do you like the city you live in?

[Joanna]

I'm writing a dissertation about greek revival and if it is old enough to preserve in greece. One of my topics is the relationship between old and new and I'm trying to see what people think in general about this topic, that is why Im asking so many questions...

Thanks...

[Nold Egenter]

It is quite some time that I have been moving around in this site. But I was very happy to see the same persons, "Elisa Kouloumenta" living in Athens, Mr. "solidred" and "Liljana" from Bitola, Macedonie, all centrally active in the dicussions.

Congratulations to Elisa Kouloumenta for her highly successful topic, which is, in its subjective perspective, extremely valuable and also stimulating. We are all caught in this modern dilemma of different environments: childhood, youth and education, professional life and eventually forming a family, and, finally, age PERFORMED IN CERTAIN RURAL/ OR URBAN LANDSCAPES!

"how do you think of the city you live in?" A very simple question, but a fundamentally human question.

For today, just this: congratulations (NOBEL PRICE!)

I will come back.

Warm regards

Nold Egenter

[Antisthenes]

love it: Phoenix

[sabe]

i sure like city with great harbour.....any suggestion in the world of great harbour city....i may plan to trip around work & play.....

[djswan]

Glacier National Park is pretty cool.

[solidred]

[Antisthenes]

factor in sea rises, living inland is allot smarter

[O-Archy]

Great topic
Stockholm, Sweden or Christchurch, New Zealand for harbor towns, Boston is good too. OK with the transit system.
Funny how the subject of food arises... certainly a part of the attraction to urban places is the variety of dining options.
Phoenix is an example of sprawl, with small nodes of unique-ness.
Grand Teton National park, for skyscrapers of the natural type.
Love the pics of Bitola, looks like there is an active streetlife there, places that aren't dominated by trucks / cars have an astounding energy.

[davidaneff]

NYC! love it for its architecture. not so much for the individual buildings, though there are plenty of good ones, but for how those buildings all come together. There are really only a handful of US cities that are so walkable- Boston, maybe San Francisco, Philly? Chicago? But I don't think any have the same density or the same vitality on their sidewalks. You'd probably have to look to Europe for that.
That said, it's not a great time to be an architect in new york right now- layoffs everywhere but I don't think new york is unique in that respect.

[sabe]

i find istanbul very misery & interesting...though i haven't been there....i saw thru internet they have very good design chandelier as i enjoy looking them -all chandlier of the world.....any other interests in istanbul....but i think the water there will not be very blue-the natural blue i like....is it yellow????just guessing?

[RollST]

I live in NYC and it is a great city of architecture but i would prefere living in an European city - if prefere their architecture!

[sabe]

toledo-the old town is great....for sightseeing....well for living how about sicily south of italy?

[grid]

I live in LA. Love some aspects of it and hate others. There is definitely a lot of opportunity here - and a lot of people come here with the hope of becoming rich and famous...

[Antisthenes]

and end up living on the street in droves in the fashion district?

[grid]

Yeah, unfortunately too many people do end up doing that. Downtown has changed a lot in recent years though.