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Old Posted Jan 26, 2012, 9:02 PM
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I've always noticed some of the world's greatest skylines are coincidentally so perfectly conical from most directions, I love it.

Pittsburgh


Source: http://www.sacp.org/

Seattle


Source: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/s...hew-adair.html

London


Source: http://www.housemanwaterhygiene.com/news

Sydney


Source: http://tnjn.com/staff/jricha16/

Makati


Source: thegunwiki.org

Post-WII Lower Manhattan arguably had the most conical skyline in history, at least for a time. Beautiful!


Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/recover...-fortstaunton/

Like Nowhereman1280 said earlier, New York's skyline is pretty "loafed" out. The pre-9/11 skyline, when viewed from great distances from the north or south, you'll notice how the ESB and WTC perfectly serve as the "peaks" of the entire skyline.


Source: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/67827566@N00/tags/wtc/

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Originally Posted by Roadcruiser1 View Post
Neither is Boston's skyline.

Obviously the Back Bay skyline isn't conical, I think you forgot about the actual Downtown Boston skyline:


Source: http://www.kaplaninternational.com/s...es-boston.aspx

One can argue that Boston actually has three "peaks" very simular to Chicago:


Source: http://www.photoforum.com/forum/urba...n-skyline.html

Last edited by Patrick; Jan 26, 2012 at 9:24 PM.
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