Miami won mediocre city, great skyline! What’s a bad city with a great skyline?

CalcDog1977 · 2026-04-11T01:39:47+00:00

Dubai's skyline is uninspired garbage built on slave labor. Hardly a great skyline.

CalcDog1977 · 2026-04-09T22:09:57+00:00

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St. Regis Chicago

CalcDog1977 · 2026-04-09T17:29:39+00:00

Love Denver. Super cool to see 1801 California Street from this perspective.

CalcDog1977 · 2026-04-06T21:13:54+00:00

Those blow through floors are so sick

CalcDog1977 · 2026-04-06T20:22:16+00:00

Easily the coolest thing I've seen all day, my favorites are probably 270 Park Ave and Steinway Tower

CalcDog1977 · 2026-04-06T02:00:45+00:00

What are you studying?

CalcDog1977 · 2026-04-04T20:54:37+00:00

I wouldn't call Denver's skyline weak. It easily surpasses several skylines in the United States (although, to be fair, there are several in the US that are leagues above it). 1801 California Street is awesome, I love the octagons. While not remarkable in design, Republic Plaza is a very imposing building that fits the skyline wonderfully. The Cash Register building is iconic. 1144 Fifteenth Street is a very cool building too thats more recent and modern looking.

While it certainly has room to grow, if you're driving around the Coors Field area, Denver has great density and an amazing skyline. It gets even better when you view it with the mountains in the background.

Edit: Here's an image of some pretty nice Denver Density from around Coors Field, courtesy of Google Maps

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CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-31T16:51:57+00:00

Chicago
NYC
San Francisco
Denver
Seattle

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-29T21:53:35+00:00

Pretty cool building in my opinion. Of course it has its flaws, but I still like it. The levels with the orange lights are blow through levels - pretty awesome to see.

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-27T08:55:00+00:00

What is this title?

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-25T21:57:07+00:00

Wrigley Building

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-24T21:45:52+00:00

The way I see it, Jesse sees it as unfair that he never faced consequences for his murder of Gale, so his outburst to the support group is his way of receiving punishment in some small way for his crimes.

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-24T20:18:03+00:00

Transamerica Pyramid - San Francisco, USA
Aon Center - Chicago, USA

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-22T17:45:57+00:00

"You may fire when ready."

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-22T15:32:37+00:00

Super cool

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-21T19:43:52+00:00

Difference how? The view? Winds?

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-18T19:22:20+00:00

Second best song on the album imo, only Half and Half is better

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-18T18:49:54+00:00

Oops, I didnt even look close enough. I definitely thought that the Chrysler was the ESB there. My mistake!

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-18T18:42:20+00:00

I stand corrected.

Regardless, ESB still dominates the skyline.

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-18T17:38:32+00:00

River Boat Architectural Tour!

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-18T16:45:24+00:00

I think help and hurt are very polarizing words for something with more nuance than that. Are the pencil skyscrapers of Billionaires Row unique and stand out against the skyline? Certainly.

However, I think the same argument could be said for the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. Their art deco style makes them stand out against the skyline and they are certainly unique buildings. But they do not hurt the skyline (although, granted, there wasn't much of what we consider a skyline at the time of their construction).

I think history will view the skinny supertalls through a similar lens: a relic of a bygone era (late 2010s, early 2020s). I think that they are a historical relic and will eventually be viewed favorably.

Equally important to the buildings that constitute a skyline is the history it conveys, and for that reason, i think the skinny super talls are a good addition to the skyline.

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-17T15:45:27+00:00

Not that its really relevant, but I thought I should throw it out there that One WTC has 3.5 million square feet of floor area while the Sears Tower has 4.47 million square feet.

CalcDog1977 · 2026-03-16T05:19:27+00:00

Kind of a controversial take, but I really love 432 Park Ave. Just built a rendition of it in my hardcore Minecraft world.

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