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- Kozy, on 07/18/2008, -0/+109The difference between American cities and European cities always strikes me, the way European ones have developed over thousands of years leaves them a confusing tangle (London: http://static.flickr.com/135/327930346_a8e8c93a14. ... ) whilst the more recent (in historical terms) American cities have such a clean grid layout like this Chicago shot
- Micherik, on 07/18/2008, -7/+111NO, not again??
- Abomonog, on 07/17/2008, -6/+95Sweet home Chicago.
- grantmoore3d, on 07/18/2008, -42/+110That's both beautiful and disgusting at the same time.
- dojonz, on 07/18/2008, -3/+69Etch-A-Sketch: the backbone of urban design.
- Totz83, on 07/18/2008, -2/+65http://digg.com/travel_places/What_Chicago_Looks_L ...
- Featherlake, on 07/18/2008, -1/+34After the great fire of London in 1666 there were grand plans to rebuild London from scratch with wide avenues, piazzas, the focal point was going to be St Paul's cathedral and the city of London would have been based on a concentric circles. I t would have rivaled Paris, Seville and other amazing European cities.
Unfortunately the landlords would not agree and that is why the city is a ***** mess today.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London# ... - unAntimatter, on 07/18/2008, -0/+30A very interesting thing indeed, since the Chicago area is so flat, there was no need to build around the terrain as was normal back in when the horse and ox did most of the work.
"The city of Chicago embraced the grid set down by government surveyors of the Northwest Territory, with major streets running straight along the section lines. An editorial in the Chicago Tribune of April 29, 1869, noted that "There is no city where the opportunities for straight streets are so advantageous as in Chicago," and recommended where a street was "twisted out of its straight course, interrupted by jogs, or else abruptly stopped by some unimportant cross street" the flaw should be corrected. "Give us straight, broad streets, running uninterruptedly from one extremity of the city to the other, and through the suburbs ad infinitum, if necessary, in the same manner," the editorial continued. This ability to extend the city's grid, ad infinitum, helped in the rapid growth of the city. Plats could be quickly and cheaply drawn, few irregularities needed to be accommodated, and when Chicago annexed adjacent areas, the parts of the jigsaw fit into the whole with little adjustment. Many areas even adopted Chicago's numbering system, so that a traveler passed from city to suburb without a hitch."
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/4 ... - sotose, on 07/18/2008, -3/+31Kinda like that thing I did with my dog and some peanut butter.
- kgunning, on 07/18/2008, -1/+28This looks strangely like Gotham City
- Boeing, on 07/18/2008, -0/+25http://www.airliners.net/photo/United-Express-(Sky ...
- RunWithScissors, on 07/18/2008, -0/+25"to nobodies benefit, in fact Impeding progress."
Are you kidding? Do you have any idea what the population density of those streets are? Fewer lights, more crime, reduced commerce? Nice urban planning strategies guys. So tell me how well your solar powered computer is working in order for you to make this post? Or are you using naturally farmed methane? - Mikey129, on 07/18/2008, -2/+27i've seen this so many times I thought I was the one who took the damn picture
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -1/+25Like my ex girlfriend, unfortunately
- boombye, on 07/18/2008, -1/+19Try walking these streets with no light at night.
- casspa, on 07/18/2008, -7/+25So flat
- metalgel, on 07/18/2008, -2/+20love the grids, lets you know when you're home.
- casey148, on 07/18/2008, -0/+17Grid City
- Skorme, on 07/18/2008, -0/+17Reminds me of SimCity.
- minigig, on 07/18/2008, -6/+23old
- whitetrashpeg, on 07/18/2008, -2/+19yeah those people are real ***** for using electricity at night! wtf? I suppose all of you are surfing the net in a tent with a generator run by unionized squirrels on a re-cyclable treadmill
- d686, on 07/18/2008, -0/+16funny, some photonerd forums will have you believe photography is impossible without the latest yet-to-be-released camera. nice to see a reminder that a 4 year old D70 can crank shizz out.
- kakihara0513, on 07/18/2008, -6/+21No ***** place quite like chicago. I ***** love it here.
- futebollounge, on 07/18/2008, -0/+15by Spoon
- RunWithScissors, on 07/18/2008, -0/+14You don't need to go to Europe to find that shot. Try Boston. Same issue there, lack of urban planning, streets built by old cow paths even though it is a pretty flat terrain. And why it might be more interesting from the sky, I can assure you that it greatly decreases efficiency of transportation. It also doesn't help that they Change the name of every street at every new block. Grid is the way to go for an urban environment with high population density, cow paths are fine for more rural areas where efficiency of transportation is not an issue.
(it also helps when people know how to drive in a city where Chicago == success && Boston == massFail - legendxx, on 07/18/2008, -3/+17LOL another yuppy environmentalist. You are ***** stupid. Look past the treehugger aspect for a second and think about the crime-rate for the city jumping 500% b/c you can't see the benefit of one of the greatest inventions in American history.
- duncanm, on 07/18/2008, -0/+13Chicago. One of my favorite cities (tied with Vancouver, BC). Fantastic people. Good food. Wonderful music... architecture... and so much more.
- DrDragun, on 07/18/2008, -0/+13As a resident of Boston, I am envious of your logical and orderly grid system
- sjmulder, on 07/18/2008, -1/+14There seems to be a lot of ***** also.
- unAntimatter, on 07/18/2008, -0/+12Those smaller grids of light are side streets, the yellowish orange lights are high pressure sodium street lamps, not house lights.
And yes, they are that uniformly placed. - digitalbuzz, on 07/18/2008, -3/+15That's a suburb. Different lighting system than Chicago's. (North Sider here. Go Cubs.)
- sladek, on 07/18/2008, -6/+17dupe
- inactive, on 07/18/2008, -0/+11Maybe we should recycle the light.
- inactive, on 07/18/2008, -0/+11No, that's just disgusting.
- bcclist, on 07/18/2008, -2/+12I can't wait to resubmit this in 3 months and have it land on the front page again.
- ha3er0, on 06/16/2009, -3/+12Your sarcasm sucks balls.
- Featherlake, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9I meant the layout of the city is a ***** mess, not London itself. I lived in London for 2 years and enjoyed every single minute :-).
- dmbohn, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9I'm more afraid of the $19.50 cosmos...
waitress asked what we would have for our second round.
we replied,
"the bill". - waydee, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9You know this habit of adding /sarcasm to supposedly sarcastic statements completely defeats the point of it.
- holtzdoggy, on 07/18/2008, -4/+12- Paid for by 12.5% sales tax. Thanks Mayor Daley.
- jimmies, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9You're an uneducated *****. Most of those lights ARE pointing down, and being reflected back up by streets, cars, you name it.
- DeQuinceysDiet, on 07/18/2008, -0/+810.25%. You alarmist.
- sockpuppets, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9It's like digg is powered by a mr fusion.
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -3/+11I get that reaction every time I fly over a city at night.... On one hand, anything with shiny lights gets an automatic magpie "Ooooo, pretty!" reaction. On the other hand, it just looks cancerous, somehow - I'm far from an environmental nut, but that kind of visual really drives home just how much impact we have on the land around us.
- farcast, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7You don't say?
- ObeseSnake, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Can someone just cut/paste the comments from the previous time this picture was posted on Digg? Oh yeah and make sure you include the Liz Phair lyrics again.
- yngtimmy, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Theressss........something on the wing!!!!!
- peterjmag, on 07/18/2008, -1/+8Why are some of those smaller grids of lights so uniform, particularly to the lower right of the center of the photo (it's a bit more evident in the hi-res version)? Surely those can't all be side streets with equally-sized buildings. Not trying to cry Photoshop, just curious.
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