How looks like the cities where you live

[Hueij]

Nice thread... Good to see where some of you live

Arnhem, The Netherlands... About 150,000 people, capital of the province of Gelderland. The town center was flattened during the (in)famous battle for the bridge and rebuild during the late 40's, 50's and 60's. And since everyone knows how they thought about esthetics during those years... But things are changing, after talking about it for the last 30 years finally they are trying to really rebuild the city center. Only thing is that I probably won't see it finished, it's a 30 year plan

Well, here's that bridge (not the same one tho, Andy's grandfather blew up the original in 1945 )

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, Hull took a lot of bombing during the war, but the best buildings seem to have been preserved and the rebuilding in the city centre was mainly in the 50s and was done fairly tastefully, so we don't have too many 60s monstrosities compared to other cities, but still more than enough. I mean if you want to see that concrete architecture, look at Birmingham. That city is truly ugly.

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Yeah, Hull took a lot of bombing during the war, but the best buildings seem to have been preserved and the rebuilding in the city centre was mainly in the 50s and was done fairly tastefully, so we don't have too many 60s monstrosities compared to other cities, but still more than enough. I mean if you want to see that concrete architecture, look at Birmingham. That city is truly ugly.

I was in Hull during a trip to the Lake District in 1977. We spent a night on the university campus there. Can't remember much of it tho, must be the huge beer glasses you people use

Here's the building that was used as a high school when I was still a brilliant kid with high ideals, in 73-75... After that it was some fancy art gallery and now it's a fancy restaurant

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Hueij

I was in Hull during a trip to the Lake District in 1977. We spent a night on the university campus there. Can't remember much of it tho, must be the huge beer glasses you people use

Hehe, I was born in Hull in 1977 Yeah, to be fair, the city used to look an absolute dump back then from pictures I have seen, but like most British cities, has undergone major redevelopment in the past 10 years or so.

[Ecthy]

Ashdod, Israel






More pics of Ashdod there than of Cottbus

[DanS]

Colon: I definitely see what you mean. If you made the Antwerp streets that you pictured wider and removed the trees, you would have a spitting image of K Street here in DC. Even down to the service streets on the side.

[DanS]

DP

[devilmunchkin]

this is waco, just east of downtown facing Baylor University. Ugly huh?!

[Colon™]

Dan,
”Colon: I definitely see what you mean. If you made the Antwerp streets that you pictured wider and removed the trees, you would have a spitting image of K Street here in DC. Even down to the service streets on the side.”

Antwerp has several of those avenues, set with sycamore trees. (I live on one myself) Despite the traffic, I find them very pleasant to walk in, particularly in the summer. In several avenues the trees in blossom, creating a green ceiling punctured by rays of sunlight, combined with the buildings functioning as walls give the feeling you’re inside a huge hall.

[Provost Harrison]

Looks a dive dm

[Starchild]

It's scary how close some of you guys live to me....

Since Toronto (where my heart is at home) has been covered and I don't want to remind myself that I live in King Township, York Region (pointless urban sprawl that should be burnt down and redesigned from scratch), I'll find some pictures of Felixstowe, the quaint English town where I will be living from late August onwards.

Here we have a night view of the Felixstowe Port, Britain's largest container port and Europe's fourth busiest port. The port itself is owned by a Hong-Kong based company, which led to this explanation of what would happen if the Chinese decided to gain a foothold in the UK by nationalizing the port.... "If there are any Reds under the Hutchison [the Hong Kong company] bed, which is unlikely, it would take a policeman on a bicycle armed with an appropriate Court Order to take any of its English ports back into national control."



Here's a pic showing the town centre at the height of summer. Hides any embarrasing elements (like the locals) rather well, doesn't it?




That's really all the nice pictures I could find. No pictures of the (one) club or of historic sites or of anything remotely interesting. Because there really isn't anything.

I am so going to be spending a lot of time outside Felixstowe.

[Seneca]

I did a thread like this recently, but it only got half the replies. And just for that, I'm not going to post any pictures.