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The Czech Republic has some neatly laid out towns. I really love Cesky Krumov.

http://www.ckrumlov.info/img/2608b.jpg

http://www.your-apartments.com/content/cms/en/czech-republic/cesky-krumlov/cesky-krumlov-apartments/cesky-krumlov-01-1.jpg

The castle is pretty much - to me - a standard Czech castle (Prague castle is way more impressive), but the castle wall on the river side - the way it's lined up against the sheer dropoff all covered in natural greenery - is really beautiful.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7280/7742911960_3467bd03ab_z.jpg

http://shawnsaleme.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/castlecomplex_v.jpg

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/a2/70/e8/cesky-krumlov.jpg
 
Also, the cultural centre in South Brisbane, Australia (can't find any good links)

Linking the GOMA, The State Library, QPAC, Queensland Art Gallery and the Queensland Museum...

You can walk between all of them, not always inside but always undercover, not quite sure if you're inside or outside sometimes, and something beautiful and unexpected around every corner.

One of my favourite ways to spend a rainy day is to get myself lost wandering around here. I always find something I haven't seen before and that's just the exterior.

Inside the buildings is fairly neato too from an architectual perspective.
 
 
pete said:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/07/23/Sports/Images/Option1(Day)1374611342.jpg

initial rendering for new DC United soccer stadium, washington dc (arch unknown)

it's a terrible rendering, really. whoever commissioned was proud of the look but unfortunately this angle tells us very little about the space. they should have made the people and foreground details as opaque watermarks, so that the building itself could stand out.
but whatevs.
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Is that the only view they posted?
 
Laurel said:
Is that the only view they posted?
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yeah i've only seen 2 renderings and they both were of this angle. which means either the rest of the structure is brutal, aka boring, or that the entire project is still deep in schematic design phase and nothing substantial's been done yet.
 
pete said:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/07/23/Sports/Images/Option1(Day)1374611342.jpg

initial rendering for new DC United soccer stadium, washington dc (arch unknown)

it's a terrible rendering, really. whoever commissioned was proud of the look but unfortunately this angle tells us very little about the space. they should have made the people and foreground details as opaque watermarks, so that the building itself could stand out.
but whatevs.
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:confused: Why do they need their own stadium? Washington already has a football (American football) stadium -- can't soccer (Association football) be played on the same field?
 
KingOrfeo said:
:confused: Why do they need their own stadium? Washington already has a football (American football) stadium -- can't soccer (Association football) be played on the same field?
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right now they're playing on the former NFL field that the redskins abandoned when they moved into their own stadium.

chances are, they won't get it built.
the redskins current stadium is huge, and dc united only attracts 15K fans per game, which is pathetic.

they should just stick with what they have now, and be happy about it
 
KingOrfeo said:
:confused: Why do they need their own stadium? Washington already has a football (American football) stadium -- can't soccer (Association football) be played on the same field?
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It is often played on the same field but most sports can be. Sometimes they want their own stadium. As long as they can support it, who cares?
You don't see it as much anymore I don't think but it used to be that baseball and football teams would share a stadium. Sometimes it's just easier to have separate homes.
 
pete said:
yeah i've only seen 2 renderings and they both were of this angle. which means either the rest of the structure is brutal, aka boring, or that the entire project is still deep in schematic design phase and nothing substantial's been done yet.
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Yeah, it looks like an outlet mall.
 
KRCummings said:
It is often played on the same field but most sports can be. Sometimes they want their own stadium. As long as they can support it, who cares?
You don't see it as much anymore I don't think but it used to be that baseball and football teams would share a stadium. Sometimes it's just easier to have separate homes.
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i always think it's ridiculous when i see stadiums so close to each other, like we have here in sunny baltimore

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0319/nfl_a_camdenmtbank_600.jpg
 
pete said:
i always think it's ridiculous when i see stadiums so close to each other, like we have here in sunny baltimore

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0319/nfl_a_camdenmtbank_600.jpg
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I've always thought cities with more than one pro team should build stadiums in one area outside of town. Make it a sports park type setting. Would alleviate traffic problems and open up downtown for a few more businesses.
Of course businesses would grow up around the park also but keep the zoning strict and they can control things to keep it they way they want.
Just not a fan of downtown stadiums when there's more than one.
 
KRCummings said:
I've always thought cities with more than one pro team should build stadiums in one area outside of town. Make it a sports park type setting. Would alleviate traffic problems and open up downtown for a few more businesses.
Of course businesses would grow up around the park also but keep the zoning strict and they can control things to keep it they way they want.
Just not a fan of downtown stadiums when there's more than one.
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The cities want the tax revenues they get from having the sites downtown. Not just ticket taxes, but the taxes on the hotel rooms, the income taxes from restaurants and bars, and the payroll taxes from the athletes, team employees and all those employees at the ancillary businesses that benefit. Facilities built outside of cities are being torn down. Our Richfield Coliseum, where the Cavaliers used to play, that was built between Cleveland and Akron has returned to a barren field, Detroit's Palace at Auburn hills has been closed and I'm sure there are other examples.
 
AbsintheFather said:
The cities want the tax revenues they get from having the sites downtown. Not just ticket taxes, but the taxes on the hotel rooms, the income taxes from restaurants and bars, and the payroll taxes from the athletes, team employees and all those employees at the ancillary businesses that benefit. Facilities built outside of cities are being torn down. Our Richfield Coliseum, where the Cavaliers used to play, that was built between Cleveland and Akron has returned to a barren field, Detroit's Palace at Auburn hills has been closed and I'm sure there are other examples.
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Which has nothing at all to do with me liking them.
 
pete said:
right now they're playing on the former NFL field that the redskins abandoned when they moved into their own stadium.

chances are, they won't get it built.
the redskins current stadium is huge, and dc united only attracts 15K fans per game, which is pathetic.

they should just stick with what they have now, and be happy about it
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Why is it, I wonder, that soccer is the most popular sport in almost every other country but never seems to catch on in the U.S., except as something middle-schoolers with soccer moms play?
 
KingOrfeo said:
That's kinda neat, IMO; better still if the same sports complex included a basketball/hockey arena.
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You can put basketball and hockey almost anywhere. Smaller field of play, smaller crowds, etc. However I agree they should all go together.
 
KingOrfeo said:
Why is it, I wonder, that soccer is the most popular sport in almost every other country but never seems to catch on in the U.S., except as something middle-schoolers with soccer moms play?
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Because soccer is boring as fuck.
 
pete said:
i always think it's ridiculous when i see stadiums so close to each other, like we have here in sunny baltimore

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0319/nfl_a_camdenmtbank_600.jpg
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When I was in law school, BTW, I lived in a row house in that neighborhood to the left/west of the baseball stadium. (Lived there while they were building it; sometimes the construction noises woke me up early on a Saturday morning, especially when they were using giant helicopters to deliver giant girders.)
 
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