Vancouver

[gfish]

It will never be my city, but I do love Vancouver.



The view was far more spectacular than I could capture, of course, partly because I couldn't find a good vantage point in time. But still.

Comments

[tfabris.livejournal.com]

The photo almost captures something about Vancouver that I've always found odd. Unrelated to the gorgeous view of the mountains, that is.

There's a certain style of architecture to the high-rise apartment and office complexes there that's different from most other cities I've seen. Something about the way the windows and ledges are arranged. This close-up of one of the buildings in your photo *almost* illustrates what I'm talking about...



From a distance, it looks almost post-apocalyptic. As if some of the windows are broken and the building is abandoned. I know that's not the case, but it just *looks* like that to me.

[caladri.livejournal.com]

It's the dominant style in some Asian cities and in Honolulu. I agree with you about how it looks. It helps that apartment towers in Honolulu (outside of a few clusters) tend to be a little lower-class and to have laundry drying on the balcony, lots of junk, some broken windows, etc.