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View Poll Results: What major city has your favorite type of architecture?
New York City 15 12.93%
Los Angeles 5 4.31%
Chicago 33 28.45%
San Francisco 11 9.48%
Boston 5 4.31%
Philadelphia 7 6.03%
Dallas 2 1.72%
Miami 1 0.86%
Houston 1 0.86%
Atlanta 3 2.59%
Detroit 4 3.45%
Phoenix 0 0%
Minneapolis 2 1.72%
Cleveland 3 2.59%
Seattle 5 4.31%
Denver 1 0.86%
San Diego 0 0%
Portland 0 0%
Baltimore 4 3.45%
Pittsburgh 6 5.17%
Charlotte 1 0.86%
Kansas City 1 0.86%
Salt Lake City 0 0%
Las Vegas 0 0%
San Antonio 0 0%
Nashville 1 0.86%
Austin 0 0%
New Orleans 2 1.72%
Albuquerque 3 2.59%
Voters: 116. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-24-2014, 04:46 PM
 
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Would have voted for DC if available.
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Old 09-24-2014, 08:26 PM
 
Location: New Orleans
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well each of the cities posted have nice architecture (North american architecture overall is better than anywhere else imo). but i think Chicago takes the crown. even today you see Chicago architects and influence in other cities around the world. for example a Chicago architect contributed to the design of the Burj Kahlifa.
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Old 09-24-2014, 08:34 PM
 
Location: New Orleans
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...all_Street.jpg

sorry but this picture isnt appealing at all to me. it is cool to look at, but there is not alot of color layers and seperation. its just a mish mash of grey, black, tan, and brown. sorry but its not my favourite. i like an organized skyline, but not to orderly, a little bit of urban chaos displayed in a skyline is good, but that's just me
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Old 09-24-2014, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Nashville, TN
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Cincinnati


Cincinnati, OH Skyline aerials- StreamWerx Cineflex Stock Footage - YouTube


Cincinnati - YouTube
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Old 09-24-2014, 09:26 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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^Cincinnati's architecture is fantastic.
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Old 09-25-2014, 08:09 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Residential:
1. New Orleans: beautiful mansions along the main streets like St. Charles, homey shotguns and cottages on the side streets, and the great French and Spanish style townhouses down in the Quarter.
2. Baltimore
3. Philly
4. DC

Skyline/Business District:
1. New York
2. Chicago
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Old 09-25-2014, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Paris
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This should have been a public poll, would've been hilariously telling...
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Old 09-27-2014, 08:21 AM
 
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Cincinnati.

A glaring omision from that list.
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Old 09-27-2014, 08:41 PM
 
Location: Medfid
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I'm surprised by how poorly Boston did/(is doing) in this poll.

I mean, what's not to like?

Building on Mass Ave in Boston-0017 by Richelle Akimow, on Flickr

Grain and Flour Exchange, Boston by Architectural Historian, on Flickr

Beacon Hill, Boston. Beautiful, green neighborhood ! by lucile.hamoignon, on Flickr

Venetian by Skulk Photography, on Flickr

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Old 09-27-2014, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, NYC
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For me it's a handful of cities and IMO the ones that do diversification the best are:

Los Angeles
Chicago
NYC

Outside of that, ones like Philadelphia, Boston, DC, New Orleans, San Francisco, etc are great too. I like some of what Miami has done too. NYC is interesting though because I haven't seen a ton of really really cutting edge modernist stuff in Manhattan itself. There's some, but the modern towers are fairly restrained on average. I've seen more modernist stuff in areas like Williamsburg (Brooklyn) for sure though.
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