But there are occasional architectural surprises, including an enormous unfinished church just beyond the reservoir, on the opposite side of Fifth Avenue.
In 1734 the first Mass was held in the unfinished church.
The chapel probably started as an unfinished baroque church.
The rioters did not attack an unfinished German Catholic church under construction.
At an unfinished Catholic church in this trading center, about 400 Kikuyu have taken shelter from the conflict.
In 1287 the Celestines bought the land, started construction the following year, and consecrated the still unfinished church in 1289.
A gold-domed mosque sits in the middle of the city, not far from an unfinished church.
Building works were commenced and continued with slow progress, and the unfinished church was first used to hold Mass in 1842.
As part of a public works project in 1934 some of the native quarters and the foundations of the unfinished church were unearthed.
Soon after Borda left, the sky filled with black clouds and cold winds struck the streets, whistling through the towers of the unfinished church.