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[Lmichigan]

MJLO,

Cleveland

Next photos courtesy of UrbanOhio.com










Cleveland has some good peaks.

Edited by Lmichigan, 16 April 2006 - 09:51 PM.

[hudkina]

Now see! This is the money shot!

[Gary_Kreie]

Minneapolitan, on Apr 16 2006, 12:14 AM, said:

Here's the location of the proposed Twins stadium. The Target Center is in the lower left hand corner.


The new stadium will be in the foreground

Tha View of Downtown Minneapolis from the Stadium will be awesome.

Here is the view of downtown St. Louis from the new Busch Stadium. If you remember the old Busch, where home plate was in the Northwest Corner -- this new Busch has home plate in the Southwest corner. The new stadium is right against the elevated I-64, and it clears out a two block area where the North Half of the old Busch used to be right in the heart of downtown. The team plans to build a high rise condo and entertainment district there called Ballpark Village. They won't mind if the condo balconies look into the ball park, since they will just add that into the price of the condo when they sell.

[ariesjow]

My rank based on beauty, setting, height, density, etc.:

1. Detroit
2. Minneapolis
3. Cleveland
4. St. Louis
5. Indy

[tony speller]

Prittiest midwest skyline goes to St Louis, hands down... even over Chicago.

[tamias6]

I tend to like skylines with a variety of heights and types of architecture. Cleveland and Miniapolis are among good examples in my book.

[Rural King]

I like Cincinnati's because of it mix of old and new. Minne would be a close second with its very large and modern look, with Indy running strong too due to its overall balance for its size.

Thats not to say Detroit or St. Louis don't have great skylines, but for my personal tates those listed above have the most aesthetically pleasing skylines.

[JivecitySTL]

Skylines can be very decieving. What may not look that impressive from a distance could change dramatically at street level. Case in point:

[kcpimp]

I like KC's use of the Art Decco.

Indy and Milwok have nice skylines for being small cities

[GR8scott]

IMO

Pittsburg handsdown if you count it midwest

1 Minne even though I don;t really like the city, its got some nice buildings, hight, and density

2 STL the arch

3 Cincy the landscape and the mixture

[Michi]

I'm a bit bias of Detroit as well. Especiall of this one by Allan.


I like Minneapolis' composition and St. Louis' distinguishability.

Edited by Michi, 09 November 2006 - 10:16 PM.

[AvianKeahi]

^ I love that Detroit shot!

[hudkina]

That shot makes it look like the Dime Building is 10 feet from the Chase Building.

[Snowguy716]

I think St. Paul is also often overlooked. St. Paul is actually a wonderful city, even if its streets were planned out by drunken Irish men... to quote a recent governor of ours.

[GR8scott]

that last Detroit pic is one of my favs

[Okie]

Gary_Kreie, on Mar 21 2006, 10:57 PM, said:

This is certainly the most distinctive.









Outside of New York and Chicago, there are only 2 skylines that uniquely identify the city -- St. Louis and Seattle. All the rest are just a bunch of buildings, and most poeple couldn't guess if they were looking at Minneapolis, or Cincinati, or Indianapolis, or Tulsa or whatever.

Well I think that the fact that you mentioned Tulsa with Cincy and Minne proves that Tulsa's skyline is definitely working wonders for its image.

[Gary_Kreie]

Beautiful Picture. I'm a former Okie myself. I've always liked the Tulsa Skyline with the Williams Tower. What is the building in the foreground of the picture? At first I thought it might be Southern Hills.

[Michi]

Detroit has a very pretty night skyline...especially from Canadian vantage points. It's even better in person!

[NorthCoast]

Minneapolis is very modern...St. Louis is iconic...Cleveland is tall....Detroit is bittersweet but I would have to say that Cincinnati takes the cake because it has a little bit of everything. It looks somewhat small straight on because it isn't very wide but none the less it has both the look of a big city but still retains simple midwestern charm. The big hole on the riverfront where The Banks development is going to be doesn't look great right now but that'll be fixed in a few years. And its going to look even greater when its newest addition, Queen City Square (Phase II) is completed!

The following image is from Urban Ohio...

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Edited by j3shafer, 16 January 2008 - 04:41 PM.

[doogur]

I'm biased, yes, but Cincinnati easily beats out St. Louis, Indy, Cleveland, Minneapolis. The setting in a "bowl" surrounded by hills makes for panoramic views from all angles. The density of the buildings that peak at the center, combined with the multitude of bridges provides for wonderful views at all levels.

Nothing beats the view from the "cut in the hill" when one rounds the bend heading north on I-75 from Northern Kentucky. Views from Newport, Mt. Adams, Mt Auburn are awesome:

View from Newport



View from the west side (probably the least impressive):



View from Devou Park, Covington, KY:



From Mt Adams:



Someone included Pittsburgh on the list. I would too, except they don't consider themselves Midwest; therefore, neither would I. If they did, I would vote their skyline the best. Truly dramatic and breathtaking.