Post Your Urban Photos of Rivers, Creeks, Streams and Canals

[sparker1]

Canal Park, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

[Pantry42]

The site of 'Annes well' dates from the middle ages and from where the neaby village took its name, and a Victorian bench seat , one of many that line the footpath on its 25 mile length.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

Saunders Park - Fort Worth, Texas

 

[Lubos-PM]

Malše river in České Budějovice

 

[Lubos-PM]

Malše river in České Budějovice

 

[Lubos-PM]

Vltava river in České Budějovice

 

[Lubos-PM]

Volyňka river in Vimperk (South-West Bohemia)

 

[Yno]

All of the urban creeks and streams around here are giant homeless encampments.

 

[sparker1]

All of the urban creeks and streams around here are giant homeless encampments.

You could always move to America.

 

[Cliff Hilbert]

You could always move to America.

Sad but true.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

The river Amstel that runs through Amsterdam and after which the city was named (Amstelredam).

 

[gjl711]

San Antonio during the day looks like any other river walk..
f-IMG_1175 by photog711, on Flickr

 

[gjl711]

But when the sun goes down, the place just lights up.
f-IMG_1160 by photog711, on Flickr

 

[Jack Dawe]

The river Amstel that runs through Amsterdam and after which the city was named (Amstelredam).

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I never knew that. What does the suffix redam mean in Dutch? Google translate says nowt.

 

[West Coast Birder]

The Willamette River in Portland, Oregon... my fair city!

 

[West Coast Birder]

Chicago River. America.

 

[West Coast Birder]

The Allegheny River runs through Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the Roberto Clemente Bridge and PNC Park, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the background.

Very much in America last time I checked.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

I never knew that. What does the suffix redam mean in Dutch? Google translate says nowt.

It's just a different spelling and they all mean "Dam in the Amstel (river)". The first mention of the city (a small settlement then) was around the year 1000. It was called Aemestelle. Later dykes were built to protect the village and it then became Dam in the Amstel, spelled in many different ways: Aemstelredam, Amstelredam, Amsteldam, etc. Phonologically the /l/ and /r/ in general are often interchangeable. It's a phenomenon witnessed in many languages. To this day some peoples have a problem distinguishing the two sounds. So it's not uncommon to see the spelling Amsteldam next to Amsterdam. In the end the spelling Amsterdam became the norm.

Here's another shot of it, close to the centre of the city. To the right is the Amstel Hotel, a posh hotel where the rich stay when visiting Amsterdam. Foreign dignitaries, heads of state, movie stars (George Clooney, Brad Pitt), musicians (The Rolling Stones) etc. have stayed there.



And through the beating heart of the city.
The round building across the river is the Stopera, a portmanteau of Stadshuis (town hall) and Opera (House). Although some claim it's short for "Stop the Opera" after the protests against the building.

 

[Jack Dawe]

It's just a different spelling and they all mean "Dam in the Amstel (river)". The first mention of the city (a small settlement then) was around the year 1000. It was called Aemestelle. Later dykes were built to protect the village and it then became Dam in the Amstel, spelled in many different ways: Aemstelredam, Amstelredam, Amsteldam, etc. Phonologically the /l/ and /r/ in general are often interchangeable. It's a phenomenon witnessed in many languages. To this day some peoples have a problem distinguishing the two sounds. So it's not uncommon to see the spelling Amsteldam next to Amsterdam. In the end the spelling Amsterdam became the norm.

Here's another shot of it, close to the centre of the city. To the right is the Amstel Hotel, a posh hotel where the rich stay when visiting Amsterdam. Foreign dignitaries, heads of state, movie stars (George Clooney, Brad Pitt), musicians (The Rolling Stones) etc. have stayed there.

And through the beating heart of the city.
The round building across the river is the Stopera, a portmanteau of Stadshuis (town hall) and Opera (House). Although some claim it's short for "Stop the Opera" after the protests against the building.

Thanks, Levina!

 

[Lubos-PM]

Mlýnská strouha (Mill trough) in the centre of Pilsen was originally one of the adjacent branches of the Radbuza River. It served not only to power the local souk mill, but also, together with the nearby water tower, as a water reservoir. It was filled in about 100 years ago to reinforce the main course of the river on which the hydroelectric power station was built. After the reconstruction in 2010, Mlýnská strouha became a park.