Piccadilly Circus(London) vs Times Square(NYC) vs Shibuya(Tokyo) vs Causeway Bay(HK)

[shibuya_suki]

which is better?

[wecky]

Piccadilly Circus for sure ... haven't been to other squares mentioned above.

[eddyk]

In reality shibuya wins by mile....but since im part english...some pics of Piccadilly circus and the surrounding area!

Old Picadilly...
http://home.12move.nl/~sh829487/London/picadcrc.jpg http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/glossary/jpgs/piccadilly.jpg

Today...

http://digicam.co.za/gallery/data/media/82/DSC05208.jpg
Vodafone sign....First interactive sign in europe!

http://www.vodafone-piccadilly.co.uk/
Official website of the sign...you can write massages that will be put on the sign for free....and watch it appear on the webcam!

http://www.schule-bw.de/unterricht/faecher/englisch/projekte/london/picadilly1.jpg
The new Coca Cola sign....the second interactive sign in europe and the worlds longest billboard!
http://www-evasion.imag.fr/Membres/Laks.Raghupathi/digi/uk/DSC00051.JPG
http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/997/1939/t/5357-Picadilly-Circus-0.jpg

http://www-ru.screens.ru/pictures/london/8big.jpg
http://www-ru.screens.ru/pictures/london/11big.jpg

[Monkey]

Okay everyone ... in the past, threads involving these places have caused some MAJOR arguments and trolling, so please - try to keep this discussion civilized. If there's any name-calling, abusive comments or personal insults, this thread is closed immediately. I'm just warning you in advance.

[eddyk]

http://img162.echo.cx/img162/9413/yay1tf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


I got my message on the huge vodafone sign in London...

I read...

'HI EDDY HOWS IT HANGING?.....EDDY

[Butcher]

Hmmm...this is a very tough one. They are all great. I'll pick later.

[koolguy]

http://www-ru.screens.ru/pictures/london/8big.jpg
http://www-ru.screens.ru/pictures/london/11big.jpg
These are Leicester Square, not Piccadily Circus.

[Monkey]

http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/piccadillycircus_aerial.jpg



http://www.pierluigisurace.it/imagerie/images/aatw/DOT_UK_London_Piccadilly_Circus_1.jpg

[JDRS]

I like the fact that Piccadilly circus has modern electronic billboards with beautiful old buildings. But for most vibrant and most full of neon etc it has to be shibuya.

[shibuya_suki]

picadily looks so great
any picture for other choice? :)

[Butcher]

I like the fact that Piccadilly circus has modern electronic billboards with beautiful old buildings. But for most vibrant and most full of neon etc it has to be shibuya.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[eddyk]

These are Leicester Square, not Piccadily Circus.

I did say 'and the surrounding area'

[Sitback]

Times Square is a bit rubbish to be honest my vote goes Shibuya. PC is great but it's a bit small compared to the rest to be a realistic competitor, maybe if you included Leicester Square and Regents Street then defo.

[lakegz]

Times square is impressive because of the height of the buildings in the area. you get a neat canyon effect going but the place is toooooo damn touristy and full of little teens.

[Kanji]

Shibuya, in Tokyo is the most impresionant, but Times Square and Piccadilly Circus are more popular.

http://img129.echo.cx/img129/6172/shibuya0br.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img129.echo.cx/img129/8327/shibuya78wl.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img129.echo.cx/img129/6521/shibuya91sp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

---------------------------------------------Kanji, aho bajo

[samsonyuen]

Where are pics of Causeway Bay and Times Square? I think Piccadilly is the least retail oriented, and Causeway Bay the most. It's interesteing how each one has a non-traditional/non-grid space. Piccadilly Circus is all wonky, Times Square is like a triangle-y thingy, Shibuya is the meeting of non-perpindicular streets...I'm not too sure about Causeway Bay though. How about Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square?

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/nickelback_02.jpg
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/nickelback_09.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/3309fff8.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/3309fff1.jpg

[superchan7]

If I had to pick a place to hang out with all my lads, Shibu-ya.

[Rail Claimore]

Shibuya without a doubt. Times Square would be second.

[DrJoe]

Well since this lacks a poll, and isnt in city vs city anymore I think it is appropriate to talk about other cities now.

Toronto's Dundas Square is supposed to look like this, problem is the builders of the largest(and most spectacular) building on the right are incompotent, and as it stands that building is just a delayed hole in the ground that might not be built for years if ever...the LG sign, and the others are currently there though.

What could've been, hopefully one day it will realize its potential.
http://www.geocities.com/torontocanadawebsite/metropolis.JPG

What there is now
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/Picture_2556.jpg

Toronto's whole Yonge street is lined with neon and craziness.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Copper12/21.jpg

[sean storm]

piccadily circus? terribly underwhelming compared to the others. definitely NOT. :|

times square easily.... and GINZA/shibuya for the pedestrian density.

toronto's dundas square is a pretty cheesy 'times square' wannabe.

[DrJoe]

toronto's dundas square is a pretty cheesy 'times square' wannabe.

Yeah, a wannabe that isnt anything like times square at all, hows that work?

[Shawn]

None of these are mine, I'll get out sometime this week and take some night pics of my own.

http://chow.free.fr/fotos/Shibuya.jpg
http://www.flyingczechman.org/gallery/tokyo/Shibuya%20-%20Welcome%20to%20the%20Jungle.jpg
http://www.flyingczechman.org/gallery/tokyo/Tokyo%20-%20Vending%20machines%20mania.jpg
http://www.flyingczechman.org/gallery/tokyo/Shinjuku%20-%20Streets.jpg
http://archi2.ace.nitech.ac.jp/waka2/www/project/shibuya/20020509shibuya/lnk_23.jpg
http://www55.tok2.com/home/railwayfan/scene/shibuya.jpg
http://animatlab.lip6.fr/Gerard/japon/TokyoShibuya/1010120720pict0059.jpg
http://yukihime.com/photos/040822/09_yukimi.jpg
http://animatlab.lip6.fr/Gerard/japon/TokyoShibuya/1010120720pict0061.jpg
http://technojunkie.org/berniec/galleries/japan-june2004/Images/IMG_0420.jpg


This is basically all Shibuya, as Shibuya is a ward as well as a station, but what we are referring to in this thread is Shibuya Crossing, right outside the JR Hachiko exit of Shibuya Station. You can see this on the left side of the pic, above the large white-roofed structure (Shibuya Station). Look close enough and you can make out pedestrians!
http://www.oas.co.jp/image/products/kuga/shibuya_100.jpg

[InitialD18]

piccadily and TS are square with large outdoor screens and billboards ... they only cover very small area ...
CWB and shibuya are pedestrian shopping districts with screens and a lot of billboards ... don't think they are comparable ...
i guess u can use sections of shibuya like hachiko square ... or the intersection of sogo at cwb ... however whats nice about these two districts
are the continous billboards, signs, screens and life ...
a form of modern streetscapes ...
a form which is generally more affluent in asia ...
with districts like shibuya/shinjuku in tokyo, cwb/mgk in hk, myeong dong in seoul, shimunding in taipei ...
and of course las vegas which some would say globalized this trend ...

[Justadude]

I wonder if it's fair to include Picadilly, which is one of several major junctions in its district.

[Skybean]

toronto's dundas square is a pretty cheesy 'times square' wannabe.

Dundas Square is nothing like Times Square. It's not even a "wannabe". Much fewer ads and an actual "square" for various events.


Have not been to Piccadilly or Shubuya so I won't vote. :)


Dundas Square--- Just because you haven't heard about it, it doesn't mean that it's crap.


http://img256.echo.cx/img256/372/274dc.jpg
http://img252.echo.cx/img252/4874/picture25565my.jpg
http://img252.echo.cx/img252/9878/258sp.jpg

[demanjo]

I like Shibuya... can't wait to visit it in a few months.

[eddyk]

too many billboards at timesquare for my liking.....I mean come on they are ugly and are 100's in every city in the world!

Its does have a few good signs though in that Nasdaq sign and the stock ticker....and there are a few more large screens....the rest is made of wood!

And totontos Yonge street looks like any 'bar street*' in europe!

*Bar Street...and street lined both sides with bars and clubs!

[DrJoe]

And totontos Yonge street looks like any 'bar street*' in europe!

*Bar Street...and street lined both sides with bars and clubs!


It isnt a bar street at all, its basically just stores, there is the odd club though.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/alteclang/P1030213.jpg

[eddyk]

I didnt say it was....I said it was like....and it is....neoned up to the eyeballs!

[Alex Pox]

渋谷～(Shibuya)
MY FAVOURITE*
The Asian style of vibrancy~(don't ask me what that is)

[howelee]

to be honest, Piccadilly Circus and the nearby Leicester Square are not as gorgeous I expected.

[Justadude]

^ No, they're not really that pretty. It's mostly about atomosphere.

[Rapid]

Another one for Shibuya here.

[Chi-town]

Piccadilly Circus for sure ... haven't been to other squares mentioned above.
No bias here...


I've only been to Piccadilly & Times Square, both during the day and night, and Times Square is infinitely more impressive.

[Chi-town]

Since no one has done it yet:

Times Square, New York City

http://www.pbase.com/image/9668012/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/22976347/original.jpg

from ESB... it's always daytime in Time's Square
http://www.pbase.com/image/15859391/original.jpg

and of course, New Year's Eve
http://www.grucci.com/images/Times2005.jpeg

one in the daytime
http://www.pbase.com/image/33090736/original.jpg

[Magnus]

Definetly Shubiya, that place is alive almost all the time, Time Square is fantastic as well.

How about Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square?

Younge and Dundas is great for the city, but it cant be put against cities that make Toronto look small. btw how is that project coming along?

[samsonyuen]

Interesting, four of the "Top 5" have their squares in this thread. Where's Paris' contribution? What's the 5th of top squares in the world?

[sukh]

Seriously the Tokyo one looks crazy, it seems on a higher level than New Yorks. How Busy is the London and HK one? LMAO at Yonge and Dundas.

[pwright1]

Shibuya
Times Square
Piccadilly

[Küsel]

Traffalgar!

Times Square is impressive as well but actually only a junction of streets and not a real square with a center. Then Piccadilly...

[Chi-town]

^ Actually, there is a square. It's just been overwhelmed by the widening of the streets and the tremendous mass of the surrounding buildings:

[SYDNEY]

Shibuya for me with Piccadilly 2nd.

[Kanji]

Pics of Causeway Bay please!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------KANJI, AHO BAJO

[GVNY]

Times Square easily.

[Tubeman]

I'm sure we've had this thread before and its BS to even bother putting Piccadilly Circus in there. Since the 1960s Westminster has been actively removing neon signs from P.C. such that now they purposefully only cover one corner of one building (they used to cover everything). Good thing too; the buildings surrounding P.C. are beautiful, it was criminal to cover them all up in the first place.

If you like gaudy neon lights and hoardings them Times Square is probably synonymous with it, I haven't been to Shibuya but the photos I've seen look pretty mad.

[shibuya_suki]

times square is so overrated,
for overall fun ,atmosphere and shopping pestrian experience
causeway bay and shibuya wins by far,but asian style

[silly thing]

causeway bay
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~univ1983/Photos/HongKong-Causeway%20Bay.JPG
http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/causeway_bay_times_square_plaza.jpg
http://www.dubbadoo.com/cities/causeway_bay_vertical_down_228k.gif
http://www.vectormap.com/tour/tim/hcb03.jpg
http://www.michaelooi.net/photos/hk01.jpg
http://www.facility-manager.pl/images/CausewayBay,Hongkong.jpg
http://www.lsi.nl/travel/images/hong_kong_causeway%20bay.JPG
http://www.the4cs.com/~corin/photos/HongKong2001/screen/2001050222220.jpg

[Kanji]

Thanks! Great pics, Silly Thing

-------------------------------------------------------------------------KANJI, AHO BAJO

[silly thing]

more causeway bay
http://kktravel.com/hk_causeway_bay/north/sogo1.jpg
http://www.angcat.com/121_2149_r1_web.jpg
http://kktravel.com/hk_causeway_bay/north/sogo_n1.jpg

[eddyk]

Interesting, four of the "Top 5" have their squares in this thread. Where's Paris' contribution? What's the 5th of top squares in the world?


Because Paris has nothing like this!? :-S

[rantanamo]

Shibuya for lighting, but the towering density and sheer diversity of people and type of activity at Times Square is seriously impressive. It will never get its due on this board.

[kunming]

Thanks silly thing for the causeway bay pics. I also love the lights of shibuya.

[A42251]

Its a bit ironic how Causeway Bay has a department store called "Times Sqaure"

[vvill]

Its a bit ironic how Causeway Bay has a department store called "Times Sqaure"

it's actually a shopping mall.. in fact, i think there's also a time square in beijing (not sure if it belongs to kowloon wharf as well).

[samsonyuen]

Same as Richmond Hill, ON, a suburb of Toronto.

[ChinaboyUSA]

Hong Kong Causeway bay:Causeway Bay was one of the first areas in Hong Kong to have high-rises with buildings such as the World Trade Centre and the Excelsior Hotel being constructed in the 1970's and early 1980's. Now, shopping is the main thing here with commercial shopping rents in the area being the second-highest in the world at 5,000 USD per square meter.

http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/causeway_bay_typhoon_shelter_day.htm

http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/causeway_bay_times_square_to_hv.htm

http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/causeway_bay_vertical_down.htm

http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/causeway_bay_sogo.htm

Causway Bay is the place of HK Happy Valley, see the view:

http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-photographs/pictures-image-pages/causeway_bay_happy_valley_aerial.htm

[hkskyline]

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040410/RIMG0043.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040410/RIMG0034.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040410/RIMG0030.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040410/RIMG0032.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040410/RIMG0028.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20040410/RIMG0040.jpg

[hkskyline]

http://files.photojerk.com/hkskyline/london/DSCN5146.JPG

http://files.photojerk.com/hkskyline/london/DSCN5155.JPG

http://files.photojerk.com/hkskyline/london/DSCN5168.JPG

[dababest]

I have been in London so definitely my vote is for PICCADILLY CIRCUS I love it!!

[dababest]

I have been in London so definitely my vote is for PICCADILLY CIRCUS I love it!!

[Jose Luis]

PICCADILLY IN ACTION!

http://www.woebot.com/images/dissensus/coke.gif

the coke billboard really rocks!

[eddyk]

Thats just what ive been looking for....Top man!

[Jose Luis]

But I personaly believe Shibuya wins this one.

http://tokyoyakei.cool.ne.jp/other/shibuya/shibuya-6.jpg
http://tokyoyakei.cool.ne.jp/other/shibuya/shibuya-5.jpg
http://tokyoyakei.cool.ne.jp/other/shibuya/shibuya-9.jpg

[fredcalif]

Shibuya
Time S

[samsonyuen]

And Piccadilly Circus might become a pedestrianized square too!
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=4169407

[hkskyline]

Piccadilly Circus @ Night

http://www.globalphotos.org/london/20041229/DSCN5778.jpg

[Kanji]

More pics from Shibuya!!!

http://img77.echo.cx/img77/9720/shibuya26he.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


http://img77.echo.cx/img77/1263/03shibuya7tr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


http://img77.echo.cx/img77/5346/shibuyaxmas109large9hd.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


http://img72.echo.cx/img72/3061/dscf32500xh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------KANJI, AHO BAJO

[ChinaboyUSA]

Hong Kong Causeway Bay,

http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/825483/1865621/98027803.jpg

http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/825483/1865621/98027839.jpg

http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/825483/1865621/98027827.jpg

http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/825483/1865621/98027819.jpg

http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/825483/1865621/98028884.jpg

Causeway Bay Metro
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL326/825483/1865621/98028855.jpg


:cheers:

[Skybean]

Pedestrian traffic at Causeway Bay is insane.

[SuomiPoika]

Why is it piccadilly looked bigger and better before that it looks now, more signs, pedestrians, cars and signs on other buildings too. Why isn´t piccadilly extended so it could challenge times square, piccadilly looks great but it´s too small.

Piccadilly now:
http://img89.echo.cx/img89/9328/434piccadillycircus7ay.th.jpg (http://img89.echo.cx/my.php?image=434piccadillycircus7ay.jpg)

Piccadilly then:
http://img89.echo.cx/img89/5492/photoenglandlondonpicadily1jm.th.jpg (http://img89.echo.cx/my.php?image=photoenglandlondonpicadily1jm.jpg)

[nick_taylor]

Because behind those signs are some spectacular buildings which can't be found at Times Square, Shibuya and Causeway Bay!

[SuomiPoika]

But why does piccadilly looked "better" before?

[Jose Luis]

Why is it piccadilly looked bigger and better before that it looks now, more signs, pedestrians, cars and signs on other buildings too. Why isn´t piccadilly extended so it could challenge times square, piccadilly looks great but it´s too small.

Piccadilly now:
http://img89.echo.cx/img89/9328/434piccadillycircus7ay.th.jpg (http://img89.echo.cx/my.php?image=434piccadillycircus7ay.jpg)



Does that mean that the Coke billboard is no longer there?

[SuomiPoika]

all i mean is, compare this pictures of old piccadilly with new piccadilly. This one looks more mighty and has more signs and signs on other buildings than today´s piccadilly, but of course the signs are not as cool as today.
http://img90.echo.cx/img90/6936/zlondon021xs.th.jpg (http://img90.echo.cx/my.php?image=zlondon021xs.jpg)

[Sitback]

Signs don't make an area great, seriously. Do you want to be brainwashed by loads of marketing signs or enjoy the great fascades of the historic buildings, I choose the later. All those signs were taken down.

[samsonyuen]

Blecch. I would much rather see beautiful architecture, rather than a billboard that might as well be on the side of a freeway.

[SuomiPoika]

so what makes times square so cool....the architecture of new york is certainly not beatiful. And if the signs don´t make it great, is it an acident thatall the areas we are compareing have neon signs??

[sbarn]

so what makes times square so cool....the architecture of new york is certainly not beatiful. And if the signs don´t make it great, is it an acident thatall the areas we are compareing have neon signs??

^^Not beautiful? ... doesn't sound like you know much about New York. Around Times Square, beautiful architecture? No. Other parts of the city? Definitely.

I've been to all of them--

In terms of excitement-- Shibuya
In terms of sheer size and impressiveness-- Times Square
In terms of grandeur and history-- Picadilly Circus

I can't decide, heres some pix of times square though...
http://free.newyork.ru/wallpapers/december/times3-1024.jpg
http://free.newyork.ru/wallpapers/december/times2-1024.jpg
http://free.newyork.ru/wallpapers/december/times-square-1024.jpg

[SuomiPoika]

I like times square....it´s cool...i like it better than piccadilly because there are more neon signs but piccadilly´s neonsigns are cooler...hmm...actually i think they are equally fine.
You can´t say NYC have beatiful atchitecture....it´s cool because of the skyscrapers. but imagine if there were no scrapers....the city would be nothing. In europe there is no need for skyscrapers because the old and beatiful architecture is there instead, but now when europe is getting scrapers it gets better and better all the time... :)

btw nice wheter

[SDfan]

Times Square is the Best, its the original site of glamour and fancy lights that sell the generic stuff you get at wall mart, lol. All others are cool, but Times Square is the King.

[Backstrom]

Times Square is very dirty. Last time I went, it was surrounded by smelly side alleys. I'd pick Shibuya, but I do hope to go to PC one day.

[streetscapeer]

why did you bring this shit back

[WANCH]

It may be an old thread but it's city vs. city

:lock:

[goonsta]

I like times square....it´s cool...i like it better than piccadilly because there are more neon signs but piccadilly´s neonsigns are cooler...hmm...actually i think they are equally fine.
You can´t say NYC have beatiful atchitecture....it´s cool because of the skyscrapers. but imagine if there were no scrapers....the city would be nothing.


yea, sure
http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/1ds2-4/park-avenue.jpg

[Spooky873]

times square, its the original, the best, and i have lots of memories there, so nothing comes close.

[Spooky873]

I like times square....it´s cool...i like it better than piccadilly because there are more neon signs but piccadilly´s neonsigns are cooler...hmm...actually i think they are equally fine.
You can´t say NYC have beatiful atchitecture....it´s cool because of the skyscrapers. but imagine if there were no scrapers....the city would be nothing. In europe there is no need for skyscrapers because the old and beatiful architecture is there instead, but now when europe is getting scrapers it gets better and better all the time... :)

btw nice wheter


:rofl:

[Spooky873]

its obvoius that Tokyo has the most neon signs, its the capital of technology, neon, anything digital.

[mr_storms]

:lock:

[WANCH]

its obvoius that Tokyo has the most neon signs, its the capital of technology, neon, anything digital.

That can be debatable. HK has the highest concentration of neon.

http://misheli.image.pbase.com/u26/accl/upload/43849143.CRW_2757_RJ.jpg

http://misheli.image.pbase.com/u26/accl/upload/43370583.CRW_2779_RJa.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a41/hkwanch/hk%20reference/neon.jpg

[Spooky873]

either or. id have to go with tokyo for now, unless im proven otherwise.

[WANCH]

either or. id have to go with tokyo for now, unless im proven otherwise.

The only difference is, Tokyo's neon is more animated are blocky, filling the whole screen. It's also the same for most Japanese cities. Hong Kong on the other hand has less animation but are designed pretty well and are more colourful.

Tokyo neon

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/asia/japa6232.jpeg

[Spooky873]

yeah, its about the advanced technology. i feel bad for cities that dont really have much digital shit going on. i think NYC fuses the best of old cities and new digital cities. its about in between

[WANCH]

yeah, its about the advanced technology. i feel bad for cities that dont really have much digital shit going on. i think NYC fuses the best of old cities and new digital cities. its about in between

I would feel bad as well and I've been to cities that are like that. In fact some of them are in The United States!

[Spooky873]

yeah, our skylines were developed long before any of chinas or japans.

[WANCH]

yeah, our skylines were developed long before any of chinas or japans.

True but sometimes, I find HK more modern and vibrant compared to most US cities excluding New York.

[OtAkAw]

I think NYC Times Square is better since all the things that make up that place are blended perfectly well. The billboards are well placed, the screens have great dynamics with their surroundings, the lights are ok, and just everything. Times Square is the original one in all these billboards-lcd screens-in-the-middle-of-city-center thingy.

[SuomiPoika]

Are there no other candidates for this competition? Other cities with squares like the ones mentioned.

[WANCH]

Are there no other candidates for this competition? Other cities with squares like the ones mentioned.

They're arent actually square but main gathering points, crossroads or shopping areas.

How about this, other cities as well.

Paris - Champs Elysses
Singapore - Orchard Road
Los Angeles - Hollywood Blvd.

[Unsing]

Though Shinjuku is larger and has more neon lights, Shibuya is as crowded and as exciting as Shinjuku.

[Sniper]

Next week I'm gonna be at PC!!!!!!! I can't believe myself \o/

[alsen]

times square, its the original, the best, and i have lots of memories there, so nothing comes close.

I agree.And because Times Square is the most famous and easily recognisable.

[Rachmaninov]

I love Causeway Bay...

[streetscapeer]

http://free.newyork.ru/wallpapers/december/times2-1024.jpg


I really like that one a lot sbarn:)

[streetscapeer]

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9523/nyts2av.jpg

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7623/nytimes8wk.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2453/nytimes27uc.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4541/nyts25bk.jpg]

[Giorgio]

Times square by 10000000000000 times

[streetscapeer]

You can´t say NYC have beatiful atchitecture....it´s cool because of the skyscrapers. but imagine if there were no scrapers....the city would be nothing. In europe there is no need for skyscrapers because the old and beatiful architecture is there instead, but now when europe is getting scrapers it gets better and better all the time... :)


yes, I can say it ..."NYC has beautiful architecture"


I hope that since this post was made (almost a year ago) you've realized what an incredibly dumb comment that was, NY is spectacular with or without the skyscrapers. The scrapers make it a wonder!

[moxwax]

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4541/nyts25bk.jpg

This picture makes Times Square the winner for me.

[SuomiPoika]

yes, I can say it ..."NYC has beautiful architecture"


I hope that since this post was made (almost a year ago) you've realized what an incredibly dumb comment that was, NY is spectacular with or without the skyscrapers. The scrapers make it a wonder!

Yes, i realise this is a stupid statement, i didn´t know very much about NYC (and no other cities for that matter) a year ago and i apologise. However i think NYC is very much about skyscrapers and that it wouldn´t be at the same level as London and Paris without them.
It´s nice to see that my english has improved so much since i wrote that post. :)

[streetscapeer]

Yes, i realise this is a stupid statement, i didn´t know very much about NYC (and no other cities for that matter) a year ago and i apologise. However i think NYC is very much about skyscrapers and that it wouldn´t be at the same level as London and Paris without them.
It´s nice to see that my english has improved so much since i wrote that post. :)


yes, I agree, you're English is quite fine these days. :) (is it the forums that helped you?)

but NY, with it's global financial and business institutions and its massiveness would be right on par with London and Paris without the skyscrapers, which are only in midtown and downtown, and it's not like NY doesn't have wonderfully designed architecture (old and new)..of course architecture is always subjective, but NY is surely not lacking...you really need to visit the city to pass judgement (I've been to all 3)...a few pictures alone doesn't even begin to show NY really is (the same for London and Paris.)

with that said, here are a few pictures anyway lol


http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3314/ny10hq.jpg


http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/1149/nybroadway48ao.jpg


http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7507/nyc94fx.jpg


http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/7483/ny74eg.jpg


http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2804/nyclower6dt.jpg


http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3592/nymanh1rd.jpg


Even Brooklyn

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8606/nycgreenpoint51bl.jpg


http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4113/nycgreenpoint44ev.jpg


http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7238/nybrk335hv.jpg


and what makes New York even more wondrous is its awesome mix of historically significant, classical skyscrapers...great architecture, with the height to match...the city abounds with awesome modern and old grand architecture...some are tall and some are short!


http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3267/nycbryantparkduskview3ur.jpg

[SuomiPoika]

Of course NYC would be as important, it´s not the scrapers that makes the city one of the most important business and culture cities in the world. However the skyscrapers add massivly to the streetlevel and makes the city look more urban.
Those pics you posted are very nice but the buildings in NYC can´t match the architecture and 2000 years of history both London and Paris have.

[streetscapeer]

Of course NYC would be as important, it´s not the scrapers that makes the city one of the most important business and culture cities in the world. However the skyscrapers add massivly to the streetlevel and makes the city look more urban.


I agree...and when you combine the massive urbanity of skyscrapers, and those skyscrapers have wonderful grand architecture...it's an awe-inspiring combination that New York does best.


Those pics you posted are very nice but the buildings in NYC can´t match the architecture and 2000 years of history both London and Paris have.

I disagree...you should cross "the pond" before you make an assessment, all three cities' buildings are mostly form the same era (none of these cities have neighborhoods full of 2000 years old buildings or even 500 years old)...of course Paris is absolutely the most beautiful (in my eyes), but that doesn't mean London isn't beautiful on its own, or New York isn't beautiful on its own. I certainly wouldn't say that London "isn't on the same level" as Paris...they're just different, and one should appreciate them for different characteristics. Same for NY!...Again, I would never make pass judgement on a city I haven't been too...and even then, I hardly ever if I was only there for a few days, or only a few parts.

[financial way]

chinese/japanese VS americans/british

[polako]

Why isn't there a poll with this thread? Anyway I pick Times Square.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Times_Square_%28Tall%29.jpg

[WANCH]

Why isn't there a poll with this thread? Anyway I pick Times Square.

If there was it would have been a city vs. city thread.

[WANCH]

alot of people say that Causeway Bay is an imitation of Times Square because of it's resemblance. But sometimes, I find the shopping in CWB better :D

Causeway Bay

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/15942/img_6007.jpg

[goonsta]

^ shopping in downtown Minneapolis is better than Times Square. Who actually shops in TSX.

[WANCH]

^ shopping in downtown Minneapolis is better than Times Square. Who actually shops in TSX.

I do :D

[goonsta]

oh man, you need to get on a MTV/Viacom/Pop Culture detox program.

[WANCH]

oh man, you need to get on a MTV/Viacom/Pop Culture detox program.

I don't watch MTV in fact we don't even have cable. But I usually go to the Virgin Megastore when I'm in Times Square.

[ChicagoSkyline]

To be honest, they are all so much fun pick out one of them is quite cruel!

But if I am on tight budget, NYC time squares lighted up on me faster than any of these other great fun places.

Second, I would choose HK Causeway Bay and Tokyo Shibuya and finally London Piccadilly Circus! :)

[SuomiPoika]

The buildings of London/Paris are in some places MUCH older that the ones on NYC. London and Paris have architecture which NYC, in all it´s glory, can´t match. There are areas from the middle ages and over 1000 year old buildings in London and Paris. Both London and Paris also have much more buildings from the 19th century than NYC and the fact that they both have over 2000 years of history makes them even more awesome.

[unoh]

Maybe...

1 Times Square
2 Shibuya
3 Ginza

[Tubeman]

I see someone's resurrected the dead