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the number of people who know nothing about st. louis is astonishing. st. louis is the oldest *major* city in the midwest,; older than the united states (founded 1764). it is a city built almost entirely of solid red brick, and is known for its incredible variety of architectural craftsmanship. these are just *average* neighborhoods in the city of st. louis:
do a google search for some of the even more impressive neighborhoods:
lafayette square
central west end
tower grove east
tower grove south
st. louis hills
the hill
skinker-debaliviere
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That picture on the Chicago high rise was just WOW! That's something you can only expect from NYC but I guess not anymore.
Chicago has a very impressive stock of highrise apartment and condo living. Second to NYC, but far ahead of any other metro in the country. You can find this type of living basically anywhere in the city, too. From the South Loop all the way up to the northern neighborhoods and out to the West Loop. These are just some I can think off the top of my head that are u/c or fairly new..obviously there are many more and many older stock highrises
Here's a nice little cluster in the South Loop that has just recently developed in the last several years, with One Museum Park the tallest with the blue accent lighting on top. http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4...ghterflick.jpg
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the number of people who know nothing about st. louis is astonishing. st. louis is the oldest *major* city in the midwest,; older than the united states (founded 1764). it is a city built almost entirely of solid red brick, and is known for its incredible variety of architectural craftsmanship. these are just *average* neighborhoods in the city of st. louis:
do a google search for some of the even more impressive neighborhoods:
lafayette square
central west end
tower grove east
tower grove south
st. louis hills
the hill
skinker-debaliviere
yes those look like some very fine neighborhoods. nice pics!
i just don't see anything about them that is really that superior to what I can find in Chicago or even a neighborhood like Over The Rhine. Again, nice pics in a solid looking neighborhood.
Cincinnati and St. Louis have the most awesome residential architecture in the Midwest because they're heavily inspired by the architecture in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Id like to see some pictures of the quality, quantity and variety of st Louis residential architecture that people are so convinced is superior to Chicago. Not being snarky here..genuinely curious
The point we're trying to make is that St. Louis proper has consistently better quality architecture than Chicago does (which is totally subjective, of course).
The skyscrapers are fun and all, but most of Chicago does NOT look like the images you posted. Whereas cities like Cincinnati and St. Louis are more charming in terms of typical city streets--the key word here is typical.
New York has more skyscrapers than other American cities, but it's still comprised mostly of low-rise apartment buildings, brownstones, detached cottages, etc..
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The point we're trying to make is that St. Louis proper has consistently better quality architecture than Chicago does (which is totally subjective, of course).
The skyscrapers are fun and all, but most of Chicago does NOT look like the images you posted. Whereas cities like Cincinnati and St. Louis are more charming in terms of typical city streets--the key word here is typical.
what? Chicago doesn't look like the pictures I posted? St. Louis has consistently better architecture on a typical city street? Most would strongly disagree with you on that point there. Go ahead and keep poo-pooing skyscrapers. Guess what..they matter, they are very 'typical' on a Chicago city street, and they are architecture. People are pointing out select neighborhoods in STL, Cincy and Chicago to cite examples from. What exactly is a 'typical' city street? How do you judge what is 'typical' in a metro of almost 10 million to a metro of almost 3 million? Your argument is pretty vague.
what? Chicago doesn't look like the pictures I posted? St. Louis has consistently better architecture on a typical city street? Most would strongly disagree with you on that point there. Go ahead and keep poo-pooing skyscrapers. Guess what..they matter, they are very 'typical' on a Chicago city street, and they are architecture. People are pointing out select neighborhoods in STL, Cincy and Chicago to cite examples from. What exactly is a 'typical' city street? How do you judge what is 'typical' in a metro of almost 10 million to a metro of almost 3 million? Your argument is pretty vague.
Exactly, dude tries to front as if all of St. Louis is vintage 1810 housing stock. GTFO with that silly nonsense.
Chicago has the best residential architecture in the United States and it really is not even up for debate.
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Exactly, dude tries to front as if all of St. Louis is vintage 1810 housing stock. GTFO with that silly nonsense.
Chicago has the best residential architecture in the United States and it really is not even up for debate.
agree with you about STL, although it surely has a lot of nice housing stock. I don't think Chicago has the best in the US, that is kind of up for debate/preference because there is such huge variety in the US. I'm all for to each his own, but I just want fair arguments.
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