Thursday, November 17, 2011

Thursday Old Urbanism: Western Hemisphere Edition

On a gray November afternoon for those of us in the northeastern United States, a few colorful images from New World cities of non-Anglophone origin:

Buenos Aires
Campeche
Rio De Janeiro (favela)
Havana
Paraty
Quebec City
Queretaro
Sucre
Willemstad
Quito
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3 comments:

  1. BrianNovember 17, 2011 at 11:48 PM

    Guanajuato, Gto:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/claudio_valle/4083753476/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/72494726@N00/2176710954/

    San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/drarturocancino/4003433044/

    Cuernavaca, Morelos:
    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/57138917

    Mexico City:
    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/59188323
    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/43194672

    Cuautla, Morelos (typical small town Mexico):
    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16045764

    Quetzaltenango, Guatemala:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattchalmers79/3576487031/

    San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala:
    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/31425679

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  2. AnonymousNovember 18, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    Beautiful. It's easy to forget that so many of the great cities in Latin America pre-date our own here in the USA. And paradoxical that a lot of them are in much better shape than places like Detroit, Cleveland, etc despite much lower median incomes. Really shows how destructive auto-centric development decisions can be.

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  3. Charlie GardnerNovember 18, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    Thanks, Brian -- love those! Mexico is a treasure trove of Old Urbanism.

    Motowntotreetown: I agree -- the old centers of these cities remain the best-kept and most well-to-do areas, for the most part. There is plenty of poverty to be found on the fringes, but plenty of decent affordable housing as well, especially in Mexico.

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