Best Small-City Skylines (Metro Population < 600,000) - Page 3

Cirrus · #41 Posted: **Oct 29, 2009, 2:42 AM**

Evanston is a Chicago edge city. It doesn't qualify.

Here is Ocean City, MD.
Year-round population: 7,173
Summer weekend population: ~340,000

source

rockyi · #42 Posted: **Oct 29, 2009, 2:48 AM**

Davenport, Iowa.
City: 100,000
Metro: 376,000

My photo

Austinlee · #43 Posted: **Oct 29, 2009, 3:01 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alabadrock

Montgomery, AL's also isn't too shabby:

Soul of America

I've always thought Montgomery looks like Wichita (or visa versa)

Wichita:

http://www.wichitacasinoparties.com/

ue · #44 Posted: **Oct 29, 2009, 3:05 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cirrus

Evanston is a Chicago edge city. It doesn't qualify.

Here is Ocean City, MD.
Year-round population: 7,173
Summer weekend population: ~340,000

source

Okay that one takes the cake for 7000 people! Even better than Yellowknifes 17 or 18ish thousand.

LMich · #45 Posted: **Oct 29, 2009, 6:36 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by edmontonenthusiast

Okay that one takes the cake for 7000 people! Even better than Yellowknifes 17 or 18ish thousand.

I'd certainly hope it would: it's a resort town.

Since these inevitably turn into "post your area/state/province's small skylines", I'll go all in for Michigan. I'd not consider any of these the best, but they are all definitely notable.

Battle Creek: ~53,000 (city), ~79,000 (UA), ~136,000 (MSA)

Roxy2135

Roxy2135

Kalamazoo: ~72,000 (city), ~188,00 (UA), ~324,000 (MSA)

c.f. mason

Saginaw: ~56,000 (city), ~141,000 (UA), ~201,000 (MSA)

g.s. george

Traverse City: ~14,500 (city), N/A, ~142,000 (MSA)

Jon-O

Lansing: ~114,000 (city), ~300,000 (UA), ~455,000 (MSA)

Doug Langham

Macdane

Doug Langham

Ann Arbor: ~114,000 (city), ~284,000 (UA), ~347,000 (MSA)

Airplane Lane

Lexy · #46 Posted: **Oct 29, 2009, 3:21 PM**

That aerial angle of Ann Arbor looks like you took a Sim City 4 Rush Hour city, and turned it into a real city. Especially with that block of property that is cleared-out and under construction. I have both been to and flown over Ann Arbor and it's a nice place without a doubt! Granted it doesn't have the largest skyline in the world, but it's still a fresh city with some coolness happening all the time it seems!! That's a great shot!

brickell · #47 Posted: **Oct 29, 2009, 9:38 PM**

Obviously a resort town has advantages.

Here's Naples, FL - 315,258

src: me

ThreeHundred · #48 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 3:33 AM**

Riverside, California (Population 310,000)

RXSQ

cabasse · #49 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 4:37 AM**

lmich you def left out jackson, mi - more impressive than some you posted above (yet population only 33k!)

images innocuously jacked from emporis

staff · #50 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 4:51 AM**

Benidorm (67,627 [Wiki])

Recesvintus

by Yokusho / Christian

Gold Coast (402,648 [Wiki])

lazyevaluator

scottrudkin

by flash62_au

by d.i.

LMich · #51 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 10:02 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by cabasse

lmich you def left out jackson, mi - more impressive than some you posted above (yet population only 33k!)

images innocuously jacked from emporis

I sure did leave it out. Definitely a mistake, and you sure did jack those from emporis. The last photo is one I took.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

Riverside, California (Population 310,000)

Riverside is neither a small city, nor does it sit in a small metropolitan area, which is what the thread's stated intent.

Nantais · #52 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 1:24 PM**

Some in France :

Tulle (pop: 15,734) :

from wikipedia, bigger pic

Le Puy-en-Velay (pop: 19,976) :

from http://www.pierre-alglave.com

from http://www.auvergne-convention-burea...puy-1-full.jpg

from http://www.fond-ecran-image.com/gale...y-nightjpg.php

Le Mont Saint-Michel (pop: 41) :

from http://pelerinwhitechapel.wordpress....-la-curiosite/

Villarembert (pop: 268) :

by @tofe_75 from flickr

yellowboy06 · #53 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 2:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nantais

Le Mont Saint-Michel (pop: 41) :

from http://pelerinwhitechapel.wordpress....-la-curiosite/

Now that is awesome! Looks like it is out of 'Lord of the Rings' or something...

Lexy · #54 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 3:20 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellowboy06

Now that is awesome! Looks like it is out of 'Lord of the Rings' or something...

Certainly agree with the above statement. That is just amazing and I mean that. Amazing!!!

fishrose · #55 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 4:17 PM**

I'm surprised you included Battle Creek, LMich... I grew up there. It would have a pretty cool skyline if there was anywhere to take a photograph of the whole city, but there aren't any unobstructed views from a good angle.

I'm also really surprised you didn't include Grand Rapids!

(Photos from wikipedia: Grguy2011 and Dehk, respectively)

MolsonExport · #56 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 4:39 PM**

A better shot of London, Ontario, Canada (city 352,000, metro 460,000)

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=169858&page=2
c/o Whisper09

definitely not the best in the world for a small city, but arguably one of the better ones in Canada for metros under 600K threshold.

that is, after Halifax, and perhaps Regina

CapitalCity · #57 Posted: **Oct 30, 2009, 11:17 PM**

Salem, Oregon --- 385,000

http://media.point2.com/p2h/listing/eb79/f8e4/6bb5/46a651edc0eb6ff0200d/gallery.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RAJT2WTZql8/RrsrLNdGMRI/AAAAAAAAAbI/0WMSWKuTz2I/s320/downtown+salem+oregon.JPG

LMich · #58 Posted: **Oct 31, 2009, 5:34 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishrose

I'm also really surprised you didn't include Grand Rapids!

It doesn't fit the specifications of the thread. Grand Rapids' metro is over 700,000, or slightly over a million, depending on how one wants to define it.

staff · #59 Posted: **Oct 31, 2009, 6:36 AM**

Are there any skylines that can match those of Gold Coast and Benidorm, and possible some of those Brazilian ones?

youngregina · #60 Posted: **Oct 31, 2009, 9:49 PM**

I dont think the evanston skyline should be considered for this page. Considering it is part of the chicagoland area. and also considering it is served by the cta. I consider it to be almost like a neighborhood of chicago, rather than a city of its own.