what is your favorite skyscraper?

[LSK]

Mine is the Chrysler Building.



http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=5126

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

1. The Woolworth Building in NYC

at one point, albeit briefly, the tallest building in the world. Without the WTC towers, it has become one of lower Manhattan's most recognizable landmarks.

[LSK]

3. Built in 1913 right???

A good choice.

The Flatiron building also amazes me.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

I love the Flatiron as well..

NYC has naturally some very good choices.

[madinmaryland]

7. I worked in the Woolworth Building for a year.

The main lobby is incredibly ornate.

[bif]

18. The Guardian Building-Detroit, MI

Art Deco classic

[smirkymonkey]

42. Mine's a toss up between the Woolworth & the Chrysler Bldgs.

There are also a lot of smaller, deco-era buildings in NYC that I love, but those two are the most iconic and majestic.

[Left Is Write]

2. I'm rather fond of the Foshay Tower, which, in its day, was pretty tall.

[LSK]

4. what city is that one in? I never heard of it.

[Left Is Write]

6. It's in Minneapolis. It's dwarfed by modern skyscrapers.

[Aristus]

5. The Washington Mutual Building in Seattle.

One of the most beautiful skyscrapers ever.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. That's a good one.

Very feng shui.

I like the Smith tower, for the history. Tallest building west of the Mississippi, for years and years and years.

[Lowell]

8. Empire State Building

[greendog]

9. My favorite skyscraper...isn't a skyscraper.

The Macinac Bridge

[1gobluedem]

14. A favorite of mine as well

And what a great photo!

But, I think the Flatiron Building is pretty cool too.

[NewJeffCT]

11. The Jin Mao tower in Shanghai

A modern, updated version of the Empire State Building.

[LSK]

13. that 1st pic really demonstrates how tall it is

:wow:

[SteppingRazor]

12. The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur are pretty cool:

As is the Kuala Lumpur Tower (same city, obviously):




Here's a shot of both of them together:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. ......

:cry:

[ronnykmarshall]

17. Same here, Peggy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

27. Self delete - meant to reply to OP -nt

[malmapus]

32. Ditto here Peggy

Just for the fact that while living in NYC, going through a very troubled marriage one of the places I would find solace was to rollerblade from our apt on 3rd Ave and 27th St down to the spot right between the towers, lay there between them and just gave up at the sky. It was truelly amazing and I would just loose myself and think.

Hard to imagine that spot just being a big hole in the ground now...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

44. It's still weird to me not seeing them on the NYC skyline.

It probably always will. Even though I'm about 30 miles west of NYC, I can still see the skyline from the higher points of the town. Until I was ten, I had a perfect view of the skyline from the street I lived on, after all, I was less than a mile from the Hudson river.

[Book Lover]

47. When I first returned to NYC in the year after the event

I landed at LGA, and when I was walking to the bus, I looked west to the skyline. I realized, through their absence, just how big the Empire State Building was. It, the Twin Towers and the Chrysler Building were nearly always visible from where I loved and worked all my life, so of course the TT always dominated the skyline. What an unexpected change, and it really made the reality of the event more concrete.

[Cathyclysmic]

16. The Fordham Spire, which hasn't been built yet.

[Search Party]

19. Price Tower / Bartlesville, OK

Frank Lloyd Wright's only skyscraper

[tigereye]

21. that is fascinating

I didn't know that Wright had designed a skyscraper....It has that beautiful color and organicity.

what are the green sections made out of? And do you know what it looks like inside?

[Search Party]

53. the green sections are copper panels

yes, I have been inside. The top floors now house a restaurant and several two floor loft sections are now equipped with overnight accomodations. It is incredible. The first floor houses an art gallery and wright store.

http://www.pricetower.org/

[LSK]

22. was it ever built or just a design???

I thought he also designed a mile high skyscraper?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

30. Yes, the Wright's mile high tower.

First thing I thought of when I saw the Fordham tower. I think it's just more of a flight of fancy though, than an actual design.

[Cannikin]

20. I miss the towers. But the Chrysler building is great

I'm borrowing your pic

[Burma Jones]

23. Marina City, Chicago

[NewWaveChick1981]

24. Well, it used to be the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta with the revolving

restaurant...but it's dwarfed by the surrounding buildings now. :( Growing up, that was the greatest sight---the blue dome on the restaurant. :)

[malmapus]

33. I remember that!!!

Grew up just south of Atlanta, but yeah I remember the ole skyline and that was a big part of it.

[NewWaveChick1981]

34. I was born in Atlanta and grew up in Decatur.

The Atlanta skyline has changed dramatically since I was a kid, but boy, that was the most notable part of it then. Glad you remember it too! :hi:

[malmapus]

35. Grew up in Fayetteville

Yup, that and Rich's I remeber just for the Christmas tree lightings every year :hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

49. Yeah, Rich's was the best. The Christmas tree lightings and the

Pink Pig were a kid's dream come true. :woohoo: :)

[malmapus]

52. How could I have forgotten about the Pink Pig!!!!

Hahaha, that is true. Only got to ride on it like 3 or 4 times growing up.

[NewWaveChick1981]

54. My siblings and I rode it just about every Christmas growing up.

:P We moved to NC when I was 12, but I don't remember a Christmas prior to that when we didn't ride the Pink Pig. :) My sister and brother are a little younger, so they didn't ride it as many times as I did. :rofl:

Actually, Rich's-Macy's at Lenox Square had a newer version of the Pink Pig two Christmases ago, and I went with my good friend from Atlanta (she and I went on the Pink Pig together many times growing up). It was fun, but it wasn't quite the same. Macy's finally dropped the Rich's name, so sadly, Rich's doesn't exist as such any more. :cry:

[Dukkha]

25. Oriental Pearl TV Tower - Shanghai

so amazing it looks like an alien city

[hyphenate]

26. Boston's Prudential Tower

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

28. I stood on the ground right between these ones:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerta_de_Europa

I tells ya, just the thought of working in an office in a high floor, facing the inside, made me want to shit myself.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

45. Damn, those are cool!

I would totally want to work in one of the offices on a high floor facing the inside. Whenever I got bored, I'd lean against the glass and look down.

[Fox Mulder]

29. The First National Bank building in St. Paul, MN:

Link: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=128108

[SOteric]

31. San Francisco's Transamerica Building:

[Ediacara]

36. Chrysler Building, and the Bank of China Tower in Hongkong

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Hong+Kong,+China&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=22.279159,114.161891&spn=0.002388,0.005407&t=k&om=1

[LTR]

37. Tough to narrow it down, but I'll add the most eco-friendly one

The under-construction Bank Of America Tower in NYC.

The entire building is green, even to the point of generating its own power, recycling rainwater and using recycled materials:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower%2C_New_York_City

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=201684

[Guava Jelly]

38. There is a pretty cool tower in this picture below

Also a mountain range.
:yoiks:

[kwassa]

39. Tower? What tower?

I just see the Grand Tetons.

[yvr girl]

40. I love the Chrysler building too

love it.

[smitty]

41. The Chrysler Building without doubt. Also the Woolworth Building

and the Seagram Building.

[Benfea]

43. 311 South Wacker Drive.

Beautiful building, ugly name.



http://www.emporis.com/en/il/pc/?id=117191&aid=8&sro=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/311_South_Wacker_Drive

I guess you could describe it as "neogothic."

[NJ Democrats]

46. Same city, different building

I love the Empire State Building (plus my mom worked there!)

[Cobalt-60]

48. the Hancock Building in Chicago

[Jokerman]

50. Another vote for "Big John"

I'm also a fan of the Wrigley Building.

[noonwitch]

51. The Fisher Building in Detroit (it's not downtown, it's in the New Center)

It's a classic, art deco building. The main hall on the first floor has elaborately painted ceilings.

[tjwmason]

55. Another Chrysler vote here

Though for me the notion of a charming sky-scraper is somewhat contradictory. I'm too much of a country-boy, but even in the city I'm not overly keen, London only really has the Gherkin (which I do actually like), the Stock-exchange, for former Natwest Tower, and Canary Wharf - in beauty they're all far surpassed by lower-rise buildings (both ancient and modern).