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Originally Posted by Atticman
Buffalo and Toronto don't look all that similar despite being so close to one another, nor do Toronto's oldest inner city neighbourhoods look like those in Quebec City. Toronto kinda has its own thing going on where it has rowhouses and semi-detached houses that are often setback from the street with small front yards (not always, though), and many of them have peaked roofs like the style seen in many detached houses (unlike those flat topped rowhouses you see in Quebec City, Philly or Baltimore).
Here's a nicer looking example of an inner Toronto residential street: https://goo.gl/maps/LonsBcuC2152
Here's a less nice example: https://goo.gl/maps/koEySuEYua42
Once you move beyond the innermost, oldest core neighbourhoods, the houses start to give way to being fully detached, but those still tend to be of brick construction, unlike the wood frame construction you predominantly find in Buffalo.
That being said, I'd say that to my eyes Quebec City looks much more dense and urban in its oldest neighbourhoods than does Buffalo. Quebec City's commercial areas are likewise much more solidly urban and "big city" looking than Buffalo's patchy urban fabric. Buffalo just lost too much urban fabric during its decades long period of decline. |
Urban Renewal likely played as much a part with Buffalo as well.
As mentioned before, the most urban areas of Buffalo will be west of Main Street over to about Grant.
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