metrhispanic

This is what comes to mind when you see Lyons, in France, as the Rhone and the Saone river converge. The central city is a long, narrow peninsula between both rivers.

Factoring (some…) things apart, Pittsburgh is not that far from the concept: hills, rivers and people. It is interesting to confront an American city that simply can not be a grid (too steep land) to an european one.