The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[Empire]

Great Peg shots..............

[MolsonExport]

Peg me down as another admirer of those shots.

[ssiguy]

The Peg has great bones with more character than any other Western Canadian city.

[advance62]

Kitchener from the School of Pharmacy (One Victoria in the foreground)

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8650/15714506314_1199e20fa6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pWCXf3)Downtown Rising (https://flic.kr/p/pWCXf3) by Matt M S (https://www.flickr.com/people/76231536@N05/), on Flickr

[MolsonExport]

Are those the famous Barrel Lofts on the left? Nice lookin' loft condos!

Edit: They are the Kaufman Lofts. Really nice.

[Chadillaccc]

Saskatoon



http://gallery.scottprokop.com/Prints/Saskatoon/i-pDmz5Wx/1/XL/SJP-20131118-0047-Saskatoon_Winter%20(16x24)-XL.jpg
http://gallery.scottprokop.com/Prints/Saskatoon
http://gallery.scottprokop.com/Prints/Panoramics/i-4n2zgWg/0/XL/SJP-20130818-0070-Saskatoon%20(12x36)-XL.jpg
http://gallery.scottprokop.com/Prints/Saskatoon

[Chadillaccc]

A small part of the beautiful skyline of Kingston, with the former federal Parliament Building in centre...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZtdHJjYHXE/UIid5UuamwI/AAAAAAAABcE/VhN2cXqkxsQ/s1600/kingston_ontario_hotels_accommodations_getaways_ontario.JPG
http://kingstonontario.blogspot.ca/2012/10/opening-yellow-door-to-kingston-ontario.html?m=1

[Boom Shakalaka]

A small part of the beautiful skyline of Kingston

Um ... am I missing something here? Skyline??? Is this one of those "when you see it" pics?

[TRiToNDREyJA]

Cellphone shot of Winnipeg. Has a really prairie-like feel.

http://i.imgur.com/pLfFAEm.jpg?1

[Brizzy82]

5 years old but its a different angle than usual ones

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3449/3928188866_598446aaa5_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/6Z7ZGf)YWG (https://flic.kr/p/6Z7ZGf) by alvin_edwin (https://www.flickr.com/people/86999358@N00/), on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

Saskabeaut

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs31/i/2008/206/f/d/Downtown_Saskatoon_HDR_by_SLCGrad2k.jpg
http://www.deviantart.com/morelikethis/artists/360102059?view_mode=2



and a beautiful shot of the Chicoutimi part of Saguenay

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/3116767.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3116767

[Fischbob]

Saint John, NB

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7583/15809162192_283f605f6d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q6168W)
Saint John twilight from Fort Howe (https://flic.kr/p/q6168W) by Arnold Brown (https://www.flickr.com/photos/59207718@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15419704420_adaa45936c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/puA1UL)
146. Saint John, NB (https://flic.kr/p/puA1UL) by Magister_Ludi (https://www.flickr.com/people/41224106@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15447187636_ca5b223794_h.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/px1SHj)image (https://flic.kr/p/px1SHj) by cannongate (https://www.flickr.com/people/40588710@N06/), on Flickr

[Brizzy82]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/12124808104_4694d43869_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/jtqP2A)Lindsay Building (https://flic.kr/p/jtqP2A) by Mike | MP-P (https://www.flickr.com/people/52674447@N04/), on Flickr


https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6113/6305150108_8e12ecf5c2_b.jpg
morrismulvey on flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/morrismulvey)


https://farm1.staticflickr.com/181/489113626_d79ac8de2b_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/KdQry)Canwest Global Tower from above (https://flic.kr/p/KdQry) by Theodore Baschak (https://www.flickr.com/people/90461616@N00/), on Flickr

[Beedok]

Is that a nine lane road in downtown Winnipeg?

[Brizzy82]

Is that a nine lane road in downtown Winnipeg?

Yes, that's Main Street

[itom 987]

I wish Saint John would do something with their waterfront; aside from that, pic number two is the best skyline shot I have seen of that city.

[Brizzy82]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4073/4858995234_074a106e6b_b.jpg
by Bryan Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/4858995234/in/photolist-8pnBZU-Pr5VW-PrE8g-Pr4vq-PrE88-PrE8c-Pr5W3-Pr5VU-5gSedd-Pr5VQ-526MCN-PrGrn-PrE82-y5RFS-5BeWwh-5VJ13H-pLzUM4-5VNqMA-Pr857-PrGri-PrFVV-PrGrp-PrGr8-PrGrt-PrGrv-nV2nYp-8pjqme-Pr4vb-nRTfSh-5ohcq5-5ohdAq-4XEavX-4XEapa-4XEaup-Pr4vj-5BaGoD-iwJRcn-9dTDFw-5ocZdr-5ohcPf-5ocVta-5ohff7-5ohdcN-iwK32u-pXomRN-86YPru-q2XNDG-hqg7iH-4upjVq-6XimUS)

[Fischbob]

I wish Saint John would do something with their waterfront; aside from that, pic number two is the best skyline shot I have seen of that city.

I think most Saint Johners are frustrated with the glacial pace of waterfront redevelopment in the city. Unfortunately, most of the land (including Long Wharf, the paved area in the foreground of pic #2) is owned by the Port Authority, whose mandate makes them notoriously resistant to transitioning even severely underutilized sites away from industrial/marine terminal-type uses.

There is some hope though. Pretty much every SJ SSPer is waiting with baited breath for the next announcement concerning the mixed-use redevelopment of the Coast Guard Site (http://www.sjwaterfront.com/fundy-quay-development.html), pictured below:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3845/15181787161_132b467b1d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p8yCp4)
retry_388 (https://flic.kr/p/p8yCp4) by meantux (https://www.flickr.com/people/59468914@N00/), on Flickr

Bonus night skyline:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/15015497459_a2d24a27db_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oSSmge)
Harbour Passage September 9 2014 evening _7915_edited-1 16x9 2 (https://flic.kr/p/oSSmge) by DaveyMacG (https://www.flickr.com/people/45008348@N00/), on Flickr

[Dr Awesomesauce]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4073/4858995234_074a106e6b_b.jpg
by Bryan Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/4858995234/in/photolist-8pnBZU-Pr5VW-PrE8g-Pr4vq-PrE88-PrE8c-Pr5W3-Pr5VU-5gSedd-Pr5VQ-526MCN-PrGrn-PrE82-y5RFS-5BeWwh-5VJ13H-pLzUM4-5VNqMA-Pr857-PrGri-PrFVV-PrGrp-PrGr8-PrGrt-PrGrv-nV2nYp-8pjqme-Pr4vb-nRTfSh-5ohcq5-5ohdAq-4XEavX-4XEapa-4XEaup-Pr4vj-5BaGoD-iwJRcn-9dTDFw-5ocZdr-5ohcPf-5ocVta-5ohff7-5ohdcN-iwK32u-pXomRN-86YPru-q2XNDG-hqg7iH-4upjVq-6XimUS)

If you said this were Toronto or perhaps Montreal, few would question it. It's a big city shot for sure.

[Brizzy82]

If you said this were Toronto or perhaps Montreal, few would question it. It's a big city shot for sure.

Yeah that angle definitely makes the city look bigger.

That's an interesting part of Winnipeg. The buildings along the right are mostly full of African immigrants, and the building it's taken from is largely Filipino.

[Chadillaccc]

Saint John, NB

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7583/15809162192_283f605f6d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q6168W)
Saint John twilight from Fort Howe (https://flic.kr/p/q6168W) by Arnold Brown (https://www.flickr.com/photos/59207718@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15419704420_adaa45936c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/puA1UL)
146. Saint John, NB (https://flic.kr/p/puA1UL) by Magister_Ludi (https://www.flickr.com/people/41224106@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15447187636_ca5b223794_h.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/px1SHj)image (https://flic.kr/p/px1SHj) by cannongate (https://www.flickr.com/people/40588710@N06/), on Flickr


Awesome! I was just looking for some new pics to post of Saint John the other day. Couldn't find any, so your post is quite timely :)

[Brizzy82]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7515/15884077881_e93f7689dc_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/qcC3XK)Forks. (https://flic.kr/p/qcC3XK) by davidmett (https://www.flickr.com/people/127559478@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8336346832_8f0a0923d6_b.jpg
Above Albert (https://flic.kr/p/dGDXtN) by Bryan Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/) on Flickr


https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3105/2752041014_15b518f162_b.jpg
Wellington View (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/2752041014) by Bryan Scott (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanscott/) on Flickr


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8619/15365853413_5e0946bd7a_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/ppQ1T8)Winnipeg 0 (https://flic.kr/p/ppQ1T8) by ТатьянаДик (https://www.flickr.com/people/104623369@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/11617369196_849d384a5f_b.jpg
Night time in the Exchange District (https://www.flickr.com/photos/morrismulvey/11617369196/) by morrismulvey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/morrismulvey)


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7488/16337152262_701c011116_b.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/qTEbc1)Confederation Building (https://flic.kr/p/qTEbc1) by Nilo Manalo (https://www.flickr.com/people/21655717@N05/), on Flickr

[MolsonExport]

Best of a good set:
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8336346832_8f0a0923d6_b.jpg


Looks like a place where I want to linger. And linger I have, in Winnipeg's exchange district.

[north 42]

^^ Reminds me of some parts of DT Detroit with the amount of old buildings.

[Chadillaccc]

Kelowna


http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/013/3/e/kelowna_skyline_by_saronix-d5reis9.jpg
http://saronix.deviantart.com/art/Kelowna-SkyLine-348358041

[davidivivid]

Alma

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/11091839334_257837aeae_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/hU9zpd)Alma (c) Charles-David Robitaille (https://flic.kr/p/hU9zpd) by C'est géant! (https://www.flickr.com/people/38829162@N05/), on Flickr


Trois-Rivières

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5525/10841924573_d0a0d38f2a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/hw4Gs2)Le Balmoral à Trois-Rivières (https://flic.kr/p/hw4Gs2) by Tourisme Trois-Rivières (https://www.flickr.com/people/43377155@N05/), on Flickr

Québec

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/15762428633_25027cf991_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q1SySV)New toy (= (https://flic.kr/p/q1SySV) by nix|photo (https://www.flickr.com/people/111008536@N06/), on Flickr


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8621/15943499929_2baff6ab6a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qhSB4P)Quebec city (https://flic.kr/p/qhSB4P) by Resetx (https://www.flickr.com/people/113547784@N07/), on Flickr


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7574/16031961815_74527f4115_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qqFZGK)Les chemins (https://flic.kr/p/qqFZGK) by Reloopstudio (https://www.flickr.com/people/34875122@N02/), on Flickr

[MolsonExport]

Lovely set from La Belle Province.

Come to think of it, I really could go for a big poutine and a couple of all-dressed steamies. They just don't make 'em that way in Ontario. Belle-Pro is Ok, but I prefer Lafleur's.

http://a4.urbancdn.com/w/s/4y/F0ulj2tkYsVL24.jpg
urbancdn

[ssiguy]

I love The Peg. Talk about a city with character.

[SignalHillHiker]

A few of my recent skyline ones from here. :)

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8605/16367013012_e96de87af6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qWidKw)God is Always Watching (https://flic.kr/p/qWidKw) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8668/16367010362_cdc0f37ea6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qWicXQ)The Republic (https://flic.kr/p/qWicXQ) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8622/16367903125_eafc396333_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qWnMmi)Abandoned but not Forgotten (https://flic.kr/p/qWnMmi) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7430/16367902005_f6b06c906d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qWnM1Z)View from Kimberly Row (https://flic.kr/p/qWnM1Z) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/15745469074_b3747d2009_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pZnDoJ)351 and Fortis Place (https://flic.kr/p/pZnDoJ) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/16341937886_2fe1b4327f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qU5GML)Downtown St. John's (https://flic.kr/p/qU5GML) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7300/16367005282_4c9240c812_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qWibsf)Downtown St. John's (https://flic.kr/p/qWibsf) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/16180280468_7211d923a0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qDNaEU)Downtown St. John's (https://flic.kr/p/qDNaEU) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8625/16180512140_6b057cae48_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qDPmxf)Signal Hill (https://flic.kr/p/qDPmxf) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7452/16366172541_b205dacac0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qWdUUD)Queen's Road (https://flic.kr/p/qWdUUD) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

And one questionable one... more of a street scene. But I just dies at this building every time. :haha:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8602/16182024377_3dabdff647_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qDX75i)Schoolgirls Gone Bad (https://flic.kr/p/qDX75i) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

[GlassCity]

God I love that Scotiabank building in St. John's. Great photos! Had a good laugh at the strip club. When I was there in the summer, it seemed there was a strip club on every block downtown.

[SignalHillHiker]

There probably was, then (female strip clubs are not my area of expertise in this city, as you can imagine). But I do know the Crazy Horse has closed, though, so there's none on the east end of Water Street (up toward Signal Hill) any more.

The strippers are almost all from Montreal. The clubs own a rowhouse or two here and there where the girls are shacked like a school dorm while they're on rotation here. Always lots of scantily-clad women outside and fights and police. And it's always just one random house in an otherwise completely normal neighbourhood.

It's one of those things you grow up seeing but not understanding. Like men wearing women's clothing and just standing on Long's Hill.

You see it as a child and it's just... why? Then you grow up and it's... OMG...

And, the old saying, "The first three buildings in this fair city were a church, a bar, and a whorehouse, and they've added nothing other than more since."

Sirens even has naked Screech Ins performed by the aforementioned Montreal strippers. So if you want a naked woman with a French accent to make you kiss a raw codfish while trying to get you to repeat lines she can't even pronounce herself, you know where to go.

*****

RE: Scotiabank. Yeah, we lucked out with our 1980s towers. Scotia Bank and the Cabot Place Complex (the pink and blue "twin" "towers") are aging pretty well. Much better than our 1970s buildings.

[GlassCity]

There probably was, then (female strip clubs are not my area of expertise in this city, as you can imagine). But I do know the Crazy Horse has closed, though, so there's none on the east end of Water Street (up toward Signal Hill) any more.

The strippers are almost all from Montreal. The clubs own a rowhouse or two here and there where the girls are shacked like a school dorm. Always lots of scantily-clad women outside and fights and police. And it's always just one random house in an otherwise completely normal neighbourhood.

It's one of those things you grow up seeing but not understanding. Like men wearing women's clothing and just standing on Long's Hill.

You see it as a child and it's just... why? Then you grow up and it's... OMG...

*****

RE: Scotiabank. Yeah, we lucked out with our 1980s towers. Scotia Bank and the Cabot Place Complex (the pink and blue "twin" "towers") are aging pretty well. Much better than our 1970s buildings.

Hahah that's actually really cool. I can't think of anything like that here.

[thomax]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7485/15767808075_d4c08a9c1b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q2m8ZV)
East Hamilton-Stoney Creek (https://flic.kr/p/q2m8ZV) by Voice_from_within (https://www.flickr.com/people/12494414@N02/), on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

http://olivierlafleur.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/303338_10150848651949915_212794769914_9755857_237979344_n.jpg
http://olivierlafleur.com/blog/de-sherbrooke-a-quebec/

[Empire]

Best of a good set:

Looks like a place where I want to linger. And linger I have, in Winnipeg's exchange district.

I particularly like this shot. It reminds me of the Dennis building in Halifax which is threatened with demolition...see below...

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/Dennis%20Bldg_zps9jsczzws.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/Dennis%20Bldg_zps9jsczzws.jpg.html)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/morrismulvey/11617369196/

Dennis Bldg:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.648035,-63.573733,3a,75y,325.08h,105.06t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYOBViLAmtOUgWbBzxkw95Q!2e0

[ssiguy]

Any London love?

[Chadillaccc]

Any London love?

Sure thing :)


http://www.uwo.ca/img/about/bnr/bnr-london.png
http://www.uwo.ca/about/visit/london.html
http://www.eng.uwo.ca/international/Img_international/london.jpg
http://www.eng.uwo.ca/international/london.html
http://www.arabtravelers.com/storeimg/img_1335697334_118.jpg
http://www.arabtravelers.com/travel260.html
http://yorkdev.ca/wp-content/themes/realestate_3/img_resize/timthumb.php?src=http://yorkdev.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/timthumb-5.jpg&h=329&w=960&zc=1
http://yorkdev.ca/
http://londonmoms.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/london-ontario.jpg
http://londonmoms.ca/hello-world/

[esquire]

How old is that building in the lower left of the bottom picture above? I get the impression that those Bauhaus-style curves are slowly starting to creep back into style.

[Chadillaccc]

I'm pretty sure it's early 20th century.


Edit: oh left. Uhm I'm not sure. You may be able to find that information on the London Ontario database in the diagrams.

[ssiguy]

Thanks Chad, love to see the old hometown. London definitely punches above it's weight in the skyscraper dept and that aerial is a bit old as it only has one of the Rennasance buildings.

[advance62]

The western half of Downtown Kitchener. Tower crane is from City Centre I

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/15852953344_67cfd42ab6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q9SwHN)Downtown Dusk (https://flic.kr/p/q9SwHN) by Matt M S (https://www.flickr.com/people/76231536@N05/), on Flickr

[Trans Canada]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7558/15910181522_7c193b5ff8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qeVQEw)
Downtown Kelowna (https://flic.kr/p/qeVQEw) by Tim M. Shephard (https://www.flickr.com/people/125480742@N05/), on Flickr

[bolognium]

a little more London for y'all

http://i.imgur.com/6WPuGvf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hurMg3O.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/6BJrVJC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/y6rQuuI.jpg

[Tone]

Rimouski cet après-midi
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/16484866841_6a7a275f19_h.jpg

[Chadillaccc]

Great shots Bolognium! Makes me miss home a bit.





Here's a couple of Sherbrooke beauties I came across...

http://www.convergia.ca/business-phone-services/images/sherbrooke-business-phone-systems.jpg
http://www.convergia.ca/business-phone-services/quebec-qc/sherbrooke.dot
http://www.esbq.ca/image/1/958/512/uploads/event/sherbrooke-automne.jpg
http://www.esbq.ca/fr/calendrier/auditions-a-sherbrooke-2/

[GreatTallNorth2]

A few more of London...all photos taken by me (from One London Place, top of City Hall and the Renassaince)

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0033_zps2c7e5fc7.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0032_zps79b4cc7a.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0020_zps8f92706a.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0041_zps277f9b0e.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0043_zps19b3c2bd.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0052_zps94c47ab6.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0030_zpsab7ce638.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0029_zps76e24bdb.jpg

[GreatTallNorth2]

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0006_zpsed172b08.jpg

[Corlyte]

Picture I took with my iPhone of Waterloo.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll143/Apple_Lott/IMG_0317.jpg

[ssiguy]

Thanks for all those great London shots! I still miss the old girl.

London is, contrary to popular belief, fairly hilly especially in the Western half.
Hey Chad, are you an ex-Londoner?

[Chadillaccc]

:previous: I'm from Woodstock actually, born and raised 18 years.



And yes, excellent London shots. These two are my favorites I've seen in a long time.

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0052_zps94c47ab6.jpg

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0030_zpsab7ce638.jpg]

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^Some sweet Londonness. Mille grazie.

[Trans Canada]

A few more of London...all photos taken by me (from One London Place, top of City Hall and the Renassaince)

http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0029_zps76e24bdb.jpg

I think they stole the building in the foreground from the other London. Some kind of government building?

Also not a bad looking tower :tup:

[Nouvellecosse]

^ Yes that building is really spectacular!

[GreatTallNorth2]

That would be the Great West/London Life building - and yes, it's a beautiful building.

[kool maudit]

i was actually born in london, ontario, although we moved away when i was very young. it's not much of a city but it is pretty unique spot of canada. it and the countryside that surrounds it has a specific identity, even a bit of an accent.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^Funny. I have noticed something that vaguely resembles a drawl, at least from the older generations.

SW Ontario does have an interesting history - something I know little about, frankly.

[bolognium]

When did they demolish the smoke stack? That sucks!

This photo's from 2011 I think:

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


http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah56/Robert_Dore/IMG_0029_zps76e24bdb.jpg

[UrbanClimate]

View from the CBC weather cam, from atop Regina's tallest building.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uN3TFZOKCKA/VNwzRrURbbI/AAAAAAAAAlE/9I8FOGk5bcE/w869-h579-no/Project1.jpg
Credit: www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Saskatchewan/ID/2653327363/

[Chadillaccc]

Some Windsor love...


http://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/Culture/PublishingImages/Windsor-Culture-Map.jpg
http://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/Culture/Pages/Windsor-Culture-Map.aspx

[north 42]

^^^ Thanks Chad! Very cool shot there, never seen this pic before!

[IN'SAUGA]

Chadillaccc... you post some great pictures!!

:cheers:

[SignalHillHiker]

Very nice picture. I realize now I should've StreetViewed Windsor. I've always been curious what it looked like actually IN it.

[Symz]

Nothing is stopping anyone from stopping in the Windsor foru... I mean thread. It gets lonely in there most of the time. I have barely any motivation to post pics these days because they often go unnoticed it seems, with the exception of north42. Even when I post the odd pic in the show is your city hread no one says a peep.

[Nouvellecosse]

If you're trying to attract people to visit your local development thread, describing how lonely and desolate it is probably isn't the most effective advertising. ;)

[Symz]

If you're trying to attract people to visit your local development thread, describing how lonely and desolate it is probably isn't the most effective advertising. ;)

No I'm not. I've been on this page for a few years, there's not much I can do to change that. Theres just not much interest in Windsor, it's part of the reason I slowed down on posting, it kind of feels like what's the point?

It's a hard city to photograph because we don't have many vantage points to take photos, the city looks rather dated and hasn't changed much so the same types of photos kind of get recycled. We're a little forgotten at times with the exception of the parkway thread.

[Nouvellecosse]

lol I was just teasing of course.

But seriously, you don't need to focus on where you're from to have a good time here. The Halifax forum is very busy but I spend much more time in the national and international areas since they're more interesting. Who needs to go online to enjoy their own community anyway? You can just go outside!

[north 42]

It's true there's not too much construction going on in Windsor right now, but I am an optimist and see a bright future for the city. Construction will pick up as employment levels rise. DT is changing slowly with the new UW campuses, St. Clair College DT campuses, new City Hall and other smaller investments and changes. Detroits rise will also lift us up in the process, hopefully creating two new dynamic city cores across the river from each other that are even more interconnected!

[advance62]

Great London pics!

Here's a recent Kitchener shot

-Google's new HQ is U/C in the left foreground, the yellow pile driver is for the soon to begin grade separation at the railway crossing, One Victoria is the crane on the right and City Centre 1 is the background crane

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/16513681682_46b7929e65_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rafWeG)Downtown Gateway (https://flic.kr/p/rafWeG) by Matt M S (https://www.flickr.com/people/76231536@N05/), on Flickr

[ssiguy]

There really is something about London that is very endearing.

So Chad, born and raised in Woodstock eh?.........you have my sympathies. Not that I'm one to talk being born and raised in Strathroy until we moved to London when I was 16.

London is known as the Forest City but few know why that is. Any guesses?

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^Can we assume the answer isn't quite as obvious as it seems?

[Chadillaccc]

There really is something about London that is very endearing.

So Chad, born and raised in Woodstock eh?.........you have my sympathies. Not that I'm one to talk being born and raised in Strathroy until we moved to London when I was 16.

London is known as the Forest City but few know why that is. Any guesses?

I have a friend from Strathroy. Her name is Kelly. Yes, Woodstock is terrible. A horribly conservative fuckhole. One of the worst cities in the country to grow up gay especially. Happy to say that the Gay Straight Alliance I helped set up at my old High School has led to every HS in the city having one, so at least there's progress :)

I agree about London. My partner (who had never been there even though he's from Kitchener) and I went there for a day this past summer, he was shocked at how large and urban it felt. Both of us commented that it is a city that both of us could live in. It just has this awesome grit, location, and some little known parks that make me nostalgic at the very though of them (Sifton Bogg for example). London is basically what you get if Winnipeg and Hamilton had baby.

[Beedok]

London is known as the Forest City but few know why that is. Any guesses?

I've heard it's because if you get up a few floors and look at the city it looks like a forest. Only issue is that's true of all but the most industrial of Canadian cities (and maybe Montreal).

[Dwils01]

Nothing is stopping anyone from stopping in the Windsor foru... I mean thread. It gets lonely in there most of the time. I have barely any motivation to post pics these days because they often go unnoticed it seems, with the exception of north42. Even when I post the odd pic in the show is your city hread no one says a peep.

I always check the Windsor page when there is something posted but I never comment about because I don't know much about the city, only have been there once.

[ssiguy]

I've heard it's because if you get up a few floors and look at the city it looks like a forest. Only issue is that's true of all but the most industrial of Canadian cities (and maybe Montreal).

Not even close.

The Forest City nickname goes back to the city's founding.

London was not on a major navigable river {hence it never had any heavy industry and became a wealthy little white collar town} and the closest point of water entry was Port Stanley. In other words, as far as travel went, it was a bitch to get at.

The area around it was not cleared at all and it was still virgin land. In other words getting to London from many points required going thru wooded {forested} areas and hence The Forest City.

London certainly became green with many parks especially near the downtown as there was no industry in the city or port on the Thames so the name stuck.
London was one of the first cities in NA to have a tree by-law that greatly restricted the tearing down of trees and dates back to the late 1800s.

All of these things have left the city well endowed with parks, tree lined streets and a green canopy that helps make the city so pleasant. Londoners still take their trees VERY seriously.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

@ssiguy

I've always found London's isolation peculiar. That said, I can only assume that its location was meant to deter potential attackers (i.e. Americans).

Any truth to that?

[GlassCity]

@ssiguy

I've always found London's isolation peculiar. That said, I can only assume that its location was meant to deter potential attackers (i.e. Americans).

Any truth to that?

That's what we were taught in history class. Kingston was scrapped because it was too easy for Americans to access, so a new location was chosen. You'll notice London is pretty much smack-dab in the middle of the southern Ontario peninsula (I don't know what it's called) pretty much equally distant from the various Great Lakes. However, eventually people realised that its military protection did not make up for its, relatively huge at the time, isolation.

[SignalHillHiker]

February 14, 2015

All this snow is from one storm. lol

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/15909121593_0a70093390_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpzT)Rabbittown (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpzT) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7446/15909122023_2ce3028cb7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpHi)Downtown West End (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpHi) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8653/16343020679_2fc1a22e4c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qUbfEB)Downtown (https://flic.kr/p/qUbfEB) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8679/16343380507_ded71ac58d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qUd6Cx)Downtown (https://flic.kr/p/qUd6Cx) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8573/16503286196_b65a52f012_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/r9kE2b)Downtown East End (https://flic.kr/p/r9kE2b) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

[ssiguy]

I've never heard the rational of London growing due to being away from the US border theory. London was, of course, pushed as the nation's capitol and hence it's name. this was especially espoused by Thomas Talbot who was one of the main explorers of the region hence Talbot Road in London and the town of Talbotville.

The lack of industry in the city is what helped it to become a centre for old wealth and why Western has always been considered one of Canada's most elitist schools and one of the 4 schools where the rich from Rosedale and Westmount would sent their kids to mingle with the "right" people along with McGill, U of T., and Queen's.

Later has the railways came London grew due to it's strategic position as a regional hub and this was later fortified by the development of roads.

[GlassCity]

I've never heard the rational of London growing due to being away from the US border theory. London was, of course, pushed as the nation's capitol and hence it's name. this was especially espoused by Thomas Talbot who was one of the main explorers of the region hence Talbot Road in London and the town of Talbotville.

The lack of industry in the city is what helped it to become a centre for old wealth and why Western has always been considered one of Canada's most elitist schools and one of the 4 schools where the rich from Rosedale and Westmount would sent their kids to mingle with the "right" people along with McGill, U of T., and Queen's.

Later has the railways came London grew due to it's strategic position as a regional hub and this was later fortified by the development of roads.

I'm not saying that's why it grew, but that's why it was built where it was. It grew because, like you said, it was supposed to be the nation's capital.

[Canasian]

February 14, 2015

All this snow is from one storm. lol

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/15909121593_0a70093390_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpzT)Rabbittown (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpzT) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7446/15909122023_2ce3028cb7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpHi)Downtown West End (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpHi) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8653/16343020679_2fc1a22e4c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qUbfEB)Downtown (https://flic.kr/p/qUbfEB) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8679/16343380507_ded71ac58d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qUd6Cx)Downtown (https://flic.kr/p/qUd6Cx) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8573/16503286196_b65a52f012_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/r9kE2b)Downtown East End (https://flic.kr/p/r9kE2b) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

I miss St. John's. I miss living on Prescott Street! great shots Signal Hill Hiker!

[J.OT13]

Good set of pics for St. John's. So different from the rest of Canada.

[Beedok]

Looks like giant Iqaluit.
http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iqaluit.jpg
https://prezi.com/obdqx7icxa1q/geography-12/

[someone123]

Halifax from Eastern Passage with a strong zoom lens. The two cranes on the left are in the North End, a few kilometres behind the downtown. The lifting jib crane is on its way down; the TD tower is nearly done. The shorter white crane (just to the right of the yellow crane; harder to see) is for the Maple condos. It's going have to be jacked up. That building will be about the same height as the taller office buildings like TD or 1801 Hollis. They are all about the same height because of height restrictions.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/16345408780_dd14491317_k.jpg
Source (https://www.flickr.com/photos/elkelove/16345408780/sizes/k/)

[bikegypsy]

February 14, 2015

All this snow is from one storm. lol

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/15909121593_0a70093390_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpzT)Rabbittown (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpzT) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7446/15909122023_2ce3028cb7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpHi)Downtown West End (https://flic.kr/p/qeQpHi) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8653/16343020679_2fc1a22e4c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qUbfEB)Downtown (https://flic.kr/p/qUbfEB) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8679/16343380507_ded71ac58d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qUd6Cx)Downtown (https://flic.kr/p/qUd6Cx) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8573/16503286196_b65a52f012_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/r9kE2b)Downtown East End (https://flic.kr/p/r9kE2b) by Rabbittownie (https://www.flickr.com/people/129571928@N07/), on Flickr

St John is insanely lovely

[Chadillaccc]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10988523_10100891939109575_5067012122455932318_n.jpg?oh=114f78edcfdcfc5d539ea0ef0eb21ac1&oe=5586F1F0&__gda__=1432021397_09983240ce746f1c24e19932d63c9ff0
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100891939109575&set=a.10100260731095495.2387158.90403669&type=1&theater&notif_t=photo_reply

[MolsonExport]

From my understanding, London was never intended as the National Capital, rather, it was laid out as the intended Capital of Upper Canada (Ontario).

The current location of London was selected as the site of the future capital of Upper Canada in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. Simcoe intended to name the settlement Georgina, in honour of King George III, and renamed the river. However, the choice of a capital site in the midst of extensive hardwood forests was rejected by Guy Carleton (Governor Dorchester). In 1814, there was a skirmish during the War of 1812 in what is now southwest London at Reservoir Hill, formerly Hungerford Hill.

The village of London, named after the English capital of London, was not founded until 1826, and not as the capital Simcoe envisioned. Rather, it was an administrative seat for the area west of the actual capital, York (now Toronto). Locally, it was part of the Talbot Settlement, named for Colonel Thomas Talbot, the chief coloniser of the area, who oversaw the land surveying and built the first government buildings for the administration of the Western Ontario peninsular region. Together with the rest of Southwestern Ontario, the village benefited from Talbot's provisions, not only for building and maintaining roads, but also for assignment of access priorities to main routes to productive land.At the time, Crown and clergy reserves were receiving preference in the rest of Ontario.

wikipedia

[A4Regina]

Here's a recent shot of Regina
http://www.welcometoregina.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/snapshotheader1.jpg
source (http://www.welcometoregina.ca/a-snapshot-of-regina-today/)

[Brizzy82]

Winnipeg


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7370/16570235696_f676d2fc6b_h.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/rffMLU)Millennium Library and Donald St & Smith St, Winnipeg (502319) (https://flic.kr/p/rffMLU) by Bob Linsdell (https://www.flickr.com/people/92487715@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8573/15963363704_0e22f825dc_h.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/qjCpSG)Portage Ave & Main St, Winnipeg (502315) (https://flic.kr/p/qjCpSG) by Bob Linsdell (https://www.flickr.com/people/92487715@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/16553231366_99616839e9_h.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/rdKCYN)Winnipeg from above (https://flic.kr/p/rdKCYN) by Technomade (https://www.flickr.com/people/11890361@N07/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8627/15957074644_b53d3d3f4a_h.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/qj5bmC)Winnipeg from above (https://flic.kr/p/qj5bmC) by Technomade (https://www.flickr.com/people/11890361@N07/), on Flickr

[Nouvellecosse]

Those St. John's pictures are too awesome! I especially love the Russian dolls Coast Guard ships.

[FrAnKs]

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/5458039127.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickmichaud/10112513493/sizes/k/
http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/657230origine4Copie.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickmichaud/10112513493/sizes/k/

[UrbanClimate]

A nice summer picture of Regina (minus a few recent towers).

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-X56QGrkyKQk/VO1oCe_LwPI/AAAAAAAAAmA/yY-WLZ8bEds/w867-h578-no/Project1.jpg

Sourced from TSN: http://www.tsn.ca/video/grey-cup-pride-of-a-nation-1.215095

[itom 987]

Someone should photoshop Le Phare into that Quebec City pano.

I think it would have looked much better there then in Ste-Foy.

[FrAnKs]

You think so ?

[esquire]

What is the building with the columns in the QC shot? I don't recognize it.

[davidivivid]

What is the building with the columns in the QC shot? I don't recognize it.

It is the New Custom House, a weird name considering it was built in 1860. The dome of the building used to be different and water reached the stairs in front as you can see here:

https://histoireurbaine.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/q-vq-basse-ville-rue-leadenhall-saint-andrc3a9-angle-dalhousie-pointe-c3a0-carcy-c3a9d-de-la-dou-l-p-vallc3a9e-quebec-vers-1880-coll-centre-darchives-de-quc3a9bec-p100.jpg
https://histoireurbaine.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/ledifice-de-la-douane-et-lelevateur-du-grand-nord-vers-1905/

https://histoireurbaine.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/ville-de-quc3a9bec-quartier-vieux-quc3a9bec-basse-ville-vers-1900-vers-1965-collection-magella-bureau-p547s1ss1sss1d001p2151r-banq.jpg
https://histoireurbaine.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/ledifice-de-la-douane-et-lelevateur-du-grand-nord-vers-1905/


The surrounding of the Custom House has changed a lot since then. An agora has been developped and shows are presented there in the summer...in a particulalrly beautiful setting:


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8014/7356243860_954ac549f3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/cd3F1G)Rendez-vous Naval de Québec 2012 (https://flic.kr/p/cd3F1G) by Daniel Lévesque (https://www.flickr.com/people/35252883@N08/), on Flickr


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sc%C3%A8ne_de_l%27Agora_du_vieux_port.jpg/1280px-Sc%C3%A8ne_de_l%27Agora_du_vieux_port.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sc%C3%A8ne_de_l%27Agora_du_vieux_port.jpg/1280px-Sc%C3%A8ne_de_l%27Agora_du_vieux_port.jpg


https://histoireurbaine.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/c3a9difice-de-la-douane-et-vieux-port-2014_photo-redimensionnc3a9e1.jpg
https://histoireurbaine.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/ledifice-de-la-douane-et-lelevateur-du-grand-nord-vers-1905/

[esquire]

Thank you! I know it's been a few years since my last visit to Quebec City, but I seem to have no recollection of that lovely building.

[Chadillaccc]

Windsor

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/16235125348_51a349e538_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qJDg9h)
Sunrise over Windsor (https://flic.kr/p/qJDg9h) by Missabe Road (https://www.flickr.com/people/18171644@N03/), on Flickr



Chicoutimi

http://www.ridermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/web-11-Chicoutimi-2-KJA.jpg
http://www.ridermagazine.com/travel-features/the-kingdom-of-saguenay.htm/



Brandon

http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/Brandon+Aerial+-+front.JPG
http://www.brandonsun.com/princeedwardhotel/IN-PICTURES-The-Prince-Edward-Hotel-in-its-prime-158214445.html



Kelowna

https://www.deltahotels.com/var/delta/storage/images/media/images/grand-okanagan/dgo-home-exterior_large/139372-2-eng-US/DGO-Home-Exterior_Large.jpg
http://todsmeeting.com/meeting/general-meeting-information/location-accommodations/



Saint John

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s146/darkharbour/Library-122.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=127302



Red Deer

http://www.kevinlapp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/downtown-red-deer-night.jpg
http://www.kevinlapp.ca/communities/red-deer-ab-red-deer-real-estate-listings



Prince Rupert

http://s3.amazonaws.com/medias.photodeck.com/15126360-bd15-4116-a902-e82756f77190/PeakAerials-20140613_0019_xgaplus.jpg
http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/-/galleries/city-skylines/prince-rupert/-/medias/15126360-bd15-4116-a902-e82756f77190-prince-rupert-waterfront

[softee]

^ I believe that's Prince Rupert.

[Echoes]

Brandon

http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/Brandon+Aerial+-+front.JPG
http://www.brandonsun.com/princeedwardhotel/IN-PICTURES-The-Prince-Edward-Hotel-in-its-prime-158214445.html


There's just something about the idea of a prairie downtown set against a long row of wooden grain elevators helping to form the skyline. You just don't get this anymore. I love it.

[esquire]

There's just something about the idea of a prairie downtown set against a long row of wooden grain elevators helping to form the skyline. You just don't get this anymore. I love it.

That photo of Brandon looks to be from about 1979-80, give or take a couple of years. Sadly the wooden grain elevators are mostly, if not all gone.

It's amazing how the wooden grain elevator went from being totally ubiquitous 30-odd years ago (literally every speck-on-a-map town had at least one) to a rare sight these days. I miss seeing them on the horizon all over the prairies.

Here's the "elevator row" from Inglis, Manitoba. You used to see lineups like this in a lot of towns, right up into the 90s. These days they have all but disappeared... the row in Inglis is preserved because it's now a National Historic Site. These ones are pretty old... many wooden elevators would have been a fair bit taller than these. They really dominated the flat prairie skylines!

http://meshell.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/inglis-grain-elevators.jpg

Source: meshell.ca (http://meshell.ca/blog/inglis-grain-elevators-inglis-manitoba/)