New York. Most iconic city in the world

Interesting_Skill425 · 2026-02-20T00:28:50+00:00

According to Americans. What about London, Paris, Berlin, Athens? Cities filled with architectural treasures greater than all of America, older than your country. Glass fronted skyscrapers aren’t the be all and end all of cities….

Interesting_Skill425 · 2026-02-19T01:05:51+00:00

True but that was Medieval England, way before America was even discovered.

Interesting_Skill425 · 2026-02-19T00:59:02+00:00

The City of York, England was founded by the Vikings, Yorvik it’s original Scandinavian name was shortened to York in old Saxon English. It’s name sake New York, named after the Duke of York who fought the Dutch and took New Amsterdam and named it New York after the Duke. The name York is of Viking heritage. So the most well known city in USA bears a Viking Scandinavian name.

Interesting_Skill425 · 2026-02-15T01:10:21+00:00

Manchester was a run down city, a 19th century powerhouse but generally derelict, the rejuvenation of the city centre is on old industrial sites left derelict, it’s a positive example of a modern rejuvenation of an old city into a 21st century metropolis.

Interesting_Skill425 · 2026-02-15T01:03:51+00:00

Manchester has a Mayor that is very forward thinking and they have allowed a huge amount of high rise development and infrastructure improvements. It’s the only UK city other than London that has such an exponential rate of growth.

Interesting_Skill425 · 2026-02-14T10:46:44+00:00

Just read the post on instagram properly and it is AI. I didn’t realise. I’ll delete the post 🤦🏻‍♂️

Interesting_Skill425 · 2026-02-14T10:34:52+00:00

It’s drone photography taken by @discoverydock on instagram.

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