Most Urban Cities (living in, architecture, buildings)

[hillside]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Put Baltimore in place of Cincinnati and that list is perfect

what city did cincinnati get its style from? can't replace it until i know that but i do know baltimore's rows look a lot like philly's.

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by hillside

what city did cincinnati get its style from? can't replace it until i know that but i do know baltimore's rows look a lot like philly's.

Im not sure but it really just does not look special to me. Although rowhomes are always special

Philly doesn't have this type -
baltimore created its own styles i just don't feel Cincinnati did. These may not be the best looking rowhouses ever, but they're unique, many not like philly's. Please try tellin me these are all copies -









These are real special to Bmore

(one of them is abandoned like many in Baltimore)












photos from the first few pages of flickr

[hillside]

Originally Posted by Billiam

Im not sure but it really just does not look special to me. Although rowhomes are always special

Philly doesn't have this type -
baltimore created its own styles i just don't feel Cincinnati did. These may not be the best looking rowhouses ever, but they're unique, many not like philly's. Please try tellin me these are all copies -









These are real special to Bmore

(one of them is abandoned like many in Baltimore)

photos from the first few pages of flickr

You got me all wrong. Baltimore is a very unique city. If Philly is the king of rows, Bmore is the prince. Alls I'm saying is that Philly is older and has a lot of the same styled rowhouses that Baltimore has. The formstone in the first picture and others is all Baltimore, all the time. The last one above is seen in Philly, westside maybe. What I'm referring to is arrangement of windows, staggering of the roof or the slope of the building, window and roof accents, fire escapes and such. Baltimore has its own brand no doubt...but it isn't as far from Philly as Cincinnati is from any other city I can think of at least...let me ask you: who do you think Cincinnati emulated?

[Billiam]

^ there are big differences though! Baltimore is a unique city but it also has unique row houses. The last one is in baltimore, westside Baltimore - Architecture « Architecture and Travel , or at least that's where the photographer says and so do the license plates on the cars. Baltimore may be similar to philly's but that's like saying cincinnati isn't far off Pittsburgh so there fore its not unique

[ainulinale]

We seem to have gotten off topic on this thread...does anyone care to revise their top ten list of most urban cities?

[hillside]

Originally Posted by Billiam

^ Baltimore may be similar to philly's but that's like saying cincinnati isn't far off Pittsburgh so there fore its not unique

but it is far off ...i would include baltimore, but not by removing cincinnati

[Gtownoe]

1) NYC
2) Chicago
3) San Francisco
4) Philly
5) Boston
6) Los Angeles
7) Seattle
8) St. Louis
9) Cincinnati
10) ??

[hillside]

Originally Posted by Gtownoe

1) NYC
2) Chicago
3) San Francisco
4) Philly
5) Boston
6) Los Angeles
7) Seattle
8) St. Louis
9) Cincinnati
10) ??

bmore? pittsburgh? d.c.? new orleans?

[SouthCali4LifeSD]

Originally Posted by Gtownoe

1) NYC
2) Chicago
3) San Francisco
4) Philly
5) Boston
6) Los Angeles
7) Seattle
8) St. Louis
9) Cincinnati
10) ??

thank God no texas city made the list, this must **** sweetclimber off. how about #10 being washington d.c.?

[ainulinale]

Originally Posted by Gtownoe

1) NYC
2) Chicago
3) San Francisco
4) Philly
5) Boston
6) Los Angeles
7) Seattle
8) St. Louis
9) Cincinnati
10) ??

I'm sorry, but having Seattle above Baltimore and Pittsburgh just seems ridiculous to me. I have, however, repented of my error, and revised my top ten. I personally don't believe having a moderately high level of urbanization sprawled out for miles is what constitutes a truly urban city...I think the more structural density a city has, the more it can be called truly urban. Thus, my revised, tentative list is as follows:

1. New York City
2. San Francisco
3. Chicago
4. Boston
5. Philadelphia
6. Washington D.C.
7. Baltimore
8. Pittsburgh
9. Cincinnati
10. New Orleans