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I understand what you are saying but I don't think Newbury Street has CBD type of development. Neighborhood development yes, but not CBD development (big commercial residential buildings or offices etc). Newbury Street is mainly a converted row house street which would not resemble buildings in a CBD. It actually represents the transition into the more neighborhood feel. Here is a great shot showing the stark contrast between the two:Newbury Street Boston - Google Maps
All of the high rises you can see in that picture are technically not part of downtown they are the border between Back Bay and the South End.
exactly what do you mean by continously built? i know these photos ive posted on here before and they can be somewhat deceiving.... it could lead one to believe that chicago is one mass comprised entirely of one continous built environment... do you mean only the central buisness district strictly or other centrally located communities that blend seamlessly into the cbd?
This photo was not taken downtown. CBD is the Loop, where the Sears tower is located. The next photo, is a really densely built neighborhood near northside, 3-4 miles north of the John Hancock building which in itself isnt technically cbd, but considered within the downtown area. Google says its a 10 min walk to go 2 miles from the sears tower to the john hancock building walking east down Jackson and then turning north on Michigan Ave. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...hitowncity.jpg
see how "one continously built environment" can be somewhat ambiguous... i suppose it would depend on how densely the city is built... near south and near west sides - west loop west gate, pilsen, chinatown, south loop and bronzeville neighborhoods, Soldier field and McCormick place convention complex.... that building in itself is one huge continuous set of buildings, 4 of them interconnected w over 2.5 million sq ft of convention space...
Take that continuous line of buildings up the goldcoast and fill-in south of the sears tower clear down to mccormick place... - intersting hypothetical, however nonetheless would make an interesting photochop idea *winky wink.
However, were not built in a mountain valley plain or hemmed in on a pennisula or island... more like the mississippi - broad flat vast and wide...
and for you eagle eyes out there youre right. its not even rush hr. its 315pm on a avg weekday...
We dont think small here. Big shoulders, make NO small plans.
None of these pictures can capture what we are talking about in this thread. Only street level pictures that show the relationship between the curb and the buildings and the street's and the intersection's capture the built environment at the intensity being examined.
For instance, these would all represent breaks in the built environment.
Yep Boylston, Huntington both have an extended CBD feel. I worked all over Boston and had lots of employment in Back Bay. I know earlier in the thread I said it wasn't part of the CBD but I thought we were being very picky for the sake of the thread. Most people cannot tell the difference between DT Boston all the way to Kenmore. Can't tell you how many times people would ask me "How do I get downtown" and then upon further query discovered they really just wanted to go to Fenway.
Again this is starting to smell like DC boosting when a place loses points for not having a uniform height. I mean I can definitely tell when I've left Midtown Manhattan and have headed to lower-rise areas like Greenwich Village...
Yep Boylston, Huntington both have an extended CBD feel. I worked all over Boston and had lots of employment in Back Bay. I know earlier in the thread I said it wasn't part of the CBD but I thought we were being very picky for the sake of the thread. Most people cannot tell the difference between DT Boston all the way to Kenmore. Can't tell you how many times people would ask me "How do I get downtown" and then upon further query discovered they really just wanted to go to Fenway.
Again this is starting to smell like DC boosting when a place loses points for not having a uniform height. I mean I can definitely tell when I've left Midtown Manhattan and have headed to lower-rise areas like Greenwich Village...
Also to me much of Kendall sq is mostly an extension IMHO
Yep Boylston, Huntington both have an extended CBD feel. I worked all over Boston and had lots of employment in Back Bay. I know earlier in the thread I said it wasn't part of the CBD but I thought we were being very picky for the sake of the thread. Most people cannot tell the difference between DT Boston all the way to Kenmore. Can't tell you how many times people would ask me "How do I get downtown" and then upon further query discovered they really just wanted to go to Fenway.
Again this is starting to smell like DC boosting when a place loses points for not having a uniform height. I mean I can definitely tell when I've left Midtown Manhattan and have headed to lower-rise areas like Greenwich Village...
When did I say something loses points for not having uniform height? I said a building should be taller than two stories and really I was talking about a street of buildings that low. If there is an historic building that is 2-3 stories surrounded by taller building's, that is fine. I'm talking about a street of two level store fronts. I'm talking about parking lots. I'm talking about building setbacks. I'm talking about buildings that don't connect to the buildings beside them. What main street even in podunk chipee has building's that don't connect on there main street. Most form a street wall. That's all I was ever saying. If we include buildings two and three stories, when exactly would D.C.'s core end? Columbia Heights, Georgetown, and Adams Morgan?
FYI: I'm the one who said Manhattan formed one big downtown remember. Maybe you need to read through the thread again.
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