Looks like the perfect mixture of European and North American cities. Thanks for sharing!

So, family circumstances had me going back to The Motherland just 3 months after I had moved to the U.S. Of course I had to pay my old college town a visit, and enjoy it's centuries old architecture, which I could really appreciate after 3 months in Florida, the land of strip malls and...

St. Augustine is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the US. It was founded by Pedro Menendez in 1565. At that time, it's inhabitants were a mere 700 soldiers and colonists. Until 1821 it was under Spanish rule, although it was briefly under British control for 21 years in the...

I'm really loving Shangri-La. A fine addition to the city's skyline. It makes my 2005 visit outdated, I need to get back there. Vancouver never ceases to impress me. Thanks for sharing!

I'm hoping this proposal will pass. Besides the benefits already stated here, I'm particularly excited about the free movement of labour. Many EU citizens will be encouraged to move to Canada by this law. We've seen large migration waves in the recent past due to expansion of the free...

Legalize it, then cultivate it in special labs like they do over in Holland, so that we have at least one place in Northern America where you can get some weed with a decent amount of thc instead of the weak crap we have nowadays. :D Having said that, I still envy Canada's liberal attitude...

Interresting technique! I'd say the results are well-worth posting, although some pictures are somewhat hazy. Welcome to the forum btw! Are you living in Boston? The city looks like pure urban goodness. Your pictures are a solid reminder I need to get myself up north.

Canada joining the EU? Come on. We might aswell invite New Zealand and South Africa too. As a European, I'm firmly against non-European countries joining the EU because they are just that: non-European. It's the European Union after all. Now what I would support is a ' special relationship '...

Before moving into Gainesville for the start of college next week, I took a few days time to explore Orlando (no, not the theme parks!). It has a nice downtown, and Lake Eola Park really is an asset to cherish. However, it is pretty dead after business hours, except for clubbing nights on the...

I hear ya. Just saw on the news that now even students have to leave Beijing. While most of them come from provinces hundreds of kilometres away, and have nowhere to go. I'm starting to feel something for the idea of state leaders boycotting these Olympics (though that's unlikely to happen).

Welcome to the Forum swaugh! Regarding your 3rd point of attention, yes they do not have a complete transit system today, but it's not like they aren't working on it. They seem to have a better integration of the metro area with the surrounding region planned, transportation wise...

Thanks for sharing. Kind of like LA, this seems to be another one of America's largest cities that yet doesn't really have an urban vibe, despite being so populous. Like allabootmatt said, it makes T.O. looks pretty much like heaven, in terms of urbanity. A month from now I'll be living five...

Last saturday, the "Day of Architecture" was held in every larger city in the Netherlands. A lot of buildings were open to the public. There were tours organized in many cities aswell (both on land and on the water), where an architect would guide you through the city, taking you along...

Nice photos. I agree with you that this city, especially the inner city, is more like a historical theme park than a real city. This phenomenon occurs all over europe, as suburbanisation sucks companies and people out of the inner cities, these places become places where you only go for...

Impressive pictures. Reminds me of my visit to Ypres almost one year ago. I hear you when you say that visiting these sites is a very moving, humbling experience. What went on there just short of a century ago is just beyond my imagination, it is hard to realize the magnitude of the drama that...

Good idea to make a compilation of Koolhaas' work. Thusfar I haven't seen you mention his Educatorium in Utrecht, hence why I'd like to add information about this building to this thread, if you don't mind. Educatorium, Utrecht University, Utrecht (The Netherlands) Design - Realisation...

Thanks a lot for your replies :) Zephyr, I can imagine someone from a country where land is abundant finds such narrow streets claustrophobic, though the streets of Nijmegen are actually pretty wide compared to some alleys in medieval Italian cities... now that gives me claustrophobia ;)...

^^ Yes you are, Jackie Chan slides down the slope of the Maersk building in the movie "Who Am I".

Went to Nijmegen last week, here are the pictures. Nijmegen is the oldest city of the Netherlands, the city's 2000-year existance was celebrated in 2005. With 160,000 inhabitants, it''s the 10th city of the Netherlands. Music Nijmegen is situated halfway between Amsterdam and Cologne...

Great pics, funny title too. Bending escalators, never seen those before. They look awesome though.