March 24, 2005

Top 100 City Skylines

Paul Hsieh at NoodleFood points to this page by Emporis, which ranks cities around the world according to "the visual impact of their skylines."

I'm neither architect nor critic, and I don't have much to say about the rankings or the justice or injustice of any of them, or about any of the buildings involved, either.

Except...except that...well, damn if it ain't a list of a hundred cities, and my quick count finds that twenty of those burgs are in the United States. Make what claims you care to about multiculturalism, but I guess that when it comes to judging the visual impact of a skyline, skyscrapers beat mud huts all the way.

I don't suppose that has anything to do with capitalism and freedom, right?

Posted by Craig Ceely at March 24, 2005 09:36 PM
Comments

I thought the same thing.

I also weighed in, Chicago should be number 1 :).

http://www.viewonlife.com/index.php?p=19

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Posted by: Marnee at March 28, 2005 12:58 PM

Marnee,

Chicago it is. ;-)


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Posted by: Craig at March 28, 2005 11:13 PM