The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under [Archive] - Page 21

davidivivid

Jul 15, 2013, 1:15 AM

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8250/8517658162_514bff0fb6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rashaja/8517658162/)
Le Chateau Frontenac, le port de Québec et le Fleuve Saint Laurent (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rashaja/8517658162/) par Haja Nirina (http://www.flickr.com/people/rashaja/), sur Flickr

Tone

Jul 15, 2013, 11:00 PM

:haha: I love Rimouski.

That's nice to hear! Did you go through here before?

SignalHillHiker

Jul 15, 2013, 11:01 PM

Not that I know of. We did drive across Canada. And took the train from Halifax to Vancouver one year. So I assume that means I definitely have been?

Rico Rommheim

Jul 15, 2013, 11:05 PM

Rimouski 2night
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5455/9286175993_4d98ccd105_k.jpg

Rimouski has a skyline!

Let's hope it keeps on growing!

Tone

Jul 15, 2013, 11:07 PM

Not that I know of. We did drive across Canada. And took the train from Halifax to Vancouver one year. So I assume that means I definitely have been?

The train comes around 1 - 1h30am so you were probably sleeping.:haha:

Tone

Jul 15, 2013, 11:37 PM

Rimouski has a skyline!

Let's hope it keeps on growing!

It should! A new 100 room hotel located just left of that picture has been approved this spring, were waiting to see the render but it should be between 6 and 10 stories my guess.:P

advance62

Jul 19, 2013, 5:30 AM

Kitchener:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/9319637180_11fa6e0a5e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/9319637180/)
Kitchener Skyline Haze (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/9319637180/) by Matt M S (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

SignalHillHiker

Jul 19, 2013, 12:41 PM

I forget who posted it here, but I always think, "There's the Great Tits of Kitchener!" whenever I see that building now.

kwoldtimer

Jul 19, 2013, 12:57 PM

I'm kind of glad they never built it's twin tower. Not sure what they would have done with four tits! :D

To me, the most (only) interesting thing about Kitchener's exceedingly modest skyline is the way that the downtown topography and the spacing of the buildings has the effect of levelling everything out. From most vantage points most of the buildings look the same height even though they range from about 10 to 19 stories. I don't think that will change with the two new condos (19 and 17 stories) about to break ground downtown.

koops65

Jul 19, 2013, 4:53 PM

Those will be way over on the far left in that shot, and will be a lot taller than the surrounding buildings there.

caltrane74

Jul 19, 2013, 4:56 PM

Kitchener, huge population, small skyline.

koops65

Jul 19, 2013, 5:17 PM

Yeah, I'm getting old and grey waiting for something over 100 metres to be built here...

Chadillaccc

Jul 19, 2013, 5:22 PM

I wonder why there has never been an attempt, currently or historically, to build a tall building in Kitchener.

koops65

Jul 19, 2013, 5:35 PM

I cant answer that, but I'm very hopeful with the new LRT there will be a boom in condo construction nearby, which might also spur office development as well.

vid

Jul 19, 2013, 11:29 PM

What is the tallest building ever proposed for Kitchener, anyway?

Thunder Bay has had a couple ~20 storey proposals in the past.

kwoldtimer

Jul 20, 2013, 2:45 AM

What is the tallest building ever proposed for Kitchener, anyway?

Thunder Bay has had a couple ~20 storey proposals in the past.

No apartments over 19 stories in Kitchener and no office towers of more than about 12 stories. At the moment, the booming high tech sector is demanding space in renovated old post and beam industrial buildings, so any modern office towers seem a medium term prospect at best. The multi-modal transportation hub that will open in 2017 will be designed to eventually incorporate high-rise construction, but it is not known how far in the future that might be.

Waterloo's SunLife HQ is K-W's tallest office tower at 19 stories (I think). Waterloo also has a couple of 25 storey apartment towers under construction or proposed. Since Waterloo is more or less built out to its boundaries, I think it's skyline could develop more quickly than Kitchener's.

advance62

Jul 20, 2013, 2:51 AM

No apartments over 19 stories in Kitchener and no office towers of more than about 12 stories. At the moment, the booming high tech sector is demanding space in renovated old post and beam old industrial buildings, so any modern office towers seem a medium term prospect at best. The multi-modal transportation hub that will open in 2017 will be designed to eventually incorporate high-rise construction, but it is not known how far in the future that might be.

Waterloo's SunLife HQ is K-W's tallest office tower at 19 stories (I think). Waterloo also has a couple of 25 storey apartment towers under construction or proposed. Since Waterloo is more or less built out to its boundaries, I think it's skyline could develop more quickly than Kitchener's.

It remains to be seen how fast office towers will come but I think new condo towers will be popping up quiet a bit in the next few years with City Centre and One Victoria finnnnnalllllly providing some momentum.

I don't think much will get built in Waterloo's core besides the Barrelyards and south of Uptown (bauer, 144 park).

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3700/9325543778_3ec7d4a690_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/9325543778/)
Kitchener Skyline Haze (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/9325543778/) by Matt M S (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

someone123

Jul 20, 2013, 2:57 AM

Interesting aerial of Dartmouth, NS:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/1920x1280/88590746.jpg
Source (http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=0&with_photo_id=88590746&order=date_desc&user=83346)

Dr Awesomesauce

Jul 20, 2013, 3:14 AM

Kitchener, huge population, small skyline.

...but great tits!

kwoldtimer

Jul 20, 2013, 2:08 PM

Kitchener, huge population, small skyline.

I'm surprised to see you describe 220,000 as a huge population. I'd say Kitchener is in the process of graduating from small city to medium-sized city.

Spocket

Jul 22, 2013, 3:53 AM

I'm surprised to see you describe 220,000 as a huge population. I'd say Kitchener is in the process of graduating from small city to medium-sized city.

Well , the metro being about half a million makes K-W's skyline...how to say this politely?....weak.

It should just punch a lot higher , that's all.

Chadillaccc

Jul 22, 2013, 4:04 AM

I wonder if the Guelph CMA will ever be absorbed into the KWC CMA.

If that area were in the states, the two would qualify as a metropolitan statistical area, or a combined statistical area... which would make it about 650 000 people.

caltrane74

Jul 22, 2013, 7:19 AM

I'm surprised to see you describe 220,000 as a huge population. I'd say Kitchener is in the process of graduating from small city to medium-sized city.

Wait. Waterloo has a skyline?

Yes for a region of 660,000 people Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph have a feeble skyline.

kwoldtimer

Jul 22, 2013, 11:15 AM

Wait. Waterloo has a skyline?

Yes for a region of 660,000 people Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph have a feeble skyline.

Correction - feeble skylines. Add Cambridge and those are four separate skylines.

MolsonExport

Jul 22, 2013, 12:08 PM

Guelph has a skyline? There is a rather impressive church downtown, a scattering of nondescript medium rises....if there is a skyline, it must be a flatline. Yellowknife beats it handily. Haven't discerned a Cambridge skyline...post a photo please.

kwoldtimer

Jul 22, 2013, 1:09 PM

The point was that it doesn't make sense (imo) to look at the Kitchener skyline and make a facile comment about the skyline one would expect for a city of more than a half million people, because we're looking at one of three separate cities (K-C-W) each with their own urban core. Comparisons with cities of comparable size, such as Saskatoon and Windsor, would not favour Kitchener either, since as all agree the Kitchener skyline is quite modest. Even then, however, neither Saskatoon nor Windsor are part of a conurbation, so perhaps this accounts for the differences. In any event, it is what it is so no point in belabouring it.

caltrane74

Jul 22, 2013, 1:30 PM

Kitchener Skyline
http://bit.ly/hzesNc
By the Duke of Waterloo | Skyscraperpage.com (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=5118552)

flar

Jul 22, 2013, 1:36 PM

MolsonExport

Jul 22, 2013, 7:43 PM

thanks for the churchline. I did see this view before. actually quite quaint.

Chadillaccc

Jul 22, 2013, 7:47 PM

Beedok

Jul 22, 2013, 7:52 PM

Looking at google maps there seem to be a few apartment buildings scattered about. No real skyline though.

Chadillaccc

Jul 22, 2013, 7:56 PM

Are you referring to Yellowknife?

Nathan

Jul 22, 2013, 9:07 PM

Part of Regina's skyline behind the temp endzone seating at the end of the game yesterday:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BPv2i_eCUAEFTdo.jpg:large

Twitter: Booker_66 (http://twitter.com/Booker_66/status/359151676315291649)

Rico Rommheim

Jul 22, 2013, 9:19 PM

I'd love to see Yellowknife get another large tower. Perhaps between Centre Square and Polar Park Apartments to fill in that gap a bit. It's nice to see them building another large (by cities of 20 000 standards) office building though!

I've heard from people who've lived in yellowknife that there is a severe housing situation up there. Sounds like investing in an apartment tower would be a sure winner. With all the money being made up there, it is perplexing to see the town stagnating the way it is.

advance62

Jul 22, 2013, 9:31 PM

vid

Jul 22, 2013, 10:17 PM

Downtown Kitchener looks like the parts of central Winnipeg that aren't downtown, but have high rises. But the high rises aren't as tall.

It's certainly doing much better than Thunder Bay.

Beedok

Jul 22, 2013, 11:34 PM

Are you referring to Yellowknife?

No, Guelph.

Chadillaccc

Jul 22, 2013, 11:44 PM

Oh okay. Yeah, not much there.

Btw guys, great skylines of Regina and Kitchener!

kwoldtimer

Jul 23, 2013, 12:50 AM

Here's an aerial showing about half of Kitchener's core

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8543742374_11ccfe56c0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/89356336@N06/8543742374/)
Downtown kitchener (http://www.flickr.com/photos/89356336@N06/8543742374/) by TasteOfPhD (http://www.flickr.com/people/89356336@N06/), on Flickr

That's a very good photo! Funny to think that much of the anticipated future development will take place around King and Victoria Sts and the regional multi-modal transit hub which is a block or so past the bottom left corner of this photo and is not part of what was traditionally considered "Downtown". The Tannery development and more recently the Breithaupt Block project are changing things big time down that way.

kwoldtimer

Jul 23, 2013, 6:23 PM

Chadillaccc

Jul 23, 2013, 6:52 PM

Pretty cool photo of Saint John, New Brunswick from last month or so.

Had to share this great picture of Saint John I found on Instagram! Makes me think of Brooklyn! :D The transfer of the image is not the best, but it's still a great shot.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5345/9154672390_ab54352e97_o.jpg

EDIT: and a cool ominous looking one!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8263/8680423285_0127c618d8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkharbour/8680423285/)
From Blue Rock, With Love (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkharbour/8680423285/) by darkharbour (http://www.flickr.com/people/darkharbour/), on Flickr

chrisallard5454

Jul 23, 2013, 9:13 PM

Oh okay. Yeah, not much there.

Btw guys, great skylines of Regina and Kitchener!

Here is a picture I took of Guelph when I lived there. You are right, nothing much for a Skyline, which is due to laws that prevent anything from being built higher than Our Lady Immaculate downtown. Though, council is starting to allow proposals. When I left an apartment was beginning construction downtown. The downtown has some beautiful density, and an amazing set of historic buildings though.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6636294191_3f12c81fcd_b.jpg

SignalHillHiker

Jul 23, 2013, 10:41 PM

lio45

Jul 23, 2013, 11:02 PM

St John looks great in those shots! (And totally puts my -- bigger -- hometown to shame.)

lio45

Jul 23, 2013, 11:06 PM

That's one good thing height restrictions are SOMETIMES good for: improving downtown density. Imagine how much more valuable every parking lot in Canada's major cities would be and how much more likely to be developed at maximum allowed height if you cut every skyscraper off at 10 floors and had to find the extra space.

But it certainly doesn't prevent sprawl. I assume it might even contribute to it.

Why would that improve downtown density? Two 10-floor buildings and one 20-floor building and a parking lot, that's the exact same density. And you have a freebie parking lot in the second case...

Height restrictions are also going to make the difference between some projects being a go or not (too few stories and the business case doesn't fly)... so that means more downtown vacant lots.

kwoldtimer

Jul 23, 2013, 11:48 PM

Here is a picture I took of Guelph when I lived there. You are right, nothing much for a Skyline, which is due to laws that prevent anything from being built higher than Our Lady Immaculate downtown. Though, council is starting to allow proposals. When I left an apartment was beginning construction downtown. The downtown has some beautiful density, and an amazing set of historic buildings though.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6636294191_3f12c81fcd_b.jpg

I think that the new Guelph Civic Museum incorporates an 1850s convent that's up on the hill with the church. I'm hoping to nip over for a visit next week and reacquaint myself with downtown Guelph. Lots of beautiful 19th century stone buildings, as I recall.

advance62

Jul 24, 2013, 12:21 AM

Re Kitchener (before it fades back into its usual obscurity),this is the one and only spot Downtown that I know of that gives an illusion of urban density. I love the refurbished ramp on the parking garage! The hydro wires are temporary pending utilities work for the LRT project.

http://i40.tinypic.com/14mdpn5.jpg

I certainly think there are more spots than just that one but here are a few relating pictures regardless.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/8691031364_c0384c5242_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/8691031364/)
North End (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/8691031364/) by Matt M S (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8405/8685308544_434f6b4381_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/8685308544/)
Helix (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/8685308544/) by Matt M S (http://www.flickr.com/people/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

vid

Jul 24, 2013, 1:41 AM

Thunder Bay's north downtown actually has a height limit based on sea level as opposed to building heights, which results in a situation where buildings get taller as you approach the lakes, but the view from lookouts behind downtown is unobstructed by them; all the roofs are near the same height. It has decent density for a city of 5,000 people.

The other downtown has a height limit in place because it is under the airport's flight path, and it's a hell hole.

chrisallard5454

Jul 24, 2013, 1:56 AM

I think that the new Guelph Civic Museum incorporates an 1850s convent that's up on the hill with the church. I'm hoping to nip over for a visit next week and reacquaint myself with downtown Guelph. Lots of beautiful 19th century stone buildings, as I recall.

In terms of historic buildings I personally believe that Guelph rivals if not surpasses any city in Ontario. It really is beautiful, and is one of the reasons that I chose to spend the remainder of my Ontario there. It also reminds me of a miniature Winnipeg, with the historic buildings, the layout and the rivers. The Church did in fact turn the convent into a museum. A reno/resto that turned out quite nice.

someone123

Jul 24, 2013, 2:30 AM

That's one good thing height restrictions are SOMETIMES good for: improving downtown density. Imagine how much more valuable every parking lot in Canada's major cities would be and how much more likely to be developed at maximum allowed height if you cut every skyscraper off at 10 floors and had to find the extra space.

But it certainly doesn't prevent sprawl. I assume it might even contribute to it.

The effects of height limits are pretty complicated. They can make parking lots less valuable for example by reducing the return on new construction.

I think they only make sense if they serve a direct purpose in terms of preserving views or sunlight for public property.

Echoes

Jul 24, 2013, 5:28 AM

Saskatoon, SK

Full photo tour (still) on the way later this summer.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/9354344767_0cef60e6ee_b.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/9357116434_a4c0798f9d_b.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/9357131986_faed7b39e6_b.jpg

MolsonExport

Jul 24, 2013, 10:11 AM

Bessborough hotel totally makes the 'toon skyline shine.

davidivivid

Jul 24, 2013, 12:58 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/9231289241_119492a84a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/etolane/9231289241/)
Monter sur les Plaines... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/etolane/9231289241/) par Etolane (http://www.flickr.com/people/etolane/), sur Flickr

Chadillaccc

Jul 24, 2013, 1:40 PM

That's quite the nice fountain!

bolognium

Jul 27, 2013, 9:32 PM

http://i.imgur.com/w5XUaYj.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ap7z9Uh.jpg

Dr Awesomesauce

Jul 28, 2013, 2:59 AM

London's a fine town. Somebody really needs to do a photo tour post haste. Really underrepresented on SSP.

chrisallard5454

Jul 28, 2013, 4:18 AM

I miss how clean cut London's downtown is. What I don't miss is seeing Farhi's name on absolutely everything.

Chadillaccc

Jul 28, 2013, 8:56 AM

London's a fine town. Somebody really needs to do a photo tour post haste. Really underrepresented on SSP.

Absolutely

Dr Awesomesauce

Jul 28, 2013, 11:39 AM

RyeJay

Jul 28, 2013, 3:35 PM

On the topic of London, betcha few Canadians know its metro area is nearly 500,000. That's bigger than Halifax, Victoria, Regina, Saskatoon, etc. And yet on the national scene, it's almost completely obscure.

Give us a tour already!

I would like to bet against you, as I believe most Canadians would realise London, Ontario is the largest city of those you've listed.

I'm not sure in what context you're thinking when you envision London's identity as seen from the rest of the nation. I frequently hear of London because I have an abundant amount of friends who have or who are attending Western (and these are friends from the Maritimes; not local Ontarians).

As far as the national media is concerned, out of the cities on your list I would say that Halifax seems to get a disproportionate amount of attention. I would surmise the reasons for this being Halifax's age (historical anniversaries often get noted on the national news) and (more obviously) its size relative to the other municipalities in its region. Also, certain regions of Halifax have crime problems.

London, I can imagine, gets drowned out by much of the news that's produced in Toronto.

chrisallard5454

Jul 28, 2013, 7:27 PM

People here in Winnipeg are extremely aware of London's existence. I know a lot of people who have been there. They may not know the exact population, but I am confident that most, who have at least any kind of geographical knowledge would let you know that its population is larger than those that you listed.

vid

Jul 28, 2013, 8:03 PM

London is a very quiet city that isn't on the top of people's minds, but everyone knows about it because everyone knows someone from there, or has been there for some reason at some point.

A4Regina

Jul 29, 2013, 5:35 PM

some flickr finds of Regina.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/9253907766_b9c0cb98b0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/98536505@N04/9253907766/)
Regina: moderne Kunst (http://www.flickr.com/photos/98536505@N04/9253907766/) by svenklawunder (http://www.flickr.com/people/98536505@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8116/8601212037_8be5f66dba_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/creative_fixx/8601212037/)
CF_reginaskyline_03-13-13_001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/creative_fixx/8601212037/) by Creative Fixx (http://www.flickr.com/people/creative_fixx/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8266/8692876407_afc0006a76_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56705607@N00/8692876407/)
Downtown Regina from Mosaic Stadium West_Panorama1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56705607@N00/8692876407/) by Blake Handley (http://www.flickr.com/people/56705607@N00/), on Flickr

flar

Jul 29, 2013, 6:02 PM

http://www.metroperspectives.com/img/s8/v76/p1784105841-5.jpg (http://www.metroperspectives.com/p177671234/e6a574b71)

Chadillaccc

Jul 29, 2013, 6:23 PM

That makes Hamilton look like Florianópolis Brazil or something.

kw5150

Jul 29, 2013, 7:49 PM

I didnt know much about London until SSP. I thought maybe it was 250,000. This inspired me to look at it on Google Satellite. For some reason I thought it was part of a group of cities, now I see it is a uni-city. London really doesn't get much attention at all.

I would like to bet against you, as I believe most Canadians would realise London, Ontario is the largest city of those you've listed.

I'm not sure in what context you're thinking when you envision London's identity as seen from the rest of the nation. I frequently hear of London because I have an abundant amount of friends who have or who are attending Western (and these are friends from the Maritimes; not local Ontarians).

As far as the national media is concerned, out of the cities on your list I would say that Halifax seems to get a disproportionate amount of attention. I would surmise the reasons for this being Halifax's age (historical anniversaries often get noted on the national news) and (more obviously) its size relative to the other municipalities in its region. Also, certain regions of Halifax have crime problems.

London, I can imagine, gets drowned out by much of the news that's produced in Toronto.

kw5150

Jul 29, 2013, 8:00 PM

Here is a beauty....Red Deer. Ok, it actually is a nice little city, but there are more pictures of actual deer that are red, than the skyline.....lol

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8095683158_5719f7aba0_b.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8095683158_5719f7aba0_b.jpg

kw5150

Jul 29, 2013, 8:02 PM

http://www.cbc.ca/eyeopener/images/Red_Deer_-_Aerial_-_downtown_bridges.jpg

http://www.cbc.ca/eyeopener/images/Red_Deer_-_Aerial_-_downtown_bridges.jpg

kw5150

Jul 29, 2013, 8:11 PM

And here is Kamloops, BC

http://www.globalairphotos.com/kamloops/99photos/klh9034.jpg

http://www.globalairphotos.com/kamloops/99photos/klh9034.jpg

Chadillaccc

Jul 29, 2013, 8:33 PM

You do realize that multiple pictures/multiple topics can be discussed in one post, right?

kw5150

Jul 30, 2013, 7:48 AM

Thanks for the advice. I like to separate by city, and sometimes by pic size or rotation.

You do realize that multiple pictures/multiple topics can be discussed in one post, right?

Trantor

Jul 31, 2013, 6:09 PM

That makes Hamilton look like Florianópolis Brazil or something.

nice, because this photo from last week makes Florianopolis look like Vancouver :)
http://imguol.com/c/noticias/2013/07/23/23jul2013---o-morro-da-grande-florianopolis-em-santa-catarina-amanheceu-coberto-de-gelo-nesta-terca-feira-23-ate-esta-manha-pelo-menos-42-cidades-do-estado-haviam-registrado-neve-1374593474978_956x500.jpg

Ruckus

Jul 31, 2013, 6:15 PM

1
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56830891/041/DSCN6660_01.JPG

2
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56830891/041/Saskatoon%20skyline%20from%20southwest%20final.jpg

3
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/56830891/041/DSCN6681_01.JPG

Chadillaccc

Jul 31, 2013, 6:15 PM

nice, because this photo from last week makes Florianopolis look like Vancouver :)
http://imguol.com/c/noticias/2013/07/23/23jul2013---o-morro-da-grande-florianopolis-em-santa-catarina-amanheceu-coberto-de-gelo-nesta-terca-feira-23-ate-esta-manha-pelo-menos-42-cidades-do-estado-haviam-registrado-neve-1374593474978_956x500.jpg

Wow! I really does, well, more like North Vancouver. But still! Stunning! :)

Beedok

Jul 31, 2013, 9:01 PM

I wish Canadian cities looked more like Brazillian and other (high HDI) Latin American cities.

kw5150

Aug 1, 2013, 5:29 AM

Haha! Too funny.

nice, because this photo from last week makes Florianopolis look like Vancouver :)
http://imguol.com/c/noticias/2013/07/23/23jul2013---o-morro-da-grande-florianopolis-em-santa-catarina-amanheceu-coberto-de-gelo-nesta-terca-feira-23-ate-esta-manha-pelo-menos-42-cidades-do-estado-haviam-registrado-neve-1374593474978_956x500.jpg

isaidso

Aug 1, 2013, 5:49 AM

I wish Canadian cities looked more like Brazillian and other (high HDI) Latin American cities.

Eeewwwwwww! I find little appealing about Brazilian cities. Ugly residential blocks, low quality office buildings, crappy infrastructure, etc.

flar

Aug 1, 2013, 11:51 AM

Eeewwwwwww! I find little appealing about Brazilian cities. Ugly residential blocks, low quality office buildings, crappy infrastructure, etc.

Then it's got a few things in common with Hamilton after all

MolsonExport

Aug 1, 2013, 12:55 PM

On the topic of London, betcha few Canadians know its metro area is nearly 500,000. That's bigger than Halifax, Victoria, Regina, Saskatoon, etc. And yet on the national scene, it's almost completely obscure.

Give us a tour already!

Yep, according to Stats Can, the London Census Metropolitan Area is half a million strong. And just that: 500.0 (thousand)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo05a-eng.htm

We are a bit of the Rodney Dangerfield of Canada.

Beedok

Aug 1, 2013, 3:25 PM

Eeewwwwwww! I find little appealing about Brazilian cities. Ugly residential blocks, low quality office buildings, crappy infrastructure, etc.

Hey, the infrastructure can be fixed without changing the aesthetics, so that bit's irrelevant. As for the residential blocks, that's your opinion. I personnally like those buildings.
Campinas Brazil: 2.5 million
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh160/romano1965_2008/210352cpshrallocgt.jpg
source:http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1181757
Denver USA: 2.6 million
http://www.trinityhistory.org/AmH/denver_skyline.jpg
source: http://www.trinityhistory.org/AmH/u7maps.htm

I'd say Campinas wins big time.

harls

Aug 1, 2013, 3:52 PM

July 25, 10 AM - on a plane at YWG. Cameraphones suck..

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5470/9399220253_1899f4b9de_b.jpg

franktko

Aug 1, 2013, 5:13 PM

I'd say Campinas wins big time.

The Campinas skyline is entirely composed of buildings you'll find around Concordia University in Montreal which have been, over the years, consistently and repeatedly voted as the ugliest buildings in the city.

Denver has over 20 buildings over 100 meters and a few over 200 meters while the tallest in Campinas is 90 meters.

What is impressive in Campinas and other southern american cities is the density. But I wouldn't trade one modern 200 m skyscraper for 20 of those 15-20 stories residential blocks...

MolsonExport

Aug 1, 2013, 5:49 PM

The Concordia Ghetto gets no respect. The area is completely truck-faced. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=truck%20face) Utilitarian as they come. The Commie-Block capital of Quebec. There is worse still: Longueuil, and still worse: Laval Clock Tower.

Beedok

Aug 1, 2013, 5:54 PM

The Campinas skyline is entirely composed of buildings you'll find around Concordia University in Montreal which have been, over the years, consistently and repeatedly voted as the ugliest buildings in the city.

Denver has over 20 buildings over 100 meters and a few over 200 meters while the tallest in Campinas is 90 meters.

What is impressive in Campinas and other southern american cities is the density. But I wouldn't trade one modern 200 m skyscraper for 20 of those 15-20 stories residential blocks...

Funy, I would happily trade a 300m for it's height in 15-20m residential buildings. To me density is far better than height. Look at LA, it's tall, and looks horribly awkward. A south american city is a place for people, an usa one is a place for corporate egos. Canada is somewhere in the middle.

Chadillaccc

Aug 1, 2013, 5:57 PM

That's what I love about our wonderful Canadian cities :)

Trantor

Aug 1, 2013, 6:00 PM

The Campinas skyline is entirely composed of buildings you'll find around Concordia University in Montreal which have been

nonsense, next time, use the word MOSTLY instead of ENTIRELY.

flar

Aug 1, 2013, 7:08 PM

Comrades, another one:
http://www.metroperspectives.com/img/s9/v94/p1660622835-5.jpg

Dr Awesomesauce

Aug 2, 2013, 12:32 AM

While I'm sure it wasn't a conscious effort to emulate the Moscow suburbs, it's pretty much what Hamilton got.

Beedok

Aug 2, 2013, 12:45 AM

Best under a million skyline in the country. :D

Chadillaccc

Aug 2, 2013, 12:57 AM

I wouldn't agree, but to each their own. My vote for best under 1 million goes to either Winnipeg or Halifax.

Beedok

Aug 2, 2013, 1:09 AM

They both lack the commie blocks.

Chadillaccc

Aug 2, 2013, 1:13 AM

I suppose that is true. Both have a fair number though...

Nouvellecosse

Aug 2, 2013, 4:03 AM

Our tallest building is a commie block! We have our share, that's for sure. :P

chrisallard5454

Aug 2, 2013, 4:18 AM

They both lack the commie blocks.

Winnipeg has scads of Commie Blocks. Not sure what city you are referring to.

Beedok

Aug 2, 2013, 5:03 AM

Winnipeg has scads of Commie Blocks. Not sure what city you are referring to.

Not to the same degree as Hamilton. Winnipeg's skyline has commie blocks, Hamilton's is commie blocks.;)

chrisallard5454

Aug 2, 2013, 5:47 AM

Not to the same degree as Hamilton. Winnipeg's skyline has commie blocks, Hamilton's is commie blocks.;)

Touché. Hamilton does it right though, I love Hamilton's skyline.

Fischbob

Aug 2, 2013, 1:43 PM

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53511869/SSP/2013_08_01/IMG_0050.JPG
Saint John, NB (my photo)

ErickMontreal

Aug 2, 2013, 6:44 PM

^^ Great picture Fischbob!

Simpseatles

Aug 3, 2013, 1:02 AM

A few Windsor pics from today by me:

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n596/Simpseatles/ed1ccee4-a83b-4bd4-b42e-b5cc613e275f_zpsb79cc776.jpg?t=1375491473

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n596/Simpseatles/174887dd-6525-4caa-9f90-8e540450eff4_zps00db2727.jpg?t=1375491612

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n596/Simpseatles/c4d9b821-39d6-46c8-acda-d4a2a95f313d_zps33de8408.jpg?t=1375491296