16 LARGEST Skylines in the US and Canada 

It really is insane!

@@CityGeek You would be interested to learn about the Toronto suburbs like Mississauga and Vaughan with their own skyscrapers and skylines.

@@algonquin91 This is a great suggestion and I hope he takes it in. According to the current plans Mississauga’s skyline would have 500+ highrises and at least 30 skyscrapers (likely way more as the plans roll out) by 2040. Mississauga will already have a larger skyline than Dallas or Denver by 2025, and it would be comparable to Philadelphia or Houston if the next phase of construction goes according to plan. As far as Vaughan, it will likely have close to 250 highrises and confirmed to be getting 62 skyscrapers in the VMC area, which would put it amongs one of the tallest skylines in North America, and it would be the largest skyline transformation we’ve seen in a while in North America as Vaughan basically has close to zero highrises rn and it’s all just industrial warehouses and factories at the current construction sites

Thanks! Yeah I definitely made a mistake there. I made a correction in the description

Yeah, your right. Brooklyn is part of New York Citys skyline. I don't know why I separated the two. Thanks .

LA is the 3rd largest on the continent. Mexico City is the largest followed by NYC then LA.

The Toronto suburbs of Mississauga and Vaughan have skyscrapers too!

Toronto has the most cranes in the sky, yes. It will over take Chicago in the not distant future. Also, it is experiencing a population boom. More people added than nyc, chicago, LA, combined. Canadian cities tend to be younger and as a result are developing quicker than their US counterparts.

as an avid Torontonian I must remind you that the muricants dont speak metric.

@@simbiant4 They can do the conversions own their own...lol. I'm not going to do that one for them...lol.

Thank you!! Yeah I totally agree that those three cities are on a different level. I'd add Philly to the next tier with Boston and San Fran. And I love Chicago as well! The gap between Chicago and NYC for the title of the nations best city is pretty close for me.

washington D.C has a huge downtown The third biggest in the country so it should be counted as a big citu

What about Vancouver BC being on the tier with San Fran, Boston and Phily?

@@bobnas Never been to Vancouver so I don't know what it's like.

This video didn't even show all of Houstons skylines

Thank you!

@violamateo Totally agree. The newer skyscrapers in Mexico City are really high quality buildings too. And in a severe earthquake zone.

Thanks!

Thank you! And thanks for watching my other videos!

Ah that’s awesome to hear! Thanks for the nice comment!

Thank you!! Hopefully you can come visit Philly sometime soon!

So do I!

THANK YOU!!

I’ll be doing that one soon so you shouldn’t have to wait that much longer!

Living in a high rise in Chicago sounds incredible! It’s my favorite skyline. Thanks for the comment!

Thank you!

Thank you so much!!

Agreed! These videos are great

Thank you!

That’s really interesting and I’m sure you’re right about it looking more cohesive in 2030. Thanks for the comment!

@@CityGeek I’d be curious to see if it is also a trend in other cities that new subway stations lead to flurries of dense development & skyscrapers. All of Atlanta’s tallest buildings were built within 10yrs of the nearest MARTA underground station opening (with a couple exceptions). We haven’t seen any new underground rail stations put in for the last 2 decades and also few >200m buildings in the same time period.

Houstons skyline is the same way

I think it's actually kind of cool that Atlanta has several different skyscraper clusters.

Atlanta is two skylines that will eventually melt which will be real cool.

THANK YOU!!

Thank you!

Thank you! Yeah you're probably right about that ha

Thank you!!

@@CityGeek My pleasure! Much love from Toronto! Would love to see your take on the city in a deep dive!

@@K1ddkanuck I’ll definitely do a video specifically on Toronto at some point! Thanks for the suggestion!

Thank you! Yeah it’s crazy how big Houston is!

@@CityGeek why is Houston building so many skyscrapers??!!

@@GSM92 it’s not. It just already big.

And that's an older video. Houston as added 25 or more skyscrapers since 2000.

@@renegomez3061 25? Seriously? No.

Thank you! I hope to visit Toronto someday!

@@CityGeek I think you’d find Toronto suburbs like Mississauga and Vaughan fascinating, as they also have their own skylines with skyscrapers. And Toronto itself has several different skylines in boroughs such as Etobicoke (2 separate ones) and North York.

Thanks! I think that would be interesting as well. I’d have to change the way I was measuring the skylines though because Raleigh doesn’t have any buildings tall enough to even be considered skyscrapers. I’ll have to think more on how to do that!

Thanks so much! I like Emporis and use it as a resource a lot. I’ve seen it defined by both the 100m and 150m height so I decided to go with 150, but it’d be interesting to see how different this list would look if I used 100m. I may have to make a video about that.

@@CityGeek I'm sure Vancouver would compare favorably on that list and Miami would likely be higher.

Lol. thanks!

Yeah it’s a beautiful looking skyscraper! Lol I’ll add that to the queue!

It is counted part of NYC.

Yeah I’m excited about the new projects happening in NYC! Thanks for the comment!

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Lol that’s awesome!

Good question! There are a few different definitions for what constitutes a "skyscraper" but the one that is widely accepted is a habitable building taller than 150m. Using that definition I will look up an updated list of the tallest buildings in a given city and count how many exceed 150m. I did the same google search and it pulled up 39, like you mentioned, but that figure is using a lower threshold of 120 meters, rather than 150. There is still a chance I made a mistake so I'll double check. Thanks for the comment!

Same 👊

Thank you! And thanks for pointing out that Minneapolis now has 13. You’re correct, I made the mistake of not including Mexico City and Panama City which both should have been on this list. I mention that in the video description.

Good question! It’s total skyscrapers in the city

You’re correct- I shouldn’t have included Brooklyn. I make mention of that in my video description.

Yeah Chicago does have some beautiful, more classic looking skyscrapers.

You’re totally right. In the description of the video I make note of that mistake and correct it. Thanks for the comment!

@@CityGeek They were separate cities for years before NYC was created. You did no wrong.

@@thebabbler8867 oh that’s good to know! I’d seen the skylines broken up as two different, distinct skylines before so that makes sense. Thank you!

Yeah I know some of the videos are a little old. Thanks for the feedback!

That’s interesting! Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

Hey Diego- thanks for the comment! You’re correct, I made a mistake by not including Mexico on this list. In the description of this video I mention that Mexico City and Panama City should have been on this list. In my more recent video on Latin American skylines I include the Mexican cities with larger skylines.

Interesting. Thanks for pointing that out!

Atlanta has more than 17 Skyscrapers over 500+ Feet Under Construction now? That is news to me!

I love Atlanta’s unique skyline! (Including Midtown, Atlantic Station, and the Coca Cola HQ)

Good question! I doubt that’ll happen in our lifetime, but I do think Toronto will pass Chicago.

Toronto will surpass Chicago but the buildings won't look as good.

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 I totally agree. I love the look of Chicago's skyline

@@CityGeek It's not a matter of "think". Toronto will blaze past Chicago within the next 5 years.

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 I think Toronto's statement buildings are better then most of Chicago's, but the average building in Toronto is it's downfall. So many cheap condo buildings that are blue/green glass box's. Our big office buildings are mostly better then Chicago's, but Chicago has some really nice one's too.

DC is an amazing city, but due to the Height of Buildings Act it doesn’t really have much of a skyline.

Lol I’m more of a Broncos fan actually. I was rooting for the Eagles this year though, especially against the Bucs in the playoffs.

Yeah Montreal has 11 buildings tall enough to be skyscrapers so it just missed the cut. It makes it into the video I’ll be posting later today though 😊

@@CityGeek great! I'll love to watch it! Thx for including Montreal~

I agree, I should have done that in retrospect. I did another rankings video since then that does include everything down to Panama.

Yeah and they are even building a super tall skyscraper there soon!

@@CityGeek The Waldorf Astoria tower at 1,049 feet will commence construction this Spring (2022).

@@xoxxobob61 that’s exciting! Thanks for making me aware!

Lol I’m not really sure what that even means!

Not when counting buildings taller than 150m

You make a great point. Some sources I'd looked at had considered Brooklyn its own independent skyline, but considering its one of NYC's five boroughs I'm sure its 12 skyscrapers are counting toward the 290. I probably shouldn't have even included it as it's own skyline. Fortunately it doesn't affect the actual ranking, but I'll make a note in the description of the video that the 290 is including Brooklyn's skyline. Thank you for pointing that out!

Nah

Toronto skyline is objectively 10x more, the gta just has way better skyscrapers and high rises than metro Vancouver

Yeah that'd be interesting to do a ranking where I take obervation and tv towers into account. Thanks for the suggestion!

Yep I probably shouldn’t have even included it. I mention that in the video description. Thanks for the comment!

You’re totally right. I’d neglected Mexico City and Panama City, which should both be on this list. I didn’t realize that until after upload so I mentioned those corrections in the video description.

Good question! Montréal has 11 skyscrapers so it fell just outside of this ranking.

@@CityGeek ok, thanks for the answer. How many meters for a skyscraper is asking for this ranking ?

Ah ok, I get it, more than 150 meters. I understand. There is 5 skyscrappers of more than 200 meters in construction right now…. So see you next time !! Salut !!

Yes I made an error there. I believe I made a correction in the video description 😊

Yeah good point! Panama City and Mexico City technically should both be on this list. I definitely overlooked Mexico and Central America when making this list. I recently did a largest skylines in Latin America video where I mention where Panama City and Mexico City would be ranked compared to North American skylines. Panama City is the fifth largest skyline in North America.

Thanks for the idea! I’ll definitely do that at some point. One of the videos I’ll be making soon is the largest skylines in the Western Hemisphere, but I’ll extend it to the world in a future video.

Chicago is still number 9.

You definitely tried that because Chicago would make any list because Chicago has one of the most beautiful skylines in the world

Thanks for the comment! Vancouver does have a massive skyline if you're counting buildings shorter than 150 meters. Considering 150 meters is generally accepted as the height of a skyscraper though, I decided to measure these cities by the number of buildings that exceed that height. Vancouver doesn't have as many buildings >150 meters as the ones in this video.

​@CityGeek can you make another video ranking north American skylines?

@@CityGeek ya your right, great response. That is changing though! Vancouver is booming, we are just about completed some new spectacular skyscrapers that are over 150m that are called “The Butterfly” “One Burrard Place” “The Stack” and 4 other proposed developments over 150m. Its worth looking into for your channel!

Yep, I shouldn’t have broken it out. I address this error in the video description.

Wow I'll admit I didn't realize Houston was so huge. The 38 skyscrapers I attributed to Houston is the official number for the skyline, but that's interesting to learn that there are other tall buildings in the larger metro area. Thanks for the comment!

@@CityGeek LOL! Honest mistake. Houston truly is America's most misunderstood city. The city's square mileage is just under 672 square miles. There are several incorporated areas within the City of Houston, and when you measure our metro area, the population surges to over 6.5 million people. We have the world's largest medical center, which has a skyline of its own that dwarfs those of most other cities. We have the nation's second largest theater district, and all major full-time theater companies; Houston Symphony, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, and Theater Under the Stars, as well as several independent small theater companies. Physically, it's a massively huge place, and yet, there's so much room. Our museum district covers 17 square blocks with museums all within walking distance of each other. The only way to comprehend the massive size of Houston's skyline is from the air, or front atop one of our "flyover" ramps at our intersecting freeways. Love your videos!

Since Texas Medical is part of City of Houston, I am almost certain those buildings were included in the 38 skyscrapers count. This ain't only showing downtown Houston. Toronto's 67 skyscrapers also include buildings in Scarborough and North York (which are part of the city). Same with Brooklyn in New York. Houston ain't the only city buddy.

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 Do you know, for a fact, that the Medical Center was counted? Of course not. Plus, the Medical Center is three miles from downtown Houston. It is not considered to be a part of downtown.

@@robertwbingo first of all, you have all of your facts wrong. The tallest building at the medical center in Houston is only 324 feet tall. Which means, no it was not counted in this list because it doesn’t not reach a height of over 492 feet to give it a skyscraper status. At this point it’s considered a high rise. There are a total of 38 skyscrapers in Houston (492 feet and higher) that’s how it’s measured according to the council on tall buildings and urban habitat. Sure Houston has a lot of spread out buildings but so does Los Angeles. It’s not just downtown. There are skyscrapers all across the LA basin. The tallest is the recently completed 600 foot twin towers in century city (neighborhood of LA, not city). Which makes them the tallest towers in California outside of downtown Los Angeles and downtown San Francisco. There are skyscrapers in miracle mile, Hollywood, century city, areas of the airport. It’s also likely that LA will surpass Houston in the next 10 years as they have proposed over 25 skyscrapers. Houston has not experienced a skyscraper boom, and it doesn’t look like it will anytime soon, Houston is large sure, but a majority of that land is prone to flooding during hurricanes, that’s what has kept Houston’s population from booming in the first place. The fastest growing city in Texas is Austin and they even proposed the tallest tower in Texas @ 1,024 feet.

Also does your nyc ranking also include Brooklyn? Or is it just manhattan?

Great points! I obviously made a few mistakes when making this video, which I tried to correct by making mention of those things in the description of the video, At this point though I will likely take the video down and reupload after making those corrections. Thanks for pointing those things out!

I love the ranking you made! I’m glad to see that Minneapolis made the list being that I think it’s a very underrated skyline. I’ll have to do a video just ranking skylines by their looks. Thanks for the comment!

Its mostly northern cities that have their skyline in the center but southern cities like Houston, Los Angeles and Atlanta have their skyline more spread out

@@houstontexas8738 Actually Toronto's skyline is also spread out - there are many buildings in the suburbs that are part of the city and those that are not. Check Mississauga skyline (about 20 miles from downtown). Toronto has a Greenbelt regulation which prevents suburbs to expand, hence buildings are raising height even in the outer suburbs.

San Francisco would be 3rd on my list after NYC & Chicago.

@@californiamade5608 Miami would be 3rd

I don’t remember blocking you, sorry about that. Thanks for saying nice video!

Its a better looking skyline but NYC definitely has more.....but sometimes more is not better, just look at Hong Kong.

its better

I mean it is

@@jacklewis5452 I don't think it's better at all. The view of DT Manhattan with the both the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge is the most jaw dropping view on earth. Chicago doesn't anything close to a view like that.

Its the architecture of the buildings and you can actually see the skyline. NYC has so many buildings you can’t even capture the skyline in one photo. Plus a lot of the buildings aren’t interesting