OK I got to the revised crop first; agree with your observation and response.

This one's my fave; the crop seems to explore all the right angles more strongly.

just realized there might be calls for further crop
http://www.tmphillips.com/pg/picture.php?/26922/category/395

Folly and great contrast. Nice one.

I do enjoy looking around this kind of shot

It looks very well - a pleasant image; starbursts add a lot, too

Nice starbursts and I do like that inky black sky.

It will be interesting to see how/if this scene is transformed with Christmas lights.

Great image. I love how you process these.

Well blurred indeed!