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The buildings are of remarkably uniform height. My guess is either limitation of building material at the time of greatest construction, or zoning ("cannot be h

The buildings are of remarkably uniform height. My guess is either limitation of building material at the time of greatest construction, or zoning ("cannot be higher than the church"). Even the modern buildings are mostly low.

sili 17y ago
At the same time each building is different in style, something that many US cities lack.
- thingie 17y ago
  In the center. Outside? Not so much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panelák http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panelák :-)
  - Semiapies 17y ago
    Yes, I was rather startled by the housing-development-writ-large look of much of the view, as I'd only seen pictures of older Prague architecture before.