Thanks! The term "Brownstone Brooklyn" pertains to no one neighborhood in particular, but more so to those areas in which brownstones make up the majority of the housing stock. Most often, it is used to refer to the stretch of neighborhoods that runs from Brooklyn Heights in the northwest...

I first visited NYC last June. I immediately fell in love with this city and knew it should be my home so I can have all this "urbanism on steroids" in my backyard. Few cities I've visited have left such an impression (and indeed, desire to return) on me as NYC. ... and so I moved to the...

each and everyone of these pictures are stunning. thanks a dozen for sharing!

Hipster Duck, it has been said that Potsdammer Platz was eight of the worlds best architects doing their worst job ever. In a few years, 6 million square feet of office and urban space were constructed in what looked like a kind of out-of-touch prestige architecture. Of course Potsdammer Platz...

Amazing city, thanks for the pics! I agree that that moving walkway should be made permanently. Underground walkways add to the urban experience imo. I love the park on Pennsylvannia Avenue with the grid built into it. One of the creators of this sculpture is Dutch (Coosje van Bruggen), her...

Amazing shots of North America's ville extaordinaire! Thanks for sharing. I never get tired of MTL.

Darkstar: I can think of a few things driving the growth. Overall, the Dutch population is hardly growing. Rotterdam had 731.000 inhabitants in the 1960s at some point, though suburbanization has kept decreasing that number up until a few years ago. We're more or less at 584.000 (2007 data), up...

Went into Rotterdam to see the most recent additions to the skyline and the construction activity the other day, and took these pics. De Koopgoot, pedestrian shopping zone ducking underneath the Coolsingel in the distance. WTC Lonely pre-war building: City Hall Looking east...

Definitely not a comprehensive tour of the city center, these were taken mainly along the canals in the eastern part of the city. music One of the best places to get an "Amsterdam Coffee" ;) Prinsengracht with Westerkerk in the background...

re: great pics! Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed all the construction updates! The amount of construction is stunning. I also particularly like West 8's Spadina Wavedeck :)

^there's a few in Ontario along the Grand River (not that far from Toronto actually), Paris is the best-known of them. Here's two other ones: Cambridge click to open: Elora The're more common in Europe. One of the better examples: Monschau, Germany

Vermontx55: Burlington & Montpelier In June, I toured through the Northeastern US (NJ-PA-NY-VT-NH-MA-CT-NY) for 3 days, here are a couple of pics I took of two of Vermont's larger cities. I would have loved to continue onto Montreal, as it's only a little bit further north from Burlington, but...

The hostel I stayed in whilst in NYC was located in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Most of these were taken in and around Downtown Brooklyn, with the exception of the last 4, which were taken in East Williamsburg. Even though some parts of Brooklyn aren't considered the safest areas of NYC, I...

Absolutely stunning set! Loved the wide-angle shots from the ESB. I have to agree that it does look like we visited roughly the same spots across the city!

Where my forefathers bought the isle of Manhattan from the native Americans for a mere 60 guilders in 1614, possibly the worlds densest mass of urbanity stands today. It was here where the Dutch established a fur trading settlement called New Amsterdam. Then the darn British came in in 1664 and...

Thanks for your reactions. It was indeed a temporary measure: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/arts/design/26clos.html I am actually sceptical if it will ever become fully pedestrianized, with permanent street furniture instead of this. Though it felt far more relaxed than having all...

Where my forefathers bought the isle of Manhattan from the native Americans for a mere 60 guilders in 1614, possibly the worlds densest mass of urbanity stands today. It was here where the Dutch established a fur trading settlement called New Amsterdam. Then the darn British came in in 1664 and...

Over the past few months, a huge pile of photos of Florida cities has accumulated on my computer. I'm trying to work my way through this backlog of picture threads before I make two trips to the NorthEast in the coming weeks. I'll post another thread on Celebration (a New Urbanist Heaven?) and...

Hipster, it's a really monotone street in terms of land use- not much more going on than offices and residences. The older part of downtown sports much more retail, tho. It's also much more populated by pedestrians. Dan, spot on. Not many states have been hit as hard by foreclosures as...

These pics were taken on my 3 trips down to Miami in November, December and January. I mostly focused my photo shooting on Downtown and South Beach. Hopefully one day I’ll get to return and take more pictures of individual neighborhoods like Coral Gables. There’s still a lot left to discover in...