I was trying to do something similar like on the photographs below but it is just not working for me as I would like. I fine those photographs really amazing..
(http://d1mr5irvqzosls.cloudfront.net/thumbs/image/oelgiuudgg7_300x250.jpg) (http://fliiby.com/file/oelgiuudgg7/)Romanian Midtown (http://fliiby.com/file/oelgiuudgg7/) from golden_eng (http://fliiby.com/golden_eng/) on Fliiby
(http://d1mr5irvqzosls.cloudfront.net/thumbs/image/j6moa0swgyb_300x250.jpg) (http://fliiby.com/file/j6moa0swgyb/)Moscow Subway (http://fliiby.com/file/j6moa0swgyb/) from Snaip6139 (http://fliiby.com/snaip6139/) on Fliiby
HDR with something like Photomatix.
Tonemapping is your keyword.
And - please - don't try to redo 1st style. It's quite overdone and overused.
Thank you so much for your answer :)