Modern Cities (Pictures)

[MisterCornell]

A lot of the skyscrapers here in the U.S. were built back in the 1930's. That's when the GDP per capita was maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of what it is today. Many of these countries that are on a skyscraper building spree right now are at the same point of economic development.

That said, there has been consistent skyscraper construction in the U.S. for the past several decades... Until Sept. 11 happened. Now the cost of insuring such a building is so high that for many companies it is cost prohibitory to do so. From what I've heard, Walmart and Microsoft's headquarters look like strip malls. Damn shame.

 

[Shlong]

Originally posted by: MisterCornell
A lot of the skyscrapers here in the U.S. were built back in the 1930's. That's when the GDP per capita was maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of what it is today. Many of these countries that are on a skyscraper building spree right now are at the same point of economic development.

That said, there has been consistent skyscraper construction in the U.S. for the past several decades... Until Sept. 11 happened. Now the cost of insuring such a building is so high that for many companies it is cost prohibitory to do so. From what I've heard, Walmart and Microsoft's headquarters look like strip malls. Damn shame.

A lot of company headquarters were built like strip malls in suburbia long before September 11th. Cities such as Miami & Chicago still have a lot of high rise construction going (Miami mostly residential).

 

[Starbuck1975]

I have not been off the U.S. rock and this shows how other Cities are progressing while U.S. Cities are in decay.

Kind of hard to compare the state of urban decay in American cities to those overseas if you have never set foot in any of those cities...this is what I have seen.

In Frankfurt, you are greeted with the odors and sights of XXX movie theaters, roaming heroine junkies, pornography shops, prostitutes and other staples of a clean enlightened society when you emerge from the central train station.

The outskirts of London, the former warehouse district, is largely plagued by the same problems.

Downtown Montreal, Canada has also become a declining cess pool of urban decay, lost to red light districts and drug use.

I haven't been to that many 3rd World Countries, but those I have seen, their beautiful enlightened cities are surrounded by sprawling villages of tin roof homes, human waste littering the streets, extreme poverty, drug addiction and crime.

I would take Boston, NYC, Atlanta, Chicago, Austin or many other developing American cities over what I have seen in these socialist paradises.

 

[NyteCrawler]

Wow, I was suprised by some of those pics.

 

[MisterCornell]

Originally posted by: Shlong

Originally posted by: MisterCornell
A lot of the skyscrapers here in the U.S. were built back in the 1930's. That's when the GDP per capita was maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of what it is today. Many of these countries that are on a skyscraper building spree right now are at the same point of economic development.

That said, there has been consistent skyscraper construction in the U.S. for the past several decades... Until Sept. 11 happened. Now the cost of insuring such a building is so high that for many companies it is cost prohibitory to do so. From what I've heard, Walmart and Microsoft's headquarters look like strip malls. Damn shame.

A lot of company headquarters were built like strip malls in suburbia long before September 11th. Cities such as Miami & Chicago still have a lot of high rise construction going (Miami mostly residential).

High rise, but not skyscrapers.

It seems like virtually all new skyscraper construction is in East Asia.

Then again, with so much undeveloped land in the U.S., there's not a whole lot of justification building skyscrapers. For most companies its more practical to build a HQ in the suburbs, off a major expressway exit, so people can come and go easily.

 

[MisterCornell]

Originally posted by: Starbuck1975

I have not been off the U.S. rock and this shows how other Cities are progressing while U.S. Cities are in decay.

Kind of hard to compare the state of urban decay in American cities to those overseas if you have never set foot in any of those cities...this is what I have seen.

In Frankfurt, you are greeted with the odors and sights of XXX movie theaters, roaming heroine junkies, pornography shops, prostitutes and other staples of a clean enlightened society when you emerge from the central train station.

The outskirts of London, the former warehouse district, is largely plagued by the same problems.

Downtown Montreal, Canada has also become a declining cess pool of urban decay, lost to red light districts and drug use.

I haven't been to that many 3rd World Countries, but those I have seen, their beautiful enlightened cities are surrounded by sprawling villages of tin roof homes, human waste littering the streets, extreme poverty, drug addiction and crime.

I would take Boston, NYC, Atlanta, Chicago, Austin or many other developing American cities over what I have seen in these socialist paradises.

To judge any of these up and coming places by their downtown skyline is a folly. A lot of them on the ground are filthy, overcrowded cesspools.

 

[Shlong]

Originally posted by: MisterCornell

Originally posted by: Shlong

Originally posted by: MisterCornell
A lot of the skyscrapers here in the U.S. were built back in the 1930's. That's when the GDP per capita was maybe 1/4 or 1/3 of what it is today. Many of these countries that are on a skyscraper building spree right now are at the same point of economic development.

That said, there has been consistent skyscraper construction in the U.S. for the past several decades... Until Sept. 11 happened. Now the cost of insuring such a building is so high that for many companies it is cost prohibitory to do so. From what I've heard, Walmart and Microsoft's headquarters look like strip malls. Damn shame.

A lot of company headquarters were built like strip malls in suburbia long before September 11th. Cities such as Miami & Chicago still have a lot of high rise construction going (Miami mostly residential).

High rise, but not skyscrapers.

It seems like virtually all new skyscraper construction is in East Asia.

Then again, with so much undeveloped land in the U.S., there's not a whole lot of justification building skyscrapers. For most companies its more practical to build a HQ in the suburbs, off a major expressway exit, so people can come and go easily.

NYC construction: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/cs/?id=101028 (lot of talls, many over 800 feet & new building to replace world trade center over 1000 feet)
Chicago construction: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/cs/?id=101030 (a lot of tall's, and even a few over 1000 feet)
Atlanta: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/cs/?id=101302
Houston: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/cs/?id=101031
Miami: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/cs/?id=101321 (mostly residential few mid 500 to 700 feet)

Undeveloped land more practical to put in the suburbs, but I don't like the way america is sprawling so much.

 

[Yongsta]

some street level of hong kong: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthr...052c92777405817be6f4ca5&threadid=68439

 

[yhelothar]

Best Hong Kong Skyline Pics EVAR!

 

[Greenman]

Frankfurt is like heaven on earth, lived there for a year on work, was great.

14 year old thread. You couldn't find something new as a first post?

 

[brycejones]

14 year old thread. You couldn't find something new as a first post?

Spammers don’t care.

 

[hal2kilo]

Major necro.

 

[JSt0rm]

Frankfurt is like heaven on earth, lived there for a year on work, was great.

and now you are joining random sites to put a website in your sig. How many poor choices did you have to make to get to this point in your life?

 

[JEDIYoda]

Istanbul, Turkey
http://img17.exs.cx/img17/2883/levent63069vs.jpg
http://img17.exs.cx/img17/8726/genel7mx.jpg
http://img17.exs.cx/img17/4735/jediistmanhattan6sw.jpg
Bombay, India
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/7996/picture0321nu.jpg
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/1830/picture0274cy.jpg
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/103/picture0110vk.jpg
http://img109.exs.cx/img109/3000/mumbai0050un.jpg
http://www.bengalweb.com/skyline/mumbai/panorama2.jpg
http://www.bombayproperty.com/citynights.gif
Random Pictures of India
http://www.jorgetutor.com/india/sindia/mumbai/mumbai1/mumbai4.jpg
http://www.touronpalaceonwheels.com/pho.../deccan-odyssey/mumbai/mumbai-city.jpg
http://www.pixaround.com/showcase/scenarios/mumbai/mumbai-pano/chowpatty-p.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Concrete_Jungle_2.jpg
Shangai
http://bbs.zjw.cn/attachment/4_2548.jpg
http://bbs.zjw.cn/attachment/4_2549.jpg
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3366313063383331.jpg
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6432336539643733.jpg
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_3061323336616364.jpg
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/34/657834/1024_6237643763613136.jpg
http://www.hunanit.com/bbs/UploadFile/2004-7/2004710202118815.jpg
http://www.hunanit.com/bbs/UploadFile/2004-7/2004710201928127.jpg
Montreal,Canada
http://pages.infinit.net/denischa/Montreal.photo.jpg
http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/psar/photos/Montreal/Montreal_view2.jpg
http://www.adamandlyn.co.uk/images/montreal.jpg
http://invitation.to/dance/tour-mon00-.jpg
Toronto,Canada
http://www.personaltours.ca/aerialview-toronto-islands2.jpg
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/macpherson10/Toronto 3.jpg
http://www.buickclub.org/bde/Toronto City Hall.jpg
Delhi, India
http://www6.wind.ne.jp/mrfujii/eng/images/foreign/india/connaut5.jpg
http://www.space-india.org/gallery/albums/jantar/aaw.jpg
http://www.bengalweb.com/skyline/delhi/newdelhiaerial2s.jpg
http://www.bengalweb.com/skyline/delhi/newdelhiskyline1.jpg
http://home.att.net/~bappu_dg/delhiview.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v378/ILOVEMTL/lotus-temple.jpg
Sydney, Australia.
http://www.digitaltoast.co.uk/albums/Sydney/Sydney_From_Skytower_01.sized.jpg
http://www.prew.hu/DOT/DOT_CD1/Australia_and_New_Zealand/01/DOT_AnZ_Sydney_4.jpg
http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/ponts/bridg...ey_harbour_bridge-sydney_australia.jpg
http://www.digitaltoast.co.uk/albums/Sydney/Sydney_views_July_2002_8.sized.jpg
http://www.whereisprinci.com/images/Sydney 3.JPG
http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/paysages1/460025 - Dusk, Sydney skyline.jpg
Frankfurt, Germany
http://www.patricia-huebscher.de/Frankfurt-blau.jpg
http://photos.l33t-h4x0r.de/Frankfurt/Umzug/1024/Frankfurt-August-054.jpg
http://www.dvs1.informatik.tu-darmstadt...epage/pics/Frankfurt%20Skyline%202.jpg

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