The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under [Archive] - Page 32

kwoldtimer

Aug 17, 2014, 12:44 PM

Not the most flattering of angles, but point taken.

'Performance exhaust!' Yes, this is the world we've created.

It could be the most flattering angle in the world and the clutch of student apartment towers that have sprung up over the last few years would still be ugly as hell. The whole area really needs to be seen to appreciate how bad it is.

beatlesque

Aug 17, 2014, 2:22 PM

It could be the most flattering angle in the world and the clutch of student apartment towers that have sprung up over the last few years would still be ugly as hell. The whole area really needs to be seen to appreciate how bad it is.

Some of the architecture I've seen in pictures of Kitchener, e.g, the City Hall, looks great. I've always thought that that building is fantastic. Seeing all these ugly buildings in this shot of Waterloo - a place with such a renowned university and business history among other things - just screams of the contempt of developers for people who actually live there.

The attitude of the money-grubbing people who put these things up doesn't really surprise me as they will invariably do this when they can get away with it. What is a disappointment is that cities - and this happens everywhere obviously but seems really badly the case in this picture - let them get away with it when they could demand better, and reflect the city better.

kwoldtimer

Aug 17, 2014, 2:40 PM

Some of the architecture I've seen in pictures of Kitchener, e.g, the City Hall, looks great. I've always thought that building is fantastic. Seeing all these ugly buildings in this shot of Waterloo - a place with such a renowned university and business history among other things - just screams of the contempt of developers for people who actually live there.

This attitude of the money-grubbing people who put up these things doesn't really surprise me as a lot of them will invariably do this when they can get away with it. What is a disappointment is that the city - and this happens everywhere obviously but it seems really badly the case with these recent commie blocks - lets them get away with it when it could demand better, and reflect the city better.

Waterloo has some wonderful architecture (CIGI, Cdn Clay and Glass Museum, Balsillie School, Perimeter Institute are all GG award winners), and the Uptown area has improved greatly, but the student ghetto in the Northdale neighbourhood is awful. New plans are in place that should lead to improvements over time and, hopefully, make for a more liveable neighbourhood.

Meanwhile, I heard from a reliable source just last week that one of the biggest obstacles to UofWaterloo's recruitment of world-class academic talent has become the sorry built environment of both the university (some good buildings but a cluttered, over-crowded campus that desperately needs a plan to pull it all together) and the City. If true, that's an issue with national implications, given the level at which UofW now operates.

beatlesque

Aug 17, 2014, 2:53 PM

Waterloo has some wonderful architecture (CIGI, Cdn Clay and Glass Museum, Balsillie School, Perimeter Institute are all GG award winners), and the Uptown area has improved greatly, but the student ghetto in the Northdale neighbourhood is awful. New plans are in place that should lead to improvements over time and, hopefully, make for a more liveable neighbourhood.

Meanwhile, I heard from a reliable source just last week that one of the biggest obstacles to UofWaterloo's recruitment of world-class academic talent has become the sorry built environment of both the university (some good buildings but a cluttered, over-crowded campus that desperately needs a plan to pull it all together) and the City. If true, that's an issue with national implications, given the level at which UofW now operates.

Excellent points - and the fact that there are those great buildings demonstrates even more what a place like Waterloo could demand (especially in comparison to other places which I imagine are more desperate for development at any cost). I think developers often treat a place as it allows itself to be treated, living up or down to that. The resulting built environment then has very tangible consequences as you describe.

middeljohn

Aug 17, 2014, 3:19 PM

kwoldtimer

Aug 17, 2014, 4:11 PM

Remimds me of this used car lot taking up both sides of Jasper Ave in downtown Edmonton. Incredible how it sucks the soul right of that section of the city. Even when they're not being driven, cars are detrimental to a city's urban fabric.

The irony, if you are speaking of Waterloo, is that the problem is not that strip in the foreground, which is what you'd find in similar areas anywhere, but rather much of the high-rise development in the background (and you don't even want to know about the mid-rise garbage between those towers and the university).

vid

Aug 17, 2014, 4:57 PM

Honestly, it's easier to ignore commieblocks than those things. It's like they can't decide if they want to look like shit, or like crap.

thomax

Aug 18, 2014, 6:25 AM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsDJM97CYAA034i.jpg:large
Source - twitter.com/cityofhamilton (https://twitter.com/cityofhamilton/status/486609985602723840/photo/1)

http://i60.tinypic.com/264ibsi.jpg
Source - twitter.com/cityofhamilton (https://twitter.com/cityofhamilton/status/495248454776791040/photo/1)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bt97zIWIgAAebaY.jpg:large
Source - twitter.com/cityofhamilton (https://twitter.com/cityofhamilton/status/495250845903355904/photo/1)

thomax

Aug 18, 2014, 3:26 PM

I love this view of Hamilton, it's not posted enough...
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/9431609048_ac902022c7_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gods_eyes/9431609048/)
Blue Waters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gods_eyes/9431609048/) by Ray Love www.facebook.com/raylovephotography/ (https://www.flickr.com/people/gods_eyes/), on Flickr

OTSkyline

Aug 18, 2014, 3:31 PM

^ Very nice hamilton shot! It's very rare to see the city (and it's skyline) full-frontal rather than from behind ;)

MolsonExport

Aug 18, 2014, 5:32 PM

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3872/14940395552_5bc7c06c8d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oLer5L)Waterloo Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/oLer5L) by dereksoundguy (https://www.flickr.com/people/123791753@N03/), on Flickr

Waterloo slowly building a skyline

That muffler joint totally makes the picture.

HomeInMyShoes

Aug 18, 2014, 5:52 PM

It's certainly the cleanest looking thing in the picture.

Cyro

Aug 18, 2014, 5:53 PM

Swiss chalet to the right isn't all that bad either.

kwoldtimer

Aug 18, 2014, 7:32 PM

If you could do a 360 degree pan, you'd see that the Speedy is one of the prettier bits of that stretch of Weber St. It's like the Waterloo (look at all our shiny high tech!) that they don't want you to know about. :yuck:

Dylan Leblanc

Aug 18, 2014, 7:38 PM

It's the most architecturally attractive building in the photo!

davidivivid

Aug 18, 2014, 8:11 PM

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/14693823949_7b2e6089c7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oorFWe)Quebec On The Hill (https://flic.kr/p/oorFWe) by The Cleveland Kid (https://www.flickr.com/people/21395880@N02/), on Flickr

Kong Tower

Aug 18, 2014, 10:57 PM

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14777050677_23977f3746_b.jpg
Another view of Waterloo's emerging skyline, with Kitchener's in the distance

Chadillaccc

Aug 18, 2014, 11:56 PM

That steeple pic is amazing David!

kwoldtimer

Aug 19, 2014, 12:07 AM

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14777050677_23977f3746_b.jpg
Another view of Waterloo's emerging skyline, with Kitchener's in the distance

Was that taken from the new (ugly, of course) student apartment tower u/c at King and Columbia?

Dr Awesomesauce

Aug 19, 2014, 12:41 AM

Kong Tower

Aug 19, 2014, 12:53 AM

Was that taken from the new (ugly, of course) student apartment tower u/c at King and Columbia?

Yep. It definitely is ugly, but the view from top is nice.

vid

Aug 19, 2014, 1:11 AM

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14777050677_23977f3746_b.jpg
Another view of Waterloo's emerging skyline, with Kitchener's in the distance

Wow, what a contrast between the student housing and the rest of the city. It looks like a Soviet era neighbourhood landed in the middle of a Canadian city, complete with its muted colours and bleak outlook on life.

Beedok

Aug 19, 2014, 2:03 AM

Multi-nodal cities are my favourite kind of city.

MonctonRad

Aug 19, 2014, 3:11 AM

Wow, what a contrast between the student housing and the rest of the city. It looks like a Soviet era neighbourhood landed in the middle of a Canadian city, complete with its muted colours and bleak outlook on life.

It would look even more like a Soviet era commie block development if this picture had been taken in the dead of winter. :D

I'm sure if this picture were posted in the Russian SSP forum, that most people would believe this was a suburban Moscow neighbourhood. :haha:

MolsonExport

Aug 19, 2014, 2:00 PM

Multi-nodal giant Asian cities are awesome. Multi-nodal middling Canadian cities...not so much.

kwoldtimer

Aug 19, 2014, 2:14 PM

Multi-nodal giant Asian cities are awesome. Multi-nodal middling Canadian cities...not so much.

Especially when the two main nodes, Downtown Kitchener and Uptown Waterloo, are practically in sight of each other.

beatlesque

Aug 19, 2014, 2:37 PM

Especially when the two main nodes, Downtown Kitchener and Uptown Waterloo, are practically in sight of each other.

Look out Tokyo 🇯🇵 .

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/827578tokyofujiah53462.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=827578tokyofujiah53462.jpg)

http://assets.knowledge.allianz.com/img/tokyo_fuji_ah_53462.jpg

Beedok

Aug 19, 2014, 4:09 PM

Multi-nodal giant Asian cities are awesome. Multi-nodal middling Canadian cities...not so much.
They're still better than single node middling Canadian cities.

Especially when the two main nodes, Downtown Kitchener and Uptown Waterloo, are practically in sight of each other.
There's few Canadian cities large enough to have nodes not visible from one another. The GTHA is a single urban zone and most of Toronto's built up zones are visible from Hamilton.

vid

Aug 19, 2014, 10:03 PM

Vancouver is probably the only city where you can't see every node from at least one location. You can't see Surrey from Vancouver and vice-versa due to the topography.

In Thunder Bay, you can only see both main cores from lookouts on hills. If Port Arthur's downtown were a mile further north, even that wouldn't be possible.

Chadillaccc

Aug 19, 2014, 11:07 PM

You can see every node in Vancouver from the North Shore Mountains (Grouse, Cypress, ect.) but that's about it.

beatlesque

Aug 21, 2014, 1:47 AM

Along with the new Canada Post CMHR stamp, some photos of the museum and Esplanade Riel in WPG from last night:
https://twitter.com/canadapostpromo/status/502129175025561600/photo/1

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/469605cmhrstamp.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=469605cmhrstamp.jpg)

A view of some translucent alabaster ramps:

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/453121DSCN7142.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=453121DSCN7142.jpg)

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/900851DSCN7132.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=900851DSCN7132.jpg)

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/611922DSCN7153.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=611922DSCN7153.jpg)

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/344722DSCN7094.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=344722DSCN7094.jpg)

by poster

Chadillaccc

Aug 21, 2014, 3:25 AM

Downtown Trenton Ontario. Fairly impressive for a city of under 20 000 actually! :)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Trenton_ON.jpg/800px-Trenton_ON.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_Ontario

ssiguy

Aug 21, 2014, 3:38 AM

Chadillaccc

Aug 21, 2014, 3:42 AM

I'm glad Winnipeg got the Human Rights Museum and I bet it is a good one that I would definitely like to see but I have to say I am not a fan of that building. Have to confess that I actually find it quite ugly.

I understand what you mean, the back certainly isn't great. What about just the glassy front part? I personally really like it, and it makes the building overall a win, as does the incredible interior.

http://humanrights.ca/sites/default/files/PSA%20Banner.jpg
http://humanrights.ca/about-museum/official-opening#.U_VqdPldWFk

beatlesque

Aug 21, 2014, 3:52 AM

I'm glad Winnipeg got the Human Rights Museum and I bet it is a good one that I would definitely like to see but I have to say I am not a fan of that building. Have to confess that I actually find it quite ugly.

Totally disagree, but hey to each their own.

I like these rears anyway though - at Assiniboine Park. Kind of look like they're in the sky so that's about the only skyline connection...

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/976672BvfHGk6IQAEmTgU.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=976672BvfHGk6IQAEmTgU.jpg)

- Paul Fleming

LeftCoaster

Aug 21, 2014, 6:02 PM

Since it's so unique it tends to be a very divisive building. Personally I really like it but I can fully understand why someone wouldn't as well.

beatlesque

Aug 21, 2014, 7:09 PM

Since it's so unique it tends to be a very divisive building. Personally I really like it but I can fully understand why someone wouldn't as well.

That makes sense, and people who like it may buy into Predock's concepts referencing nature - roots, cloud, mountain, etc. - more than those who hate it (obviously, I guess). Given that the glass isn't transparent as originally modelled, I tend to like the main cloud cladding on sunny days when it has a pure, pale sky blue colour, or when it reflects passing clouds and so on. The dark blue glass on the bottom part of the tower was questionable but I personally like the torch/beacon effect at night, at least. The ramps pictured above are actually very beautiful up close.

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/946895DSCN7024.jpg

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/585501DSCN2001.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=585501DSCN2001.jpg)

- poster

esquire

Aug 21, 2014, 7:27 PM

^ That kind of vaguely Gehry-inspired style was cutting edge when the architectural competition was held a decade ago. It's still a beautiful building, but not quite as fresh looking as it would have been when it was first unveiled.

vid

Aug 23, 2014, 2:40 AM

http://i.imgur.com/O3gEIbQ.jpg

Fort William, as seen from Hillcrest Park in Port Arthur.

Photo by: https://www.facebook.com/george.gregorovich?fref=nf
Posted in this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThunderBayMemories/?fref=nf

FrAnKs

Aug 23, 2014, 2:54 AM

Winter is earlier this year

vid

Aug 23, 2014, 3:28 PM

It's from last winter, but our leaves are changing ahead of schedule. :(

Nathan

Aug 23, 2014, 9:33 PM

Photo from the top of one of the Twin towers in Regina (Hill Towers):

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bvu5OK8CYAAtyT8.jpg
Source - Twitter: @poonisms (https://twitter.com/poonisms/status/503199436952989696/photo/1)

FrAnKs

Aug 23, 2014, 10:38 PM

It's from last winter, but our leaves are changing ahead of schedule. :(

Are you serious? We are just in fucking late august !

thomax

Aug 23, 2014, 10:52 PM

Hamilton's industrial sector skyline from Pier 8:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bvp1TItIUAIdQtX.jpg:large
Source (https://twitter.com/cityofhamilton/status/502843284201693185/photo/1)

Beedok

Aug 23, 2014, 11:49 PM

Are you serious? We are just in fucking late august !

My mum's been complaining about one tree changing for a couple weeks now I think. I'm not sure which tree, but I generally bad at noticing the trees change.

vid

Aug 24, 2014, 2:33 AM

They've seriously been changing since late July, it's insane this year. We didn't have any leaves until mid-June and they're already something like 10% changed. We're not going to have anything left by the time fall actually gets here. We'll probably have a foot of snow by Halloween. :no:

I'd take photographic evidence but it is night time. Tomorrow I will share some photos of the tragedy that is leaves changing colour in late August.

Tone

Aug 24, 2014, 10:56 PM

Rimouski at low tide this afternoon
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3888/15024887855_62ca70772a_h.jpg

lio45

Aug 24, 2014, 11:06 PM

I still like that farm sitting on top of the skyline :)

Beedok

Aug 25, 2014, 1:55 AM

Is there a reason Rimouski is so built up for its size?

lio45

Aug 25, 2014, 3:02 AM

It acts as defacto regional capital for a large part of Eastern Quebec.

MolsonExport

Aug 25, 2014, 1:32 PM

Behold. Drummondville skyline.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Route_122_(Drummondville).jpg
Wikimedia

Woot!

thomax

Aug 26, 2014, 8:45 PM

http://www.homesinhamiltonontario.com/account/2b7e81c6291f26fe/Gallery/carousel/17.jpg
Source (http://www.homesinhamiltonontario.com/)

Tone

Aug 27, 2014, 1:43 AM

It acts as defacto regional capital for a large part of Eastern Quebec.

We even suck some people from Northern NB too!:P

Acajack

Aug 27, 2014, 1:39 PM

We even suck some people from Northern NB too!:P

Yes, I have relatives in northern NB and they occasionally go to Rimouski for certain things.

Chadillaccc

Aug 27, 2014, 2:03 PM

Nelson - 11 000

http://images.hellobc.com/mgen/tbccw/production/TBCCWDisplay.ms?img=%2Fgetmedia%2F301efdac-3a78-48cc-8c9f-ff8698941827%2F4-3243-Nelson-Fall-Colours.jpg.aspx&tl=1&sID=1&c=public%2Cmax-age%3D172802%2Cpost-check%3D7200%2Cpre-check%3D43200&bid=4_5
http://www.hellobc.com/nelson.aspx

Kamloops - 100 000

http://kamloopsrealestatewithingrid.ca/_media/Images/cityweb2.jpg
http://kamloopsrealestatewithingrid.ca/kamloops-and-area.html

Prince George - 90 000

http://tourismpg.com/sites/default/files/styles/signature/public/slideshow03.jpg?itok=pmJoHxvN
http://tourismpg.com/

Penticton - 40 000

http://images.hellobc.com/mgen/tbccw/production/TBCCWDisplay.ms?img=%2Fgetmedia%2F765ce4ae-7da7-4665-8da4-26135467b527%2F3-PBC-Penticton-Aerial.jpg.aspx&tl=1&sID=1&c=public%2Cmax-age%3D172802%2Cpost-check%3D7200%2Cpre-check%3D43200&bid=4_5
http://www.hellobc.com/penticton.aspx

Dylan Leblanc

Aug 29, 2014, 10:18 PM

Saw a painting of Prince George, snapped a photo

http://gingert.net/images/princegeorgepainting.jpg

advance62

Aug 31, 2014, 11:30 PM

Kitchener this afternoon

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3836/14912968557_4e6d23449d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oHNRZx)Big Sky, Big City (https://flic.kr/p/oHNRZx) by Matt M S (https://www.flickr.com/people/76231536@N05/), on Flickr

kwoldtimer

Sep 1, 2014, 1:35 AM

Dylan Leblanc

Sep 1, 2014, 2:02 AM

that's a great shot!

Pinion

Sep 1, 2014, 2:41 AM

Posted this elsewhere but probably more appropriate here

City of North Vancouver (pop. 50,000)

http://i.imgur.com/2GfLZyr.jpg

ssiguy

Sep 1, 2014, 3:00 AM

Nelson is just too cool and beautiful for words and that's a great shot of her.

Kamloops and Penticton are also among my favorite small cities and those pics really take in the beautiful settings.

MonctonRad

Sep 1, 2014, 3:59 AM

Originally posted by mmmatt in one of the Moncton threads:

Photographer on Facebook nicely captured one of my favorite angles of downtown...

https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10548133_10152314208007596_9064205160672420145_o.jpg
credit: Patricia Killam on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pattidftba?fref=photo)

Downtown Moncton as seen from the Riverview marsh on the south side of the Petitcodiac River.

Metro-One

Sep 1, 2014, 9:16 AM

Nelson is the classic small North America town.

And Penticton is probably my favorite small city in Canada (climate and topography have a lot to do with that), but also it has a far more liberal attitude than Kelowna.

My sister's friend and her husband are both RCMP in Penticton and they say it is so quiet there that she actually gets bored.

thomax

Sep 1, 2014, 4:00 PM

Hamilton, taken by me a couple weeks ago...

http://i61.tinypic.com/2a95mh0.jpg
Source: My Photo

Larger Size:

http://i57.tinypic.com/2hhht81.jpg
Source: My Photo

Monctoncore

Sep 1, 2014, 7:24 PM

Here is another Photo Taken by Patricia Killam also from Facebook

Moncton Skyline at Night

http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u555/brodierochford/10419614_10152239348932596_4984411644336459173_n_zps3c454162.jpg (http://s1321.photobucket.com/user/brodierochford/media/10419614_10152239348932596_4984411644336459173_n_zps3c454162.jpg.html)

advance62

Sep 1, 2014, 9:14 PM

advance62

Sep 1, 2014, 9:14 PM

Chicopee?

You guessed it!

Tone

Sep 5, 2014, 5:28 AM

Québec (Ste-Foy)
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3924/14957773947_8d1dc5e12f_b.jpg

FrAnKs

Sep 5, 2014, 12:31 PM

You always find the best spots for St-foy skyline. I'm jaleous lol

I only know one by memory and it's on a viaduct over A20 ( Avenue des églises )

Tone

Sep 5, 2014, 6:43 PM

En parlant du viaduc de l'Avenue des Églises, je vais essayer d'en prendre une de là bientôt, la vue est un peu plus en plongée que ''mon'' spot. Le problème c'est les fils à haute tension, je sais pas si c'est possible de les éviter.

FrAnKs

Sep 5, 2014, 8:35 PM

Tu est dans le coin ces temps-ci ?

thomax

Sep 5, 2014, 9:29 PM

Hamilton

September 3, 2014
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwmggeCIEAEfXOV.jpg:large
Source (https://twitter.com/RyanMcGreal/status/507112914629963777/photo/1)

August 29, 2014
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwMw1-YCIAE015f.jpg:large
Source (https://twitter.com/RyanMcGreal/status/505301288251568128/photo/1)

MolsonExport

Sep 5, 2014, 9:40 PM

That first one of the hammer shows interesting bones and good potential for densifiction.

MolsonExport

Sep 5, 2014, 9:41 PM

MolsonExport

Sep 5, 2014, 9:42 PM

Nelson is real pretty. leaves turning already?

LeftCoaster

Sep 5, 2014, 9:46 PM

must be an old pic, no way the leaves have turned that much already, not with the summer they've had out west.

Corlyte

Sep 9, 2014, 2:45 AM

MonctonRad

Sep 9, 2014, 3:10 AM

:previous:

Where's the Speedy??? :)

Corlyte

Sep 9, 2014, 3:38 AM

:previous:

Where's the Speedy??? :)

I think it's few roads to the east? That's a behind the scenes picture :p
KW area is such a mess it's not grid-style like Toronto

SignalHillHiker

Sep 9, 2014, 11:59 AM

Oh, awesome. :D +10 points KW. I love a good, old, messy street grid.

Echoes

Sep 12, 2014, 6:25 PM

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-09/3/10/enhanced/webdr11/enhanced-buzz-wide-24848-1409755663-7.jpg

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/the-most-underrated-places-in-canada#442xeew

advance62

Sep 12, 2014, 10:28 PM

Ok, this is the best KW skyline shot I've seen posted here.

Glad to hear it!

Here's another of Downtown

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3905/14967592879_f36d05c0d4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oNCPUc)Electric City (https://flic.kr/p/oNCPUc) by Matt M S (https://www.flickr.com/people/76231536@N05/), on Flickr

advance62

Sep 12, 2014, 10:29 PM

I think it's few roads to the east? That's a behind the scenes picture :p
KW area is such a mess it's not grid-style like Toronto

"Such a mess" aka more interesting than a grid

kwoldtimer

Sep 12, 2014, 10:46 PM

"Such a mess" aka more interesting than a grid

Indeed, "interesting" to the point of being comical at times. I recently noticed that Highland Rd West and Victoria St South are parallel to each other, while Westmount Ave West crosses Highland Rd West at right angles! It all seems to have been laid out to confuse outsiders.

kwoldtimer

Sep 12, 2014, 10:52 PM

edit

vid

Sep 14, 2014, 3:41 PM

Here is a picture I took of Waterloo from behind the buildings in a car. Sorry if quality is bad I took it from my phone.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll143/Apple_Lott/IMAG0149.jpg

Yes that's a crane

There is no camera in the world that could improve the visual quality of those buildings.

kwoldtimer

Sep 14, 2014, 3:43 PM

There is no camera in the world that could improve the visual quality of those buildings.

Waterloo - home of the Great Wall of Student! :yuck:

advance62

Sep 15, 2014, 1:48 AM

Kitchener on Saturday

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5585/15043709747_fbf517a056_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oVmWMZ)Clouds Over The City (https://flic.kr/p/oVmWMZ) by Matt M S (https://www.flickr.com/people/76231536@N05/), on Flickr

Beedok

Sep 15, 2014, 2:39 AM

Kitchener-Waterloo seems to be moving towards a sea of towers.

koops65

Sep 15, 2014, 6:32 AM

There are plenty of towers, it's just that none of them are very tall...

1overcosc

Sep 15, 2014, 4:09 PM

There are plenty of towers, it's just that none of them are very tall...

So K-W is becoming a mini-Ottawa.

kwoldtimer

Sep 15, 2014, 6:05 PM

So K-W is becoming a mini-Ottawa.

Not really. Perhaps a bit like a mini-Ottawa if Ottawa had no Centretown.

Corlyte

Sep 15, 2014, 9:51 PM

There is no camera in the world that could improve the visual quality of those buildings.

not sure if this is sarcasm..

vid

Sep 16, 2014, 12:37 AM

not sure if this is sarcasm..

Sarcasm would imply I didn't seriously mean what I said. I believe you might find, by simply looking at the subject in the photograph, that I was quite serious in what I said.

koops65

Sep 16, 2014, 1:37 AM

Sarcasm would imply I didn't seriously mean what I said. I believe you might find, by simply looking at the subject in the photograph, that I was quite serious in what I said.

Personally, I find that most of those buildings are pretty gross/ / disgusting, but the middle one, (http://luxewaterloo.ca/) with the handles, like Godzilla wanted to pick it up and walk away with it, is all right...