Skylines are the artificial horizon that a city’s overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as no two skylines are alike. For this reason, news and sports programs, television shows, and movies often display the skyline of a city in a set location. The Sky Line of New York City was a new term in 1896 when it was the title of a color lithograph by Charles Graham for the color supplement of the New York Journal.
Paul D. Spreiregen, FAIA, has called a skyline “a physical representation [of a city’s] facts of life … a potential work of art … its collective vista.”
01. Atlanta
02. Baltimore
03. Boston
04. Cleveland
05. Dallas
06. Fort Worth
07. Houston
08. Las Vegas
09. Los Angeles
10. New York
New York (World Trade Center) Skyline Before 9/11
11. Orlando
12. Philadelphia
13. Pittsburg
14. Portland
15. San Francisco
16. Tampa
Photos Source: Public Domains
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