skyline
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.3|Skyline of Lower Manhattan in 2021. The term "Skyline" was first used for [[New York City in 1896.]] A skyline is the outline or shape viewed near the horizon. It can be created by a city's overall structure, or by human intervention in a rural setting, or in nature that is formed where the sky meets buildings or the land.
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- Features
- High-rise buildings
- Towers
- Remote locations
- Use in media
- Subjective ranking
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|Skyline of Lower Manhattan in 2021. The term "Skyline" was first used for [[New York City in 1896.]] A skyline is the outline or shape viewed near the horizon. It can be created by a city's overall structure, or by human intervention in a rural setting, or in nature that is formed where the sky meets buildings or the land.
City skylines serve as a pseudo-fingerprint as no two skylines are alike. For this reason, news and sports programs, television shows, and movies often display the skyline of a city to set a location. The term The Sky Line of New York City was introduced 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 [city] skyline "a physical representation [of a city's] facts of life ... a potential work of art ... its collective vista."