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Panethos

American city skylines dominated by a single tower

Listed below are cities across the United States whose skyline is dominated by a single skyscraper that is head and shoulders above its neighbors in the central business district. Even cities with a number of skyscrapers like Oklahoma City and Albany, NY can have one tower that is significantly taller than all the others. Furthermore, if the 1,907 foot tall Legends Tower ends up being built as proposed in Oklahoma City, it will be 2.26 times taller that the current tallest building in the city, the Devon Energy Center which stands at 844 feet.

Proposed Legends Tower in Oklahoma City with the Devon Energy Center to its left – Source: ops.org

More than a third of the cities represented (5 of 14) are from the Great Plains – a region more often associated with sprawl than towering skyscrapers. If any other examples of cities in the USA with a dominating were overlooked, please feel free to pass them along. Peace!

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Albany, New York

Albany, New York – Source: homes.com

Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo, Texas – Source: worldatlas.com

Ann Arbor, Michigan – added 4/4/25

Ann Arbor, Michigan – Source: midwestexplored.com

Aurora, Illinois – added 4/4/25

Aurora, Illinois – Source: brittanica.com

Camden, New Jersey

Camden, New Jersey (foreground) – Source: istockphoto.com

Florence, South Carolina

Florence, South Carolina – Source: linkedin.com

Hampton, Virginia

Hampton, Virginia – Source: va250.org

McAllen, Texas

McAllen, Texas – Source: redwingaerials.com

Odessa, Texas

Odessa, Texas – Source: facebook.com

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Source: oklahoman.com

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina – Source: spartanburgdowntown.com

Springfield, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois – Source: findavenue.com

Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee, Florida – Source: tallahassee.com

Waco, Texas

Waco, Texas – Source: tripadvisor.com

#cities#fun#geography
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1234577/japan-cit Japan Cities: Can Osaka Emerge From Tokyo’s Shadow #CentralPark #cities #green #Japan #NewYork #OfficeSpace #Osaka #OsakaTopics #RealEstate #Tokyo #tourism #view #wealth #大阪 #大阪府 Osaka has long suffered from second-city syndrome. In the shadow of Japan’s capital, where wealth and power are centralized, Osaka has wilted. Tokyo controls more, earns more, spends more. During the nation’s economic downturn, Osaka was harder hit, as competit…

Japan Cities: Can Osaka Emerge From Tokyo's Shadow
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Rewilding Magazine

"Insight into the minds and lives of the #animals that have learned how to live around us could help us learn to be better neighbors to them.

"And accepting peaceful #coexistence as a shared responsibility might even help us be better neighbors to other people as well."

#urbanwildlife #coyote #cities #rewilding #edmonton

biographic.com/the-coyote-next

bioGraphic · The Coyote Next DoorWhat urban wildlife can teach us about cognition, survival, and how to be good neighbors.
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AJ Sadauskas

@drtcombs.bsky.social Is the key factor really the amount of traffic as the article claims? Or is it the amount of time spent commuting, mixed with low-density suburban sprawl?

Imagine spending an hour or more getting ready in the morning, and an hour travelling into work, and then eight hours at work, and then another hour of unpaid overtime, and then another hour heading home.

I don't blame you after all that not wanting to spend an hour preparing and cooking dinner!

And if you're in a low-density suburb where most of the options are fast food, it's understandable if what you end up with is a Big Mac.

Especially if you're in a car, and a drive thru gets you home quicker.

I think the answer is to give more people the option to live closer to where they work, or to work from home more often.

And denser areas close to public transport tend to have a greater variety of meal options than the car-dependent outer suburbs.

So the answer isn't more roads. It's more quality housing, work, and transport alternatives.

#Urbanism#trains#train
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MW1CFN

A semi-random glimpse of Chester whilst doing some targeted imaging of the Roman amphitheatre this lunchtime, before the low pressure moved in.

Very big tide, with a partial solar eclipse underway at the time. Never seen the water flow over the weir upstream before.

Looking towards Chester racecourse from overhead the Roman amphitheatre.
Looking out over a very full river Dee at Chester. A pleasure boat motors upstream.
The now very poor remains of what was once the Roman amphitheatre at Deva (Chester) seen in a low drone shot.
#chester#romans#cities
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Panethos

Wild and wondrous water towers across the heartland

Below are some of the amazing water towers we saw over the past few weeks across the American Heartland. As can be seen, the range of styles, locations, and eras is impressive. Hope you enjoy the photos as much as we did seeing them.

Giant City State Park, ILGroom, TXDepew, OKLansing, MIMakanda, ILAdrian, TXBritten (Groom), TXRushville, INReelsville, IN

While each tower has it’s own storied history, I’ve gotta, say the space-age tower with and observation platform at Giant City State Park in Illinois is a treasure all to itself. More photos and backstory about this most extraordinary water tower will be included in a separate post. Peace!

Rend Lake, ILBristow, OKMountain View, MOAmarillo, TX Lynn, IN Willow Springs, MO Meridian Twp, MI
#architecture#CET#cities
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1224286/toyota-ai Toyota aims to open its futuristic city near Mount Fuji this year #AI. #AkioToyoda #carmakers #cities #MountFuji #MountFujiTopics #MountFuji #tech #Toyota #WovenCity #富士山 Toyota Motor plans to move in the first 100 residents of a futuristic city at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan by as soon as this fall. The initial residents of Woven City will be composed mostly of the carmaker’s own employees and their families, and will gradually expand to…

Toyota aims to open its futuristic city near Mount Fuji this year
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