Go Back   Wired New York Forum > Thematic > Photography and Travel

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old February 17th, 2004, 06:45 AM
sunfly sunfly is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Birkenau/Germany
Posts: 27
Default Frankfurt skyline

Here is the skyline of Frankfurt/Main,
named " Mainhattan " :wink:
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old February 17th, 2004, 02:28 PM
Patrick Patrick is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Posts: 23
Default

Looks good, but trust me, Frankfurt is so fake. You get a very good impression of Frankfurt approaching the airport from east. They have about five towers and then there is just forrest. They have a beautiful old downtown scenery but those towers and the word 'Mainhattan' are so fake. :lol:

Patrick
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old February 17th, 2004, 06:00 PM
sunfly sunfly is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Birkenau/Germany
Posts: 27
Default

So is it ! Its a good picture but a big fake. When you stay one day
in new york you know it. The word mainhattan is embarrassing
for me. Small town with big name. I live only 70 km south
and know this.:wink:
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old March 5th, 2004, 12:29 AM
JCDJ JCDJ is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Jersey City
Posts: 48
Default "Mainhattan" what the heck?

Sounds cool to me. Office towers, historic downtown and forest in one area, I love how diverse that sounds. But why would an independent successful city like that in another country want to coin a name similar to Manhattan? That just doesn't make sense to me.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old June 2nd, 2004, 05:11 PM
thomasjfletcher's Avatar
thomasjfletcher thomasjfletcher is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 217
Default

It's a pun on the fact that it has skyscrapers and it"s on the river Main (hence Frankfurt am Main). Mainhattan, ja, funny!
It's a beautiful city (compared to anything here...) but the skyscrapers do make it strangely soulless and it sits uncomfortably in its European setting.







Some pics from Offenbach, in its suburbs.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Manila's skyline ain't that bad! SUPREMO World Skyscrapers and Architecture 7 May 15th, 2007 08:46 AM
European Central Bank, Frankfurt Kris World Skyscrapers and Architecture 5 February 23rd, 2005 04:26 PM
London - Skyscrapers transforming City skyline Zoe World Skyscrapers and Architecture 5 June 29th, 2004 09:59 PM
Urumqi's Skyline - Impressive Skyline For A Remote City Ptarmigan World Skyscrapers and Architecture 6 March 28th, 2004 11:25 AM
Silverstein undaunted and planning the next great skyline Edward New York Real Estate 0 February 15th, 2002 12:35 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:14 AM.




Edward's photos on Flickr - Wired New York on Flickr - In Queens - In Red Hook - Bryant Park - SQL Backup Software



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.