US Cities: Architecture & Interesting Facts
Atlanta is a rapidly growing city. Although there isn’t much park space in Atlanta, trees are very important here. When visiting Atlanta, you may want to view the bank of America plaza, which is the 3rd tallest building in the US, and the Atlanta aquarium, which is the largest in the world.
Austin isn’t really known for their buildings or parks, but rather the people who live there. they. are proud to honor small businesses and keeping large Companies from taking over.
Boston was an early trend starter by being the first American city to open a public school, a college, and a subway system. Since then, with over 250,000 college students attending colleges Boston has become one of the main educational hubs in America.
Chicago has the world’s tallest skyline and has a vast amount of architectural style throughout the city, including high rise towers, low rise towers, and single family homes.
Dallas is a very diverse city; it isn’t a city you could categorize as having any specific style. Many city streets are mixed with older Victorian homes to newer modernized homes and everything in between.
Denver has a real sense of originality. There are a lot of buildings made of brick. Even many of the newer homes being built in and around Denver are trying to recreate the feeling and appearance of old neighborhoods.
Houston is a very unique and brilliantly planned city with tunnels and skywalks filled with shops and restaurants that connect from building to building. This saves people from walking in the extreme weather conditions of Houston.
Las Vegas is one of a kind! First of all it has the brightest skyline, but the buildings that make it up are what make this city a true gem. Unique architecture takes place here, mini cities, such as little Italy, little New York, etc… from all over are what makes up the biggest little city ever.
Los Angeles is the only major American city to be bisected by mountains. Most of its neighborhoods used to be individual towns until the growth of Los Angeles blended them all together. Los Angeles is known to have the most landmarks in one city alone.
Miami, the cleanest large city in the USA, is worldly known for Finance, International trade, and Cruise Departures, not to mention beautiful beaches.
Minneapolis. From its many lakes, rivers, creeks, and waterfalls to the arts and theatre, it’s really no wonder why people from everywhere are calling Minneapolis one of the “coolest” places to live.
Nashville is known for the Music; Nashville has a beautiful skyline of Downtown with only a few glass skyscrapers towering over the shorter brick building, and overlooking the Cumberland River.
New York is known worldwide for their skyscrapers, having more in the city than any other in the world. Most of the homes you will find here will be row homes made of brick and stone.
Orange County is home to some of America’s most expensive neighborhoods. With so many tourist attractions, beaches, parks, and open spaces for outdoor recreation it’s no wonder that Orange County is a major tourist destination. Much of Orange County has kept its 1950’s image.
Philadelphia is an older city. The most common type of housing found here are Row Houses. The buildings are of all different construction, from log to brick, and steel & concrete buildings to glass & granite skyscrapers.
Phoenix is a dessert city, it’s very brown from the land to the buildings, as lots of brick and stone are used here. It is a technical hub, being home to many large company headquarters.
Portland is located on a volcano field and surrounded by volcanoes; you are able to see Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens from Portland. A truly unique feature in the design of the city is that you can find suburban neighborhoods and farm homes within the same city block. It is a pedestrian friendly city made possible by having narrower streets.
Raleigh is an historic city divided into many particular areas. Old Raleigh is very historic, East and West Raleigh is suburban homes, North is newly built homes, South is home to few houses, and Southeast has some of everything from new developments to poor inner-city homes.
Sacramento has a very beautiful skyline. All in one place you could find very modern glass buildings, old historic buildings, buildings made of stone, brick, and even bridges you see here stand out in a crowd, so much diversity all blended together in one place.
San Diego is a tourist haven; with so many tourist destinations and the beauty of the city from beaches and beautiful weather. San Diego’s port also brings many tourists in on the cruise ships.
San Francsco has become known for particular places, including The infamous Golden Gate Bridge, which you can view from most beaches, Cable cars as means of transportation, Nob Hill, one of the steepest known hills, and of course Fisherman’s Wharf.
Seattle. With relaxing surroundings such as the ocean views and the large amount of trees and forest land. Seattle residents tend to spend a great deal of their free time drinking coffee or spending the day at a local park, whether they be cycling, jogging, or just enjoying a day outside.
Washington DC, named after America’s first president, has many monuments and buildings named after previous presidents, also it is home to many major banks headquarters and the three branches of US Governments centers are located here.
