What's The City

[Old Croc]

Far be it for me to argue matters regarding Dutch architecture with you LaoPo, but even the World Heritage Committee (UNESCO) describes Paramaribo as a fusion of Dutch architectural influence with traditional local techniques and materials.

Perhaps I should have said, Dutch Colonial influences.

SITE NAME: Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

DATE OF INSCRIPTION: 29th June 2002

STATE PARTY: SURINAME

CRITERIA: C (ii)(iv)

DECISION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE:

Excerpt from the Report of the 26th Session of the World Heritage Committee

Paramaribo is an exceptional example of the gradual fusion of European architecture and construction techniques with indigenous South America materials and crafts to create a new architectural idiom.

Paramaribo is a unique example of the contact between the European culture of the Netherlands and the indigenous cultures and environment of South America in the years of intensive colonization of this region in the 16th and 17th centuries

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS

Paramaribo is a former Dutch colonial town from the 17th and 18th centuries planted on the northern coast of tropical South America. The original and highly characteristic street plan of the historic centre remains intact.

Its buildings illustrate the gradual fusion of Dutch architectural influence with traditional local techniques and materials.

[Old Croc]

Whats the city?

I don't give a couple of buildings, I give thousands.

A city of about 1.1 million.

[LaoPo]

Far be it for me to argue matters regarding Dutch architecture with you LaoPo, but even the World Heritage Committee (UNESCO) describes Paramaribo as a fusion of Dutch architectural influence with traditional local techniques and materials.

Perhaps I should have said, Dutch Colonial influences.

SITE NAME: Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

DATE OF INSCRIPTION: 29th June 2002

STATE PARTY: SURINAME

CRITERIA: C (ii)(iv)

DECISION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE:

Excerpt from the Report of the 26th Session of the World Heritage Committee

Paramaribo is an exceptional example of the gradual fusion of European architecture and construction techniques with indigenous South America materials and crafts to create a new architectural idiom.

Paramaribo is a unique example of the contact between the European culture of the Netherlands and the indigenous cultures and environment of South America in the years of intensive colonization of this region in the 16th and 17th centuries

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS

Paramaribo is a former Dutch colonial town from the 17th and 18th centuries planted on the northern coast of tropical South America. The original and highly characteristic street plan of the historic centre remains intact.

Its buildings illustrate the gradual fusion of Dutch architectural influence with traditional local techniques and materials.

If they say so it must be Dutch -Colonial YES- architecture

Thanks for the info Croc !

LaoPo

[FroggyQc]

Monterrey in Mexico

3D_View_Monterrey_Mexico.kmz

Activate Terrain Option to see the 3D View!

Edited January 10, 2008 by FroggyQc

[FroggyQc]

So due the fact that I'm pretty sure of my answer, here's the new one!

Sorry! No thousands of building in here!

[FroggyQc]

Sorry for the attachment!

[jezchesters]

Albi, France?

(Woohoo! 500 Posts!)

[jezchesters]

Froggy, you changed that picture quickly!! They can't be of the same place, right?

[FroggyQc]

Not Albi!

Sorry for the pic!

I upload badly another one with the same name but in a different folder!

Now that's the good one!

The other one was one that I download from here to find it when somebody post it!

Very Sorry!

Edited January 10, 2008 by FroggyQc

[Zpete]

Not Albi!

Sorry for the pic!

I upload badly another one with the same name but in a different folder!

Now that's the good one!

The other one was one that I download from here to find it when somebody post it!

Very Sorry!

Looks like a comuter graphic to me..........LOL

[FroggyQc]

Looks like a comuter graphic to me..........LOL

Sorry to disappoint You but it's a real pic Zpete!

I've been thinking the same thing but saw other pics of this area and it looks like this!

Edited January 10, 2008 by FroggyQc

[Old Croc]

Cold, dull.

Moscow?

[bino]

Cold, dull.

I don't think it is a cold place- too many "window box" aircon units in the buildings.

Other than that, I don't have the faintest idea. Tough picture Froggy.

Edit- But.... the trees are bare, so who knows!

Edited January 10, 2008 by bino

[FroggyQc]

The daily minimum temperature average for January is about -4°C

Not Moscow

Edited January 10, 2008 by FroggyQc

[LaoPo]

Mildly cold winters....look at the chimneys for centralized heating,

HOT summers...because of the aircons outside the apartments................... hmmmm

One of the former Soviet states ? The buildings surely look socialistic

It doesn't look like it will be become one of my favorite holiday destinations

LaoPo

[FroggyQc]

Not Soviet States!

In July the maximum daily is about 29°C

[LaoPo]

Europe ?

LaoPo

[FroggyQc]

Sorry! Not in Europe, not in Asia and not in Australia

[dantilley]

Canada?

[LaoPo]

Canada?

"The daily minimum temperature average for January is about -4°C"

Is there such a place in Canada ?

LaoPo

edit:

OK guys let's try to narrow it down:

1. Not -former- Soviet states; that includes Russia; is that right Froggy ?

2. Not Europe, Not Asia, Not Australia; so that would eventually leave (parts of) NZ as an option....

3. In January average -4 and July max. daily +29 C

4. Can't be a city in (obvious, because of temperatures) Africa.

5. Can't be South America, except for parts of southern Chile and Argentina.

6. So it leaves us parts of the Northern American hemisphere...(don't think it's Greenland; doesn't have the temperatures AND such a big city)

am I forgetting something ?

LaoPo

Edited January 10, 2008 by LaoPo

[FroggyQc]

Your conclusion is right LaoPo!

North America!

Not in Canada!

[bino]

"The daily minimum temperature average for January is about -4°C"

Is there such a place in Canada ?

Vancouver and Victoria have mild winters.... would possibly fit the temperature range. If anything, -4 C would be too cold as an average. +2 and raining is an average January day on the west coast.

However, I'm fairly certain that this picture is neither of those cities. The Brick construction is all wrong, as are the air conditioners.

The density, brick buildings and aircons look more like Toronto.

Any of the above, Froggy?

[FroggyQc]

"The daily minimum temperature average for January is about -4°C"

Is there such a place in Canada ?

LaoPo

The weather in Toronto, British Columbia(A bit warmer) can be fit in this average!

But guys, that's not located in Canada!

Edited January 10, 2008 by FroggyQc

[bino]

But guys, that's not located in Canada!

Got that now- I crossposted when you were answering LaoPo

Given the brick construction, somewhat older buildings that don't have any central aircon, and that all of the buildings in the picture are residential / apartments, I'm believing that this is a "bedroom community" of a larger place.

Brooklyn?

[FroggyQc]

Sorry not Brooklyn

[bino]

Newark?

[FroggyQc]

Not Newark, NJ

[bino]

Not Newark, NJ

Gotta be close- you have stopped dropping hints.....

Hoboken

[FroggyQc]

Sorry Bino for late reply!

It was nearly 1am so I went to bed!

For Hoboken, not there!

[LaoPo]

Is in the triangle Chicago>>>>>>>>>>>New York>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>up to Maine ?

hmmmm...Manchester - New Hampshire ?

LaoPo