Hi guys, please post your city's downtown area with some tourist attractions marked on it!

the rule is simple, just post a picture with same scale as mine (1000m). for mega cities/sprawl cities, you can post up to 3 pictures(keep the scale same!)....but 4 is too much!

Ok, i'll start with Kuala Lumpur.......

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/420959243_b5f6ca617c_o.jpg

now, it's your turn!:okay:

Melbourne :D :

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/aussiehuskie/melbournedowntown.jpg

^^ u just enable 'scale legend' and post a bigger picture:yes:

don't forget to point tourist attractions...

Sudbury, Ontario, CANADA

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1298/untitled2sg4.jpg

Not a bad downtown for a city of 155,000.

(Anything labelled is anything worth being labelled)

Downtown St.Petersburg, Florida about 270,000
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/DowntownSt.jpg

Downtown Clearwater about 120,000

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u1/MK727/DowntownClearwaterSatPhoto.jpg

HK (Central)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/hkwanch/hk.jpg

how do u put a picc,, i have it but i dont have a URL its not from the internet i made it by copy nd pasting it from google earth to paint nd sizing it...how do i post it ??

Lisbon, Portugal
City centre
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6730/lisboncentreys1.jpg

Downtown (what we call Baixa)
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9475/lisbondowntowngr3.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8238/2001324515dq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7062/2603223487gi7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

CBD of San Francisco:

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/6853/sfagaintl1.jpg

San Francisco:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1217/sflargech5.jpg

there are no good sats of the area where i live so i had to go to a local site

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5443/sedflygqi6.jpg

Copenhagen:
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/2831/googleearthzp1.jpg

european and asian downtowns are generally better than north american ones imo.

there are some exceptions tho', like montreal new york toronto and san francisco.

Noth american downtowns are a sea of parking space and some towers, just look at Ontario pic...with the exception of the big cities of course.

Noth american downtowns are a sea of parking space and some towers, just look at Ontario pic...with the exception of the big cities of course.

I see parking space as a good thing. What's wrong with it?

I'd say it's convenient! :okay:

Noth american downtowns are a sea of parking space and some towers, just look at Ontario pic...with the exception of the big cities of course.
Ok first the Americans do not use Mass Transit as much as Europeans second whats so bad about parking lots?
european and asian downtowns are generally better than north american ones imo.

there are some exceptions tho', like montreal new york toronto and san francisco.
People are so hurtful -_-... LOL

And African and South American downtowns are totally ignored. What about Oceanic ones?

Anyway, many American downtowns are excellent.

Sorry for the double post

Noth american downtowns are a sea of parking space and some towers, just look at Ontario pic...with the exception of the big cities of course.

That's kind of true, it really depends on what cities you're talking about. Many of the bigger cities dont have THAT mass of parking spaces, they're usually organized into garages (like many other cities around the world) but many of the smaller cities certainly follow that model (~100,000)

Can someone link Miami Beach as I have just transferred over here. Would be cool to show it off.

Noth american downtowns are a sea of parking space and some towers, just look at Ontario pic...with the exception of the big cities of course.

That "Ontario pic" is a city of less than 200,000.

Ok first the Americans do not use Mass Transit as much as Europeans second whats so bad about parking lots?

Many North American cities have transit ridership comparable with European ones actually. But yeah, as a whole there is still more transit usage in Europe.

Most of Detroit's central business district. Not pictured are the RenCen and the dense Greektown entertainment district which is off the right of the picture

note as part of the Campus Martius plan (http://campusmartiuspark.com/) the red lots represent areas cleared and slated for development (the rights to develop the larger red square, known as the Hudson's or Woodward Block, have already been given to a local company and should have an announcement soon). The blue parcel has already been developed into a modern office building 10 stories on top of an underground parking garage. The green parcel is a mixed used (retail, parking, 80 condos) to support the redevelopment of the historic Book Cadillac hotel next door.

Also note that the two large surface lots across the street from one another directly north(west-ish) to the Hudson block have both been replaced with buildings. One with an absolutely georgeous and huge 4 story state of the art YMCA and the other will a Parking facility (a quite attractive one) with ground floor retail to support the restores Detroit Opera House

http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/eff2e916-17a4-496b-8447-88a981f96d95

here's a pic of what the blue parcel will look like
http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/c811d55f-acdd-4e8a-9eb0-aa7cfbec273a


The following is the downtown (relatively sizable for medium sized suburb) of one of the most wealthy communities in Metro Detroit and the country. It's where alot of upper class botique shopping can be done and has most of the higher end downtown ammenities, it is about 5-7minutes from where I grew up
http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/5e4a76a4-4856-4116-9b0a-80d0aee57340

Chicago Loop (My place is near the 60602.)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2103/chicagoloopvn2.jpg

^That's a really out-dated photo. Millenium Park isn't even on there, and LSE is still a golf course.

The extremely fast growing Kelowna, BC, Canada. Population: City - 109,000 Metro - 165,000

Downtown:

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4885/kelownagoogleearthbp4.jpg

Athens Downtown Area (Greece)


http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1629740