Rows of stylish town residences and breathtaking urban palais in many colours, typically elaborately adorned with ornamental particulars on their façades, make up significant sections of the parts west of Leopoldstraße (Schwabing's main searching road), even though in the eastern areas between Leopoldstraße and Englischer Garten similar structures alternate with nearly rural-on the lookout properties and whimsical mini-castles, frequently.