New York City no longer Skyscraper Capital - skyscrapers.com

[tugrul]

"According to Skyscrapers.com the former British colony, taken by the British empire in the 19th century and handed back to China in 1997, counts now more skyscrapers than any other city on earth. "

Their database has 4468 buildings listed for NYC, 4577 for Hong Kong...

Probably the silliest argument I've seen. It was rather disturbing when I first caught a glimpse of the headline when I was confirming something in their database.

[ddny]

Well...I can believe it. HK has ALOT of high-rise housing going up.

[NYatKNIGHT]

It's based on buildings over 12 stories.

[Fabb]

In HK, hundreds of residential buildings are nearly identical.
They're impressive, but still...

[Stern]

Is impressive the word, whatever. 12 storeys is not a skyscraper, ridiculous, New York will forever remain the skyscraper capital.

[Jessica]

Who cares what the #'s say...we know NYC is the top!

[Fabb]

That argument about 12 floors is not relevant. The HK standard for residential buildings is 50 floors.
But of course, they're only the result of cloning on a grand scale.

[ASchwarz]

Skyscrapers.com is a joke.

I have no idea if NY or HK has more skyscrapers, but I know their info is completely unreliable. In NY, their stats are totally off. Case in point- I have lived in three buildings of at least 12 floors in NY. None of the three buildings are counted in skyscrapers.com. 110 West Third Street (D'Agostino Residence Hall- NYU Law- 15 or 16 floors), 240 Mercer Street (NYU Law- 20 or 22 floors) and West 96th between West End and Riverside (17 floors). Where are they?

More examples- I count 6 buildings under construction at Columbia that are at least 12 floors, and 5 at NYU. Just 1 of these buildings is listed.

To be fair, it's certainly possible HK numbers are similarly incaccurate. *Skyscrapers.com doesn't have any credibility. If you want my opinion, I suspect NY still has more. Entire neighborhoods, like East NY, Brownsville and Williamsburg (my hood) have tons of 12+ floor buildings that are not represented. Maybe the "researchers" are scared of the boroughs. The Upper East and Upper West Side numbers are also a joke- tons and tons of mid-rise buildings missing. But I've never been to Hong Kong, so I can't make an informed comparison.

The under construction numbers are similarly hilarious. Half the NY buildings u/c are already completed and occupied (some occupied nearly two years ago) I can think of about 50 buildings at least 12 floors u/c in the city not listed in skyscrapers.com. Some big buildings, like at Trump Place, along Eighth Avenue and in Murray Hill.

[Derek2k3]

Exactly....I never thought NY was skyscraper capital of the world because skyscrapers.com said so.