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Philly should have built more apartment buildings like New York and Boston. For a city that apparently hates being compared to New York, Boston sure copied a lot of the city's architecture. Philly being closer and having many ties to New York, it didn't have a huge effect on the housing style. Philly does infact show many similarities architectually to New York, and so does Boston. They both seemed to have taken different cues from New York. Although Bostons also unique from Philadelphia in that it created it's very own unique housing type which neither New York or Philly used, the triple decker.
I see little resemblance between Boston to New York architecturally. The city's couldn't be more apart in their style of architecture. Boston is either quaint brick/ Victorian brownstones everywhere (Back Bay, North End, Beacon Hill, Brookline, Charlestown... 4-8 stories) or Triple Deckers (Dorchester, Mission Hill, Somerville/Cambridge, etc) outside its Financial Districts. Although NYC has Brownstones, they look completely different than ones in Boston or Philly.
Most improved with a population at 1 million and above: Los Angeles. Rapidly expanding and changing its Public Transportation and building up its core.
Most Improved with population under 1 mil to 750,000: Seattle (I think it eclipsed 750k?)
Most Improved with population under 750,000 to 500,000: Nashville
Most Improved with population under 500,000 to 250,000: Newark NJ.
Most Improved with population under 250,000 and lower: Camden NJ
I agree with those, except I'd pick Miami for under 500,000 to 250,000 (surprisingly it only has 400,000 something in the city). For 250,000 and lower Camden has really improved crime wise, but I'd also give honorable mentions to Boise and Huntsville.
As of right now I actually like Philadelphia's Skyline. I could care less if they added another skyscrapers or not in the next 10 years. It looks really solid. Not to overcrowded where other buildings get more attention than others from most angles and not too bare. I wouldnt consider myself a foodie but I do appreciate a good food scene.
I preferred Philadelphia's skyline before Comcast Tower, with the crowns on Liberty Place sitting firmly in the center as the tallest points.
Now, in typical Comcast fashion, they had to mess it up and now it looks all out of proportion.
I preferred Philadelphia's skyline before Comcast Tower, with the crowns on Liberty Place sitting firmly in the center as the tallest points.
Now, in typical Comcast fashion, they had to mess it up and now it looks all out of proportion.
After thinking about it, It's a tie for me between Bend, Oregon and Sioux Falls, SD.
Bend has a pretty nice economy and is seeing results.
Sioux Falls could prove to be a dominant city without another major city too close northward it has both Dakotas and Northern Iowa.
Also I feel Billings , MT and Sioux Falls, SD are going to surprise us all. It might not take as long as you think.
I see little resemblance between Boston to New York architecturally. The city's couldn't be more apart in their style of architecture. Boston is either quaint brick/ Victorian brownstones everywhere (Back Bay, North End, Beacon Hill, Brookline, Charlestown... 4-8 stories) or Triple Deckers (Dorchester, Mission Hill, Somerville/Cambridge, etc) outside its Financial Districts. Although NYC has Brownstones, they look completely different than ones in Boston or Philly.
Yea but tons of brick apartment tenements as well. The brownstones are similar to NYC. A few rowhomes and a few high rise apartment buildings as well. Used to be a good deal of high rise housing projects but not so much anymore. Don’t forget the classic high rise tenements in Chinatown.
There are some semblances to New York. Especially Chinatown, South End, Lower Roxbury.
the Flats was door-nail dead; old warehouse bars, Hooters, etc, were empty, crumbling, lifeless (drug scene area) --> now Flats East Bank development features all-new apts, 20-story (500K sq/ft) office tower, 144-room Aloft Hotel, several new waterside (and Aloft Hotel) bars and restaurants, new boardwalk; bustling/packed on weekends -- with more development under construction and planned to be underway this fall with more restaurants, retail and an 11-storey, 344-room mixed-use apt complex in the center.
Euclid Ave was still a construction zone for the Health Line BRT; no activity
Euclid-E. 9th dead Cleveland Trust rotunda and adjacent (Marcel Breuer) skyscraper were empty --> now the fabulous Heinen's grocery and Metropolitan at the 9 hotel/apt/restaurants
...also:
Schofield building with cheezy 60s era aluminum siding, also empty --> now siding ripped off exposing gorgeous Victorian original stone facade hosting a boutique Kimpton Schofield Hotel plus exclusive apts and ground-floor upscale restaurant
Higbee's dept store building at Tower City/Public Square was vacant --> now thriving Jacks' casino in the heart of town
Public Square was an ugly concrete bus depot in the center of town --> now an attractive contiguous park with grass, leaping fountains and a restaurant
no new major hotels downtown --> now fabulous 600 room Hilton with open deck, 32nd floor bar/restaurant (Bar 32) overlooking Lake Erie -- awesome sunsets
E.4th Street was just developing with only the new Corner Alley on one end, Flannery's bar/restaurant on the other and a new House of Blues in the middle --> now a thriving restaurant, bar alley (including famed chef Michael Simon's 2 joints: exclusive Lola's and Mabel's BBQ spot) -- all enhancing Cleveland's growing rep as a bigtime foodie destination.
University Circle retail area sucked with broken asphalt parking, McDonald's and other fast foods and a few isolated high-rise apts --> now bustling Uptown development coupled with new structures in neighboring Little Italy (surrounding relocated Red Line Rapid Transit station on Uptown-UC, Little Italy border) with over 30 new multi-unit structures featuring apts, condos and townhomes (around 1,000 new multi-units total)
Market Square retail district in Ohio City core, dead, despite the West Side Market on Saturdays and a few cheesy hole-in-the-wall restaurants --> now a thriving 24/7 dining/retail district with bars, restaurants and retail; now considered one of the key micro-brewery centers of the Midwest.
Edgewater Park and beach; a kind of rundown place (nice rocks to climb on), with still polluted waters and a lot of shady characters --> now a thriving beach and picnic area; Lake (and Cuyahoga River) have been painstakingly cleaned up garnering EPA awards; Cleveland Metroparks has taken the property over and constructed a fancy new, double-decker beach house accessed from the main city area via tunnels and a new overhead walkway... beach is a bustling place with weekly outdoor concerts during the summer.
... and there's upgraded neighborhoods, like Tremont, Gordon Square/Detroit-Shoreway (featuring gigantic new multi-unit residential developments: Battery Park and newer/expanding Edison; both overlooking Lake Erie and accessible to Edgewater Park via tunnels/walkways), Larchmere/Shaker Square, Kamm's Corner, Lorain Station, Van Aken District (in Shaker Heights at the end of the Blue Line Rapid), etc., etc, etc...
The city of Seattle grew by a quarter, basically all through redevelopment.
Its downtown broke ground on 16,000,000 sf offices and 36,000 housing units. Plus a wave of transit, a two-mile freeway tunnel that allowed a viaduct to be removed, yada yada.
I'd give it whatever category you prefer, +/- 750k.
in this thread your actually encouraged to pick more than one city...and hopefully explain at least just a little yet some are still just picking one city overall. Lol
Most improved with a population at 1 million and above Los Angeles: improvements in urban infrastructure and significant infill development. Philly is definitely top 2.
Most Imrpoved with population under 1 mil to 750,000 Charlotte: "urban" Charlotte has improved significantly in the last few years. Seattle and SF were already there and booming.
Most Improved with population under 750,000 to 500,000: Nashville tons of investment and growth
Most Improved with population under 500,000 to 250,000: Oakland, CA
Most Imrpoved with population under 250,000 and lower: Richmond, VA
Most improved with a population at 1 million and above = Chicago
Most Improved with population under 1 mil to 750,000 = Seattle
Most Improved with population under 750,000 to 500,000 = Nashville
Most Improved with population under 500,000 to 250,000 = Atlanta
Most Improved with population under 250,000 and lower = Chattanooga
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