail, it's also thought he killed a hooker or stripper or something.

Detroit is probably the most depressing place in America. I try and avoid it like the plague.

 

[fiveniners]

Houston.... Pretty plain/simple

By the way, where do you live TB?

 

[McLaren]

Love Houston! Such an amazing city to go visit once in a while when us Dallas folks want a little something different.

Highway system is extremely weird though. When I went to Galveston, I felt as if they had built the highway to go by Houston, & then let part of it run through the city.

 

[fiveniners]

Love Houston! Such an amazing city to go visit once in a while when us Dallas folks want a little something different.

Highway system is extremely weird though. When I went to Galveston, I felt as if they had built the highway to go by Houston, & then let part of it run through the city.

Really? I find Dallas' highway system completely confusing, haha. It only seems weird because Dallas/Ft.Worth is so spread out, and once you get into Houston everything just seems cramped together. But going through downtown houston, it allows you get on other highways easier.

 

[Omnis]

My dad's friend has a floor or two of office space near the top of the pyramidal-topped building. Up there you can see every city skyline from WPB all the way down to Miami on a clear day.

 

[Picc84]

Quite sad, Scranton PA

 

[Mrs. Famine]

My best mate's dad is a photographer, so I've shamelessly borrowed a few images from his site. My town isn't very exciting, but it was host to some scenes from "Atonement" back in 2006 and probably our only claim to fame
There's a lot of industry which is dying on its arse right now!!

There's a nice bridge about 8 miles away of which there are only two in the world...I've added a picture of that even though it's not strictly "my" skyline

You can see the blast furnace in the shot above in this one taken at the set of Atonement - that's the main reason they chose our town

Another shot, showing "ruined" buildings. People actually live in the flats to the right!

The bridge (yes it actually is that colour at night!)

In the other direction we have sea and cliffs

If you fancy a nosey at his pictures, it's www.photodoktor.co.uk . There are some excellent shots there and the majority of them taken in my locale.

 

[Steele_obsidion]

I live in Orion Township, but the village down the road is called Lake Orion.

Population: 2,715 in the village, 34,211 in the township.
Area: 39.5 sq. miles
Motto: Where Living is a Vacation!
Median Family Income: $83,514...ya I know it's a wealthy area.
Famous Residents:
- Seth Green
- Alice Cooper
- Jimmy Hoffa
- William Edmund Scripps
- Frederick Henderson
- Cynthia Watros

Lake Orion is more or less a Main St. with some shops and restaurants. It looks old but in reality it isn't. When I was a junior in high school a majority of downtown burned down after Sagebrush Catina (the building on the far left in the top picture) caught on fire. Here was the results:

===

The close major city is Detroit:

About the only noteworthy thing I think I can say about Detroit is that it's the only major US city to look south towards Canada. Past that it's one of the most dangerous cities in America, one of the most racial segregated, and one of the only major US city with under a million residents. There is no real public transportation, the roads are awful and there is no parking...and when you do find a spot your car will either get broken into or stolen. The city has a huge drug problem and it's thought 70% of the homicides are drug related. The public schools are failing. The former mayor got booted out of office and was even thrown in jail, it's also thought he killed a hooker or stripper or something.

Detroit is probably the most depressing place in America. I try and avoid it like the plague.

Ive been to Lake Orion, i have a great friend who lives out there. (I'm gonna steal his Car haha) and I've been there numerous times, but i have never been to the township.

I as well 2nd that motion on STAYING OUT OF DETROIT!!! I've had my fair share of Adventures LOST in the "bad parts" of Detroit.

Just dont go there if you can help it at all costs!

 

[homeforsummer]

Great photo of the transporter bridge up there Milford 👍 Never went up close to it when I was at uni near there but drove past it dozens of times.

 

[TheCracker]

My town isn't very exciting, but it was host to some scenes from "Atonement" back in 2006 and probably our only claim to fame

It could have been worse, a little further up the coast and you'd think monkeys were Frenchmen.

 

[TB]

By the way, where do you live TB?

Fargo, ND

Further specs of the city:

Temps: Average low in January is -2°F, average high in July is 82°, although the lowest low and highest high is -48°F (presumably not including windchill) and 114°F respectively. The lame city joke is that we have 2 seasons - winter and road construction.

Population: As of the 2000 census, there were 90,599 inhabitants and the population of West Fargo, Fargo, Moorhead and Dilworth (as they are all in a line east to west and if you blink you've left one and entered another) is 195,685

Sports: NDSU (Division I University), F-M Redhawks (Northern League baseball), Fargo Marathon, Fargo Force (tier 1 USHL team), Fargo was the host to both USA Wrestling (largest wrestling tournament in the world) and the IIHF World under 18 hockey tournament last year, among others, I'm sure.

There is an entire movie named after the city, but no filming was ever done here.

Notable residents:
Paul Gaustad - National Hockey League player for the Buffalo Sabres
Chris Coste - Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros
Jonny Lang - blues guitarist and singer
Gary Larsen - NFL football player, member of the "Purple People Eaters"
Brian Lee - NHL player for the Ottawa Senators
Donny Schatz - World of Outlaws driver (I did some lettering on his car )
Ed Schultz - Progressive/Liberal radio talk show host
Bobby Vee - pop music singer from 1960's
Roxana Saberi - journalist
Me

And finally, the craptacular panoramic picture I took off of the tallest building in town (the aforementioned tall, brown building in my previous post).



Let me know if the link doesn't work and I can just post the image itself.

 

[Bleached]

Pretty much the only skyline, unless you count the hotels/condos along the beach. Look familiar?

 

[Flerbizky]

^^^ I take it most of the European citys don't really have a big commercial core downtown area like most American cities do? I guess it makes for a different kind of "urban beauty."

Seattle, Washington

Classic Seattle picture:

And this is my favorite view of the city. Except the guy didn't have the decency to include the Space Needle.

It's an all around great city. The weather is awesome, the people are awesome, all of the nifty little Pacific Northwest traditions are pretty awesome. It is really close to everything you'd ever want to do outdoors, and there are hella trees and hills so it feels pretty natural.

As far as downsides go, the traffic is miserable. It's pretty difficult to get anywhere any time of day. But other than that, it's a very homely feeling place.

I love your city Sooooo much - and can only agree to all of the above!...

 

[Danny]

Not particularly beautiful, but there we go...