I've been living in NYC for 22 years and have watched the city skyline change drastically. I watched them build the new world trade and many, many others. It's changed so much in the last 2 decades.
I believe San Pedro Garza García and Monterrey could've been put together (being both part of the Monterrey Metro Area), would've boosted the average height and put it as the highest skyline in Mexico :)
That's a good point! I haven't meshed those skylines together on my ranking, but I'm sure you're correct that it would make it the tallest in Mexico. Thanks for the feedback!
Rise Tower will be 475 meters in height. Construction has commenced and it is hope it is completed by 2026. Monterrey, Mexico is also experiencing a building boom...
I just wanted to say, as a native of Manhattan, it is great to hear that you came to your enthusiasm for urban aestheticism through Seattle, by way of rural Idaho! Interestingly enough, I have ALWAYS wanted to go to rural Idaho, no, not even Boise, rural Idaho...haha
@@CityGeek Great, I hoped you would see it because I was speaking very genuinely about my entire life having been spent in Manhattan, college aside, and how I have always longed to go check out Idaho in particular since I was like 5 yo! Seriously. Anyway, great videos, keep it up, and if you need ANY insight on NYC, don't hesitate to ask. I am ALWAYS wandering Manhattan lol
From one skyscraper geek to another….check this out. There’s a small incorporated city next to Miami called Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. It has a crazy number of skyscrapers for a city with only a population of 20,000. The top 5 tallest would average around 200 meters in height. Very similar situation to the Monterey suburb on your list. Loved your presentation! 😎
I just looked it up and you’re totally right! That should have been on the list. I think I saw that skyline when I went to Miami a few years ago, but I thought I was looking at Ft. Lauderdale. It didn’t realize there was a small city in between the two with an impressive skyline like that. Thanks for pointing that out!
Please do a "Meet Toronto" video! the GTA needs more love! And you're right, boy is the skyline gonna change in the next few years. The tallest building in Canada is currently under construction at Bloor and Yonge, named the One, at 338m. It'll be Canada's first supertall skycraper, but certainly not its last. There are another 10 or so supertalls coming to the city in the next decade or so.
In fact, as it is, Toronto has more skyscrapers (buildings above 150 meters) then the entire states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan put together. Thus I find it very amusing that Philadelphia ranks higher on this list. 😏 O right. It's the video makers home town.
Thank you! Yeah I agree that it probably would have been helpful to have included feet for us Americans. Lol that’s an interesting idea! I’ll have to think about the best way to do that
@@LonewolfWRX that would be hard to quantify, but it would be interesting to do a list based on height of five tallest buildings vs population of the city proper. You might get a cool chart with outliers like Jersey City and Sunny Isles on the high side and DC on the low side.
Yes I agree about the smallest city skylines. However maybe ten. And based on cities with let's say 500,000 population within the city limits. Never mind the metropolitan areas. That's when things get really unreasonable with me. Especially American cities. For example Chicago, who's so called metropolitan area is close to ten thousand miles and encumbrances three States. C'mon guys. 😏
Also Austin has already moved up on this list. They just topped out an 875-foot skyscraper and they've even got a 1000-footer under construction. I believe a SECOND 1000-footer has been approved. My hometown's growth has been completely insane.
Love it though i'd count the straosphere and CN tower into the skyline height since they are part of the skyline, in fact the centrepoints of the skylines. This would also conveniently for me a Canadian put Toronto at 3rd at 335m :)
A little upset at my city of Vancouver, BC for not making this list. For such a beautiful city, it needs some taller structures that make it stand out.
The surrounding cities in the lower mainland are already working on buildings that will surpass Vancouver's measly 200m Shangri La tower. :( It would definitely be nice if vancouver could make at least one tower taller than 250m.
@@JacobKlippenstein yes, that's correct. They are meant to preserve "view corridors" of the North Shore Mountains. I think they should make exceptions to certain pockets where builders/developers should be able to build interesting, aesthetically pleasing, extra-tall skyscrapers though.
There's a small mistake on the list. Monterrey has the biggest skyline in Mexico since San Pedro is a suburb/municipality of Monterrey's Metropolitan Area. If you're counting per cities/municipalities, then Mexico City can't be that high since it's a State not a city. The tallest skyscraper in Mexico City is in the Benito Juarez municipality, and the next 4 are in Cuauhtemoc.
Montreal, Austin, Bogota, Denver, Boston, Calgary, Mexico City, Seattle, Miami, Dallas, San Francisco, Panama City, Toronto, Chicago, and New York City have the best skylines.
@@CityGeek Lol that’s exactly what I say. But Jersey is always the butt of a joke so I’m not surprised our densely populated cities go unnoticed. 😂 Thanks for visiting.
Also, don't forget that while Philly is taller then Toronto (for the next few years), the amount of skyscrapers aren't even close, so the Toronto skyline is way more impressive.
@@C-mac_in_the_6ix Toronto is almost twice the size of Philly. The fact that Philly is above Toronto at all is embarrassing for yall. Both cities are a ton of fun though
Yeah Vancouver has a massive skyline but it actually has very few buildings over 150m. It’s huge and sprawling but it just isn’t very tall so it didn’t make it on this list.
Crazy to think if you factor in all the proposed or unbuilt buildings, might change the list up. Its also interesting to note the gap differences which are pretty massive. The difference between the top 4, in the western hemisphere... in many regards and measurements, Toronto is a much larger city than Philly, and more closer to Chicago. But Chicago used to have just 3 main supertalls the sears tower, john Hancock and the standard oil building, but with trump tower and st regis that makes 5 supertalls in the same downtown, which arguably is more impressive than a single 1700-2000ft building surrounded by much shorter buildings (lower Manhattan, gta cn tower, tokyo skytree , burj khalifa dubai) add in the new tribune tower and the replacement for the spire site, that's 7 supertalls in the same downtown
Yeah the gap is pretty insane! I’m excited about the new Chicago supertalls. It’s already my favorite skyline and I’m hoping those buildings will make it even better.
@@malachaicarter4338 re read my statement before responding again. I am not joking. See where exact im talking about im not talking about midtown. And midtown and lower are 2 different parts. So everything youre mentioning isn't part of lower Manhattan. Comparing that part to downtown Chicago its 7 supertalls i mentioned vs 1wtc. Midtown is its own category
@JackKack-kk5dd were building a 78th neighborhood. A whole entire new neighborhood to be zoned for yes new skyscrapers and related development. Now if only we can press ffwd on the time lapse to see it done
I have to add about Chicago's skyline. It has too many ugly tall buildings to be the most beautiful skyline. The Willis Tower, John Hancock, and the former Std. Oil of Indiana are not attractive.
I have agree. So many people like Chicago's skyline even more then NY. I think many of the skyscrapers in Chicago are ugly. The ones in NY on the other hand are simply beautiful.
John Hancock Center has been named one of the most beautiful buildings in the entire United States several times, and the Sears Tower is one of the most iconic buildings in the world Chicago has some of the most beautiful buildings in the world you and your little minion haters
