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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In random order, these the pics of my 3-day trip to Antwerp earlier this month. Antwerp has 466.000 inhabitants (in the city proper). It is Belgium's second city. It is also the second largest harbourcity in Europe, after Rotterdam. Music

I took a short city trip to Antwerp last week. On wednesday, I took the train down to Brussels to visit the city once more. To me, Brussels is worth a visit just as much as Paris (or London). It has grand avenues, urban parks, skyscraperclusters à la 'la Défense' and impressive public spaces...

A few summertime shots from my hometown, which has been dubbed 'City of Architecture' for the year 2007, to emphasize the fact that the city is home to an unusual amount of post-war experimental architecture. Welcome to: Around subway station 'Eendrachtsplein'. The westersingel, Rotterdam's...

Cities of Belgium Pt. 1 - Brussels [1] Pt. 1 - Brussels [2] Pt. 2 - Louvain la Neuve, Newtown Pt. 3 - Ghent Pt. 4 - Flemish Cities/ Flemish Coast Where all the cities are located: So, this is the last part already! I started with (what I think are) the most impressive cities of...

Cities of Belgium Pt. 1 - Brussels [1] Pt. 1 - Brussels [2] Pt. 2 - Louvain la Neuve, Newtown Pt. 3 - Ghent This is Pt. 4, I'll show you Bruges, Ieper, and the horribly planned Flemish coast. The last part, part 5, will be about industrial towns in the French-speaking part of...

Pt. 1 - Brussels:1 Pt. 1 - Brussels:2 Pt. 2 - Louvain la Neuve Ghent Ghent is the third city of Belgium, with a population of 230,000. It is situated in the so-called 'Flemish Diamond', the Belgian equivalent of Holland's Randstad, or Canada's Windsor-Quebec City Corridor. The...