It's fashionable (amongst a certain population) to refer to tall towers and other similar structures as phallic. On the one hand I am glad that such critical theory-esque terms and attitudes have entered popular discourse. On the other, what the hell does it mean to refer to the bell tower on your campus as phallic? -- especially when you do so only half seriously. When I was in D.C. I can honestly say that I felt oppressed by the architecture, and I doubt it was just the phallic nature of the Washington Monument.
So, lets move beyond calling all tall building phallic and generalities about big government buildings. What features of your landscape do you notice/find interesting/affect you?
I, relatively recently, moved to a new city, which looks unlike anywhere I have previously lived, and where I am still learning my way around. My interaction with surroundings is as an outsider and not a true inhabitant of the space. So, while I do have plenty to say, I'll take my turn after a few others have chimed in.