For better or worse. The Cerda plan which gives it that very distinctive grid of chamfered-edge blocks also makes the entire 19th century expansion of the city just brutally monotonous when you're anywhere between the big diagonals. The chamfered corners also make it a real pain to get around on foot: every street you're crossing is basically twice as wide as it needs to be, so you burn a lot of potential walking time waiting for lights. A shame the chamfer couldn't have been saved for 'special' intersections, or the grid more frequently offset with some other rhythm or open spaces (e.g. Savannah).
IIRC, Sagrada Familia was meant to be within an even bigger park - or rather, a total of six green blocks, making a Latin Cross. Obviously that was way too much real estate, but it's alarming to consider that it might not actually feel all that different, except of course for being able to get a real frontal approach on the thing.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 30 November 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
I looked at doing a v similar shot of Barcelona earlier but figured too obvious. Still looks excellent from the air though.
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
they look like chromosomes.
― pplains, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 00:36 (eight years ago) link
18.
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq313/doctorcasino/guessaerial2_zpscxwof8fh.png
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:25 (eight years ago) link
Ground zero. Hiroshima.
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:35 (eight years ago) link
Yup, well done.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:45 (eight years ago) link
Another easy one:
http://i.imgur.com/HeHtcfX.jpg
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:46 (eight years ago) link
Singapore
― Treeship, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link
Marina Bay Sands is hard to miss.
― jmm, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 03:21 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6sN06NV.jpg
view image it's big
― conrad, Monday, 7 December 2015 12:54 (eight years ago) link
very middle european? prague/ljubliana etc are similar
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 7 December 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link
not Prague I don't think, but maybe Brno?
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 7 December 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link
totally Brno! Nice.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 December 2015 14:19 (eight years ago) link
👍
― conrad, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link
a lovely city, I would recommend a visit to the Brno Dragon should anyone pay a vist
http://www.brno.me/photos/sights/city-portal-dragon.jpg
working on my selection...
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 7 December 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
relatively easy I should think
http://i.imgur.com/HhrAC8l.png
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 7 December 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
We got stuck in traffic and so had to cut out our visit to Brno proper - but Mies's Villa Tugendhat is a must-see for the architectural sort.
xpost Lyon!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link
hah yes much too easy!
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 7 December 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link
jersey manhattan brooklyn i seeit!
― reginald lin (alomar lines), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 06:37 (eight years ago) link
22.
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq313/doctorcasino/guessaerial3_zpsljya2wte.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Bangalore!
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 06:31 (eight years ago) link
BTW, the hint I needed was the blue roofs on the newer buildings. That mosque looking building in the NW led me on a long detour.
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 06:57 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/WDPOVL8.jpg
Hint: No longer a problem.
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 07:09 (eight years ago) link
Konigsberg then.
― ledge, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 09:10 (eight years ago) link
Formerly. Remarkable how decimated it was by the last days of WWII and 45 years of Soviet rule.
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 09:23 (eight years ago) link
Oops, Kaliningrad for the official point, my bad.
Can't supply my own right now...
― ledge, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 09:31 (eight years ago) link
Love this thread, is it okay to jump in? this could be super easy mind...
http://i68.tinypic.com/4jszyu.png
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 09:58 (eight years ago) link
That has to be be the Netherlands - not sure where though. Want to say Utrecht but it doesn't quite fit.
― Tim, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 10:22 (eight years ago) link
Leiden
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 13:45 (eight years ago) link
http://oi68.tinypic.com/2w2hbty.jpg
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
Ordos Ghost City!!
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/mRND0gu.png
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
Chiang Mai!
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
You guys are good.
I was certain Bangalore was in Mexico somewhere.
― pplains, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:34 (eight years ago) link
XXXXXP Leiden it is!
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
http://oi63.tinypic.com/15d5kid.jpg
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
Kalgoorlie, WA!
― pplains, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link
(Western Australia, not Washington State.)
yup!
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:54 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/WTYXs2D.jpg
Helluva place for a train station.
― pplains, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
I love holes and I love Australia. What can I say.
Here's an aeiral:
http://i.imgur.com/sf2M3eD.jpg
But I thought the Bird's Eye looked cooler:
http://i.imgur.com/AYJOqqB.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
Nice work. (In fact, it's a wholesale market, most famous for flowers.)
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
Brasilia!
― ledge, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Some incomprehensible shit going on in there.
― ledge, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
ledge with the edge.
― pplains, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/8sxzu0S.jpg
― ledge, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
south africa?
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
It looks like it could be part of São Paulo
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 20:41 (eight years ago) link
Hint: it's a capitalPotentially misleading hint: those are paddy fields.
― ledge, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link