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Old Posted Jan 4, 2011, 12:05 AM
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Pre-war skyscrapers: who's got the best collection?

a detroit thread in the city photos forum got me to thinking about pre-war skyscrapers. in looking through the thread it struck me that detroit really does have a fantastic collection of them, one of the best collections in the world by most accounts, but what other cities would be up there at the top of that list in terms of BOTH QUANTITY & QUALITY of pre-war towers?

obviously NYC and chicago would be considered #1 & #2 respectively by just about all architectural historians out there, but after that it's a little less clear. detroit is up there, but strong cases for pittsburgh, toronto, philly, cincinnati, cleveland, montreal, and other older cities can be made too. internationally there's just not much competition because the skyscraper really didn't go global on a massive scale until after the war.

so, who is your #3?

and it's not really meant to be a serious competition, so there's no need to fight over opinions, just post your case, pics too if you got 'em, on why you think a particular city deserves nomination for the 3 spot of the best collection of pre-war skyscrapers.
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