A
skyline is the
horizon created by a city's overall structure, or by human intervention in a non-urban setting or in nature. City skylines serve as a kind of
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 first introduced in 1896, when it was the title of a color
lithograph by Charles Graham for the color supplement of the
New York Journal.