stackyFACTSIn a brilliant display of urban foresight, planners designed the city grid with octagonal building blocks instead of standard squares. Chopping off the sharp street corners created massive, open intersections designed specifically to allow steam trams to turn easily, resulting in wonderfully spacious pedestrian zones today.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
Travel →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
The mesmerizing swirling black and white mosaic tiles lining this famous coastal stretch are not just random artistic flair. The hypnotic geometric design was…
Discover more
In a naming decision that has successfully confused travelers for a century, the actual massive mainland metropolis is nowhere near the giant island that…
Discover more
Most people completely forget that this massive, densely populated metropolitan hub is entirely surrounded by the brutal currents of the St. Lawrence River,…
Discover more
Only in a deeply cycling-obsessed culture would a premier national art gallery purposefully include a road straight through its core. The massive building…
Discover more
The sinking city finally realized that letting massive floating shopping malls displace millions of gallons of water was rapidly drowning their historical…
Discover more
If personal space is your thing, do not move here. Macao has managed to pack over 50,000 people per square mile. Between the towering mega-casinos, the…
Discover more