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The first one is Sydney.

Gatwick - Crap design (what are those spiral stairs about). As said above there is nowhere near enough seating and even then their are no facillities whilst you wait to board. The plus point is the Gatwick Express.

Love 80 South Street although I can see it is more Asian/European in style. That Chigago Spire is just really unattractive.

London Part 2 Westminster The second city of the London conibation. Dominated by most of the Government departments. Also home to fashion headquarters, Chambers, real estate and embassies totalling over 5,780,000m2. Some of worlds most expensive office space can be found here. Camden & Islington A Borough lying just north of the City of London. A business centre only really gaining note in the last 50 years and in the last 20 drawing hundreds of fashion and creactive arts firms. The Old Street area has become home to the new media hub totally over 2,294,000m2. In the future the King's Cross railway lands could see a big rise to this number. Islington Old Street, Islington End Southwark & Lambeth Lying just across the river Thames from the City of Lodnon. Clusterd mostly around London Bridge station is 1,780,000m2 of office space, mainly occupied by consultancy, recruitment and local Government. Southwark Towers, Southwark King's Reach Tower in Lambeth. London is also home to smallish industrial estates. One of the biggest being Park Royal in West London and a second, Stratford Marshes in East London although this has greatly been turned to other uses and with the 2012 Olympic development will see most of it turned over to office space. It's hard to find a picture to capture these areas and there mostly a mixed lot with more then one centre to them. If you've ever been to London you will know it follows few rules on city planning :-)

I'm 19 and live in London where I work as a P.A for a solicitors.

Europe; which country thou? It's one of the reason I love it, so many and yet each so diverse. I also love the liberal attitude a word that means a smack in the face to a lot of countries. I think I would go for Germany thou. I live in Britain but it has too many negatives for me personaly so I would happily live in Berlin.

Well my old neighbourhood had no transport cos the UK governemnt don't concern themselves with the country. But in Royal Docks we have 4 DLR stations on two lines (Royal Victoria, Custom House, West Silvertown & Pontoon Dock). We have the London City Airport, the London Underground at Canning Town along with another DLR station. Unfortunatly we lost our River Boat service at Silvertown Pier and last year our rail link which cut out 3 stations (Canning Town, Custom House & Silvertown). We also has two bus routes. In the future we will get a new DLR line to Stratford/Woolwich and one day possible a Crossrail station. The area was once a thriving industrial area and had trams and other railways running through but is now fast becoming a large commuter region. It's a penninsula boarderd by the Thames. The only way off one end is by a free ferry but a tunnel is being built under the river to Woolwich. The Royal Docks, looking towards Canary Wharf and the City. London City Airport in the middle of King George IV Dock Custom House DLR station with now closed British Rail platforms to the right. DLR at Royal Victoria station. Silvertown for London City Airport station, looking redundant like most suburban stations do. (Probably the most obsure station for an airport as you'd have to walk a mile to get to it) Bus station at Cannin Town Ferry heading to Woolwich from North Woolwich A train at Canning Town, service now withdrawn these platforms will provide a new DLR service to Woolwich Arsenal station and Stratford International for the Olympics.

Contrast makes London London thou. It has to be one of the pretiest ugliest cities because of its mix of styles. Its unfair to say that we don't retain our past, most of the historic city was lost no suprise to the Great Fire and the war destroyed a few of the remminants too. It's also this history that has given us the chaotic network of streets (not all of London is like this). Paris' transport network is far better then London. You get what you pay for but in London thats not a lot. However in the last 10 years there has been a real revival in London which shows no signs of stopping. There both evenly matched but I'm biased so no suprise I say London. Edit: Constantina - May look cosy but it dosent bare thinking about whats lurking in them.

Manchester, all that regeneration money but it's still not improving the quality of life for the people who need it most. Simply more police to make communities feel they can speak out and have somone on their side.

London; extend tube network mainly into South London. Rebuild Euston station and restore Cannon Street and Fenchurch Street. Pedestianise Oxford Street. Build more high density housing in East London for first time buyers. Get rid of bendy buses. Demolish Thamesmead and start again. Redraw boundaries to include what isn't but should be now classed as London.

Well the Palace of the Parliament is the 2nd largest building in the world and I know its really long as there is a painting that can only be unrolled there stretching from one side to the other. The picture is a bit deceptive but trust me its massive. One of the rumours was that a whole forest was felled just to make the doors in this place.

Harvest Tower, NYC by Norman Foster

Paignton, Devon Modelled on the Palace of Versailles, Oldway Mansion was built by Isaac Merritt Singer, founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The grand ballroom at Oldway was the venue for social dances attended by Agatha Christie. The building was gifted to the town but because of works needed on it I won't be suprised if it becomes a casino if not then the equaly beautiful Pavillion will be flogged off.