Your City's Skyline in one pic! - Page 5

Tony Sebo · February 28th, 2007, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leeds No.1

City Centre. Dont lower yourselves to "downtown" and contribute to the dumbing down of the country

Preston and Milton keynes have city centres (planners dirge, uniform, non descript... A PLANNERS REALM)

Liverpool and NYC have downtowns.... dumbed down....?

CBD is also an americanism... as is city centre anyway.. read your 1950's planning books.

Telfordboy · February 28th, 2007, 10:35 PM

MK does NOT have a city centre
A: because its not a city.
B: because they call it Central Milton Keynes.

Telfordboy · February 28th, 2007, 10:43 PM

See here.
http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/city/citygj.htm

Bachy Soletanche · February 28th, 2007, 11:34 PM

Cause I wanna take you down town
Show you my thing, show you my thing
Cause I wanna take you down town
Show you my thing, show you my thing

Go down go down go down go down town
Go down go down go down go down

Your face never saw the sites the bright lights
The walls that always invite
Get it right no more fight
You'll be there up all night
I'll give you a bus ride a park slide
a High rise full of suprises
a Smooth path
Follow track
All the way to my flat

Come with me come with me come with me come with me there

Cause I wanna take you down town
Show you my thing, show you my thing
Cause I wanna take you down town
Show you my thing, show you my thing

Cause I wanna take you down town

Went to your area and I thought I would bury ya
Touched a monolith and it caused a hysrteria
You keep on pining for me to go dining
I Had me a meal and that keep me belly from whining

Come with me come with me come with me come with me there

Cause I wanna take you down town
Show you my thing show you my thing
Cause I wanna take you down town
Show you my thing show you my thing

Cause i wanna take you down town

Go down go down go down go down town
Go down go down go down go down town
Go down go down go down go down town
Go down go down go down go down town

Caves for braving
Flags for waving
Clubs for raving
Roads for paving
Rivers for sailing
Stores unveiling
Walls for scaling
Temples for wailing

Downtown by Peaches. I assume it's about oral sex, just like most of her songs.

hollow man · March 2nd, 2007, 02:10 AM

Newcastle

I know the title said 1 picture but Ive got two Pano's from different angles, credit to who ever took them.

And:

Tony Sebo · March 2nd, 2007, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telfordboy

MK does NOT have a city centre
A: because its not a city.
B: because they call it Central Milton Keynes.

You miss the point. I have never heard anybody anywhere say I am going to the city centre.

City centre is planners speak... downtown is more etherial is it not... it also hints at something more exotic than shops and dickheads sitting in an office in the CBD all day... then commuting straight home.... sort of place that MK is?

dups45 · March 2nd, 2007, 03:45 PM

Doesnt everyone just say "I'm going to town"?

1878EFC · March 2nd, 2007, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dups45

Doesnt everyone just say "I'm going to town"?

thats what i say and everyone i know says

FLD · March 2nd, 2007, 03:50 PM

It's "up town" in Birmingham, (even though it's down hill for a lot of the way for people in the north of the city!!)

Isaac Newell · March 2nd, 2007, 03:59 PM

London doesn't have a city centre it has The City and The West End plus Knightsbridge and Chelsea.

New York doesn't have a downtown it has a Midtown and Wall St an upper West Side and a Lower East Side amongs others.

Paris is the same, districts rather than a centre.

This seems to be the case with very big cities possibly because they have a stock of very rich people who in the past developed seperate shopping and entertainment areas away from the hoi polloi.

Smaller provincial cities have centres or downtowns.

Telfordboy · March 2nd, 2007, 04:34 PM

I say I'm going to the town centre but I may be weird, most people I konw do say I'm going to town or up town.

Biosonic · March 2nd, 2007, 05:00 PM

I say "I'm going to town".

I do refer to the city centre as the city centre though.

Isaac Newell · March 2nd, 2007, 05:07 PM

I say I'm going out, it's nobody's business where I'm going.

Awayo · March 2nd, 2007, 05:12 PM

Including your wife's, Isaac? Old school.

Several of my married friends aren't allowed to leave the room in order to go to the toilet without having a form signed by their wives first.

Isaac Newell · March 2nd, 2007, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Awayo

Including your wife's, Isaac? Old school.

Several of my married friends aren't allowed to leave the room in order to go to the toilet without having a form signed by their wives first.

Especially my wife, she knows better not to ask.

Erebus555 · March 2nd, 2007, 07:08 PM

I say 'I'm going to Birmingham' because if you say you're going to town, people are confused if you mean Sutton Coldfield town centre or Birmingham city centre. That's cus of where I live, y'see.

paulmat · March 2nd, 2007, 09:57 PM

I usually say "I'm off down town". Not to be confused with "i'm off to downtown"

Scarecrow · March 2nd, 2007, 10:22 PM

Issac Newell on his way to town...

Tony Sebo · March 3rd, 2007, 11:56 AM

Yes Telford boy, you must be weired

Paulmat... I have never heard anyone say 'off TO downtown' so you are a downtown user. Listen to (usually) the Americans use the word... they only ever say going downtown, not TO downtown either.

I don't know where the habit of saying downtown comes from in Liverpool, but it has been used for over 100 years... perhaps from the time when to go would literally have been DOWN to TOWN... i.e coming off all those hills in Everton, Parlie etc???? I would like to think that we influenced the Americans, rather than the other way round.

EFC... you must have lived underground to go 'UP'

Interesting discussion... I see that my first contention, that nobody says 'I'm just off to the city centre for some clogs' holds out... as I say... shittiy planners-speak!

Depending on the inflection though 'Downtown' can mean something else entirely... as in 'I got me fella to go 'downtown' on me last night!!!!!!

paulmat · March 3rd, 2007, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Sebo

Paulmat... I have never heard anyone say 'off TO downtown' so you are a downtown user. Listen to (usually) the Americans use the word... they only ever say going downtown, not TO downtown either.

I mean't it asin I say 'i'm off down town', because it's down towards town. Not asin i'm going to the downtown area. Didn't really explain it very well.

February 28th, 2007, 10:35 PM	#82
Telfordboy Fus-Ro-Dah! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yo' mama! Posts: 10,593 Likes (Received): 6	MK does NOT have a city centre A: because its not a city. B: because they call it Central Milton Keynes. __________________ You may be able to contact me at the Hall of the Wendigo should you really feel the need. http://hallofthewendigo.informe.com/forum/

February 28th, 2007, 10:43 PM	#83
Telfordboy Fus-Ro-Dah! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yo' mama! Posts: 10,593 Likes (Received): 6	See here. http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/city/citygj.htm __________________ You may be able to contact me at the Hall of the Wendigo should you really feel the need. http://hallofthewendigo.informe.com/forum/

February 28th, 2007, 11:34 PM	#84
Bachy Soletanche Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14,589 Likes (Received): 173	Cause I wanna take you down town Show you my thing, show you my thing Cause I wanna take you down town Show you my thing, show you my thing Go down go down go down go down town Go down go down go down go down Your face never saw the sites the bright lights The walls that always invite Get it right no more fight You'll be there up all night I'll give you a bus ride a park slide a High rise full of suprises a Smooth path Follow track All the way to my flat Come with me come with me come with me come with me there Cause I wanna take you down town Show you my thing, show you my thing Cause I wanna take you down town Show you my thing, show you my thing Cause I wanna take you down town Went to your area and I thought I would bury ya Touched a monolith and it caused a hysrteria You keep on pining for me to go dining I Had me a meal and that keep me belly from whining Come with me come with me come with me come with me there Cause I wanna take you down town Show you my thing show you my thing Cause I wanna take you down town Show you my thing show you my thing Cause i wanna take you down town Go down go down go down go down town Go down go down go down go down town Go down go down go down go down town Go down go down go down go down town Caves for braving Flags for waving Clubs for raving Roads for paving Rivers for sailing Stores unveiling Walls for scaling Temples for wailing Downtown by Peaches. I assume it's about oral sex, just like most of her songs. __________________ We do not need to return anywhere, we are already in all the places we have ever been Last edited by Bachy Soletanche; February 28th, 2007 at 11:43 PM.

March 2nd, 2007, 04:34 PM	#91
Telfordboy Fus-Ro-Dah! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yo' mama! Posts: 10,593 Likes (Received): 6	I say I'm going to the town centre but I may be weird, most people I konw do say I'm going to town or up town. __________________ You may be able to contact me at the Hall of the Wendigo should you really feel the need. http://hallofthewendigo.informe.com/forum/

March 2nd, 2007, 05:00 PM	#92
Biosonic Second Citizen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 14,320 Likes (Received): 2	I say "I'm going to town". I do refer to the city centre as the city centre though. __________________ Birmingham.Brilliance

March 2nd, 2007, 02:10 AM	#85
hollow man Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, Planet Earth Posts: 1,976 Likes (Received): 0	Newcastle I know the title said 1 picture but Ive got two Pano's from different angles, credit to who ever took them. And:

March 2nd, 2007, 03:45 PM	#87
dups45 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 586 Likes (Received): 0	Doesnt everyone just say "I'm going to town"?

March 2nd, 2007, 03:50 PM	#89
FLD Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,726 Likes (Received): 0	It's "up town" in Birmingham, (even though it's down hill for a lot of the way for people in the north of the city!!)

March 2nd, 2007, 03:59 PM	#90
Isaac Newell Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,895 Likes (Received): 6	London doesn't have a city centre it has The City and The West End plus Knightsbridge and Chelsea. New York doesn't have a downtown it has a Midtown and Wall St an upper West Side and a Lower East Side amongs others. Paris is the same, districts rather than a centre. This seems to be the case with very big cities possibly because they have a stock of very rich people who in the past developed seperate shopping and entertainment areas away from the hoi polloi. Smaller provincial cities have centres or downtowns.

March 2nd, 2007, 05:07 PM	#93
Isaac Newell Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,895 Likes (Received): 6	I say I'm going out, it's nobody's business where I'm going.

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Awayo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hrafenmeles Posts: 14,005 Likes (Received): 111	Including your wife's, Isaac? Old school. Several of my married friends aren't allowed to leave the room in order to go to the toilet without having a form signed by their wives first.

March 2nd, 2007, 07:08 PM	#96
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 31,246 Likes (Received): 4	I say 'I'm going to Birmingham' because if you say you're going to town, people are confused if you mean Sutton Coldfield town centre or Birmingham city centre. That's cus of where I live, y'see. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

March 2nd, 2007, 09:57 PM	#97
paulmat ß∂NNED Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sheffield/Leeds Posts: 11,521 Likes (Received): 1	I usually say "I'm off down town". Not to be confused with "i'm off to downtown"

March 2nd, 2007, 10:22 PM	#98
Scarecrow Revolutionary Man Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Outside Society Posts: 7,166 Likes (Received): 106	Issac Newell on his way to town...

March 3rd, 2007, 11:56 AM	#99
Tony Sebo BANNED Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 18,306 Likes (Received): 4	Yes Telford boy, you must be weired Paulmat... I have never heard anyone say 'off TO downtown' so you are a downtown user. Listen to (usually) the Americans use the word... they only ever say going downtown, not TO downtown either. I don't know where the habit of saying downtown comes from in Liverpool, but it has been used for over 100 years... perhaps from the time when to go would literally have been DOWN to TOWN... i.e coming off all those hills in Everton, Parlie etc???? I would like to think that we influenced the Americans, rather than the other way round. EFC... you must have lived underground to go 'UP' Interesting discussion... I see that my first contention, that nobody says 'I'm just off to the city centre for some clogs' holds out... as I say... shittiy planners-speak! Depending on the inflection though 'Downtown' can mean something else entirely... as in 'I got me fella to go 'downtown' on me last night!!!!!!

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