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Old Posted Feb 26, 2013, 2:59 AM
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Posted this for Chadillac in the Canada section - might be good for us to see here as well:

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Chadillac - depending on the angle, it's possible to make them look very close to downtown or not very close at all.

In reality, by the standards of St. John's core urban area (not including separate municipalities in the suburbs), they are about half-way across the city from downtown, which is, of course, at the edge along the harbour.

Here is an angle that makes them look about as far from downtown as you could possibly make them look.

These towers will be in the middle of the yellow box at the right edge of the photo:



And here is an angle that will make them look VERY close to downtown. The buildings in the background of this shot are the existing ones in the yellow box above:


Old and New St. John's by Signal Hill Hiker Photography, on Flickr
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