The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[Klazu]

A) I can't see the pictures.:(

Fixed...

Brentwood's (Burnaby) new tallest is first of four Solo District towers.
http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/brentwood_keskustasta3.jpg

Metrotown (Burnaby) has three new towers entering its skyline. Much more to follow. :cheers:
http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/metrotown_panoraama2.jpg

[Metro-One]

Love your pics Klazu, and it wont be long until Metrotown (or Brentwood!) become the most underrated skylines in Canada ;) (personally given how little attention and love it recieves vs. its amazing growth in height, beautiful silhouete, amazing backdrop, and perfect perch, it already is)

[thomax]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/15202846422_f40412175a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/paqyzL)
Hamilton | September 7, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/paqyzL) by civgirlca (https://www.flickr.com/people/106621223@N02/), on Flickr

[Beedok]

I like how much the escarpment snakes around Hamilton. I really need to properly visit the valley-ish portion of Stoney Creek. Good density and dramatic geography.

[thomax]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2ZsdlAIUAAJAZ4.jpg:large
Twitter | Hamilton - November 14, 2014 (https://twitter.com/RyanMcGreal/status/533232871616839680)

[thomax]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/13923385507_8bc8c2853a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ndmZqP)
Niagara Falls | May 4, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/ndmZqP) by civgirlca (https://www.flickr.com/people/106621223@N02/), on Flickr

[thomax]

Hamilton from the top floor of the recently completed Witton Lofts (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=185243&page=3)...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/8745242750_eb5dffe93e_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ejMDZq)
Hamilton | May 16, 2013 (https://flic.kr/p/ejMDZq) by Matt T (https://www.flickr.com/people/47998611@N03/), on Flickr

[thomax]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/14135412004_315db392fc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nx6Fw5)
Hamilton from the roof of the Empire Times Building | May 4, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/nx6Fw5) by SoundsLikePurple (https://www.flickr.com/people/93311060@N03/), on Flickr

[thomax]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5570/14439451574_20d319f1c3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nZXXTC)
Burlington | June 14, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/nZXXTC) by FernFresco (https://www.flickr.com/people/80785070@N06/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5514/14420578194_89b53bd8b2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nYieuw)
Burlington | June 13, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/nYieuw) by Dingi Mguni (https://www.flickr.com/people/15462976@N03/), on Flickr

[thomax]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5594/14566992941_f89cc836ab_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oceDuH)
Hamilton | July 3, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/oceDuH) by PinkStuff (https://www.flickr.com/people/38711022@N03/), on Flickr

[thomax]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/8919694613_e9bb89d113_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/eAcLsa)
Burlington at Night (https://flic.kr/p/eAcLsa) by prestonciere (https://www.flickr.com/people/14262025@N05/), on Flickr

[thomax]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2924/14095875936_a8f8155521_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ntB3PJ)
Hamilton Harbour | May 5, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/ntB3PJ) by FernFresco (https://www.flickr.com/people/80785070@N06/), on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2903/14139116773_46c483b6b2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nxqEPp)
Hamilton Harbour | May 5, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/nxqEPp) by FernFresco (https://www.flickr.com/people/80785070@N06/), on Flickr

[thomax]

Cool view of the Hamilton Mountain skyline with a bit of the downtown skyline below it...

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3791/9443533465_0bed821c08_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fouzuv)
Cityscape of Hamilton (https://flic.kr/p/fouzuv) by Brian Copeland (https://www.flickr.com/people/96101562@N03/), on Flickr

[advance62]

Kitchener under this evenings snow storm

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7574/15792165356_61f95a4d18_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q4uYz3)Snowy Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/q4uYz3) by Matt M S (https://www.flickr.com/people/76231536@N05/), on Flickr

[zoomer]

wow, Burlington in those shots looks awesome.

[thomax]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5598/15666723002_d9ee7d4778_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pSq3VQ)
Great Lakes City - Hamilton - October 23, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/pSq3VQ) by Greg's Southern Ontario (https://www.flickr.com/people/57156785@N02/), on Flickr

Larger Sizes:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5598/15666723002_ac6380c1d6_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pSq3VQ)
Great Lakes City - Hamilton - October 23, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/pSq3VQ) by Greg's Southern Ontario (https://www.flickr.com/people/57156785@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5598/15666723002_0958c64622_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pSq3VQ)
Great Lakes City - Hamilton - October 23, 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/pSq3VQ) by Greg's Southern Ontario (https://www.flickr.com/people/57156785@N02/), on Flickr

[Beedok]

wow, Burlington in those shots looks awesome.

It almost looks West Coast in a few pics.

[thomax]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8462520979_9f138e8716_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/dTNCE8)
Hamilton | Urban Landscape | February 10, 2013 (https://flic.kr/p/dTNCE8) by Kim Kurtz (https://www.flickr.com/people/41031666@N04/), on Flickr

Larger Sizes:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8462520979_b06f4d9788_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/dTNCE8)Hamilton | Urban Landscape | February 10, 2013 (https://flic.kr/p/dTNCE8) by Kim Kurtz (https://www.flickr.com/people/41031666@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8462520979_6ef1ebcd92_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/dTNCE8)Hamilton | Urban Landscape | February 10, 2013 (https://flic.kr/p/dTNCE8) by Kim Kurtz (https://www.flickr.com/people/41031666@N04/), on Flickr

[MolsonExport]

Same shot (yes, it is interesting) posted at the same time in a similar thread in the same subforum.

[ssiguy]

In order to reduce duplication perhaps this thread should remain the same and the other thread be "skylines for cities over 1 million"? Mods?

[Nouvellecosse]

Perhaps smaller cities need a little duplication. How else are they going to get any attention?!? haha

[Cyro]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2sGXX4CUAEjjXp.jpg:large
@brent_bellamy

[Nouvellecosse]

That black building is amazing! Must be one of the nicest buildings in whatever city it's in.

[Darkoshvilli]

That black building is amazing! Must be one of the nicest buildings in whatever city it's in.

Its the Peg. The Hydro building gives it away.

[SignalHillHiker]

That's their new ALT, right? Or Group Germain? I forget what the branding is on that one. It wasn't there when I lived in the city, but they kept (if I understand correctly) part of the facade of the gorgeous old building that was in its place.

One of the best preservation/modernization projects I've ever seen. It looks fantastic.

[Brizzy82]

Took this today from a condo on Wellington Cres (in Winnipeg)

http://i.imgur.com/obxWxkx.jpg
Osborne Village, Winnipeg


It's a shame it's just an iphone pic. On the horizon just peaking over the tree line you can see the St Boniface Basilica, kind of hard to make it out in this picture though.

[davidivivid]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7524/15872103355_651ba1cdc1_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qbyFmp)Fog in the valley (https://flic.kr/p/qbyFmp) by nix photo (https://www.flickr.com/people/111008536@N06/), on Flickr

[Dylan Leblanc]

Victoria, with a new residential addition to the skyline

http://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/uploads/monthly_12_2014/post-3-0-10670600-1417472757.jpg
Mike K. - http://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.php?/topic/2077-downtown-victoria-era-condos-15-storeys-under-construction/?p=240305

[Empire]

23fl. TD Bank Halifax nearing completion:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/IMG_00000190_zps13d9c079.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/IMG_00000190_zps13d9c079.jpg.html)

[Empire]

Halifax from Woodside ferry.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/IMG_0685_zps5b27e426.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/IMG_0685_zps5b27e426.jpg.html)
Source: Empire

[Laceoflight]

And again... Chicoutimi (Saguenay)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/15812432730_672917773e_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q6hRmw)
Une autre promenade à Chicoutimi! (https://flic.kr/p/q6hRmw) by ledoux_marie (https://www.flickr.com/people/124944538@N03/), on Flickr

[Nouvellecosse]

Wow, that's beautiful! Kinda vaguely reminds me of St. John's, mostly from the church having a prominent spot in the skyline and the cityscape sloping down toward the water.

[FrAnKs]

^^ One best asset is it has no rooms lol :P

[koops65]

The amazing, fantastic, blow your socks off, Downtown Oshawa!!!

http://i.imgur.com/4FwdVov.png
Pic by me this afternoon.

BTW, the downtown core is the group of buildings in the background on the right. Makes Kitchener look like Manhattan, doesn't it?

[Beedok]

^^ One best asset is it has no rooms lol :P

Scrolling down without reading I only realised it wasn't St. Johns because of the lack of the rooms. :D

[SignalHillHiker]

:haha:

Agree it's very similar to us.

And, regrettably, about The Rooms. lol

[FrAnKs]

:haha:

Agree it's very similar to us.

And, regrettably, about The Rooms. lol

You will have to change my mind about it if I come to visit one day :haha:

Deal ? ;)

[SignalHillHiker]

Mixed deal. I want you to come visit, yes - but... I can't save The Rooms. I tried here, a few times, to convince myself as much as anyone else. :haha: Can't stick with it. Hate it.

The interior, though, is gorgeous.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebfoto/15844138208/in/photolist-q96mhG-hcto2R-ayKsNz-fx3LKu-fy4uHj-ebYPi1-8GLfGi-eprk9z-ckLSJ1-7dRSwH-eyHFQn-bKqyoF-aqrds7-dT98j7-e3VW86-oLBTVw-4yJzBA-bVQvjR-2AoMRh-mwBjJ

[FrAnKs]

Mixed deal. I want you to come visit, yes - but... I can't save The Rooms. I tried here, a few times, to convince myself as much as anyone else. :haha: Can't stick with it. Hate it.

The interior, though, is gorgeous.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebfoto/15844138208/in/photolist-q96mhG-hcto2R-ayKsNz-fx3LKu-fy4uHj-ebYPi1-8GLfGi-eprk9z-ckLSJ1-7dRSwH-eyHFQn-bKqyoF-aqrds7-dT98j7-e3VW86-oLBTVw-4yJzBA-bVQvjR-2AoMRh-mwBjJ

Ahah ! I think that after visiting the whole thing, I will come to say : I still don't like it.... but I ''get it''. In the way of what it is supposed to remember (history & stuffs ) One thing I know is it's an iconic building of the city, love it or not, so it has to be visible aswell as a Landmark...

[SignalHillHiker]

Well, it was intentional - yes. There is a story behind the mess. But it's a rural story, not an urban one. It was supposed to be down by the water originally... but it was - and I kid you not - purposely moved to the top of the hill solely to diminish the Basilica. (Danny Williams was our first Premier FROM St. John's. You can't imagine what it was like from 1949 until the 2000s in a province where the capital voted overwhelmingly against joining Confederation, and rural, overwhelmingly Anglican areas, mostly for it. There was a lot of payback.).

So The Rooms, in its current location, is an Anglican shot across the bow against the appearance that Catholics dominate St. John's. On purpose. And, hilariously, officially opened by Danny. :haha:

ANYHOW, my point is... you won't "get it" from visiting St. John's. You'll get it if I take ya out into the middle of nowhere to fishing villages.

[FrAnKs]

Interesting facts you got there !

[kwoldtimer]

Sounds like a nasty vignette from 1957.

[FrAnKs]

Hey Guys, I'm looking for a good picture of the Skyway bridge in Burlington with Toronto in the background. The very few I found on the web were not good. I'd like to see Toronto very clearly.

Someone ?

[Beedok]

Hey Guys, I'm looking for a good picture of the Skyway bridge in Burlington with Toronto in the background. The very few I found on the web were not good. I'd like to see Toronto very clearly.

Someone ?

Is it okay to have Hamilton in the foreground? Like this:
http://canadianawareness.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/7TorontoPastHamilton.jpg
http://canadianawareness.org/2013/02/toronto-and-hamilton-to-be-sanctuary-cities/
http://pics4twitts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Hamilton-Harbour-2-2.jpg
http://pics4twitts.com/2011/06/22/one-day-drive-parkss-waterfalls-conservation-areas/

[FrAnKs]

Perfect ! to be frank, I plan to film this section in 2015. I'll make a montage and all that stuff.

[lake of the nations]

Sherbrooke, as it can be seen from Ascot Corner (more than 5km away).

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8679/15511367993_b4d17a0f0d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pCFPic)
Vue sur Sherbrooke (https://flic.kr/p/pCFPic) by lake of the nations (https://www.flickr.com/people/88017664@N07/), on Flickr

Note that the whole lake fits in between the Times Hotel and the chalet-like building.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7531/15511383123_e6140350d1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pCFTN4)
Vue sur le centre-ville de Sherbrooke (https://flic.kr/p/pCFTN4) by lake of the nations (https://www.flickr.com/people/88017664@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8618/16105308576_4c4a2dae9a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qxaV95)
Le Pôle d'Affaires de l'Est (https://flic.kr/p/qxaV95) by lake of the nations (https://www.flickr.com/people/88017664@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7580/15508761304_9a39dfc91e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pCssqh)
Vue sur Sherbrooke et le mont Orford (https://flic.kr/p/pCssqh) by lake of the nations (https://www.flickr.com/people/88017664@N07/), on Flickr

[le calmar]

Wow these have to be the nicest pictures of my hometown I've seen in a while. They are a welcome change from the usual eastern lookout views.

Oh and that's some crazy telephoto on the third picture. King Est and Richard street appear to be pretty close to each other while in reality it's very long car drive between the two. I think we can even see the summit of Owl's Head pop out in the distance.

[Chadillaccc]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5149/5681637036_9fc73d10d7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/9E4SKf)
Saskatoon (https://flic.kr/p/9E4SKf) by Dawid Werminski (https://www.flickr.com/people/37395536@N07/), on Flickr
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2943/15146421997_5b303e4726_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p5rnyR)
Saskatoon City - Canada (https://flic.kr/p/p5rnyR) by nature_cyber (https://www.flickr.com/people/89467606@N02/), on Flickr

[lio45]

Oh and that's some crazy telephoto on the third picture. King Est and Richard street appear to be pretty close to each other while in reality it's very long car drive between the two.

Exactly what I was going to say, with one little exception, I would have said Prospect Street instead of Richard :P

[Dylan Leblanc]

Scroll over to the right to see the Nanaimo skyline, plus a faint vista of part of Vancouver.

http://gingert.net/images/nanaimo-2014.12.jpg

[le calmar]

Exactly what I was going to say, with one little exception, I would have said Prospect Street instead of Richard :P

I said Richard St. because I thought that the building we can see at the end of Prospect was on Richard St., but in fact it is on McGregor. The whole "extended" downtown (from Murray/du Cégep to Jaques-Cartier) fits between the building under construction in the foreground (3 or so km further than that to be exact, on the other side of the hill) and the red light we can see on Prospect, but nothing at all indicates that.

[someone123]

Not exactly a skyline photo but this is an interesting aerial shot of Halifax that shows most of the "inner city" areas. Most downtown shots only feature the clump of stuff on the right, next to the citadel.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7532/15930975211_bb0b00f8be_b.jpg
Source (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewpointaerialimagery/15930975211/sizes/l)

[FrAnKs]

Very nice.
From that vantage point, Halifax looks like to be almost without parking lots except few ones.

[Monolith]

Kamloops, BC. Metro Population (2011) ~ 98,754

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/14394165215_151155bd63_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nVXRQk)
Kamloops (https://flic.kr/p/nVXRQk) by evanffitzer (https://www.flickr.com/people/87087235@N05/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5600/15432770320_8da05a0c33_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pvJYWU)
Kamloops Sunrise (https://flic.kr/p/pvJYWU) by evanffitzer (https://www.flickr.com/people/87087235@N05/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/9401022239_3562f7fb7c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fjJGok)
Exploring Downtown Kamloops (https://flic.kr/p/fjJGok) by Battle Royale1 (https://www.flickr.com/people/30634635@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/9401136825_884f12c54b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fjKhrX)Downtown Kamloops Evening (https://flic.kr/p/fjKhrX) by Battle Royale1 (https://www.flickr.com/people/30634635@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/9401001439_cb5015c769_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fjJAcH)
Kamloops Plaza Hotel (https://flic.kr/p/fjJAcH) by Battle Royale1 (https://www.flickr.com/people/30634635@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5345/9401011251_d8dfd75b7f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fjJD7T)
Downtown Kamloops Street (https://flic.kr/p/fjJD7T) by Battle Royale1 (https://www.flickr.com/people/30634635@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/9403779338_678a307210_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fjYPYw)
Kamloops Downtown Offices (https://flic.kr/p/fjYPYw) by Battle Royale1 (https://www.flickr.com/people/30634635@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7309/11660916855_67446ff5e6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/iLrfjB)
City Lights (https://flic.kr/p/iLrfjB) by Jeff G Ryder (https://www.flickr.com/people/55138504@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3950/15394707408_11e8a79aa5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/psnUaN)
Kamloops (https://flic.kr/p/psnUaN) by Two8five (https://www.flickr.com/people/44807432@N07/), on Flickr

[FrAnKs]

It looks like the new developpements have white lights rather than Yellow like the rest of Kamloops. Am I wrong ?

[Nouvellecosse]

Very nice.
From that vantage point, Halifax looks like to be almost without parking lots except few ones.

Yes fortunately there are very few. Not few enough to suit me of course, but few nonetheless. ;)

[someone123]

Yes fortunately there are very few. Not few enough to suit me of course, but few nonetheless. ;)

They've really declined in number over the past few years. I wouldn't be surprised if 1/3-1/2 of the surface lots that existed 10 years ago downtown have since been built on.

The worst remaining ones, I think, are the Dennis Building and the parking on the northern end of the Province House grounds. There is a plan to fix all of that but I am not sure if or when it will happen. When that is done there won't be much surface parking at all north of Sackville Street downtown.

[SignalHillHiker]

There were never many. Not in a North American sense. It's good that way. Saint John and us as well.

[Nouvellecosse]

They've really declined in number over the past few years. I wouldn't be surprised if 1/3-1/2 of the surface lots that existed 10 years ago downtown have since been built on.

The worst remaining ones, I think, are the Dennis Building and the parking on the northern end of the Province House grounds. There is a plan to fix all of that but I am not sure if or when it will happen. When that is done there won't be much surface parking at all north of Sackville Street downtown.

Not sure where the Dennis building is, but the parking lots that bother me the most are the one at the Victoria General on South Park (technically just outside downtown) and on the central waterfront near the ferry terminal. The South Park one is so damn big and the waterfront one is so conspicuous...

[Klazu]

Two hand-held snapshots of Metrotown and Brentwood sunset few nights before.

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/metrotown_auringonlasku2.jpg

http://vuosiamaailmalla.fi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/brentwood_keskustasta3.jpg

[Monolith]

It looks like the new developpements have white lights rather than Yellow like the rest of Kamloops. Am I wrong ?

I would guess maybe commercial or industrial areas? I'm just an arm chair tourist, so I wouldn't know. :)

[Fischbob]

Saint John, NB

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7U6cnUCUAAMjXa.jpg:large
Source (https://twitter.com/VisitSaintJohn/status/555414393614524416)

[Pinion]

edit: moved to suburban skyline thread

[Beedok]

I'm surprised how often this gets mistaken for the Suburban Skyline thread.

(Not that they aren't nice pictures.)

[Empire]

Southern section of downtown Halifax:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/IMG_4638.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/IMG_4638.jpg.html)
Source: Empire

[Dylan Leblanc]

Victoria

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5533/11142772813_399d0e95a8_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/hYDC9D)20131124untitled shoot276.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/hYDC9D) by Firat Ataman (https://www.flickr.com/people/59614266@N06/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/11142695553_3106240659_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/hYDebz)20131124untitled shoot263.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/hYDebz) by Firat Ataman (https://www.flickr.com/people/59614266@N06/), on Flickr

[ssiguy]

Great Vic shots. Victoria has a pretty lousy skyline but a great urban environment which is far more important.

[north 42]

Victoria looks super dense in those shots, pretty impressive for the size of the metro!

[GreatTallNorth2]

I would say that Victoria is the envy of most cities less than 1,000,000. Great density and quality looking buildings. Not to mention the water and mountains nearby. I know I would trade London's slab factory for Victoria any day.

[davidivivid]

Easily some of the best shots I've seen of Victoria. :tup:

[SignalHillHiker]

Great Victoria shots. Love the streetfront density and lack of towers-in-the-park.

[vicbc250]

In the first picture you can see a construction site to the left of the cibc building in Victoria, its practically done at this point and is about as tall as the cibc building. its a 15 story residential tower. its made a sizable change in what little skyline we have here in vic.

[Nathan]

Also have to say that I love the street-level density in Victoria.

A couple new pics of Regina from UrbanClimate:
FCC Tower 2:

From the top level of Cornwall St. parkade:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JicXr9qg-Bc/VLLplP-up7I/AAAAAAAAAjI/WFDvdO_JvRw/w964-h317-no/Project1.jpg

From the Hamilton St. pedway:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mRp1eZgPZ4s/VLLpf3Ok6-I/AAAAAAAAAiE/fhBwLKn9FOY/w433-h579-no/100_7858.JPG

View from 11th Avenue pedway, looking west toward stadium. We'll get a great view of the stadium from here in a couple years.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IooaaSZdWVU/VLLpfBXKoAI/AAAAAAAAAh8/w5I0za_1bdQ/w772-h579-no/100_7856b.JPG

The black and white picture played with my mind at first glance... Tbought it was an old/historical picture for a second. There's also a proposal for a 15 or so storey low-income housing complex for the block before the last building on the left.

[Dirt_Devil]

Thanks for sharing those Victoria pictures. Makes me remember the month I spent there, Mermaid Wharf condos. I had a few evenings at Bard & Banker, and having fun is mostly the only thing I can remember ;)

[Chadillaccc]

I'm surprised how often this gets mistaken for the Suburban Skyline thread.

(Not that they aren't nice pictures.)

:haha: agreed. Perhaps the threads could be merged? Though I think both do serve a purpose.

If they were merged, I would hope that this one becomes "The Great Canadian Skyline Thread for CMAs and Suburbs under 1 Million" and the main skyline thread becomes "The Great Canadian Skyline Thread for Core Cities of CMAs over 1 million"... perhaps that would make things more cohesive? Or possibly less? Well who cares anyways :P

[Chadillaccc]

Delete.

[FrAnKs]

Québec city from a rare angle :

Scroll --->

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/3757634049.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robinstalin/12772498884/sizes/o/

[csbvan]

Beautiful pano by an unfortunately named photographer :P

[MolsonExport]

I love the QC pano. B&W brings out the winter stronger. And those Victoria photos are delicious eye candy.

[Beedok]

I'm still confused about how Quebec City apparently has similar escarpment heights to Hamilton, it just looks so much smaller.

[FrAnKs]

I'm still confused about how Quebec City apparently has similar escarpment heights to Hamilton, it just looks so much smaller.

Upper-town Quebec city's elevation varies. 104m is the highest point (actually near the citadel )

See where is the Château Frontenac ? He actually sit between 50 and 60m above sea level. While the city's highest building, Édifice Marie-Guyart (On the left of the Delta hotel ) touch the ground around 90m.

Hence one thing is 100% sure : there is always a good vertical drop between Upper and lower town wherever you are.

Just try it, it's fun. You just need to pick a point where you want : http://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm

[Pinion]

:haha: agreed. Perhaps the threads could be merged? Though I think both do serve a purpose.

If they were merged, I would hope that this one becomes "The Great Canadian Skyline Thread for CMAs and Suburbs under 1 Million" and the main skyline thread becomes "The Great Canadian Skyline Thread for Core Cities of CMAs over 1 million"... perhaps that would make things more cohesive? Or possibly less? Well who cares anyways :P

I decided to post the photos here because North Vancouver is a separate city, both officially and geographically, and this thread is more in line with the population. If it was still called Moodyville I bet there'd be less of a problem.

It really isn't anything anyone should be spending too much time thinking about.

[VivaPhysicality]

I decided to post the photos here because North Vancouver is a separate city, both officially and geographically, and this thread is more in line with the population. If it was still called Moodyville I bet there'd be less of a problem.

It really isn't anything anyone should be spending too much time thinking about.

It's a bit weird when it comes to the Lower Mainland. Some would call North Van a suburb, and indeed a lot of it feels suburban, yet there are neighbourhoods such as Lower Lonsdale that are very urban in nature. There are parts of Vancouver City Proper that feel very suburban by comparison.

Then you have municipalities such as New Westminster that have almost entirely urban characteristics. It just feels weird calling New West a suburb.

[Beedok]

I decided to post the photos here because North Vancouver is a separate city, both officially and geographically, and this thread is more in line with the population. If it was still called Moodyville I bet there'd be less of a problem.

It really isn't anything anyone should be spending too much time thinking about.

No, the name isn't the issue. This is for CMAs under 1 million, and the Vancouver CMA is well above that. It doesn't matter if the picture is of North Vancouver, Surrey, Port Moody, etc.

[GlassCity]

It's a bit weird when it comes to the Lower Mainland. Some would call North Van a suburb, and indeed a lot of it feels suburban, yet there are neighbourhoods such as Lower Lonsdale that are very urban in nature. There are parts of Vancouver City Proper that feel very suburban by comparison.

Then you have municipalities such as New Westminster that have almost entirely urban characteristics. It just feels weird calling New West a suburb.

I think of a "suburb" as a municipality that is dependent on a core economically and culturally. I don't think built form is really relevant; I mean in an ideal world all suburbs would be as urban as New Westminster.

[Brizzy82]

an old pano from 2008.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3012/2714853422_d942b99305_o.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/58UkkC)wpg (https://flic.kr/p/58UkkC) by Adrian stoness (https://www.flickr.com/people/85758861@N00/), on Flickr

[Pinion]

It's a bit weird when it comes to the Lower Mainland. Some would call North Van a suburb, and indeed a lot of it feels suburban, yet there are neighbourhoods such as Lower Lonsdale that are very urban in nature. There are parts of Vancouver City Proper that feel very suburban by comparison.

Then you have municipalities such as New Westminster that have almost entirely urban characteristics. It just feels weird calling New West a suburb.

New West isn't any more urban than the City of North Van, which is separate from the District. The District is ultra-suburban and has banned high density development of any kind indefinitely on the eastern side. I think calling it the City of North Van really does a disservice to the city and creates a lot of ignorance, just like if New Westminster was called the City of Burnaby.

And I didn't notice there was a third thread for suburban skylines. My mistake.

[Empire]

Halifax downtown from Citadel Hill:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/IMG_6069_zpsf0bd2558.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/IMG_6069_zpsf0bd2558.jpg.html)

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/IMG_6068_zps03dde149.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/IMG_6068_zps03dde149.jpg.html)

Looking NE
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/IMG_6073_zpsde8758a1.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/IMG_6073_zpsde8758a1.jpg.html)

Looking South...New Library in center of photo.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/IMG_6078_zps6161f8f8.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/IMG_6078_zps6161f8f8.jpg.html)
Source: Empire

[SignalHillHiker]

A couple of St. John's from this evening.

Supreme Court clocks:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7470/16301199311_19175dac31_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qQtUCx)St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (https://flic.kr/p/qQtUCx) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

TD Place and the Old Fortis Building:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/16115612450_86554407a1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qy5J85)St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (https://flic.kr/p/qy5J85) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

And the omnipresent Basilica of St. John the Baptist:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8682/16302983995_32744b2d8d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qQD49X)St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (https://flic.kr/p/qQD49X) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

[Mrs Sauga]

Amazing Quebec City photo!

[FrAnKs]

Amazing Quebec City photo!

:cheers:

[Brizzy82]

Yeah that's gotta be the best QC shot I've ever seen, and probably one of the best pics in the whole thread.

[MolsonExport]

Love the snow-in-St. John's photos.

[c@taract_soulj@h]

The entire Niagara Region is very odd from an urban point of view.

A lot of different cities but no heart. It kind of makes you wonder why one particular city didn't dominate. They sort of just blend into one another and you never know exactly what city you are in.

There are certainly very nice areas and small towns and there is a lot of history but no real centre despite being bigger than Victoria. I guess Waterloo Region is very similar in that it is the conurbation of 5 different cities but there at least there are 2 major universities while Niagara only has smallish Brock. KWC also is fairly consistent in it's urban form as there are no real gaps between the cities unlike Niagara where there are little splices of land separating non-descript cities and towns.

In terms of urban form I don't think there is another area in the country quite like Niagara.

What's funny is that it's more generic in KWC whereas in Niagara, you can actually differentiate it's cities and towns from one another. Better yet, those in St. Kitts have an opinion of Welland..those in Welland have an opinion of Thorold..those in Niagara Falls have an opinion of St. Kitts..Ft. Erie etc. And then you have the small towns of Grimsby, Lincoln and the country bumpkins in the middle.

For the longest time, I wanted to move back after leaving college because it's such a loose and laidback "whatever goes" kind of area but unfortunately the jobs are incredibly scarce :/

[Chadillaccc]

That QC shot is amazing.

[Chadillaccc]

delete

[flar]

I'm still confused about how Quebec City apparently has similar escarpment heights to Hamilton, it just looks so much smaller.

The escarpment sticks out in Hamilton because it is essentially two plateaus with different elevations separated by a cliff. The escarpment in Quebec City is not as abrupt as the one in Hamilton but just as high:
http://segaert.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v15/p758367233-5.jpg

[Chadillaccc]

Saskatoon


http://theprosaictraveller.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dsc_0132.jpg?w=620&h=928
http://theprosaictraveller.com/2012/11/13/saskatoon-sk-canada-2/

[SkydivePilot]

Victoria looks abjectly incredible!!! :tup:

[Brizzy82]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3910/14343880050_e514ec4d48_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nRw8NJ)
Looking down Albert (https://flic.kr/p/nRw8NJ) by wonderbeard44 (https://www.flickr.com/people/98237585@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5104/5598148208_88e8cc02dd_o.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/9wFYqG)Downtown Winnipeg (https://flic.kr/p/9wFYqG) by www.khammy.com (https://www.flickr.com/people/34346412@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6180/6149682425_467c0e1e75_o.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/anqJkk)... (https://flic.kr/p/anqJkk) by www.khammy.com (https://www.flickr.com/people/34346412@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/13154332364_d71c0e3c43_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/m3poHS)Twilight MacDiarmid Avenue (https://flic.kr/p/m3poHS) by Sheldon Emberly (https://www.flickr.com/people/50544446@N06/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3300/3571964254_6ab8969158_o.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/6rDfwA)East Portage Canyon (https://flic.kr/p/6rDfwA) by JPox (https://www.flickr.com/people/27293556@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7542/15645416070_410c42fc80_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/pQwR7W)Winnipeg Street Scene on a November Evening (https://flic.kr/p/pQwR7W) by Sheldon Emberly (https://www.flickr.com/people/50544446@N06/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/12110652483_639f893197_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/jsbg4a)Looking North on Main (https://flic.kr/p/jsbg4a) by wonderbeard44 (https://www.flickr.com/people/98237585@N02/), on Flickr


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/15013467536_31878b7f25_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/oSFWQy)Misericordia Rooftop Garden and Solarium (https://flic.kr/p/oSFWQy) by Number TEN (https://www.flickr.com/people/47840695@N04/), on Flickr


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8028/7484037954_a2cc883b75_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/cpkDK9)front door of woodbine hotel (https://flic.kr/p/cpkDK9) by arison-c (https://www.flickr.com/people/47808319@N00/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3700/11605242106_ab1445e21f_o.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/iFvUa9)BOM…Portage & Main (https://flic.kr/p/iFvUa9) by wonderbeard44 (https://www.flickr.com/people/98237585@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/14091492838_9952bc22ae_o.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/ntdzT5)Evening view from condo. (https://flic.kr/p/ntdzT5) by wonderbeard44 (https://www.flickr.com/people/98237585@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2899/14369469762_a9ed37c969_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/nTMhJE)Portage and Main - Winnipeg (https://flic.kr/p/nTMhJE) by Nilo Manalo (https://www.flickr.com/people/21655717@N05/), on Flickr