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First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 07:37 PM Jul 2014

What US city--NYC and Chicago excepted--has the most beautiful skyline?

I think you pretty much have to ignore the Big Two, accepting that they're in a class by themselves. Apart from them--which city has the most enchanting downtown, day or night? After careful consideration, my vote goes to Pittsburgh. To look at the skyline come alive in the evening, from PNC park, as day turns to night...the confluence (I love that word!) of the three rivers...it's just magical. Any other nominees?

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What US city--NYC and Chicago excepted--has the most beautiful skyline? (Original Post) First Speaker Jul 2014 OP
Living here in NY I woukd say NY but since 9/11 there is a whole in the city. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author chknltl Jul 2014 #4
I rather like Los Angeles, myself......but then I might be biased! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2014 #2
Lovely...! Adsos Letter Jul 2014 #6
Hey, it's not all THAT rare, lol! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2014 #9
My youngest daughter's in-laws live in Redlands. Adsos Letter Jul 2014 #12
You're quite right, my dear Adsos Letter. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2014 #13
San Francisco, of course! Though I have a soft spot for Richmond, VA too arcane1 Jul 2014 #3
San Francisco's skyline was better in the old days when I lived there Blue_In_AK Jul 2014 #26
I am partial to Seattle's skyline chknltl Jul 2014 #5
awesome skyline Terra Alta Jul 2014 #11
I live about twenty miles to the right of the mountain in Seattle's skyline chknltl Jul 2014 #22
You get my vote...nt joeybee12 Jul 2014 #23
San Francisco's is the best in the USA. Throd Jul 2014 #7
Nothing outshines Pittsburgh! femmocrat Jul 2014 #8
I visited Pittsburgh last year for the first time in nearly fifty years... First Speaker Jul 2014 #15
In that photo it looks like a city riding an alligator. Throd Jul 2014 #17
LOL femmocrat Jul 2014 #18
Pittsburgh impresses me too Skittles Jul 2014 #21
I know I'm biased OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #10
Wow--they're all beautiful... First Speaker Jul 2014 #14
Cincinnati- particularly when driving in from the airport - closeupready Jul 2014 #16
Honolulu KamaAina Jul 2014 #19
I was going to say San Francisco, but Seattle might be tops. Arugula Latte Jul 2014 #20
Atlanta sparkles at night. dawg Jul 2014 #24
Wirt, Minnesota in the land of sky blue waters! B Calm Jul 2014 #25
Salt Lake City liberaltrucker Jul 2014 #27
That's easy-- San Francisco!! ailsagirl Jul 2014 #28
That's a pretty great shot OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #29
Yes... sneaking in the bridge might have cinched it ailsagirl Jul 2014 #30
Denver is not too bad. Charlotte is framed well from the airport people movers. Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #31
When Tampa had its art museum by the river shenmue Jul 2014 #32
I kind of like Philadelphia sharp_stick Jul 2014 #33
Wow--that is beautiful...and it's sure changed since I lived there in the late 60s... First Speaker Jul 2014 #34
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
1. Living here in NY I woukd say NY but since 9/11 there is a whole in the city.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 07:40 PM
Jul 2014

The monstrosity they are building to replace the tower is a scurge on the face of NY.

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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,562 posts)
9. Hey, it's not all THAT rare, lol!
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 08:54 PM
Jul 2014

Of course, it's best in the winter......which is when I took this one.

The storms clear the air, and then .....well, it's wonderful!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
12. My youngest daughter's in-laws live in Redlands.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 09:06 PM
Jul 2014

The San Bernardino mountains are beautiful, but there are days when you wouldn't know they are there.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,562 posts)
13. You're quite right, my dear Adsos Letter.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 09:18 PM
Jul 2014

My husband and I like to joke about the days when we live on a plain.........no mountains in view! We call it "light to moderate choking."

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
26. San Francisco's skyline was better in the old days when I lived there
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 05:22 PM
Jul 2014

before all those huge skyscrapers downtown.

Terra Alta

(5,158 posts)
11. awesome skyline
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 08:59 PM
Jul 2014

Space Needle in the center and Mt. Rainier in the distance. Seattle is definitely on my bucket list of cities to visit one day.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
22. I live about twenty miles to the right of the mountain in Seattle's skyline
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 01:21 PM
Jul 2014

Neither the Seattle skyline photo nor this photo are mine but here is what it looks like from nearby Yelm. I keep promising myself to take some photos of Rainier from the highway near my home and post them here. Some days the trip from the store in Yelm back to my house is pretty darn nice.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
15. I visited Pittsburgh last year for the first time in nearly fifty years...
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 10:29 PM
Jul 2014

...and was struck, like my OP said, by the beauty of its skyline...but also by the fact that the air was so clear and clean...it wasn't like *that* in the 1960s...:-/...and also because I was walking in the Strip district, and I looked up--and here was this *mountain* looming right above me, right in the middle of the damned city, and I realized I had fallen in love with this town...

Skittles

(153,138 posts)
21. Pittsburgh impresses me too
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 01:19 PM
Jul 2014

I remember being very surprised the first time I saw it.........Pittsburgh has a reputation of being such a GRITTY CITY but hoo boy does that skyline shine

adding that Pennsylvania is still my all-time state for work TDYs - loved the people there - very down to earth, no-nonsense folk

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
14. Wow--they're all beautiful...
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 10:26 PM
Jul 2014

...I've loved cities and skylines ever since I can remember. Now I have some incentive to go do some travelling... ...

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
16. Cincinnati- particularly when driving in from the airport -
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 10:54 PM
Jul 2014

it lies in a bowl bordered by six or seven hills, and so there is a natural backdrop to the development that makes it quite picturesque.

ailsagirl

(22,893 posts)
30. Yes... sneaking in the bridge might have cinched it
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 06:31 PM
Jul 2014

I had thought it was the Golden Gate but now I think it's the Bay Bridge-- but I'm not even sure now!!

But it is a beautiful city-- I've always thought so.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
34. Wow--that is beautiful...and it's sure changed since I lived there in the late 60s...
Fri Jul 4, 2014, 01:46 PM
Jul 2014

...back then, you weren't allowed to build higher than William Penn's hat...:-/...

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