Skyscrapers taller than meters: The Pittsburgh skyline can uniquely be viewed from its bridges. Philadelphia is rife with history. Gambling, good food and prime entertainment are just a few of the hedonistic wonders awaiting any traveler brave enough to set foot on Vegas soil. Razed during the American Civil War, Atlanta was reborn into a booming center of commerce and culture. Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: 5, meters. While it is a quirky, quiet city, Seattle has nevertheless been quickly growing in population throughout the past decade.
Now known as home to Amazon, Seattle also has a history of jazz nightclubs and musical investments. Founded in by Puritan settlers, Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States. History made its mark in Boston through events such as the Boston Tea Party and continues today through the presence of several prestigious universities such as MIT and Harvard.
Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: 3, meters. Out of all the cities in Texas, Dallas is often cited as being the least stereotypically Southern.
Nightlife, fast-paced lifestyles and a burgeoning population are its trademarks now — a far cry from its previous status as a hub for cotton and oil. One of the most expensive cities to live in in the U. Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: 4, meters. As the home to Hollywood, Los Angeles is the embodiment of American glamour as well as the second most populous city in America.
One of the most diverse cities in the U. Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: 7, meters. Home to a diverse and heavily Cuban-American population, Miami is instrumental in Spanish language media in the U. Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: 18, meters.
Landmarks such as the Magnificent Mile draw visitors, but any local will say the reason to stay in Chicago is the deep musical influence that exists there. Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: 50, meters. The most populous city in the U. From the Empire State Building to the One World Trade Center, the city has more than twice as many skyscrapers over meters than any other in the country, earning it the top spot on this list.
Written by: Alyssa Evans. Most impressive skylines in America by the numbers. Austin, TX. Skyscrapers taller than meters: 3 Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: meters Austin is one of the few cities in America that manages to mix good barbecue with artistic trends and natural beauty. Baltimore, MD.
Cincinnati, OH. Fort Worth, TX. Skyscrapers taller than meters: 3 Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: meters As the fifth-largest city in Texas, Fort Worth is no small place to live, but any resident will tell you it has the Southern hospitality of a town a tenth its size. Hartford, CT. Indianapolis, IN. Skyscrapers taller than meters: 3 Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: meters The skyline may be something to see, but good luck getting downtown on the day of the Indy Milwaukee, WI.
Skyscrapers taller than meters: 3 Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: meters One thing that makes Milwaukee so unique is its Scandinavian influence.
Oklahoma City, OK. Skyscrapers taller than meters: 3 Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: meters Cattle, oil, tornadoes and an day-long state fair are just some of the things to expect when traveling to Oklahoma City. San Diego, CA. Skyscrapers taller than meters: 3 Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: meters Sunny almost every day of the year, San Diego is a city for cycling, surfing, hiking, great fish tacos and occasional frustration over sports teams.
Louis, MO. Skyscrapers taller than meters: 3 Total height of skyscrapers taller than meters: meters Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, St. Completed in feet tall 71 floors steel construction Louisiana Street. Seen here with its developer, Gerald Hines, this is the tallest tower in both Houston and Texas. Its five sides make it unique among the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Completed in 1, feet 75 floors composite material construction Travis Street. What might Houston have looked like? In , the Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation proposed Houston Center, a sci-fi-like "platform city" that would have covered roughly half of downtown -- an enormous 33 blocks. But the late-'70s recession intervened, reducing the giganto-plex to a handful of buildings. There have even been somewhat jarring declarations that the hazy plethora of refineries along Highway through Pasadena, Deer Park, and La Porte should be lumped in this conversation too.
True, they give off a eye-catching metropolitan glow in the dark of night from afar, but let's pump the brakes. The Texas Medical Center skyline is quickly growing, marked by the St. Luke's Medical Tower with its two hypodermic needles pointed skyward.
The brightly-coiffed Methodist Hospital Outpatient Care Center, opened in the past decade, also attracts the eye. The TMC skyline holds a special place in the hearts -- literally in some cases -- of many locals for its life-changing and life-saving services. The Uptown Galleria skyline is lorded over by the Williams Tower nee Transco Tower , towering above the area offering vantages points clear out to Pasadena and the Woodlands on a clear day from its highest peaks.
Native Houstonians love sharing stories of driving into the city with visitors who haven't quite ingested the size of Houston. Downtown is over there. Customers could also buy their Skyline in Japan and hire Motorex to import and legalize it; all cars needed to be brought in by a registered importer.
The process was also inherently slow. Once a car arrived at Motorex, it would need to be modified to comply with U. The car had to be shipped to an outside emissions lab for E. Once the modifications and testing were complete, a package containing all of the results, with photographic documentation of the process, had to be compiled and sent to the D.
If it all complied with the original Motorex agreement, the D. According to Takahashi, the Motorex boss had moved on to hard drugs, like cocaine and methamphetamines. The company owed money to the emissions labs and other companies.
Motorex had shipped a few Skylines, but it was not able to keep up with demand. Skylines piled up inside the warehouse.
I was annoyed. Others called lawyers. Hiro panicked. He began releasing cars before receiving permission from the D. Motorex stopped modifying the Skylines to D.
The Department of Transportation sensed that Motorex was not keeping up its end of the registered importer agreement and seemed to slow down the approval process even further. By Hiro had blown through his money. He was desperate. Friends noticed that he had lost weight.
So when a year-old Japanese man walked in the door flaunting money, Hiro took to him right away. According to everyone I spoke with, Hiroki Miyake became a partner in Motorex. On November 28, , the D. A few months earlier, the D. The D. In Registered Importer Newsletter No. Both were abandoned fully intact, though the thieves were never found. The cars were returned to Tadahoshi Wakita, whom Detective Serna now believes was the only honest man in the entire investigation.
Despite the darkness, security cameras captured the attack. Fukamoto was beaten and assaulted with a stun gun. He also suffered lacerations on his face and cuts on his head. The attack lasted two to three minutes before security guards rushed out of the club. The two attackers fled, but independent witnesses stepped up to identify the assailants as Hiro and Miyake. Miyake turned himself in through his lawyer. Hiro took longer to find.
On March 1, , a few days after U. Hiro Nanahoshi was charged with attempted extortion of Tadahoshi Wakita. Hiro and Miyake were charged with attempted kidnapping, attempted assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, assault with stun gun or taser and threatening a witness, Tom Fukamoto. In the process of transferring the case, the two detectives went to Motorex, where Detective Serna found a different scene from the last time he was there.
The side pedestrian entrance was left open; the roll-up garage door was damaged and could not fully close; a door was left ajar. It was clear that someone had broken in.
The detectives went in and found the place completely trashed. There were a couple of other junkers outside. All the files at Motorex were completely thrown on the floor, filing cabinets tipped over, papers, pictures and parts just everywhere. All the cars were gone. For the next six months, he interacted with people who had either purchased a Skyline from Motorex, taken a Skyline to Motorex for compliance, or spotted one of the stolen cars. Unaware of the D.
Who had cars at Motorex? Was Motorex doing something illegal? Was Motorex a victim? Were they suspects? An informant had spotted two Skylines and positively identified them as ones from Motorex. By then, Detective Hsu had learned that Motorex was juggling a few dozen customers.
And all of their cars were now missing. His second break came when one of the missing Skylines was impounded, and he was able to trace it to the driver, who was unlicensed and willing to cooperate. The unlicensed driver coughed up partial names, monikers and schools that his accomplices had gone to, which enabled Detective Hsu to pull up records and addresses. He got confessions from everyone. He got search warrants and busted six houses, all in and around the Gardena and Compton area.
The stolen cars were being filtered out of a residential garage, where the detectives found two or three cars and parts. Detective Hsu eventually located all but two of the Skylines stolen out of Motorex. He even found the five stolen cars that started the entire police investigation.
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