Best Downtowns in the World (best place, buildings, skyline)
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Scorpion Tanks are late cold war era. Variations like the scimitar are still in service as recon units - they were involved in that friendly fire incident with the trigger happy A-10 pilot in Iraq.
The tank in the video is a Abbot Self-propelled gun. It has been phased out.
The video description points that out. I don't think you can really tell from the video proper unless you know all the umpteen variations of the FV series.
All late-ish Cold War era light armored vehicles, many no longer in use.
A minor point of significance only to tank enthusiasts like me, but it's not really correct to call SPGs "tanks", if we have identified it as one. Enough driving the thread off-topic though.
I was actually surprised at how narrow the streets in NY were. Broadway was, ironically, not that broad. Perhaps this actually adds to the effect, however. NYC doesn't seem to have large open areas like the European cities like London, Paris, Rome, Berlin.etc have.
Really? I've always found NYC the most "open" of the bunch. It just feels so vast and endless, whereas European cities to me often feel claustrophobic and compact, but that's because of the narrow streets and the layout.
I've always thought Sydney looked like a nice place to visit, but now I'm itching to go there. It looks alive in a way that very few cities do anymore. Like it's a place where people have been given an opportunity to start again. Maybe that's because it's on the other side of the world.
P.S. Does anyone else think it gives off a bit of a New York City vibe in those photos?
Yep, I've always thought that Sydney's CBD has a bit of a mini NYC feel to it. Not that it's too small but if I had it my way though I'd make it a bit larger.
By the way I've seen Sydney being described as superficial or glassy sometimes. To me, at street level if anything it would seem more brutalist, or even art deco? This is just about the 'glassiest' part of town I can think of:
By the way I've seen Sydney being described as superficial or glassy sometimes. To me, at street level if anything it would seem more brutalist, or even art deco? This is just about the 'glassiest' part of town I can think of:
Glassy to me wouldn't be a huge problem. I think plain, clear glass on buildings is very sleek. The argument that is most often made about Sydney is that it's been too modernised and that there's too much concrete/dull skyscrapers. It's partially true, the city should have been smarter about keeping its historic buildings (there were SO many beauties lost in both Syd and Melbs), but it's still got plenty of heritage to the point where it's not completely bland and modern, in fact some streets have completely retained their older buildings. Like York St for instance. It has the right balance, just like NY.
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