The new public buildings constructed along the Ringstrasse were planned in a way that focused on things which had not been implemented in Vienna before. In opposition to the buildings which were already present in the inner city, churches and imperial buildings, the new developments were buildings which stressed secular culture and the new constitutional government. Though the Ringstrasse was a construction of grand scale, reminicent of the Baroque style, the actuality of the construction was quite different. Baroque ideas stressed one central focus, with open space accentuating the buildings which were present. In reality, however, due to the massive nature of the Ringstrasse, the buildings served to draw attention to the open space, an inversion of these Baroque ideas. Roads leading inwards towards the inner city from the suburbs, did not continue uninteruppted to the city center, but were drawn into the circular flow of the Ringstrasse, causing a seperation of city and suburb, not physically, but by urban design. Furthermore, the buildings constructed along the Ringstrasse were not organized towards each other, but towards the street itself, further focusing the attention on the Ringstrasse. As one can see in the above picture, the Parliament, Rathaus, and the University do not face each other, across the park, they face the Ringstrasse, stressing the street itself as the focal point. The buildings also draw attention away from themselves by being constructed in styles appropriate to their function, not in one uniform style which would bond them together. The trees lining the Ringstrasse, which can also be seen above, seperate the street from the surrounding city, further shifting the Ringstrasse from being just a road connecting the newly constructed buildings to being the main construction itself.