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Truly impressive pics Nate ! The fact that you were moving ! I figured there was a dreaded wreck or some serious slow down on the bridge.

Baton Rouge's Skyline has a little density when taken from the right angle. It's not always about the tall bldgs. either. In the front of the pics I notice the sphere of the planetarium, renovated Old State Capitol, and the Shaw Arts Center contemporary-box. It's tall for a 6-story bldg. at nearly 100'ft.

I've always thought Baton Rouge had nice low and mid-rise density from many different angles. If you take pictures from the river, or an area around there, you mostly just get the taller buildings, which really aren't that impressive and doesn't give Baton Rouge justice. If you take pictures where you're looking up the skyline rather than at the side of it, you can really see the smaller buildings in downtown, and that makes the skyline look much better, IMO. Though the angles focusing on the taller buildings will look much better in a few years with the new towers up! :D

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Again, not my photo...

The Shreveport skyline from another angle I've never seen before (atop the Fairmont apartment building, it appears.) Wow... I love this one too! :D You can see the Strand Theater very well in the bottom left of the photo and the Eldorado Casino Hotel just to the right of the AmSouth building.

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^That's a great shot of the skyline! I don't think I've ever seen a view from that angle, but it's great! And you can really see some of the low and mid-rise density downtown, which is great for a city of its size.

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^That's a great shot of the skyline! I don't think I've ever seen a view from that angle, but it's great! And you can really see some of the low and mid-rise density downtown, which is great for a city of its size.

Yeah I'm with you... never seen anything from that angle. The Fairmont apartment building is 10-12 stories tall, and is the tallest thing on the southwestern end of downtown, so I'd have to assume that's where this was taken from. And not to be tacky, but this had to be taken by someone who doesn't live there. The type of people who live in the apartment buildings in that corner of downtown aren't exactly our most "upstanding" citizens, and I doubt they're into development or photography. Although I've heard that there's a large gay population living in the Fairmont, and I don't typically associate gay guys with being criminals. And as has been discussed on this site before, it seems there are more gay people into this type of topic than straights, so who knows... these could have been taken by a Fairmont resident afterall.

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Here are some New Orleans skyline shot's taken from the Causeway headed north.

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Headed into the city

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A shot showing some density, taken from I-10 over Canal Street

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Not the best shots, but skyline shots nonetheless!

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^ Awesome! You don't often see photos of the city over the lake like that.

Thanks! You really don't see photos from there very often. Most of the time you see photos like the second to last one I posted, focusing motly on downtown away from the river, or shots from across the river, which are nice, but make the skyline look much smaller. Shots from the Causeway, Uptown, I-10 headed westbound, etc all provide very nice views of the entire skyline, and show its density, but you don't see those views as much as others.

I prefer a view like this

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much more than this

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Thanks! You really don't see photos from there very often. Most of the time you see photos like the second to last one I posted, focusing motly on downtown away from the river, or shots from across the river, which are nice, but make the skyline look much smaller. Shots from the Causeway, Uptown, I-10 headed westbound, etc all provide very nice views of the entire skyline, and show its density, but you don't see those views as much as others.

I prefer a view like this

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much more than this

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Yes, sir! While the Wyndham and other buildings look great from the angle of the river, the "horizontal" skyline photos taken from the Casueway do provide a better view of the actual depth of the skyline and the CBD.

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Yes, sir! While the Wyndham and other buildings look great from the angle of the river, the "horizontal" skyline photos taken from the Casueway do provide a better view of the actual depth of the skyline and the CBD.

Definately. :thumbsup:

Here's a little New Orleans skyscraper trivia for you Brian. ;)

Of the two white buildings along the river in the center of the last pic, which one is the Wyndham?

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Definately. :thumbsup:

Here's a little New Orleans skyscraper trivia for you Brian. ;)

Of the two white buildings along the river in the center of the last pic, which one is the Wyndham?

The shorter, fatter of the two, closer to the river, of course! I have a close-up photo of it in my collection with "WYNDHAM" across the front of it. ;)

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The shorter, fatter of the two, closer to the river, of course! I have a close-up photo of it in my collection with "WYNDHAM" across the front of it. ;)

You got it! Alot of people think the Wyndham is the taller of the two, but that's actually the 32 story Canal Place.

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You got it! Alot of people think the Wyndham is the taller of the two, but that's actually the 32 story Canal Place.

Geez... I wonder how they think that, when like I said, it has "WYNDHAM" spelled out across the face of it!? I have a cool photo of it where part of the top is tucked away behind the fog. I probably haven't posted it, but I think it looks cool.

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Geez... I wonder how they think that, when like I said, it has "WYNDHAM" spelled out across the face of it!? I have a cool photo of it where part of the top is tucked away behind the fog. I probably haven't posted it, but I think it looks cool.

Hey, thats what I'm thinkin! And if you can post that photo, please do! I'd love to see it.

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Hey, thats what I'm thinkin! And if you can post that photo, please do! I'd love to see it.

I'll check my PictureTrail account, but I have a feeling it's on my computer at work. I do have to go into the office for a little while tomorrow, so I'll try and find it and upload it to my PT account if it's now already there. Then I'll come on here and post it.

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New Orleans really puts Louisiana on the map in so many ways. Their Syline is defintly on of them ! It's all about the angle.

I had a Louisiana calendar last year, the bottom waterfront pic was very similar to that one in the calendar. While it's a nice pic, it cannot compare to the one on top !

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New Orleans really puts Louisiana on the map in so many ways. Their Syline is defintly on of them!

I don't want to brag about New Orleans, but I completely agree. New Orleans puts Louisiana on the map in many different ways. The state is known all across the world because of New Orleans. Its got the greatest amount of people, businesses, sports teams, history,(for the most part) tourism, etc. which all bring money and exposure to the state. Again I don't want to brag and brag about New Orleans, but I've always thought with as much culture and history as this state has outside of New Orleans, Louisiana would be a very differnt state without NOLA.

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I don't want to brag about New Orleans, but I completely agree. New Orleans puts Louisiana on the map in many different ways. The state is known all across the world because of New Orleans. Its got the greatest amount of people, businesses, sports teams, history,(for the most part) tourism, etc. which all bring money and exposure to the state. Again I don't want to brag and brag about New Orleans, but I've always thought with as much culture and history as this state has outside of New Orleans, Louisiana would be a very differnt state without NOLA.

America would be very different without New Orleans. Think of all of the things that New Orleans has done for the world Jazz music, the cocktail, etc.. It may be the most interesting city in the entire world. Also, even though it is not Cajun per se, it has really been key to exporting the Cajun culture and making our south Louisiana way of life a celebrated part of the American fabric.

Gotta love it!

Gotta love it.

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America would be very different without New Orleans. Think of all of the things that New Orleans has done for the world Jazz music, the cocktail, etc.. It may be the most interesting city in the entire world. Also, even though it is not Cajun per se, it has really been key to exporting the Cajun culture and making our south Louisiana way of life a celebrated part of the American fabric.

Gotta love it!

Gotta love it.

And all of that is one of the main reason's why we can't just let the city die and not rebuild it. I've always had New Orleans up there with New York as one of the most interesting and unique cities in the country, and we can't just not rebuild it, as so many people are proposing.

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And all of that is one of the main reason's why we can't just let the city die and not rebuild it. I've always had New Orleans up there with New York as one of the most interesting and unique cities in the country, and we can't just not rebuild it, as so many people are proposing.

I'm with you 1,000%. It's just too important to our nation's past, present, and future to let it just die off.

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Thanks! You really don't see photos from there very often. Most of the time you see photos like the second to last one I posted, focusing motly on downtown away from the river, or shots from across the river, which are nice, but make the skyline look much smaller. Shots from the Causeway, Uptown, I-10 headed westbound, etc all provide very nice views of the entire skyline, and show its density, but you don't see those views as much as others.

I prefer a view like this

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much more than this

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Ah good ole new orleans. My birthplace and home for quite a while.

I was quite impressed by the shreveport downtown angle posted above too. It captured the density really well.

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I'll check my PictureTrail account, but I have a feeling it's on my computer at work. I do have to go into the office for a little while tomorrow, so I'll try and find it and upload it to my PT account if it's now already there. Then I'll come on here and post it.

Crap! I forgot all about doing this when I went into the office today.

I'll try to get to it on Monday.

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Ok, awhile back we had a few posts where we were comparing skykines outside of Louisiana, which I'd like to start up again.

So today, we'll have a "battle of the skylines"(corny I know ;)) between Houston and Philadelphia, the country's 4th and 5th largest cities. Which skyline do you prefer and why?

Houston skyline(I know Houston has multiple skylines, but lets just use the downtown skyline for comparisons sake)

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^USA Today

Philadelphia Skyline

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