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[Spartan]

I had this picture of Perth saved on my computer. You Aussies need to represent the west coast more!

[Allan]

Hmmm....All I see is a Red X.

[Spartan]

Ok, I fixed it.

[Allan]

That's a cool pic.  The interesting thing about the Perth skyline is that it lacks depth.  From overhead, you can see that all the tall buildings are lined up along a single street.  I'm assuming that zoning regulations caused this, but I am not really sure.

[Delta]

The pic of Perth that Spartan posted is fairly up-to-date....

...however what Allan has elluded to is not quite right. The Perth CBD is quite long yet is already busting @ the seams and certainly doesn't run just along one or even two streets.

I'll post some overhead pics of Perth in a seperate thread.

[Spartan]

I think he meant that it is more of a linear skline, not the CBD

[Allan]

Spartan is right...I was talking about the linear skyline.  I suppose I need to be more specific next time....

[Delta]

That's cool Allan. No problemo.

Here's a few more pics of the skyline.

On the Swan River:



@ sunset:



@ dusk:



...and from a north-western aspect:

[Fruit Cove]

nice pics delta.

[Spartan]

Great pics! The one at sunset is awsome

[Citystyle]

The reason behind perths linear skyline is becuase the tower's started towards the river and got larger and further from the river as they went up, the boom ended and many of our more coragous buiness men settled down safley.

Added to the fact we knocked down half of perths heritage and most of the better stuff, we brang in and still have tight controls on heritage but there is still moves to develop modern skyscrapers with art deco faccads.

[Australian1]

Cool Pics! Delta, can I be your buddy?
Well, heres two more pics.

Perth Skyline from route 30

[unccmyway]

two or three more tall buildings and this could be considered a world-class skyline.

[Australian1]

Also, Perth is just outside the desert climate zone,
and is in the Subtropical zone.
  First, Perth has a poupulation of 1.5 million
and the 5th largest city in
Australia, and one more thing,
this is my 3rd favorite place.

[Southron]

Nice photos, thanks.  I didn't realize that Perth was this big.

Citystyle, on Nov 21 2005, 08:13 AM, said:

Added to the fact we knocked down half of perths heritage and most of the better stuff, we brang in and still have tight controls on heritage but there is still moves to develop modern skyscrapers with art deco faccads.

Too bad, sounds like what we did here in the US.  Thankfully, that destructive era is mostly behind us.