MIXTURE OF URBAN ARCHITECTURE 

This is a picture of Port of Spain, it was taken in front of city Gate, one of the main points of entry into this city. This picture depicts a mixture of different architecture within the urban space and the different buildings all have different meaning to different people and also serve different purposes within the city. As seen in the picture, there are some newer and more "trendy" building within the city as seen by the glass building in the centre of the picture for example.In the picture there are also some older buildings as seen by the more shorter buildings. The mixture of architecture within this urban space could be based on history, for example one of the Tatil buildings on the left side of the was one of the first building of that size to be built, this give a historical meaning to the building. Within this picture, one can see the different meanings of attachments of the different building based on the type of architectural design.       

 

According to Truman Hartshorn, there is a presence of strong emotions for a particular site due to some attachment or identity we have with a particular location. According to Hall and Barrett, urban buildings can be considered cultural relics and also show levels of consumption within the city. 

You can also take a look at this study that was done about a similar topic:

http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/images/stories/ajebs12may2010c5.pdf

REFERENCES

Hall,Tim and Heather Barrett. Urban Geography. New York: Routledge, 2012. Print 

Hartshorn, Truman. Interpreting the City: An Urban Geography. United States of America: John Wiley and Sons, 1980. Print