The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under [Archive] - Page 41

Monolith

Oct 25, 2016, 7:38 PM

Kamloops

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8652/30187929261_8932d9f10b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MZB2CZ)
1610110023 (https://flic.kr/p/MZB2CZ) by Jan Nademlejnsky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/103495283@N07/), on Flickr

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7778/30187929471_be596db722_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MZB2GB)
1610110024 (https://flic.kr/p/MZB2GB) by Jan Nademlejnsky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/103495283@N07/), on Flickr

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8526/29475453215_848cc79d41_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LUDpke)
1609040004 (https://flic.kr/p/LUDpke) by Jan Nademlejnsky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/103495283@N07/), on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8647/29862656434_d30e943e3c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MuRVmN)
kamloops-carpet-care-homepage (https://flic.kr/p/MuRVmN) by Eric Rankin Photography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/125113363@N02/), on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8012/29307385785_3da6a62be2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LDN1JV)
1603140021 (https://flic.kr/p/LDN1JV) by Jan Nademlejnsky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/103495283@N07/), on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5776/22921158291_bdae7d0fe5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/AVsVNk)
Northern Lights Over Kamloops (https://flic.kr/p/AVsVNk) by Nicole Singular (https://www.flickr.com/photos/phingular/), on Flickr

advance62

Nov 5, 2016, 7:08 AM

Kitchener with our two newest towers done:

https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5493/30155087044_04dcac4a98_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MWGGMS)Kitchener Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/MWGGMS) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

skylinegazer

Nov 6, 2016, 4:01 AM

^ towers?

lol j/k :-D

Kamloops ones are nice as well

kwoldtimer

Nov 6, 2016, 1:37 PM

^ towers?

lol j/k :-D

Kamloops ones are nice as well

Ranging between 10 and 19 stories in that photo. Downtown's topography has an interesting levelling effect. I think you'd need to go 23-25 stories, except on Cedar Hill (right side of the photo) to be noticeably taller than other buildings, at least from that perspective.

someone123

Nov 6, 2016, 11:12 PM

Some recent aerial photos of downtown Halifax:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Geographic-Zone/Halifax-EasternShore/i-HwPkBMc/0/X2/Halifax_CruiseAutumn2016_1-X2.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Geographic-Zone/Halifax-EasternShore/i-9W9QhwR/0/X2/HRM_Downtown_Fall2016-X2.jpg
Source (http://www.visionairimages.com/Geographic-Zone/Halifax-EasternShore/i-vKZXfnL/A)

Chadillaccc

Nov 6, 2016, 11:44 PM

FrAnKs

Nov 7, 2016, 12:48 AM

Halifax is such an incredibly beautiful, dense, and urban city for its size. It truly is the Boston of Canada. I know people think very highly of the city already, but it's easily as underrated as Victoria and Saskatoon. It will be great once the city gets a rail transit system.

Indeed. I fell in love with this city when I first visited in 2013.
If I was perfectly bilingual I would move there anytime.

Nouvellecosse

Nov 7, 2016, 1:05 AM

Indeed. I fell in love with this city when I first visited in 2013.
If I was perfectly bilingual I would move there anytime.

It couldn't possibly have been that long ago?!? It seems like just last year. :ack:

FrAnKs

Nov 7, 2016, 1:50 AM

It couldn't possibly have been that long ago?!? It seems like just last year. :ack:

2014, I was wrong :haha:
Late july , 2014 to be exact according to the date on my videos :)

Brizzy82

Nov 7, 2016, 2:18 AM

http://i.imgur.com/FAx6hFe.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1jcyEBeuP/)

Nouvellecosse

Nov 7, 2016, 3:07 PM

2014, I was wrong :haha:
Late july , 2014 to be exact according to the date on my videos :)

Ok, that sounds more like it. I was gonna say!

Innsertnamehere

Nov 7, 2016, 4:38 PM

Indeed. I fell in love with this city when I first visited in 2013.
If I was perfectly bilingual I would move there anytime.

Your not? your english certainly comes off that way in text! Maybe such a move to English canada would force your bilingualism! :)

Agreed, I too love Halifax. I would love to move there if it weren't for family ties, etc. keeping me in Ontario.

Nouvellecosse

Nov 7, 2016, 5:13 PM

Well I like it. A bit of a fixer-upper, but the fixes are in progress, so it's all good.

lio45

Nov 7, 2016, 5:58 PM

Your not?

That's a great example right there of something a francophone with only very limited English would've written the correct way, unlike you :P

Our contact with English is, by far, mostly through written English. It's the language of the Internet, etc.

So our written English is generally way above our spoken English, regardless of one's level. I'm in the same boat as Franks here.

For example, I did part of my BSc in California, and I recall that my teacher was absolutely shocked by my first written work -- it was flawless, while my spoken English back then was still very hesitant and with sometimes incorrect pronunciation and stressed syllable accents (and her expectations had been naturally set based on that).

It's one thing to write in English on forums like SSP, it's another to orally live in the language 24/7.

/offtopic

kwoldtimer

Nov 7, 2016, 6:24 PM

lio45

Nov 7, 2016, 6:29 PM

That surprises me - I always assumed that everyone found it easier to speak another language than to write it. That is certainly the case for me in French and in Spanish. I've never had the confidence to write more than a sentence or two in French without running it by a francophone.

The explanation for our opposite experiences is very simple -- you grew up with the planet's lingua franca as your native language, so your exposure to French didn't happen mostly due to the fact the globe was running on French language while you and all the humans around you locally were instead using spoken English.

I'm sure most of Franks' exposure to English has been through the Internet, video games, etc.

All my NES games when I was a kid were in English only.

So our experiences (you vs Franks/myself) are absolutely reversed. But I guarantee you, everyone I know whose English is low-to-moderate (say, my mom) is FAR more confident writing something than having to say something.

kwoldtimer

Nov 7, 2016, 6:30 PM

The explanation for our opposite experiences is very simple -- you grew up with the planet's lingua franca as your native language, so your exposure to French didn't happen mostly due to the fact the globe was running on French language while you and all the humans around you locally were instead using spoken English.

I'm sure most of Franks' exposure to English has been through the Internet, video games, etc.

All my NES games when I was a kid were in English only.

So our experiences (you vs Franks/myself) are absolutely reversed.

Interesting.

lio45

Nov 7, 2016, 6:36 PM

I'd add a few thoughts, while at it:

I agree with you that if you're aiming for absolute perfection (you mentioned "running your stuff by a native francophone first") then yes, if you're already at a high level or above, something written might more easily involve anything that can be spotted as faulty than something oral. So in that sense, yes, okay, if you're setting the bar at "I won't write anything unless I feel it's perfect; I won't say anything unless I feel it's perfect", maybe it's easier to speak. But that's also somewhat language-specific, as the challenge of writing is the spelling, while the challenge of speaking is pronunciation.

On the other hand, another factor which is pretty symmetrical for all languages is that when writing, you can hesitate and think; when speaking, the bar is a lot higher and there's more pressure on the speaker.

I find it more tiring (these days, it's not very tiring anymore, but still) to have to speak English continuously than to have to write English continuously.

kwoldtimer

Nov 7, 2016, 6:40 PM

I'd add a few thoughts, while at it:

I agree with you that if you're aiming for absolute perfection (you mentioned "running your stuff by a native francophone first") then yes, if you're already at a high level or above, something written might more easily involve anything that can be spotted as faulty than something oral. So in that sense, yes, okay.

On the other hand, another factor which is pretty symmetrical for all languages is that when writing, you can hesitate and think; when speaking, the bar is a lot higher and there's more pressure on the speaker.

I find it more tiring (these days, it's not very tiring anymore, but still) to have to speak English continuously than to have to write English continuously.

Yes, I was referring to professional work. I always found it interesting that I was seldom corrected for grammar - the comments were usually along the lines of "in French, we'd say it this way...". That would send me to a second or even third person for their opinion, which would in each case be different in some way. Language, it seems, is as much an art as a science.

lio45

Nov 7, 2016, 6:44 PM

Yes, I was referring to professional work. I always found it interesting that I was seldom corrected for grammar - the comments were usually along the lines of "in French, we'd say it this way...". That would send me to a second or even third person for their opinion, which would in each case be different in some way. Language, it seems, is as much an art as a science.

Yeah, obviously your own experience was also tainted by your need to use French in a professional setting (where it's way more easy to get away with these slight imperfections in speech, which flies away, than in writing, which stays).

I have just recalled a perfect counter-example to myself and English, though. A Mexican guy who worked for me in Sherbrooke for a while. His spoken English was pretty good, but he couldn't write a word to save his life. He could write Spanish, though. He learned to write at school in Mexico as a kid, then later picked up English orally during his years of working in Texas. That was kind of a shock to see, because here we're used to people who can decipher written English, but have a harder time understanding it when spoken (especially quickly). He was the opposite of that.

So, YMMV. But for English and young Québécois, we're generally all in the same situation -- our exposure to the language has mostly been via the written word.

GlassCity

Nov 7, 2016, 8:32 PM

I definitely think I come across better writing in French rather than speaking it. Back in French immersion when I was more comfortable with it, I probably would've considered them even. But now that I've been out for a few years, and opportunities to speak French have basically disappeared, I speak much more slowly and have to think carefully about every word. But in writing, I can go over every word carefully and so it sounds/looks much more fluent than it would've been in speech, because I got to spend so much more time on it than I would have been able to by talking.

Acajack

Nov 7, 2016, 8:47 PM

Yeah, obviously your own experience was also tainted by your need to use French in a professional setting (where it's way more easy to get away with these slight imperfections in speech, which flies away, than in writing, which stays).

I have just recalled a perfect counter-example to myself and English, though. A Mexican guy who worked for me in Sherbrooke for a while. His spoken English was pretty good, but he couldn't write a word to save his life. He could write Spanish, though. He learned to write at school in Mexico as a kid, then later picked up English orally during his years of working in Texas. That was kind of a shock to see, because here we're used to people who can decipher written English, but have a harder time understanding it when spoken (especially quickly). He was the opposite of that.

So, YMMV. But for English and young Québécois, we're generally all in the same situation -- our exposure to the language has mostly been via the written word.

My kids are like this too. This in spite of the fact that they have pretty good English teaching at the school they go to (they read stuff like Jane Eyre there), they have uber-bilingual parents, they live in a fairly bilingual metro area with a large anglophone city ten minutes away, they have anglophone relatives they see often enough, they take part in activities that take them to "deep Ontario" sometimes, etc.

Their reading and understanding is very good when it comes to books, movies, etc.

But speaking is still sometimes a bit shaky.

someone123

Nov 7, 2016, 11:44 PM

Halifax is such an incredibly beautiful, dense, and urban city for its size. It truly is the Boston of Canada.

It is interesting to compare Halifax to New England cities because they are historically similar and have a similar natural environment. Halifax has been diverging for a long time as a more flexible and pro-growth town, while much of New England seems more heritage- or tradition-oriented and NIMBY.

I wish there were more appreciation for local heritage in Halifax (which is often nationally significant), but it is nice to see the city evolve. I don't know why anyone would want to preserve 2000-era Halifax in amber anyway. Boston is somewhat larger and different but I get the impression places like Portland ME will just be slightly more gentrified in 2020 compared to 2010. Halifax will be dramatically different.

It will be great once the city gets a rail transit system.

I hope this happens but unfortunately I still don't see a lot of direction in this department. More and more people seem to realize that cars and buses alone are not going to work but there isn't a clear plan for something like LRT or streetcars.

I think easy to use, fast, high-frequency transit is the biggest thing missing in Halifax.

lio45

Nov 8, 2016, 12:16 AM

Halifax could use more NIMBYism IMO -- that Honda dealership guy comes to mind... (did he get to raze what he was set to raze, in the end?)

1overcosc

Nov 8, 2016, 12:22 AM

On the other hand, another factor which is pretty symmetrical for all languages is that when writing, you can hesitate and think; when speaking, the bar is a lot higher and there's more pressure on the speaker.

I can definitely agree with that. I can read & write in French at an ok-ish level (my grammar sucks, but I can at least make myself understood and I can read French newspapers and such), but in real life conversation with a francophone I'm useless.

someone123

Nov 8, 2016, 12:55 AM

Halifax could use more NIMBYism IMO -- that Honda dealership guy comes to mind... (did he get to raze what he was set to raze, in the end?)

We probably agree here, but I would be careful to define terms like NIMBY. A lot of NIMBY areas permit almost no new construction and are controlled by homeowners who care about property values (and crime, schools, and various other things depending on the neighbourhood, but usually not economic development). Halifax has a lot of marginal sites that are perfect for development that wouldn't compromise the character of the city. NIMBYs in Halifax oppose this development but have been unsuccessful whereas they have been successful in many other similar cities.

I would like there to be more of an emphasis on preserving quality architecture and the character of the city. But densities also need to go up a lot for Halifax's relatively large inner city to be vibrant. The city needs to encourage adaptive reuse and registration of more heritage buildings while still making it easy to build on good sites.

The car dealership thing was unfortunate. I actually did wander by there at one point. When you see the neighbourhood and put that planning mistake in context the overall change has been hugely positive. It's an area where there are maybe 15 construction sites of various sizes and the car dealership is an outlier. Plus the car dealer guy said he was planning to sit on this land for 10 years and then sell it to a developer.

Nouvellecosse

Nov 8, 2016, 6:52 AM

someone123

Nov 8, 2016, 6:39 PM

The whole dealership foolishness just makes my blood boil. There shouldn't even be car dealerships in the inner city (at least not in the format of surface lot style) and I've been hoping that the existing ones would be relocated or have their footprints reduced for years. Yet they're actually eating into the urban fabric to expand??

My impression is that these suburban buildings with setbacks will be banned once the Centre Plan* is put in place. In commercial areas they are calling for "streetwall character" to be preserved/enhanced and they have a maximum setback of 3 meters (minimum 1.5 m), whereas most of the old rules are minimum setbacks only (and required minimum parking and so on, basically with the goal of eventually turning the old urban core into a suburban area).

The plan talks about how it is good to maintain old character buildings and reuse them when possible but I am not sure how that will translate into actual regulations. I have a feeling the Centre Plan will encourage the construction of nicer medium-density buildings because it will be easier to get those approved. Right now you can easily get a small or suburban style building approved while anything over 4 floors goes through a long and uncertain approval process. It might not be great for the skyline though since it limits buildings in the inner city outside of downtown to 20 storeys (not clear if this is pre-bonus or post-bonus). There are a few proposals right now in the Centre Plan area that are over that limit.

* For others less familiar with Halifax, there is already a modern plan in place for the downtown area. The Centre Plan is meant to extend this out to the rest of the urban core: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57dbead9b8a79b34cba8c227/t/581cb5e2440243275c560ad9/1478276595470/HRM-CentrePlanPolicies_161028+%281%29.pdf

MonctonRad

Nov 14, 2016, 1:20 AM

A few photos I took today from around the Blue Cross Centre, on the eastern edge of the downtown core of Moncton NB.

The Blue Cross Centre, location for the head offices of Medavie Blue Cross, the largest provider of Blue Cross health insurance in Canada, with over one million members (in Atlantic Canada and Ontario). Medavie also has other health ventures too, including operating the ambulance service in NB, and curiously also the ambulance service in the state of Massachusetts.

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z411/MonctonRad/Snapbucket/Moncton%20Construction%202016/BFD63CA7-D937-49EC-8F01-925B73D88326.jpg

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z411/MonctonRad/Snapbucket/Moncton%20Construction%202016/1ACA3DC5-DE0A-45D3-AC3B-9E47191A8B68.jpg

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z411/MonctonRad/Snapbucket/Moncton%20Construction%202016/195771FA-A790-4DCD-8217-6DEA78146BAE.jpg

The tall building in the background of the middle photo is the second pillar of the insurance industry in Moncton - Assumption Place, the home of Assumption Mutual Life Insurance. It was actually founded in Massachusetts by members of the Acadian diaspora, but relocated back to Moncton decades ago. Moncton is the insurance capital of Atlantic Canada.

Laceoflight

Dec 7, 2016, 5:15 PM

Trois-Rivières
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5496/31115637010_4c2ddf92cc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/NWHBSD)
Panorama de Trois-Rivières vu de l'Île St-Quentin (https://flic.kr/p/NWHBSD) by Mario Groleau (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mario_groleau/), sur Flickr

Saguenay (Chicoutimi)
https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7530/28749714525_35bc1e1ac0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KNvNvc)
Chicoutimi 2016 (https://flic.kr/p/KNvNvc) by Guy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gutre/), sur Flickr

Sherbrooke
https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5677/31007051471_f9f21f6d7e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/PeZf8H)
Nature 884 (https://flic.kr/p/PeZf8H) by André Chivinski (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chivinskia/), sur Flickr

Rimouski
https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8451/29687240015_6ae56bf11b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MemSaM)
Rimouski (https://flic.kr/p/MemSaM) by Denis Martin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmar_qc/), sur Flickr

Gatineau
https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8804/28751482131_65b13b88d7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KNERXa)
Downtown Gatineau (https://flic.kr/p/KNERXa) by Michel G. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/michelgagnon/), sur Flickr

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5603/30646120114_e8163a31e3_b.jpg (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154586378763726&set=g.681407365276789&type=1&theater)
Sans titre (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154586378763726&set=g.681407365276789&type=1&theater) by Yves Landry (https://www.facebook.com/yves.j.landry), T'es Johannais (https://www.facebook.com/groups/t.es.johannais), on Facebook.

Shawinigan
https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7532/27408417293_54ceb1912e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HKZiyR)
pano-180 shawi-est-ouest-lr copyright (https://flic.kr/p/HKZiyR) by Pierre Boisvert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre-boisvert/), sur Flickr

Tone

Dec 10, 2016, 1:46 PM

Rimouski
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8348/8278056577_3591a36f52_h.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8486/8279112162_4bb79d9046_h.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8222/8279110968_f1ae1a8a37_h.jpg

1overcosc

Dec 18, 2016, 1:00 AM

Found this great shot of Kingston at healthierwealthiersmarter.ca, at a page promoting the hospital

Hospital in the foreground (lower centre), university off to the left, and the entire width of the downtown skyline in the back.

http://healthierwealthiersmarter.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Research-Spotlight-Kingston-2.jpg

ssiguy

Dec 18, 2016, 4:52 AM

Kingston is a lovely city.

KnoxfordGuy

Jan 11, 2017, 8:37 PM

Halifax from a different angle January 6th, 2017:

from the Chocloate Lake Best Western 8th floor haha

https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/626/32119194881_64cf4c603e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/QWggC6)2017-01-10_08-45-51 (https://flic.kr/p/QWggC6) by James McGrath (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141407395@N07/), on Flickr

Echoes

Feb 26, 2017, 4:29 AM

https://scontent.fyxe1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/13669272_149120048845157_8364218794590024693_o.jpg?oh=0105bd5f4ef7db0874b081f42d58b6b5&oe=5944FA04

https://scontent.fyxe1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/15288481_227551041002057_8585000733390013793_o.jpg?oh=810f50d427ba9e4e543543301b3a0a23&oe=592B8DDC

https://scontent.fyxe1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/14425382_190036661420162_6025545429366945026_o.jpg?oh=f363c5169837122b58852bfe953e5148&oe=59348A29

Source (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012414873875&sk=photos&pnref=lhc)

Brizzy82

Feb 27, 2017, 7:00 PM

nice shots Echoes!

Winnipeg aerial

http://i.imgur.com/gQ1G7LS.jpg?1
source (https://www.reddit.com/r/Winnipeg/comments/5wecy3/view_of_downtown_from_a_boeing_737/)

esquire

Feb 27, 2017, 7:09 PM

^ Nice pic! To the unacquainted, pretty much the upper left corner of that pic (north of the big railyard) is Winnipeg's storied North End.

Brizzy82

Feb 27, 2017, 7:43 PM

nice shots Echoes!

Winnipeg aerial

http://i.imgur.com/gQ1G7LS.jpg?1
source (https://www.reddit.com/r/Winnipeg/comments/5wecy3/view_of_downtown_from_a_boeing_737/)

:cool: next page

le calmar

Feb 27, 2017, 9:47 PM

It's one thing to write in English on forums like SSP, it's another to orally live in the language 24/7.

/offtopic

I find that learning a language late (as teenager) is a very long a complicated process. I've been working and living in a mostly English environment this past year, and yes, writting reports in English is totally different than writting a post on SSP. It requires me much more time and the final draft still has its flaws. I would probably be fired if I was not in the Nation's Capital :D (the fact I am bilingual overcomes the fact that my English is not yet perfect, because being able to speak/write in French is a big asset in Ottawa) My writting skills have come a long way, but sometimes I still ask myself if I should put a "that" in a given sentence and questioning such basic notions feels like going backwards.

DLLB

Feb 28, 2017, 2:58 AM

nice shots Echoes!

Winnipeg aerial

http://i.imgur.com/gQ1G7LS.jpg?1
source (https://www.reddit.com/r/Winnipeg/comments/5wecy3/view_of_downtown_from_a_boeing_737/)

Great shot. Can see True North in the mix.

Rico Rommheim

Feb 28, 2017, 3:54 AM

This is the greatest Winnipeg pic ever.

Brizzy82

Feb 28, 2017, 4:54 PM

Great shot. Can see True North in the mix.

Yeah, True North Square will fill that void quite nicely. I'm not overly optimistic on Sky City's chances of being built, but it would also do wonders for the density when viewed from this angle.

Echoes

Mar 6, 2017, 10:30 PM

http://ckom.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_lead_image/public/article/photos/Saskatoon%20aerial.jpg?itok=wA1-3EZC
Source (http://ckom.com/article/1361566/50m-world-trade-center-coming-downtown-saskatoon)

Brizzy82

Mar 7, 2017, 12:21 AM

more Winnipeg aerials from Instagram

http://i.imgur.com/pDQ1xO4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/l329wZV.jpg

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

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

source (https://www.instagram.com/nicolas_rust/)

tele75

Mar 7, 2017, 3:12 PM

Nice Winnipeg Aerials!

Laceoflight

Mar 23, 2017, 10:59 PM

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2016/32835760532_cc2b323e28_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/S2zRCh)
Quebec City Panorama (https://flic.kr/p/S2zRCh) by Memory Trigger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/maximbulat/), sur Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2909/33277280735_0dc15f00a3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SGALcz)
Quebec city (https://flic.kr/p/SGALcz) by dan ye (https://www.flickr.com/photos/danye23/), sur Flickr

FrAnKs

Mar 23, 2017, 11:06 PM

Quebec city is like a classic movie. You're never tired to look at it again and again !

KnoxfordGuy

Apr 5, 2017, 3:04 PM

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2938/33700684692_b2fca8a1e8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Tm1PrN)17813804_10156704470027228_817773644_n (https://flic.kr/p/Tm1PrN) by James McGrath (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141407395@N07/), on Flickr

KnoxfordGuy

Apr 29, 2017, 8:27 PM

Fredericton

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2864/34305015796_d9231efb10_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Ugqb2A)18261577_10156783400792228_644886175_o (https://flic.kr/p/Ugqb2A) by James McGrath (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141407395@N07/), on Flickr

Architype

Apr 29, 2017, 9:25 PM

For those unfamiliar, it could be quite easy to confuse some photos of Saskatoon with Winnipeg. Both very nice photos.

Echoes

Jun 2, 2017, 3:32 PM

Higher-res images are available at the link provided (and many more aerial images), but here are a couple rarely seen angles of the Saskatoon cityscape:

http://i.imgur.com/V4Smsxk.jpg
http://www.saskatoonpics.com/Aerial/Downtown/i-vp5LNBt/A

http://i.imgur.com/gHxe5Kx.jpg
http://www.saskatoonpics.com/Aerial/Downtown/i-SxCc57r/A

hipster duck

Jun 2, 2017, 4:13 PM

From the air, Saskatoon reminds me of a smaller version of Edmonton.

esquire

Jun 2, 2017, 6:49 PM

From the air, Saskatoon reminds me of a smaller version of Edmonton.

They have a lot in common on the ground too. They used to resemble each other more closely before Edmonton's downtown building boom started a little over a decade ago.

Meanwhile, Saskatoon's skyline has mysteriously remained more or less unchanged since the 80s despite the impressive growth they have enjoyed in recent years.

Great pics, Echoes.

Echoes

Jun 2, 2017, 8:35 PM

The stagnation of Saskatoon's skyline is curious and highly disappointing, but really great things have happened on the ground downtown over the past decade.

Site prep is underway right now for a new hotel/condo, and an office tower on the same site is to start later this summer, so that should add a fresh face to downtown along with the *spectacular* new art gallery.

I kinda think (or hope?) that we're in a similar situation to Edmonton or even Winnipeg just a few years ago, where not a lot is going on and then the bubble of pent-up demand finally bursts. Hopefully we can add some muscle to our skyline in the next decade.

:fingerscrossed:

someone123

Jun 2, 2017, 10:05 PM

A new Halifax aerial showing the South End with fog rolling in:

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18814909_867310816778705_3208762174523949623_o.jpg?oh=2c9feeabc40c0e1bd40001c606278704&oe=59E0D8C6

A couple older ones from the same album:
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18320486_849103835266070_9003957734702500656_o.jpg?oh=40345dada29f980f92f19bb9415e3720&oe=59E2F6D6

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18209173_849104715265982_6354924895413319266_o.jpg?oh=f1a2fa17ba11f43a04b29845a23df3b3&oe=59A4D3E6

A repost, but a good one:
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18766792_867375340105586_8460521062547225970_o.jpg?oh=108e2843a2a3cccbbee7ecb5173587e5&oe=59AF9311

Source (https://www.facebook.com/pg/skylinestudioaerials/photos/)

Laceoflight

Jun 2, 2017, 10:56 PM

😍😍😍

FrAnKs

Jun 2, 2017, 11:03 PM

😍😍😍

+1

Martin Mtl

Jun 2, 2017, 11:42 PM

This is so good.

A repost, but a good one:
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18766792_867375340105586_8460521062547225970_o.jpg?oh=108e2843a2a3cccbbee7ecb5173587e5&oe=59AF9311

Source (https://www.facebook.com/pg/skylinestudioaerials/photos/)

ssiguy

Jun 2, 2017, 11:59 PM

Anyone got any new London shots?

905er

Jun 3, 2017, 3:19 PM

someone123

Jun 3, 2017, 7:04 PM

it's funny how the addition of 4 new towers significantly transform the Halifax skyline. Despite the skyline not being all that tall, it's seriously becoming one of my favourites now.. especially given it's coastal setting. <3

The height limit helps in some ways. It's a smaller city so if developers were allowed to build giant 600 unit condo developments or million square foot office towers there would only be a couple of those downtown. It is much more interesting to have a greater diversity of smaller projects, and it is better to fill in more surface lots (there used to be a lot of those but they are mostly gone now).

I also think the newer buildings are more attractive than the older ones, with only a few exceptions. The recently-renovated TD tower for example is probably my favourite highrise building there aside from the art deco Dominion Public Building.

It's hard to tell how it will turn out, but I think Queen's Marque has the potential to become a major local landmark.

RoshanMcG

Jun 3, 2017, 8:02 PM

Awesome Halifax pictures. Here's one I took today from the Dominion Public Building:
http://i.imgur.com/tUSTL9y.jpg?1

DLLB

Jun 3, 2017, 10:58 PM

Great pictures of Halifax.

KnoxfordGuy

Jun 4, 2017, 8:03 PM

Great shot of Fredericton posted to Instagram by dvickersdrennan:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4203/35058333856_b690f7be8a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VpZ8f1)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/VpZ8f1) by James McGrath (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141407395@N07/), on Flickr

Fischbob

Jun 14, 2017, 1:25 AM

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4282/35148986556_a1ddc1d662_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VxZK8A)3-112 View from Fort Howe (https://flic.kr/p/VxZK8A) by Michael Gatti (https://www.flickr.com/photos/megatti/), on Flickr

KnoxfordGuy

Jun 14, 2017, 3:30 PM

A blurry downtown Moncton shot:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4243/34461897864_64fb2d25b3_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/UvheAQ)19197686_10156936315307228_1834730341_o (https://flic.kr/p/UvheAQ) by James McGrath (https://www.flickr.com/photos/141407395@N07/), on Flickr

photo from Instagram by xavierrfromcanada

Dwils01

Jun 14, 2017, 10:01 PM

Victoria
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Vancouver/Vancouver%20Island/DSC06530_zps217uzaxb.jpg

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Vancouver/Vancouver%20Island/DSC06488_zpsvztgvcap.jpg

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Vancouver/Vancouver%20Island/DSC06486_zpspvgtfosk.jpg

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Vancouver/Vancouver%20Island/DSC06482_zps3bahxbb9.jpg

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Vancouver/Vancouver%20Island/DSC06481_zpseh8zllmw.jpg

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Vancouver/Vancouver%20Island/DSC06477_zps9ponnhkc.jpg

Nanaimo
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m498/DWils01/Vancouver/Vancouver%20Island/DSC06427_zpsi48qbrrq.jpg

Pictures by me.

LeftCoaster

Jun 14, 2017, 11:33 PM

Is that a giant poster for "Ceiliac Disease?

Oh Victoria, never change.

Dwils01

Jun 15, 2017, 11:17 PM

Yeah it said get well and go gluten free on the sides.

GreatTallNorth2

Jun 16, 2017, 5:18 PM

https://i.redd.it/r6k8g39yi04z.jpg

Courtesy of Haljackey

ainvan

Jun 16, 2017, 6:24 PM

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4164/33979205964_532be71794_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TLCj7G)
Halifax, NS (https://flic.kr/p/TLCj7G) by Roger Kennedy (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rogerkennedy/), on Flickr

tele75

Jun 16, 2017, 6:29 PM

Gorgeous!

Phil McAvity

Jun 16, 2017, 11:02 PM

nice special effects on the Halifax pic

GeneralLeeTPHLS

Jun 16, 2017, 11:16 PM

That London pic from City Hall is really quite lovely. Makes the city look a fair bit more attractive then other aerial angles.

ssiguy

Jun 17, 2017, 3:15 AM

^ Yes that is probably the best pano I have ever seen of downtown London and that new 30 story condo tower will make quite an impact.

London is a lovely city and has a solid built urban form with connected communities and pleasant streets.

Brizzy82

Jun 19, 2017, 8:33 PM

http://i.imgur.com/UyCsfaI.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BVXQYlDDmlL/)

http://i.imgur.com/3XkmjyF.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BVfIR6IDGYE/)

DLLB

Jun 20, 2017, 12:56 AM

http://i.imgur.com/UyCsfaI.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BVXQYlDDmlL/)

http://i.imgur.com/3XkmjyF.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BVfIR6IDGYE/)

Great Pics. Please keep them coming. :tup:

Brizzy82

Jun 20, 2017, 5:25 PM

Winnipeg

http://i.imgur.com/o5gNyYc.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BU5YLiGgp9i/)

http://i.imgur.com/82T8MWT.png
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BTaN1oOAOQL/)

http://i.imgur.com/B4aClC3.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BViz3uUg1Wc/)

drew

Jun 20, 2017, 5:42 PM

Winnipeg

http://i.imgur.com/o5gNyYc.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BU5YLiGgp9i/)

Someone needs to tell the Red River to be more efficient with it's route!

Cool vantage - took me a while to figure out what I was looking at.

That middle picture will change a bit once D Condo and True North square are finished.

Acajack

Jun 20, 2017, 5:53 PM

Someone needs to tell the Red River to be more efficient with it's route!

.

It is efficient! Meanders are the path of least resistance.

GeneralLeeTPHLS

Jun 20, 2017, 6:21 PM

Seems like the Red River will create a Bow Lake one day judging by how the river is meandering...

drew

Jun 20, 2017, 6:27 PM

Seems like the Red River will create a Bow Lake one day judging by how the river is meandering...

I think the floodway and more recent riverbank reinforcing have acted to slow this process down.

niwell

Jun 20, 2017, 7:16 PM

Wow that's an amazing Winnipeg shot!

Rico Rommheim

Jun 20, 2017, 7:25 PM

http://i.imgur.com/B4aClC3.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BViz3uUg1Wc/)

Nice one.

DLLB

Jun 21, 2017, 1:00 AM

Great shots Brizzy82. Love all the trees.

Brizzy82

Jun 22, 2017, 1:20 AM

Great shots Brizzy82. Love all the trees.

The tree cover in aerial shots is pretty cool. There are a lot of trees in those neighbourhoods but it's trippy when you see it from above, looks more like a park or a forest.

MolsonExport

Jun 22, 2017, 2:22 AM

UrbanClimate

Jun 30, 2017, 5:47 AM

Regina's Canada Day skyline:

http://i.imgur.com/WyDprWv.jpg?1
CTV Skycam

Nathan

Jun 30, 2017, 4:14 PM

And from the City of Regina"s Facebook page, a photo from the top of city hall, where there is a nesting pair of Peregrine Falcons. Not the best quality, but pretty neat nonetheless, even if it does almost look a little fake.

https://scontent.fyqr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/19510447_10154678947217286_5292803682293543558_n.png.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=da22d991ef4f24f0f8bedd290ea61698&oe=59D15303

ainvan

Jul 8, 2017, 7:18 PM

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4138/35553329941_dbf42bc3d7_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WaJ7kg)
Blue Hour Halifax (https://flic.kr/p/WaJ7kg) by Shawn Kent (https://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnkent/), on Flickr

zoomer

Jul 8, 2017, 7:49 PM

Laceoflight

Jul 8, 2017, 9:34 PM

Never been a huge fan of the Halifax skyline mainly due to the commie blocks, but with some of the new additions, and some really great photos that show it at it's best, it's looking quite impressive.

Interestingly, I've always found the Halifax skyline was... stunning. Kind of a baby Boston. And as you said, it's getting impressive! Great pic!

fenwick16

Jul 9, 2017, 12:27 PM

ainvan

Jul 11, 2017, 9:58 PM

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4274/34039274074_0db86976dd_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TRWbgL)
Sunrise in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (https://flic.kr/p/TRWbgL) by jgawaziuk (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jgawaziuk/), on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4227/34817731551_2e6f43c2d7_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/V3HYyp)
Winnipeg (https://flic.kr/p/V3HYyp) by Salvador Maniquiz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pong0814/), on Flickr

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/33095248254_e82ba10410_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/SqvNhw)
Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/SqvNhw) by ncrashb (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ncrashb/), on Flickr

GeneralLeeTPHLS

Jul 12, 2017, 1:48 AM

Wow! That makes me really want to visit Winnipeg now.

ainvan

Jul 12, 2017, 3:39 AM

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7464/15854095221_abb0dcaf08_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q9Yoak)
inner harbour at night (https://flic.kr/p/q9Yoak) by Kevin Boyd (https://www.flickr.com/photos/beryllium/), on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8134/29992268871_7e5b00fc59_h.jpg (https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8134/29992268871_7e5b00fc59_h.jpg)
Kenmore Air (https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8134/29992268871_7e5b00fc59_h.jpg) by Bill 1.6 Million views (https://www.flickr.com/photos/wjis21/), on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1690/25761833750_bf0f4857d9_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Ffu8Dq)
View from King George Terrace (https://flic.kr/p/Ffu8Dq) by Lindsay Mac (https://www.flickr.com/photos/107140314@N02/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7565/27240836453_87e1a300f9_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HvbpC2)
DSC_7940.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HvbpC2) by Cameron Knowlton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/igods/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/27240689164_4ced99baaf_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HvaDQy)
DSC_7943.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HvaDQy) by Cameron Knowlton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/igods/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7666/27240641774_88eb28897d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HvapKu)
DSC_7910.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HvapKu) by Cameron Knowlton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/igods/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7665/26518426334_6122e3f52f_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GpkSg9)
Victoria, BC (https://flic.kr/p/GpkSg9) by gbrammer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gbrammer/), on Flickr

someone123

Jul 12, 2017, 6:09 AM

Nice one of Halifax posted by ainvan. It catches part of the essence of Halifax with the fog and ocean setting. I lived in Halifax in the 70's and the feeling of being on the harbourfront with fog and ship fog horns was a special feeling. Back then Halifax was a somewhat rundown city with fishing trawlers and cargo ships coming in from various countries, including Russia, and sailors wandering around the city.

It is amazing how much the feel of the city has changed over the past few years. Halifax in, say, 2007 had great bones (a compact and fine-grained street network with pedestrian orientation and ample public space) as well as lots of historic architecture but almost every streetscape was compromised in some way, and the city never seemed quite big enough to fill in its geography. Many of the new buildings have filled in key gaps.

It is not quite there yet but Sackville Street has the potential to be a really interesting canyon because of its steep elevation, mix of buildings, and small blocks. It only needs 2 more buildings to be fully built out. It has 6 active construction projects right now, 5 of them highrise.

For those less familiar with the city, it's the street going up from the harbour on the left:

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/6342/HEFPtL.jpg

Prince Street is going to be great too when Queen's Marque is finished. It'll run for 9 uninterrupted blocks up the hill, with everything from mid-1700's buildings to Art Deco and modern glass highrises.

LeftCoaster

Jul 13, 2017, 4:47 PM

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1690/25761833750_bf0f4857d9_h.jpg

This photo is amazing. Looks like the Hamptons combined with Japan!

Brizzy82

Jul 17, 2017, 6:36 PM

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/20065497_1711901462446226_247898309664964608_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWp7z5DFa1i/?taken-by=andrew.stefanson)

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/19761772_520359211628595_4255968249922977792_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWG2uhngU4H/?taken-by=yoshigrams)

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/19984806_1479093682137414_7409563367288864768_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWomhF0BUiz/?taken-by=tanveer_gill)

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/19985282_150203365533094_7580091994349764608_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWWVDxYAXsr/?taken-by=yoshigrams)

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/19764991_114908172465694_1342346205358718976_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWRGOjkAc20/?taken-by=yoshigrams)

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/20067172_145628746014998_5234531597188857856_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWiNndljnj_/?taken-by=ridersown)

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/19955454_122988201642306_3691507047834058752_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWSnz89Bq27/?taken-by=menace204)

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/19761641_1890490797869164_3700457987312189440_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWB1SbklJez/?taken-by=metufer)

https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/19379803_1440657539335026_85069180281290752_n.jpg
source (https://www.instagram.com/p/BVsLgKOjMcc/?taken-by=andytym)