Best US Skyscraper

[ironchapman]

I wanted to see what your favorite US skyscraper was.

Mine is the Sears Tower.

Please leave a response if possible.

[zed]

The Transamerica Pyramid is one of the most visually unique buildings on that list and is a symbol of its city (San Francisco). That makes it vote-worthy to me!

[ironchapman]

Wasn't it designed that way to resist earthquakes?

[Recchia]

I love the Westin Peachtree. Too bad its in Atlanta

[ironchapman]

What's wrong with Atlanta?

[DigitalSky]

BOA HQ

*having way too much hometown pride at the moment*

[waccamatt]

The Chrysler Building, beyond a shadow of a doubt!

[monsoon]

Nice selection of buildings. I like the classic ESB followed by the Chrysler Bldg. TransAmerica is a good runner up.

[paperback]

i'm a boston boy, but i voted for the empire state. classic.

[TheGerbil]

Why include a building in Cleveland but leave out Pittsburgh? We have a few very nice ones...

[GRS328]

<----- duh!

[ironchapman]

To come up with most of the buildings on the list, I went through a book of famous and monumentsal buildings plus a couple I knew of personally. No buildings from Pittsburgh were in the book and I don't know too much about Pittsburgh skyscrapers.

The reason I put the Key Tower in there is because it is the tallest building between New York and Chicgao that's not in the South.

I do agree though, I should have put a Pittsburgh one in there.

[TheGerbil]

It bugs me that a book about skyscrapers would overlook Pittsburgh. We have some very nice ones that deserve to be mentioned. By the way, although that one in Cleveland is the tallest between NY and Chicago in terms of feet, the tallest in terms of stories is the USX Tower in Pittsburgh. Whoever wrote that book didn't do enough research imo.

But I don't really blame you for not including one from here. You cannot include everything in your poll

[paperback]

actually, the freedom tower in new york, when completed will probably be my favorite. very pretty

[krazeeboi]

I think the BOA tower in Charlotte is a modern classic, but I had to go with an all-time classic on this one, the Empire State Building. I can still remember the exhiliration from viewing the city from the observation deck a little over 10 years ago.

[popstar]

I'd love to see the Power & Light building in Kansas City on the list. I have been told by people more knowledgeable than myself that it is considered one of the finest examples of art deco in the midwest, perhaps US. The top is lit at night and is quite intriguing.

Here are photos:

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/pc/?id=121884&aid=8&sro=1

[ironchapman]

Very nice, popstar, if I ever organize another best skyscraper thread, I'll try to include it.

I'm glad that most of you seem to enjoy this thread.

[Loughlin]

John Hancock-Boston offcourse

[Spartan]

ESB is a classic. It was the original big-boy and after about 75 years is still in the upper echelon of world skyscrapers. It is a treasured icon of NYC, and its just cool

Other honorable mentions are the Hancock Tower in Chicago and TransAmerica in San Francisco.

[AmericanUrbanDesigner]

BOA Charlotte...yummmmmmmmmmmm.

[ironchapman]

Hartford has a nice skyline for a city its size.

[AmericanUrbanDesigner]

Charlotte:

[ironchapman]

Very nice pics, UrbanAmericanDesigner.

I should have put the Hearst Tower on the poll.

P.S. Is the tower namedafter William Randolph Hearst, the late-1800's and early 1900's newspaper baron?

[Recchia]

My favorite skyscraper has gotta be 225 West Wacker Drive in Chicago. It contrasts so well with 333 West Wacker (the circular glass building next to it). It's not big or impressive, but its my favorite.

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Buildi...0Wacker%20Drive

[ironchapman]

Very nice building, Recchia.