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Mayor Daley's new pet project is the Chicago river walk, which is coming to fruition(yet another crown jewel in Chicago's cap). Which will claim the river front as Chicago's new waterfront front yard. Which will again solidify Chicago as the best designed city in America. Chicago is so ahead of the rest of the country, dating back to the 19th century, when it comes to urban planning it's not even a contest!
SO TRUEEEEE!!!!!! We have so much here, that's why i don't spend time "defending" chicago cause its not even worth it. I just defend smaller cities i really like. I really feel we are so far ahead...just wait till the spire, trump tower, and south loop all get developed..AND we get the summer olympics. we'll have to have a forum for ouselves and start comparing the neighborhoods we live in
I for one have chose to defend st. louis on this forum. So in this thread I will say St. Louis wins this river city escapade, and new orleands. There's no other river I think of when river comes to my mind other than the mississippi. The MIGHTY mississippi, and when i think of the mississippi i think of St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans, cities of the Big Muddy (minneapolis is too far north) and muddy water blues. With that said, the where the two largest rivers converge (missouri and misssissppi) ill rest my plea in st. louis. Half southern, half midwestern/northern the gateway to the west wins the river city battle.
SO TRUEEEEE!!!!!! We have so much here, that's why i don't spend time "defending" chicago cause its not even worth it. I just defend smaller cities i really like. I really feel we are so far ahead...just wait till the spire, trump tower, and south loop all get developed..AND we get the summer olympics. we'll have to have a forum for ouselves and start comparing the neighborhoods we live in
I for one have chose to defend st. louis on this forum. So in this thread I will say St. Louis wins this river city escapade, and new orleands. There's no other river I think of when river comes to my mind other than the mississippi. The MIGHTY mississippi, and when i think of the mississippi i think of St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans, cities of the Big Muddy (minneapolis is too far north) and muddy water blues. With that said, the where the two largest rivers converge (missouri and misssissppi) ill rest my plea in st. louis. Half southern, half midwestern/northern the gateway to the west wins the river city battle.
Rather narrow point of view. The Ohio, the Missouri and many others are definitely major river routes. That being said, I am sticking with New Orleans.
Chattanooga did not 'turn its back' on the river, in fact theres a 2nd smaller downtown on the 'North Shore of the TN River.
But not on the list is Paducah. Home to many barge companies and totally dependant on the river for commerce. That town 'turned their back' on the river but had no choice, to build floodwalls.
Omaha where I live now- well our chamber commerce has already spoken on the forum. The Missouri River has been 'tamed' in recent years and is not used as much now for commerce/barge traffic, used more for recreation. The riverfront factories and docks are being replaced with parks, condos, and greenspaces.
I posted this in another thread and thought I'd share the beauty of stl with people, that many people aren't aware of. A medium large midwestern city with southern flair and deep rich auro of history, culture, and urban living.
Here's the skyline everyone knows:
So what's behind this "skyline" everyone associates st. louis with:
thats a stretch of at least 4-5 miles and thats not even including clayton below:
midtown
forest park bordering central west end
and heres some photos for a little urban perspective:
university city - washington university, fontbonne university, place where chuck berry still plays, birth of nelly, muphy lee, etc. listed top 10 must see streets in america by ANA, 2nd in midwest after michigan avenue
Forest Park, home of 1904 worlds' fair, introduction of mustard, ice cream cones, iced tea, etc and summer olympics:
1904:
typical urban neighborhood park:
washington avenue:
urban living:
And not too far from St. Louis within a 1.5 hr drive, this natural beauty from the ozarks:
St. Louis is a remarkable urban gem and on my top 10 US cities list. It's a must see and I highly recommend a visit in the summer!!! that's why it's my favorite river city.
Photos thanks to urban-photos.com and urbanstl.com!
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Rather narrow point of view. The Ohio, the Missouri and many others are definitely major river routes. That being said, I am sticking with New Orleans.
great, im sure they are major river routes, but the two longest rivers are the missouri and mississippi. its not a narrow point of view, its just an opinion. plus, see my pictures to explain why.
Chattanooga did not 'turn its back' on the river, in fact theres a 2nd smaller downtown on the 'North Shore of the TN River.
But not on the list is Paducah. Home to many barge companies and totally dependant on the river for commerce. That town 'turned their back' on the river but had no choice, to build floodwalls.
Omaha where I live now- well our chamber commerce has already spoken on the forum. The Missouri River has been 'tamed' in recent years and is not used as much now for commerce/barge traffic, used more for recreation. The riverfront factories and docks are being replaced with parks, condos, and greenspaces.
I don't recall seeing anyone in here say that Chattanooga has turned its back on the river. I posted something saying that Knoxville has, but not Chattanooga. I think Chattanooga is a wonderful river city that has embraced its river heritage. Knoxville, sadly, pretty much ignores the river.
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