SEXIEST U.S. SKYLINE?
#23
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I don't think Charlotte is sexy either.
And one of the worst eyesores in the world has to be the University Tower in Durham, NC. Luckily it's not in the downtown corridor so it's not part of the Durham skyline. Unfortunetly, I drive by the blasted thing everyday.
To take in Durham's skyline, drive north on Roxboro Rd., crest a hill and take in the view of downtown Durham. Sexy, no, but we don't tear down building every year to put up something taller. The tobacco warehouses still reflect the history of Durham.
Chapel Hill, NC doesn't really have a skyline. But drive up 'Historic' Airport Rd. and take in the view of the chapel on the hill among the trees -- that's a view of a million postcards.
And one of the worst eyesores in the world has to be the University Tower in Durham, NC. Luckily it's not in the downtown corridor so it's not part of the Durham skyline. Unfortunetly, I drive by the blasted thing everyday.
To take in Durham's skyline, drive north on Roxboro Rd., crest a hill and take in the view of downtown Durham. Sexy, no, but we don't tear down building every year to put up something taller. The tobacco warehouses still reflect the history of Durham.
Chapel Hill, NC doesn't really have a skyline. But drive up 'Historic' Airport Rd. and take in the view of the chapel on the hill among the trees -- that's a view of a million postcards.
#24
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Did someone say phallic? Check out the Florida State Capitol Building...
http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blo...da_capital.htm
http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blo...da_capital.htm
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I'm so old I can remember having cocktails at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta when it towered above every other building downtown.
No one has mentioned San Francisco. From across the bay it's pretty fantastic. I don't know about sexy. I've never gotten off looking at a city skyline.
No one has mentioned San Francisco. From across the bay it's pretty fantastic. I don't know about sexy. I've never gotten off looking at a city skyline.
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My beloved Pittsburgh, PA, with its concrete, brick, steel and glass skyline, built over 100 years' time. It is framed at the bottom by three rivers --the Allegheny and the Monongahela which together form the Ohio. Where the three converge is a large green park and the focal point of the skyline: a large fountain that shoots water up to 200 feet. The best view is when you drive into the city from the Fort Pitt Tunnels and BAM! there is this most amazing, beautiful, jaw-dropping skyline. And at nighttime when the city lights reflect in the waters of the calm rivers, it is truly breathtaking. Many marriage proposals have been made from vantage points overlooking the city....
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How have you missed Boston's skyline? Surely it is the sexiest. The most phallic, hands down Winston-Salem. Cesar Pelli should be shot
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=123886
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