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New York is really the only American city comparable to a European city, where basically the whole lower half of Manhattan is the “central city” and contains multiple CBDs. And in NYC, “Downtown” is a geographic designation rather than referring to the CBD per se. |
Very good point i'm reminded of a bit of history I came across when reading up on the founding of D.C. There was a certain amount of controversy during the formative years of our country on what role NYC would play it seemed obvious to a lot that the city would grow into a world class giant. To many especially Federalists they wanted to NYC to develop into a true "European style" capitol city i.e. a commercial and political hub that would rival London. Democratic - Republicans however took up the strict constructionist view of the constitution which allowed for a "federal town" they feared a hyper-centralization of power in the already burdening city. Consequentially it's only today that D.C. is taking it place as a proper capitol and arguably will always remain stunted.
On another note I found some legit drone shots of downtown on a real estate page a was browsing through. Detroit Spring 2019 https://pi.movoto.com/p/841/219050146_0_eQ3jQQ_l.jpeg Photo by - City Living Detroit https://pi.movoto.com/p/841/219050146_0_vufAy3_l.jpeg Photo by - City Living Detroit https://pi.movoto.com/p/841/219050146_0_RqIamM_l.jpeg Photo by - City Living Detroit https://pi.movoto.com/p/841/219050146_0_njAmYm_l.jpeg Photo by - City Living Detroit https://pi.movoto.com/p/841/219050146_0_fzFJei_l.jpeg Photo by - City Living Detroit |
Chicago, IL May 2019:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a4f09218_h.jpgNorth Sheridan, Chicago by Woody Wade, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...95037d3c_h.jpgLaid to rest by Woody Wade, on Flickr |
the 'quaint' city of Boston, May 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...10e23645_h.jpgDowntown Boston by ruifo, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...09b301ad_h.jpgBoston Area by ruifo, on Flickr |
NewY ork City June 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f90345c7_h.jpgNYC aerial by Denis Roschlau Photography, on Flickr |
St Johns,Canada, 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1844df59_b.jpgFlying Over St. John's by Karen Chappell, on Flickr |
Rotterdam, NL 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bd8a3b83_h.jpgBridges of Rotterdam by Peet de Rouw, on Flickr |
Mainz, Germany
https://live.staticflickr.com/7844/3...b62fed98_h.jpg201903067 LH135 STR-FRA Mainz by taigatrommelchen, on Flickr |
Cincinnati, 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/7893/4...dc44661a_h.jpgClifton Heights by Travis Estell, on Flickr |
Sitges, Spain
https://live.staticflickr.com/7818/3...f9af07b2_h.jpgSitges, Spain by Mike McBey, on Flickr |
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Swedish suburbia:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4a2aa133_b.jpgAerial View of Sweden by peace-on-earth.org, on Flickr |
Lancaster, PA 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4b0f5d16_h.jpgLancaster, PA by WabbyTwaxx, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b64403f7_h.jpgLancaster, PA by WabbyTwaxx, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f31af36e_h.jpgLancaster, PA by WabbyTwaxx, on Flickr |
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Kaunas, Latvia 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...215f708b_h.jpgSummer sunset | Kaunas aerial by Andrius Aleksandravičius, on Flickr |
Somewhere over Minneapolis? 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ab7fcdd2_h.jpgTwin Cities- Aerials by Joseph Wingenfeld, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e7d18830_h.jpgTwin Cities- Aerials by Joseph Wingenfeld, on Flickr |
Bariloche, Argentina
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Luanda, Angola 2019
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...479bb0f3_h.jpgVistas aéreas : Luanda by Carlos Reis, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3cf1e024_h.jpgVistas aéreas : Luanda by Carlos Reis, on Flickr |
TUCUMAN ARGENTINA 2017
https://live.staticflickr.com/2908/3...ae8e402b_h.jpgSan Miguel deTucumán by SSC Tucumán, on Flickr |
I'm particularly fond of Bariloche, Argentina it's a city I knew nothing about until I googled it to see if my guess that it was on Teria Del Fuego was correct. It was not I guess I would say it's in the Northern Patagonian Andes. Great find reminds me of a Argentine Geneva.
I was intrigued and ended up doing some browsing which oddly enough (or maybe not) lead me back closer to home to the riveara of the Great Lakes in N.W. Lower Michigan i.e. the greater Traverse City area. It's a place i've never found anything worth posting until this time that is. Traverse City is the largest metropolitan area in the Northern Michigan by far with ~145,000 season-round residents or half of the entire permanent population of N.W. Lower Peninsula. During the peak season June - September the area houses an additional 90,000 part time and transient residents (visitors staying for at least a night) with the lions share 30-40% staying in the TC area. https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...g?format=2500w Photo by - Jerry Stutzman; The Wooden Gallery https://www.leelanauchamber.com/medi...rial_photo.jpg Photo by - Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce https://i.etsystatic.com/6297962/r/i...94258_99oj.jpg Photo by - Kathy Jones; Kathleen Ann Jones Photography https://www.traversecityphotos.com/w...ity-Photos.jpg Photo by - Joey B Lax-Salinas; Aerial Traverse City Photos The N.W. Coast of Michigan could be called the Rivera of the Great Lakes for many reasons not the least of which being the crystal clear aquamarine-blue hughe of the waters and the fact that many of the upper crust in Detroit and Chicago have a second home in the area which is reflected in the area being well represented on the list of the richest zips in the state. Traverse City is also known for its good quality of life in 2016 it was named the best small city in the country by livibility.com and had been in the top ten the previous 4 years in a row. Immediately adjacent to TC are some of the most beautiful areas in the country USA Today recently named Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore the most beautiful place in America. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore lies just to the west of TC on Lake Michigan and was voted one of the top 21 beaches in the world by national geographic in 2017. The scenery doesn't end there in between lies an area of rolling forested hills interspersed with vineyards and dotted with crystal clear inland lakes to the east sits Torch Lake popular with the rich and famous for its crystal clear waters which have distinctly Caribbean aquamarine hue due to the same geologic and ecological conditions as the real deal. I fell in love with the area when I was a kid its warm sandy bays, towering dunes, old growth forests inspired me just like they have many others since before Hemingway first made the area famous. Throughout his early works, Hemingway used Horton Bay, Petoskey and Charlevoix for the setting of many of his early works including: "Up in Michigan", "The Three-Day Blow", his Nick Adams stories, and "The End of Something." Here's a few bonus shots i'm gonna throw in the first is the historic resort town of Charlevoix I have a couple of Petoskey which are on the coast north of Traverse City. I have a couple scenic shots of the Glen Arbor - Sleeping Bear Dunes area to round things out. https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Porta...Charlevoix.jpg Photo by - US Army Corps of Engineers https://img-aws.ehowcdn.com/700x/cdn..._k-700x467.jpg Photo by - Michigan Municipal League Harbor Springs; in the process of looking for a good pic of this town I started reading the rest of the page I was on to see if there was a better one but it was the only pic of the actual city. Apparently someone had done some research on the shooting of Riverdale and while 99% of the show was shot in B.C. they needed a particular scene of the town that would have a white church. Long story short there was nothing they could find anywhere close that fit so they finally decided on Harbor Springs .. go figure. https://live.staticflickr.com/4180/3...5929a169_b.jpg Photo by - Charles Dawley Petoskey; Bay Harbor Village, a luxury resort for the rich and famous. I knew that the 1% of the Great Lakes Region call this part of Michigan home during the summer but apparently word has gotten around from some of the big name celebs that have a home in the area like Dave Matthews, Bob Seger, Don Shula and Madonna. Here's an a couple excerpts from InsideHook - https://www.insidehook.com/article/a...l-high-rollers Quote:
Photo by - InsideHook https://thumbnails.trvl-media.com/4b...74f69098_z.jpg Photo by - Hotels.com Downtown Petoskey https://northernmichmashpreserve.wee...f-way_orig.jpg Photo by - Alex Childless https://northernmichmashpreserve.wee...-park_orig.jpg Photo by - Alex Childless Rapid City & Torch Lake https://i.pinimg.com/originals/64/37...21a3833866.jpg Photo by - Justinmeeder The Sandbar https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/9...%3Ffit%3Dscale Photo by - Forbes Almost look they're floating on air.. https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/9...2.13.01-PM.jpg Photo by - Ryan Ziolko Now we get into the Sleeping Bear Dunes area. This is the chic little town of Glen Arbor and its iconic Narrows Bridge. https://scontent-frx5-1.cdninstagram...ninstagram.com Photo by - gsticks https://scontent-dfw5-2.cdninstagram...ninstagram.com Photo by - northern.michigan.from.above https://www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvis...torotate=false https://www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvis...ttractions.htm Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - The Empire Bluffs One summer when I was a kid I decided I wanted to go swimming after hiking to the overlook I made it about halfway down looked back up and realized it would take all day to climb back up for a quick dip in the lake before we drove home and thought better of it. Fortunately I checked myself at the right place there were some old tree roots sticking out here and there which made trudge back up bearable. You can see the slide marks where all the poor souls like my young foolish self thought it won't be that bad come sliding or crashing down 400 feet on what I gotta guess is a 60 - 70% grade. http://www.sleepingbeardunes.com/sit...ed.850x430.jpg Photo by - Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau Well that turned out to be a bit longer that I had intended I came across a bunch of shots that I had never seen and interesting information I was unaware of 'n before I knew it I was deleting tagged pics cuz this is wayy to long as it is. :haha: |
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