The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under [Archive] - Page 39

Empire

Dec 28, 2015, 9:17 PM

Couple of Halifax sunsets:
Photos by Empire...pls excuse the quality.

Downtown from Woodside ferry....new convention centre far left
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/1_zpsl6xpmqbo.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/1_zpsl6xpmqbo.jpg.html)

South end of Downtown....Fenwick tower far left
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/2_zpsefjlezog.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/2_zpsefjlezog.jpg.html)

1801 Hollis in centre of photo
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/IMG_4610-1.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/IMG_4610-1.jpg.html)

Rapelling down 1801 for charity
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q7/empire1_2007/1801_zpsx9m0snr6.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/empire1_2007/media/1801_zpsx9m0snr6.jpg.html)

Dylan Leblanc

Jan 2, 2016, 12:33 AM

north end of downtown Victoria

http://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/uploads/monthly_12_2015/post-3-0-32575000-1450149959.jpg?123
Mike K. - http://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.php?/topic/1523-downtown-victoria-hudson-walk-rental-commercial-phase-1-16-storeys-under-construction-phase-2-15-storeys-approved/page-43

Brizzy82

Jan 2, 2016, 10:03 PM

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5699/23499941204_30c33f1f3c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BNBkN5)source (https://flic.kr/p/BNBkN5)

Stormer

Jan 14, 2016, 2:26 PM

Skating downtown Regina

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa33/stormer111/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160113_202331_zpsp4tqhnx8.jpg (http://s199.photobucket.com/user/stormer111/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160113_202331_zpsp4tqhnx8.jpg.html)

https://twitter.com/ReginaDowntown/s...38716219047942 (https://twitter.com/ReginaDowntown/status/687438716219047942)

Hali87

Jan 14, 2016, 4:40 PM

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5699/23499941204_30c33f1f3c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BNBkN5)source (https://flic.kr/p/BNBkN5)

"Can deez nuts..."

(I assume this isn't the first time someone's made this connection)

At first glance this reminds me of downtown Detroit (aesthetically, not in terms of maintenance/current condition)

Brizzy82

Jan 14, 2016, 11:02 PM

http://i.imgur.com/teXMeRd.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/_94-IZDcz0/)

http://i.imgur.com/WNdqJEe.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BAGWVdMxAca/)

http://i.imgur.com/iMs1paA.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/_4qIFhRAWv/)

http://i.imgur.com/0aJmjMr.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/-ULhHsxAT3/)

vid

Jan 16, 2016, 11:23 PM

At first glance this reminds me of downtown Detroit (aesthetically, not in terms of maintenance/current condition)

Of course, but if I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say Winnipeg or Thunder Bay is "just like Detroit", I'd be able to buy a few hundred pounds of Nutty Club. :yes:

Laceoflight

Jan 20, 2016, 5:19 PM

Boring and anonymous Quebec City ;)

https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/136742965/m=1600/f40aa6ab8fb883b3235f4e8f58d35ef8 (https://500px.com/photo/136742965/l-Île-d-orléans-l-hiver-by-pierre-alexandre-garneau)
L'île d'Orléans l'hiver (https://500px.com/photo/136742965/l-Île-d-orléans-l-hiver-by-pierre-alexandre-garneau) par Pierre-Alexandre Garneau (https://500px.com/pagarneau), sur 500px

Canasian

Jan 23, 2016, 2:36 AM

I added this picture to the "few photos at a time" thread... but it's been a while since Regina has been in this thread, so thought I would add a photo here too since it shows the skyline quite well, from City Hall's vantage point.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVY5I1yUwAAtItC.jpg
City's twitter feed (https://twitter.com/CityofRegina/status/672788018865025025)

Nathan do you work for the planning department? i worked for he Regina planning department- 9th floor city hall. That looks like the view from my ex coworkers office!

Nathan

Jan 23, 2016, 7:34 AM

Nathan do you work for the planning department? i worked for he Regina planning department- 9th floor city hall. That looks like the view from my ex coworkers office!

Nope. Just pulled the photo off the city's twitter page. :tup:

Hali87

Jan 25, 2016, 6:10 AM

Dartmouth Cove; North End Halifax in background

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1620/23966859964_94404fc569_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/CvSqtw)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/CvSqtw) by Hali87 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/72021271@N05/), on Flickr

SkydivePilot

Jan 25, 2016, 8:11 PM

Of course, but if I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say Winnipeg or Thunder Bay is "just like Detroit", I'd be able to buy a few hundred pounds of Nutty Club. :yes:

Thunder Bay has no modern/tall buildings though. Lol.

Beedok

Jan 25, 2016, 9:03 PM

Thunder Bay has no modern/tall buildings though. Lol.

There's a couple highrises.

Hali87

Jan 25, 2016, 10:30 PM

Detroit and TBay are probably pretty similar in terms of the proportion of new/old and highrise/lowrise. TBay might actually be slightly "newer" overall.

SkydivePilot

Jan 25, 2016, 11:53 PM

There's a couple highrises.

Ah, I sit corrected; 'haven't been there since '03. Lol! Thank you.

franktko

Jan 26, 2016, 12:57 AM

Ah, I sit corrected; 'haven't been there since '03. Lol! Thank you.

TB highrises were built 30-40 years ago... ;)

vid

Jan 26, 2016, 3:36 AM

We've had a few buildings built in the past few years, no high rises though. We only have 4. If you count the grain elevators as high rises we have 20. Our skyline is pretty modern, aside from the Whalen Building (the tallest one in the second photo) and the Royal Edward (unpictured), everything is from 1965 and later.

Courthouse:
http://www.adamson-associates.com/sites/default/files/styles/project_gallery_image/public/projects/tbcc-1_0.jpg?itok=1weXZcpQ
http://www.adamson-associates.com/project/new-thunder-bay-consolidated-courthouse

Waterfront:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8761/18333077766_44bf9070f0_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alothan/18333077766/)
©James Brown (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alothan/)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3940/15364843817_5dae39af5f_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/eye4naturefotography/15364843817/)
©eye4naturefotography/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/eye4naturefotography/)

This dual senior's apartments complex was recently finished:

http://www.formarchitecture.ca/assets/images/projects/ceiss/Revised-RGB-COLOURING-AAA-DJI00012.jpg (http://www.formarchitecture.ca/)
(The buildings are in a flight path and can't be taller than 10 storeys, which is why they were built like this instead of a single taller building)

Not much of a skyline, but we've got a decent amount of mid-rises. We could have a pretty good skyline if we had one downtown instead of two.

Chadillaccc

Jan 26, 2016, 4:29 AM

Northern Ontario's city skylines...

Thunder Bay - 125 000 people

http://thewaterfrontdistrict.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Beautiful-Downtown.jpg
http://thewaterfrontdistrict.ca/
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bukvErmw_E/Vh73-CBF-yI/AAAAAAAAJ1E/kRN8AzibCvc/s1600/1%2B-%2BCumberland%2Band%2BVan%2BNorman%2Bfull%2Bedit%2Band%2Bclear.jpg
http://hotrodsandjalopies.blogspot.ca/2015/10/fort-william-and-port-arthur.html

Sudbury - 166 000 people

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Sudbury_downtown.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_neighbourhoods_of_Sudbury
http://www.growdowntown.ca/blog/assets/content//images/Downtown_Panorama1.jpg
http://www.growdowntown.ca/blog/

Timmins - 44 000

http://highway11.ca/content/timmins/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/04/Timmins-Streetscape-P199.jpg
http://highway11.ca/content/timmins/timmins/
http://www.timminsedc.com/en/businessclimate/resources/skyline.jpg
http://www.timminsedc.com/en/businessclimate/siteselectors.asp

Sault Ste. Marie - 80 000

http://www.tanyakim.ca/wp-content/uploads/Sault-Ste-Marie.jpg
http://www.tanyakim.ca/just-a-small-town-girl/
http://aff.bstatic.com/images/hotel/max500/367/36769639.jpg
http://checkinly.com/en/algoma-university-downtown-residence,h.html

North Bay - 65 000

http://www.stantec.com/content/stantec/en/about-us/office-locations/canada-locations/ontario-offices/north-bay-ontario-office/_jcr_content/promotionalImage.rpath.1200.0.medium.1429535534514.png
http://www.stantec.com/about-us/office-locations/canada-locations/ontario-offices/north-bay-ontario-office.html
http://topology.nipissingu.ca/workshop2006/waterfront.jpg
http://topology.nipissingu.ca/workshop2006/may2006.html

Kenora - 15 000

http://www.htfc.mb.ca/web/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Warkentin+Kenora.jpg
http://www.htfc.mb.ca/htfc-receives-national-and-regional-recognition-from-the-csla/
http://stayinkenora.com/wp-content/uploads/revslider/kenora/45931870_Area_Attraction_1500x976.jpg
http://stayinkenora.com/accomodations/lakeside-inn/

north 42

Jan 26, 2016, 2:51 PM

Detroit and TBay are probably pretty similar in terms of the proportion of new/old and highrise/lowrise. TBay might actually be slightly "newer" overall.

I hope you're kidding! Detroit has many highrises and has seen hundreds of millions of dollars in new construction ( three new highrise casinos) and renovations of historic highrises, as well as much more planned. The new arena district that is currently under construction is also worth hundreds of millions of dollars and covers 40 sq blocks. It will consist of the arena, shops, office and much residential, absolutely nothing like Thunder Bay.

esquire

Jan 26, 2016, 3:08 PM

I hope you're kidding! Detroit has many highrises and has seen hundreds of millions of dollars in new construction ( three new highrise casinos) and renovations of historic highrises, as well as much more planned. The new arena district that is currently under construction is also worth hundreds of millions of dollars and covers 40 sq blocks. It will consist of the arena, shops, office and much residential, absolutely nothing like Thunder Bay.

The key word is "proportion"

Dwils01

Jan 26, 2016, 6:44 PM

Thanks for the pictures of the northern Ontario cities Chad.

Here's some more of Sault Ste. Marie from 2012.
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04948_zps4ecbbce4.jpg (http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/DWils01/media/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04948_zps4ecbbce4.jpg.html)

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04946_zps01bb742d.jpg (http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/DWils01/media/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04946_zps01bb742d.jpg.html)

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04953_zps09134ee1.jpg (http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/DWils01/media/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04953_zps09134ee1.jpg.html)

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04952_zps18843f83.jpg (http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/DWils01/media/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04952_zps18843f83.jpg.html)

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04945_zps3b0d2736.jpg (http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/DWils01/media/Sault%20Ste%20Marie/DSC04945_zps3b0d2736.jpg.html)
Pictures by me.

Hali87

Jan 27, 2016, 6:10 AM

The key word is "proportion"

:tup:

GlassCity

Jan 27, 2016, 6:50 AM

Great Sault Ste. Marie pictures!

MolsonExport

Jan 27, 2016, 2:18 PM

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bukvErmw_E/Vh73-CBF-yI/AAAAAAAAJ1E/kRN8AzibCvc/s1600/1%2B-%2BCumberland%2Band%2BVan%2BNorman%2Bfull%2Bedit%2Band%2Bclear.jpg

Awesome.

Beedok

Jan 27, 2016, 3:42 PM

Missed the other Thunder Bay skyline.
http://highway11.ca/content/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/TB-16-TBay-Skyline.jpg
http://highway11.ca/content/tag/ae/

Bishop2047

Jan 27, 2016, 11:37 PM

I really liked Sault Ste. Marie, and it punches a little above its weight for populations in terms of dense-feel. The only bad thing thing about its downtown is that you have to look at Sault Ste. Marie MI, and its UGLY.

advance62

Jan 28, 2016, 3:53 AM

That lakeside INN building is great! The podium not so much.

Kitchener:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5677/23457144892_ecdd553f9d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/BJPZWC)Gradient City (https://flic.kr/p/BJPZWC) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1449/24633050536_20c89c98fe_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/DwJPHS)Dusk (https://flic.kr/p/DwJPHS) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

Chadillaccc

Feb 2, 2016, 4:25 AM

http://www.avisonyoung.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/office_main/Lethbridge.jpg
http://www.avisonyoung.com/offices/lethbridge

speedog

Feb 2, 2016, 4:43 AM

One wonders if there should not be a thread labelled "Skylines for cities within a CMA not named after them". Burnaby and Surrey are a few that I can think of off the top of my head and there's probably a whole bunch of cities in Ontario and Quebec that would fall into this category.

GlassCity

Feb 4, 2016, 8:08 AM

esquire

Feb 4, 2016, 3:30 PM

Looking north up Main Street in Peg Gritty... Portage and Main in the foreground, CP railyards and North End in the background

http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/151026_winnipeg_aerial_0629.jpg

winnipegfreepress.com

OTSkyline

Feb 4, 2016, 9:22 PM

Man Winnipeg has some good bones and I like the intersection. All they need are a couple of new tall glass towers in their downtown to add excitement, a bit of bulk and add interesting contract between all these older towers and some newer ones...

Brizzy82

Feb 5, 2016, 2:01 AM

Winnipeg instagram pics

http://i.imgur.com/Q9TtYX9.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BAQXCTHMy6e)

http://i.imgur.com/fyssW7q.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/9luHhRjpl0/)

http://i.imgur.com/sKo1VJz.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BBLCy-wE9jD/)

http://i.imgur.com/EGgctp6.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BBVHxLVk6VG/)

http://i.imgur.com/A0yySq9.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/_PNqxaGCMw/)

http://i.imgur.com/sSXbKlK.png?1
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/_m01wdGCO_/)

http://i.imgur.com/LanRXsr.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/_agQXyE6R4)

Tone

Feb 7, 2016, 1:14 AM

Rimouski
https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1534/24744605292_18c728937d_h.jpg

Nathan

Feb 24, 2016, 4:28 AM

Posted it in the stadium thread, but could go in the skyline thread too... so I thought, why not?

A picture of old Mosaic; the Labour Day Classic last year.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cb8PfPSXEAIHSOf.jpg
Source = CFL Twitter Account (https://twitter.com/CFL/status/702297097261989889)

Laceoflight

Mar 4, 2016, 10:19 PM

Québec on Instagram :

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12816973_261053454226282_498654753_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODUxMDY4OTI3NDgxMTcwOA%3D%3D.2 (http://websta.me/p/1198510689274811708_41988828)
@ Gtb94 (http://websta.me/n/gtb94) on Websta.me

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12822292_1676886152569426_696742130_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTE5ODA2NjMxNDIwNjM0MjE3Mg%3D%3D.2 (http://websta.me/p/1198713268090524093_1518801363)
@ Enjoycanada (http://websta.me/n/enjoycanada) on Websta.me

FrAnKs

Mar 4, 2016, 11:14 PM

Ma ville bien aimée !! (L)

Chadillaccc

Mar 5, 2016, 2:30 AM

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - 310 000

http://www.saskatoonrealtors.ca/images/saskatoon_panorama_downtown.jpg
http://www.saskatoonrealtors.ca/Saskatoon%20Links.aspx
http://www.bridgecity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/14908434704_63daadb1d8_k.jpg
http://www.bridgecity.ca/2014/10/downtown-saskatoon-2/
http://www.bridgecity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Downtown-Saskatoon.jpg
http://www.bridgecity.ca/category/saskatoon/downtown/page/10/

Regina, Saskatchewan - 250 000

http://www.westjetmagazine.com/files/destinations/ReginaCROPTourismSaskatchewan.jpg
http://www.westjetmagazine.com/destinations/canada/regina
http://regina.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1951416.1407515293!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_960/image.jpg
http://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-unemployment-rate-lowest-in-nearly-40-years-1.1951234

Kelowna, British Columbia - 200 000

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4490583595_17002d7ec0_b.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=538621&page=107
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2717/4491226632_789c9d3ce1_b.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=538621&page=107

SkydivePilot

Mar 5, 2016, 10:42 PM

^^^^ The top Saskatoon photo was taken between 1979-82. ^^^^ :)

Otherwise, nothing much has changed there.

SaskScraper

Mar 13, 2016, 12:00 AM

Originally posted by Chadillacc
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - 310 000

http://www.saskatoonrealtors.ca/images/saskatoon_panorama_downtown.jpg

^^^^ The top Saskatoon photo was taken between 1979-82. ^^^^ :)

Otherwise, nothing much has changed there.

ya, judging from the buildings reflections in the water but not in the skyline I would say that the image was altered to not show the buildings in South Downtown Saskatoon, plus picture was probably taken many years ago (?)..

this pic from ten years ago shows the two tallest missing in top photo
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1527/25108446994_41b00cdbe9.jpg

MolsonExport

Mar 13, 2016, 3:02 AM

Maybe the extremely dated photographs belong in another thread. There is one on skylines of the past.

davidivivid

Mar 19, 2016, 10:39 PM

St-Sauveur neighbourhood

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7579/16286749366_dc0c4e7672_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qPcRay)Winter in Quebec City (https://flic.kr/p/qPcRay) by Pierre-Olivier Fortin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pofortin/), sur Flickr

Darkoshvilli

Mar 20, 2016, 1:04 AM

^Thats awesome.

Nouvellecosse

Mar 20, 2016, 1:18 AM

Wow, I wish the Maritimes had an area that dense!

lio45

Mar 20, 2016, 1:26 AM

It's not even that desirable and still pretty cheap. I also think St-Jean-Baptiste is a more dense neighborhood (and also better located, and nicer architecturally).

It's pretty nuts that we admire a meh neighborhood just because it happens to have no gigantic holes in it! Quite sad from an urbanity POV.

itom 987

Mar 20, 2016, 2:57 AM

Love the fabric in that pic!

Chadillaccc

Mar 29, 2016, 2:35 AM

The Paris of the Prairies...

http://saskedge.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Downtown3.jpg
http://saskedge.ca/
http://www.craigstelzer.com/_media/images/stoon-skyline_02-1.jpg
http://www.craigstelzer.com/
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6624901773_006ee9368d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/b6qmun)
Saskatoon Skyline From Balloon (https://flic.kr/p/b6qmun) by Norm Fisher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/normfisher/), on Flickr
https://gereports-prd.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/saskatoon-skyline-gereports.jpg
https://gereports.ca/six-hothouses-for-innovation/
http://www.jappconstruction.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Depositphotos_9915700_original1-1140x415.jpg
http://www.jappconstruction.ca/contact-us/

Chadillaccc

Mar 29, 2016, 2:44 AM

Lethbridge, Alberta - 100 000 people

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7457573280_8066cbcf24_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/cn11HE)
Downtown Lethbridge looking east (https://flic.kr/p/cn11HE) by The Lost Canuck Photography by Cody Kapcsos (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stirlingab/), on Flickr
http://dailyphotodose.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/HeritageHall_0022-e1422466609785.jpg
http://dailyphotodose.com/

someone123

Mar 29, 2016, 4:29 AM

Wow, I wish the Maritimes had an area that dense!

It's not even that desirable and still pretty cheap. I also think St-Jean-Baptiste is a more dense neighborhood (and also better located, and nicer architecturally).

I was actually going to say that St-Sauveur reminds me of the building stock of the "poor" old sides of Halifax and Saint John, where you also find a mix of modest old 2-3 storey buildings. I think it's also the poorer side of old Quebec City whereas areas like St-Jean-Baptiste were ritzier when first developed.

St-Jean-Baptiste is as you say more impressive and harder to find an analogue to in the Maritimes, not as far as density goes but in terms of consistent heritage preservation and quality.

It's been a few years since I've been to Quebec City; I may head back this summer. It's interesting to contrast it with Halifax from an urban planning perspective, because parts of both cities started in a similar place but heritage preservation has been much stronger in Quebec City. Halifax is just now getting enough nice new buildings that some areas are more vibrant and impressive than they would have been had they been preserved in 1950. Then again, that's a bit of a false trade-off because parts of the city could have been preserved while others could have been opened up even more to development. There are also parts of Quebec City that are just nicer because the province seems to invest (proportionally much) more money into having nicer legislature grounds, etc.

Quebec City's also not a perfectly-preserved place. It feels a bit like there were some planning mishaps in the 1960's and 70's before people decided to pull the plug on large-scale development in the old core. There's a highway interchange that caused some damage and there are some office towers. The relative scale of those redevelopments was smaller though.

Chadillaccc

Mar 29, 2016, 4:36 AM

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/14455885649_07218cc43b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/o2qcaK)
full moon over Saint John (https://flic.kr/p/o2qcaK) by Seeing Is (https://www.flickr.com/people/71382899@N00/), on Flickr

KnoxfordGuy

Mar 29, 2016, 3:12 PM

I was actually going to say that St-Sauveur reminds me of the building stock of the "poor" old sides of Halifax and Saint John, where you also find a mix of modest old 2-3 storey buildings. I think it's also the poorer side of old Quebec City whereas areas like St-Jean-Baptiste were ritzier when first developed.

St-Jean-Baptiste is as you say more impressive and harder to find an analogue to in the Maritimes, not as far as density goes but in terms of consistent heritage preservation and quality.

It's been a few years since I've been to Quebec City; I may head back this summer. It's interesting to contrast it with Halifax from an urban planning perspective, because parts of both cities started in a similar place but heritage preservation has been much stronger in Quebec City. Halifax is just now getting enough nice new buildings that some areas are more vibrant and impressive than they would have been had they been preserved in 1950. Then again, that's a bit of a false trade-off because parts of the city could have been preserved while others could have been opened up even more to development. There are also parts of Quebec City that are just nicer because the province seems to invest (proportionally much) more money into having nicer legislature grounds, etc.

Quebec City's also not a perfectly-preserved place. It feels a bit like there were some planning mishaps in the 1960's and 70's before people decided to pull the plug on large-scale development in the old core. There's a highway interchange that caused some damage and there are some office towers. The relative scale of those redevelopments was smaller though.

Also need to remember the amount of historic housing and businesses that were destroyed in 1917 due to the Halifax Explosion.

A4Regina

Apr 1, 2016, 10:20 PM

stumbled upon this pic of Regina, it'd be nice to see something break the table-top skyline that's forming!

http://www.economy.gov.sk.ca/regina-image
source (http://www.economy.gov.sk.ca/immigration/regina)

SkydivePilot

Apr 2, 2016, 5:48 AM

^^^^ Our skyline looks not too bad; however, it would be nice to add a few more buildings to take our skyline up to the next "step." ^^^^ :)

Dr Awesomesauce

Apr 2, 2016, 8:14 AM

It's funny the names we give our cities.

There seem to be dozens of cities known as the Pearl of the Orient - meaningless, really.

One of Hamilton's nicknames is the Ambitious City - meant to be derisive rather than complimentary.

Where does Paris of the Prairies come from then?

SkydivePilot

Apr 2, 2016, 6:05 PM

Recently, I lived in Saskatoon for over 3 years. It is no "Paris of the Prairies." Saskatoon isn't bad though; it, like many other places, is sometimes best viewed from a distance.

thomax

Apr 17, 2016, 3:44 PM

http://i.imgur.com/LXFfFXW.jpg
Burlington | 4/16/16 (https://www.instagram.com/p/BEQkvCJpyGN/) by agirlabouthamont (https://www.instagram.com/agirlabouthamont/), on Instagram

Chadillaccc

Apr 18, 2016, 3:26 AM

Nice

Dr Awesomesauce

Apr 18, 2016, 3:29 AM

Dr Awesomesauce

Apr 18, 2016, 3:30 AM

http://i.imgur.com/LXFfFXW.jpg
Burlington | 4/16/16 (https://www.instagram.com/p/BEQkvCJpyGN/) by agirlabouthamont (https://www.instagram.com/agirlabouthamont/), on Instagram

Every time I see those hydro pylons I want to scream...

Chadillaccc

Apr 18, 2016, 3:32 AM

Saint John...

http://az616578.vo.msecnd.net/files/2016/03/03/635926218323147288-98212027_slide_img1.jpg
http://theodysseyonline.com/maine/places-move-canada-under-president-trump/340987
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/~/media/Images/TNB/Website/Products/C/CityofSaintJohn/SaintJohn5.jpeg
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/Products/C/City-of-Saint-John.aspx
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/~/media/Images/TNB/Website/Products/C/CityofSaintJohn/SaintJohn1.jpeg
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/Products/C/City-of-Saint-John.aspx
http://rentmagnus.com/images/saint_john.jpg
http://rentmagnus.com/contact.php
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/~/media/Images/TNB/Website/Products/C/CityofSaintJohn/SaintJohn2.jpeg

Metro-One

Apr 18, 2016, 8:52 AM

Every time I see those hydro pylons I want to scream...

Hydro pylons... what? They come from a dam?

I always called them "transmission towers" or as most people seem to say around me, simply "power lines."

Never heard towers referred to as pylons before. To me a pylon is what you put on the road during construction / directing traffic.

Beedok

Apr 18, 2016, 11:43 AM

Hydro pylons... what? They come from a dam?
Which province are you from originally?

I always called them "transmission towers" or as most people seem to say around me, simply "power lines."

Never heard towers referred to as pylons before. To me a pylon is what you put on the road during construction / directing traffic.
I've heard pylons before, it's somewhat less common, but definitely not unheard of.

kwoldtimer

Apr 18, 2016, 1:24 PM

Hydro pylons... what? They come from a dam?

I always called them "transmission towers" or as most people seem to say around me, simply "power lines."

Never heard towers referred to as pylons before. To me a pylon is what you put on the road during construction / directing traffic.

They do NOT put hydro pylons on the road during construction. Those are "traffic cones"! :)

Metro-One

Apr 18, 2016, 1:43 PM

Which province are you from originally?

I've heard pylons before, it's somewhat less common, but definitely not unheard of.

From BC.

Traffic cones, for me that feels American. 80% of the time I would here pylons with 20% being road cones or traffic cones. (and no, you would not put hydro pylons on the road, just pylons, haha).

Hydro pylons is completely new to me though. By far Transmission towers is what I have heard the most, follwed by power lines. Sometimes I hear tension towers / high tension towers.

Similar that it seems only BC really says "Parkade" in Canada unless I am mistaken?

PS, also want to say that those are some super nice Saint John pictures, just wish they were a little bigger.

Beedok

Apr 18, 2016, 2:58 PM

From BC.
I guess the site I read was wrong about BC being one of the provinces to call all electricity 'hydro' then.

Traffic cones, for me that feels American. 80% of the time I would here pylons with 20% being road cones or traffic cones. (and no, you would not put hydro pylons on the road, just pylons, haha).
I agree with that.

Hydro pylons is completely new to me though. By far Transmission towers is what I have heard the most, follwed by power lines. Sometimes I hear tension towers / high tension towers.
I don't think I've heard transmission towers before.

Similar that it seems only BC really says "Parkade" in Canada unless I am mistaken?
I say parkade somewhat. I don't think I'm that weird for Ontario.

speedog

Apr 18, 2016, 3:11 PM

I guess the site I read was wrong about BC being one of the provinces to call all electricity 'hydro' then.

I agree with that.

I don't think I've heard transmission towers before.

I say parkade somewhat. I don't think I'm that weird for Ontario.

Am in my sixth decade of living in Alberta and it's always been electricity, traffic cones, transmission towers and parkade to me.

le calmar

Apr 18, 2016, 3:29 PM

esquire

Apr 18, 2016, 3:39 PM

kwoldtimer

Apr 18, 2016, 4:57 PM

le calmar

Apr 18, 2016, 5:02 PM

First time I've ever heard of Montrealers using American spellings over Canadian. Seems quite odd.

I always spell the words the Canadian way on this forum, and I know the regular forumers from Quebec do the same (lio, Acajack, tough Acajack is Acadian I think...). In real life though, the American spelling is almost always exclusively used. I was taught to write the words with the American spelling in school. Seeing "colour" spelled with a 'u' still doesn't feel totally natural to me. Same with "aboot", I have never pronounced it that way. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that most francophones will learn English by watching American TV shows and movies. I think most Quebec anglophones also use the American spelling.

kwoldtimer

Apr 18, 2016, 5:08 PM

lio45

Apr 18, 2016, 5:09 PM

People often colloquially refer to electrical service here as just "hydro", which is not surprising as nearly all of the electricity generated in Manitoba is via hydroelectric dams and the power utility calls itself Manitoba Hydro (short for The Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board).

I'm guessing use of the word "hydro" is probably a lot less common in provinces that don't rely on hydroelectricity...

Maybe this is one for the shibboleths thread? ;)

It's the one and only word that anyone would ever use to mean "electrical service" here.

It's so ingrained that I recall last summer slipping it in contexts making no sense (like telling Texas tenants that "hydro" wouldn't be included).

Now I'm making a conscious effort to call it "power" whenever it comes up in English (my Anglo gf and I have a nearly 200 years old duplex that's really poorly-insulated, and the topic of the hyd... power bill did come up this past winter. Interesting that MB is totally aligned with us on that one (it's obviously very logical).

lio45

Apr 18, 2016, 5:14 PM

I always spell the words the Canadian way on this forum, and I know the regular forumers from Quebec do the same (lio, Acajack, tough Acajack is Acadian I think...).

No, I definitely spell everything the "normal" (American) way. The way of books and the way of the Internet.

This was brought to my attention by my Northern Vermont gf a few years ago (exchanging emails: "how come you don't you write like a Canadian?") ... I hadn't even realized there were spelling differences. I did ring a bell from my school days, though, after she said it.

le calmar

Apr 18, 2016, 5:19 PM

Hehe! I started using the Canadian spelling on this forum because I had never used it before. I guess I wanted to blend in. But outside this forum I never use it.

Procrastinational

Apr 18, 2016, 5:53 PM

From BC.

Traffic cones, for me that feels American. 80% of the time I would here pylons with 20% being road cones or traffic cones. (and no, you would not put hydro pylons on the road, just pylons, haha).

Hydro pylons is completely new to me though. By far Transmission towers is what I have heard the most, follwed by power lines. Sometimes I hear tension towers / high tension towers.

I've never heard the term hydro pylons either. On the other hand, I hear the term traffic cones far more often than I hear pylons.

British Columbians also call electricity "hydro" more often than not. It's a very Canadian thing. I've never heard it anywhere else.

Beedok

Apr 18, 2016, 6:25 PM

we don't say aboot but about...
Most Canadians say about rather than aboot. Americans however are somewhere closer to abot.:haha:

Acajack

Apr 18, 2016, 6:43 PM

Hydro is a common word for electricity in Quebec, both in French and English. Same for cones (works for both languages) And as far as I know parkade is not used at all. In general, the usage of canadian expressions or words in Quebec was never really widespread. We tend to stick to American expressions ('eh' was never a thing here since anglophones would say 'huh' instead, we spell color, flavor, or similar words without the 'u', we don't say aboot but about...) But that's another story.

"Pylône" is also the word for hydro towers in French. The only word that people in Quebec would use for it. It's a correct term in English too, though in Canadian English I suspect "transmission tower" is more common in most areas.

I suspect that in areas closer to Quebec there is some subtle drift towards choices of words that are similar to each other in both languages.

I wouldn't be surprised if anglophones in eastern and northern Ontario said pharmacy more often than drugstore, than say people in Saskatchewan or even SW Ontario.

Another example is how people in Ottawa use CV for resumé even when speaking in English. It's a correct term in English but as you move further away from Ottawa it gradually fades from common usage. Westerners who move to Ottawa sometimes find it odd when potential employers ask them for their CV.

CV is the common term in French for your resumé.

Ironically, the originally French word resumé in French (résumé) can't really stand in for CV in proper French. Though some French-speaking people may use it I suppose in places like Timmins, Sudbury or St-Boniface.

Acajack

Apr 18, 2016, 6:44 PM

Most Canadians say about rather than aboot. Americans however are somewhere closer to abot.:haha:

I find Americans say "abahht".

Acajack

Apr 18, 2016, 7:02 PM

I always spell the words the Canadian way on this forum, and I know the regular forumers from Quebec do the same (lio, Acajack, tough Acajack is Acadian I think...). In real life though, the American spelling is almost always exclusively used. I was taught to write the words with the American spelling in school. Seeing "colour" spelled with a 'u' still doesn't feel totally natural to me. Same with "aboot", I have never pronounced it that way. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that most francophones will learn English by watching American TV shows and movies. I think most Quebec anglophones also use the American spelling.

I've noticed this too. Both in the English used by most people in Montreal (anglophone, francophone or allophone) and also the way it is usually written. Notable exceptions might be the Montreal Gazette, the federal government and institutions like McGill.

But if you have a given place in Montreal that has bilingual signs or any type of literature (brochures, flyers, etc.), more likely than not it will use American spelling for the English:

Centre d'information / Information Center

Nous faisons des copies couleur / We make color copies

Chadillaccc

Apr 18, 2016, 9:15 PM

http://paulsaulnier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_4890.jpg
http://paulsaulnier.com/photography/saint_john_new_brunswick/
http://paulsaulnier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_05261.jpg
http://paulsaulnier.com/photography/saint_john_new_brunswick/
http://paulsaulnier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_03001.jpg
http://paulsaulnier.com/photography/saint_john_new_brunswick/

kwoldtimer

Apr 18, 2016, 9:20 PM

I find Americans say "abahht".

I hear it as "abawht". Also "hawhse". And we won't even mention "sawhry". Americans talk weird. ;)

lio45

Apr 18, 2016, 10:35 PM

http://paulsaulnier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_05261.jpg
http://paulsaulnier.com/photography/saint_john_new_brunswick/

I'm pretty sure that's the exact building where I had found that dirt cheap (by non-Saint-John standards for that kind of building) office condo back when we were playing real estate guessing games!

lio45

Apr 18, 2016, 10:37 PM

I find Americans say "abahht".

If Canadians don't say "aboot" then it must mean they say "abawht", no?

kirjtc2

Apr 18, 2016, 10:54 PM

British Columbians also call electricity "hydro" more often than not. It's a very Canadian thing. I've never heard it anywhere else.

I think it depends a lot on whether your province's power company has the word "Hydro" in its name. In NB, where it doesn't, we tend to call it "power".

kwoldtimer

Apr 19, 2016, 12:38 AM

If Canadians don't say "aboot" then it must mean they say "abawht", no?

Nope. We make a sound all our own.

Metro-One

Apr 19, 2016, 12:51 AM

I guess the site I read was wrong about BC being one of the provinces to call all electricity 'hydro' then.

I agree with that.

I don't think I've heard transmission towers before.

I say parkade somewhat. I don't think I'm that weird for Ontario.

Oh we say hydro all the time, just never "hydro pylon."

"Hydro lines" is a common synonym for "power lines."

But the towers themselves are transmission towers (or high tension towers).

Beedok

Apr 19, 2016, 2:11 AM

If Canadians don't say "aboot" then it must mean they say "abawht", no?

No, we actually say 'about' with the 'u'.

vid

Apr 19, 2016, 2:12 AM

We call them "hydro towers" in Northwestern Ontario. They're also referred to as hydro towers in the opening line of the song "Shine" by Hamilton, Ontario band Junkhouse.

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"We live around the hydro towers
Listen to them singing in the park"

That song is 19 years old now. :(

Hydro One calls them "Transmission Lines". (http://www.hydroone.com/RegulatoryAffairs/Documents/EB-2006-0501/Exhibit%20A/Tab_6_Sched_1-Transmission_System_Map.pdf) They don't make any specific reference to the towers since they're just holding up the lines.

Rico Rommheim

Apr 19, 2016, 2:15 AM

http://paulsaulnier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_4890.jpg
http://paulsaulnier.com/photography/saint_john_new_brunswick/

That's the best picture of Saint John I've ever seen.

Acajack

Apr 19, 2016, 3:38 AM

Nope. We make a sound all our own.

aboat

kwoldtimer

Apr 19, 2016, 3:48 AM

aboat

Nope. If I say "aboat" and "about", they are noticeably different.

FrAnKs

Apr 19, 2016, 3:55 AM

That's the best picture of Saint John I've ever seen.

Indeed very nice city and the core is surprisingly big for a metro area of 127 000 !

I filmed the St-John Throughway in 2014 :

Agw0QkXIMAE

Procrastinational

Apr 19, 2016, 4:46 AM

I find Americans say "abahht".

It's closer to "a-bow-t" or "uh-bow-t" with bow being pronounced as it would in "take a bow" (not like "bow tie").

Spocket

Apr 19, 2016, 4:52 AM

Well, my two cents is that we don't actually realize we say it. What we hear in the media is a somewhat hyperbolic version of what we say so it doesn't help us hear it ourselves. I've been working with other English speakers from various countries and they occasionally catch me out when they think I say "aboot". I don't hear it but I've been made aware of it. What they hear as "aboot" is actually a schwa sound (sorry, for those of you who don't know what a schwa is...it's something like the "e" sound in "the" and it's also the most common vowel in pretty much every language on Earth) When you make the "ou" in 'about' into a schwa and then elongate the sound, it becomes clear that to other native English speakers we do say something that sounds like "aboot".

Rico Rommheim

Apr 19, 2016, 5:03 AM

I've lived in this country most of my life and I've never heard anybody, ever, say "aboot". Ever. I guess that's because I'm in Montreal.

I hear "eh" all the time, from Canadians, from Brits, from Australians and especially from my north-eastern US friends.

MolsonExport

Apr 19, 2016, 1:06 PM

They do NOT put hydro pylons on the road during construction. Those are "traffic cones"! :)

both are pylons. At least in my vocabulary (hydro and construction pylons).

Nobody says Aboot. Everybody says "eh" or "aye".

FrAnKs

Apr 19, 2016, 1:20 PM

both are pylons. At least in my vocabulary (hydro and construction pylons).

Nobody says Aboot. Everybody says "eh" or "aye".

Here we say : Han ?? :D

north 42

Apr 19, 2016, 1:27 PM

I find a lot of Canadians sound almost Scottish when they say "about", at least around here I hear it all the time, so maybe that's where the exaggerated "aboot" comes from. I also hear "aboat" quite often as well from Canadians.

Just watch an episode of Big Brother Canada, and you'll hear just how "Canadian" everyone sounds, even though they're from different parts of the country, they all sound very similar. There really isn't a very big difference in how we talk from coast to coast, just some slight local accents for the most part.