The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[Nouvellecosse]

Lovely looking lake!

[Architype]

Downtown Moncton from Jones Lake in the west end of the city.
...
Sorry for the low res of the image. This is from an NB development related Facebook group.

The two tower cranes are for 20 Record Street (three 15 storey buildings) and the Junction Urban Village, which will consist of about six buildings, all six storeys in height. There are a couple of other downtown cranes not included in the image, and there will soon be another tower crane going up for St. Bernard Square, which will be a new high end 12 storey apartment building.

I hope you will update when these 15 storey buildings are visible.

[FrAnKs]

^ Moncton looks more inviting for me from this angle

[Tone]

Sainte-Foy le 11 octobre
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51578892821_0167fcdd33_h.jpg

[J.OT13]

We were in Sainte-Foy a few weeks back and were quite impressed. One of the least depressing suburbs we've seen, with good cycling and ped infrastructure, medium and high-density with street front retail, decent architecture... It will just get better with the tram.

Quebec City in general is awesome. Like a mini-Montreal with the continuous urbanity continuing for kilometers. In the past, we spent most f our time in Le Vieux and area, but there's so much more to see.

[advance62]

Downtown Kitchener's east end, by me:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51581397456_fb0256ebb1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mA59oU)East End Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2mA59oU) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

[kwoldtimer]

Not too shabby looking for the “bad end” of DTK.

[GreatTallNorth2]

Downtown Kitchener's east end, by me:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51581397456_fb0256ebb1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mA59oU)East End Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2mA59oU) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

Is the tall one Duke Tower? I know it looks huge coming in from the highway.

[kwoldtimer]

Yes. Kitchener’s tallest at 39 storeys.

[esquire]

Kitchener looks substantial.

[Masoliantekw]

I was in Kelowna last week for the first time.
I liked it - it's a great city.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51610703987_c47affe3e1_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51611750228_26cd61dc64_b.jpg

[advance62]

Kitchener 2019 and 2021:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51623449776_77246709ed_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mDMF5U)Skyline 2019 (https://flic.kr/p/2mDMF5U) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51458570107_896fd55e52_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mpdC6Z)Kitchener Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2mpdC6Z) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

[Blitz]

Wow, Kitchener looks quite a bit different since I was last there a few years ago. Looks like new growth in Kelowna too.


No real change for Windsor over the last 15 years, sigh. But, several proposals for new high rises have come over past year as real estate prices have risen over 50%. Also, the historic commercial buildings in the lower left corner of the second photo are currently being converted to residential.

https://pbase.com/swosett_photography/image/172067968/original.jpg


https://pbase.com/swosett_photography/image/172067969.jpg

[Arrdeeharharharbour]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51625659459_58a328aa7f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mDYZWT)20211007_153145 (https://flic.kr/p/2mDYZWT) by AJ Forsythe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/194233676@N07/), on Flickr

Halifax, October 2021

[MonctonRad]

Downtown west end of Moncton.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51653234903_19500cc240_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mGqkaz)

This is a drone photo taken for a real estate company only about two weeks ago. I know this is a decidedly low-rise skyline, with the taller buildings averaging only about six storeys, but many of these buildings were put up only in the last 4-5 years or so, and there has been tremendous change that would make this portion of the city skyline difficult for native Monctonians to recognize if they had not been back to the city recently.

In the foreground, you can see excavation going on for yet another new six storey apartment building.

[advance62]

Kitchener 2015 and 2021

https://live.staticflickr.com/5773/22296437879_c66e3f62ed_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zYg5bK)Fall Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/zYg5bK) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51663802594_8cd5053dcd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mHmuz9)Kitchener Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2mHmuz9) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

[Metro-One]

I was in Kelowna last week for the first time.
I liked it - it's a great city.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51610703987_c47affe3e1_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51611750228_26cd61dc64_b.jpg

Nice fall snaps of Kelowna! You should come back again in the summer!

[MonctonRad]

Assumption Place in downtown Moncton. The 20 storey tower is the HQ of Assomption Vie. The other building to the left is the Delta Beausejour Hotel.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/resized.images.us-east-1.tj.news/1157958/desktop/20190430_134723_2_0_0.jpg

The two largest office buildings in the city are both for insurance companies, Assomption Vie and Medavie Blue Cross.

[esquire]

https://i.imgur.com/nn4ViPM.jpeg
Source:https://imgur.com/nn4ViPM

[ssiguy]

Great Peg shot!

[1ajs]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51702054352_eb265a6fb8_b.jpg

[advance62]

Kitchener:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51665449151_8ce79a8a01_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mHuW34)Duke Street Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2mHuW34) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

Guelph:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51654287107_720679dbd5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mGvHX2)Speed River Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2mGvHX2) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

[MonctonRad]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51669450662_858d8c039d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mHRrxC)Moncton Sunset (https://flic.kr/p/2mHRrxC) by André Audet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaudet/), on Flickr

Found this impressive photo on Andre Audet's Flickr photostream - very impressive.

The Moncton skyline is due for a major upgrade over the next 10-15 years.

To the left of the panorama, you can see a large tower crane. This is for the 20 Record Street development which will see three separate 15 storey apartment buildings erected over the next six years. Tower one is under construction now.

Construction will start next year on St. Bernard Square, a 12 storey apartment building towards the right of the Bell Aliant Tower, located in behind FiveFive Queen (the blackish building in the middle foreground).

Ashford Developments has amassed all the land to the south of the Assumption Place office tower in the centre of the image. They are working with the city government on a major urban renewal project which will span about 15 years or so, and will see the construction of six new mixed use and residential buildings between Assumption Place and the riverfront, ranging from 10-18 storeys in height.

Between these, and other more modest projects (mostly in the downtown west end), the skyline of Moncton by 2035 will be virtually unrecognizable.

[Nashe]

That's a great picture. I kinda wish the panorama had gone a bit farther east where it could pick up the (now growing) Dieppe skyline too.
Between these, and other more modest projects (mostly in the downtown west end), the skyline of Moncton by 2035 will be virtually unrecognizable.
Well, except for the Bell Aliant tower. :D I suspect that will be a defining feature for some time.

[Nouvellecosse]

I always kind of liked the Bell Aliant Tower (Let's just call it the Bell Tower as it sounds cooler lol). It has a sort of late 20th century high-tech vibe. But not just high tech, but a sort of cold institutionalism. I guess you could call it a sort of retro-futurism although that wasn't really that long ago lol.

[esquire]

That's the prettiest Moncton skyline picture I've seen. Love it.

[WhipperSnapper]

I was recently driving around Maryhill/Ariss and came upon a great skyline view of KW. I'd need a proper camera to get the shot. Coming in from St Agatha you also get a decent look at the Waterloo skyline from Erb's Road.

Probably the biggest change over the past decade hasn't been to downtown Kitchener but rather its suburbs, especially towards Roseville.

I noticed there's a tall tower in the middle of nowhere north end of Simcoe St, Oshawa under construction.

Indeed. Oshawa's new tallest is in the middle of nowhere.

[esquire]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51724627186_46e8b22b97_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mNJeB1)Winnipeg (https://flic.kr/p/2mNJeB1) by graham stinson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_ghs/), on Flickr

[thebasketballgeek]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51724627186_46e8b22b97_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mNJeB1)Winnipeg (https://flic.kr/p/2mNJeB1) by graham stinson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/_ghs/), on Flickr

I can’t wait until those parking lots where the Earls, Union Station, and The Forks are get redeveloped. Hopefully with at least the same standard of aesthetic as 300 Main to contrast the brutalist and modernist currently present. Hell maybe we can introduce “green” architecture in that area to make the streetscape appear more pleasant.

Love the picture though.

[esquire]

I can’t wait until those parking lots where the Earls, Union Station, and The Forks are get redeveloped. Hopefully with at least the same standard of aesthetic as 300 Main to contrast the brutalist and modernist currently present. Hell maybe we can introduce “green” architecture in that area to make the streetscape appear more pleasant.

Love the picture though.

Yeah, I posted it mainly because it's a different skyline view of Winnipeg than what we are accustomed to seeing here. It's taken from the top of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights.

The foreground of that view will probably change significantly over the next decade.

[Tone]

Rimouski
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51712220940_40150c4e39_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51670914911_35ca038917_k.jpg

[Hali87]

^ Very reminiscent of Moncton and Fredericton from those angles.

[Tone]

^ Very reminiscent of Moncton and Fredericton from those angles.

That's a nice compliment since these are way larger places! We also have a ''taller'' tower sort of akin to Assumption Place, obviously in more modest proportions.

[advance62]

Kitchener by me:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51746464720_3beba04924_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mQEa9d)Kitchener Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2mQEa9d) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

We have 25 buildings proposed, approved, or u/c that would have been a new tallest just 3 years ago. Not all are even downtown, with many popping up near LRT stations.

It's always tricky to capture the skyline at an angle that shows most of the significant buildings. Eventually it will be impossible as more proposals are being approved along the King Street spine from Ottawa Street through midtown, to Waterloo.

[jamincan]

Always enjoy your photos, Matt!

[kwoldtimer]

It would be interesting to see the DTK skyline from the north or the south, although I can't think of anywhere outdoors where you would have such a perspective.

[Luisito]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51625659459_58a328aa7f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mDYZWT)20211007_153145 (https://flic.kr/p/2mDYZWT) by AJ Forsythe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/194233676@N07/), on Flickr

Halifax, October 2021


Halifax could have a really cool skyline in the future. Waterfront skylines always look the best. I hope they continue to build up.

[MolsonExport]

Does Oshawa have a skyline? I have never seen a photo posted.

Edit: I found this. Looks like it is really out of date. Rather wretched.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/17/5d/c8175dec83aa9654ddd884ebb57c5705.jpg

[Gdoggy]

i found this Oshawa shot on the web.. don't remember where..
https://i.imgur.com/U8k70uu.jpg

[isotack]

Does Oshawa have a skyline? I have never seen a photo posted.

Edit: I found this. Looks like it is really out of date. Rather wretched.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/17/5d/c8175dec83aa9654ddd884ebb57c5705.jpg

Posts a 50 year old photo and then comments on how "wretched" the place he has never been to is.

[esquire]

Oshawa looks simultaneously bigger and smaller than I would have expected.

[Beedok]

Oshawa looks simultaneously bigger and smaller than I would have expected.

Bigger footprint, but shorter than I expected.

[JHikka]

Oshawa's got a compact little downtown but it could be much denser and taller than it is. Whitby has a nice little main street section, too.

[905er]

Posts a 50 year old photo and then comments on how "wretched" the place he has never been to is.

in fairness .. it still does. ..and I've been. Reminds me of a lot of working class cities in Ontario. The potential is there but overall.. kinda depressing.

[esquire]

What is the overall sense of place like in Oshawa? Is it like Hamilton which has its own character and identity that is very separate from Toronto (despite the proximity), or has it basically taken on the character of a full-on Toronto suburb?

[Innsertnamehere]

i found this Oshawa shot on the web.. don't remember where..
https://i.imgur.com/U8k70uu.jpg

This image is from this summer judging by the construction visible so it's more appropriate than that shot from the 70's.

Oshawa's core feels like a "city" and not a town, but is generally pretty quiet and run down. There is some intensification happening which is making it a bit busier, but we are talking about a town which gloaded about a new costco plaza opening on the edge of downtown less than 10 years ago as a great thing.

[savevp]

If my bearings are correct on the Oshawa pic, it just cuts off the arena on the bottom right of the photo. I believe not far beyond that, there are plans for a new GO Train station, which would be transformative. I think there are also plans for a BRT route running up King Street in the middle (L to R) of the pic.

[hipster duck]

What is the overall sense of place like in Oshawa? Is it like Hamilton which has its own character and identity that is very separate from Toronto (despite the proximity), or has it basically taken on the character of a full-on Toronto suburb?

More the latter.

I'd say that the city's population of 150,000 has to be split into two camps. One are middle class commuters who have settled in the area in the past 25 years and don't have any affiliation with Oshawa. They are just looking for a place to live in the GTA. The second are longtime, predominantly blue collar residents who live closer to the centre. That means the city's sense of place isn't going to be that of a city of 150,000, but more like a city of 50,000 with 100,000 people who are kind of in 'just visiting' mode. That second group of 50,000 that defines Oshawa isn't growing and is financially precarious, so Oshawa's "brand" is very weak and grows weaker with every year.

Two other anecdotes:

When I was growing up in Peterborough, Oshawa was the place to go when you got your driver's license. It was 45 minutes away and it had a mall with a Gap. That mall is probably worse now than it was back then and Peterborough's shopping options have improved, so Peterborough people don't really go to Oshawa any more.

We also have family friends who moved from Toronto to a new subdivision on the northern fringe of Oshawa. I don't think they've ever been to downtown Oshawa for anything and don't even drive through it. The biggest asset of Oshawa to them is the 407 highway that skirts the city to the north, which gives them direct access to Chinese food in Markham and a quicker access to the city.

[esquire]

^ Thank you for the explanation.

If my bearings are correct on the Oshawa pic, it just cuts off the arena on the bottom right of the photo. I believe not far beyond that, there are plans for a new GO Train station, which would be transformative. I think there are also plans for a BRT route running up King Street in the middle (L to R) of the pic.

What is that bulky white building in the middle?

[WhipperSnapper]

It's a federal building.

Oshawa is an interesting place. The poor areas are along the waterfront. The desirable places are at the north end of the city.

Students are perhaps the largest driving force for high rise development in Toronto. It's the same in Oshawa. The university at the far north end of the city is driving high rise apartments and dense stacked townhomes with underground parking in the northern fringe. The developments are still thoroughly suburban but, it's probably now the densest part of the city. The tallest towers are going up there.

There are a few complete blocks that offer a downtown feel for a city of 100,000. (or much smaller than Oshawa's population is) There has been a resurgent in the downtown. The old shutted hotel has been renovated and converted to residential. New towers are being built including a 21 storey tower with 350 units. Student are the driving force as well. I'm not sure where they attend school. It's a long way to UOIT. However, York University is a long way from North York Centre. The driving force for North York Centre development was/is York University students that wanted to live in a walkable,urban neighbourhood.

The Hospital is at the top of the image. It has a good chance of becoming a super hospital for Durham region. That could spur more residential intensification downtown too if the downtown hasn't already been rediscovered at that point.

[MolsonExport]

Posts a 50 year old photo and then comments on how "wretched" the place he has never been to is.

look who's back, on the attack. Isotack!

Sorry for insulting your quaint burg. Who hasn't been to Oshawa?

Sure beats Montreal's skyline, AMIRITE?

[Innsertnamehere]

Downtown Oshawa is a fairly short bus ride on a fairly frequent bus from UOIT, and UOIT students get bus passes as a part of tuition from what I remember, so it makes sense. It's a much better place to live than directly off the suburban UOIT campus if you don't have a car.

Like most southern ontario downtowns, it's getting better slowly, but has a decent distance to climb.

If you look on google maps the Costco plaza sticks out like a sore thumb. The plaza is basically the size of the downtown and is literally right next to it, it's ridiculous.

Whitby and Oshawa real estate prices have skyrocketed over the last decade with the opening of the 407 extension, and with it a lot of suburban money. Whitby has long been a Toronto Suburb but Oshawa being one too is a newer thing.

That's also part of Oshawa's issues, it's historic middle class suburbs are split from the central municipality by being located in Whitby and Clarington. It's only recently that large numbers of middle-class suburbs have been getting built in the north end of the city itself.

[WhipperSnapper]

look who's back, on the attack. Isotack!

Sorry for insulting your quaint burg. Who hasn't been to Oshawa?

Sure beats Montreal's skyline, AMIRITE?

That would be silly comparing Montreal's skyline to Oshawa. I don't know the reason for posting a 50 year old picture. Perhaps you are unaware of the major strides in automotive design in the last 50 years. The irony is, those views haven't changed as much in 50 years as automotive design except for the Courthouse block. It definitely won't look the same in 2040.

Good bus service. That would do it. works for York U. thanks

[Miska]

Brossard QC. Population heading towrds the 95k

Taken from a realtor listing.

https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS637745032486600000/reb5/highres/4/22237174_2.jpg

source (https://www.realtor.ca/immobilier/23881482/6005-rue-de-ch%C3%A2teauneuf-314a-brossard-noms-de-rues-c)

[isotack]

It's a federal building

Nope...The Michael Starr Building Ontario Ministry of Finance

[isotack]

Downtown Oshawa is a fairly short bus ride on a fairly frequent bus from UOIT, and UOIT students get bus passes as a part of tuition from what I remember, so it makes sense. It's a much better place to live than directly off the suburban UOIT campus if you don't have a car.

Like most southern ontario downtowns, it's getting better slowly, but has a decent distance to climb.

If you look on google maps the Costco plaza sticks out like a sore thumb. The plaza is basically the size of the downtown and is literally right next to it, it's ridiculous.

Whitby and Oshawa real estate prices have skyrocketed over the last decade with the opening of the 407 extension, and with it a lot of suburban money. Whitby has long been a Toronto Suburb but Oshawa being one too is a newer thing.

That's also part of Oshawa's issues, it's historic middle class suburbs are split from the central municipality by being located in Whitby and Clarington. It's only recently that large numbers of middle-class suburbs have been getting built in the north end of the city itself.
Site of the North plant. Original McLaughlin Carriage Company and later GM.
https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/oshawa-automotive-community_communaute-automobile/gallery/gm-north-plant-1928/

[isotack]

look who's back, on the attack. Isotack!

Sorry for insulting your quaint burg. Who hasn't been to Oshawa?

Sure beats Montreal's skyline, AMIRITE?

No not really, but any dummy would know that Oshawa is a former industrial town that has seen numerous manufacturing plants closed over the past 70-80 years.

[Hali87]

One thing I find interesting about Oshawa is how closely its history/identity is tied to GM - not just the automotive industry but GM specifically.

Nearby Whitby also has its own downtown core which seems like a bit more of a retail/leisure destination. Downtown Oshawa seemed like a pretty "work-oriented" place when I was there.

[MolsonExport]

No not really, but any dummy would know that Oshawa is a former industrial town that has seen numerous manufacturing plants closed over the past 70-80 years.

I know that (who doesn't) and I am no dummy.

Have you ever made an intelligent contribution to this forum? You throw around some insults and make a few ad hominem attacks, then lie low for 5 months, then repeat.

Why do people from Montreal feel a constant urge to scratch that inferiority complex that they have? Throwing enough mud at a wall (or posting pictures) does not make it stick.

My experience with Montreal lately has been an embarrassing infrastructure reconstruction necessary because of past corruption. In the city center as well.

Actually Quebec City is by far, the most unique and for the most part "beautiful". Vancouver is also way ahead.

But...please...you guys do keep on flooding this thread with literally dozens pictures that nobody except people from Montreal comment on.

I'll just skip those and look at the others...it's much easier to take in a city's "beauty" a couple at a time.


This obsessive "me too please look at me too" Montreal attitude towards Toronto is getting old. Montreal does not have a skyline...there I said it! Now why doesn't Montreal focus on what they do have, instead of being jealous of Toronto all the time.

there there Montreal (pats Montreal on the head) don't worry you have a nice skyline too!

qed

[WhipperSnapper]

One thing I find interesting about Oshawa is how closely its history/identity is tied to GM - not just the automotive industry but GM specifically.

Nearby Whitby also has its own downtown core which seems like a bit more of a retail/leisure destination. Downtown Oshawa seemed like a pretty "work-oriented" place when I was there.

McLaughlin/General Motors Canada has been building cars/parts in Oshawa for the North American market for over a hundred years.

This is Oshawa in the 1920s
https://industryinoshawa.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/picture25.jpg
It's just a giant factory

This could be downtown Oshawa. One section is 135 Bruce. The other section is where the Costco was built. Maybe not

https://industryinoshawa.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/sc28016053013410.jpg?w=490

[isotack]

McLaughlin/General Motors Canada has been building cars/parts in Oshawa for the North American market for over a hundred years.

This is Oshawa in the 1920s
https://industryinoshawa.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/picture25.jpg
It's just a giant factory

This could be downtown Oshawa. One section is 135 Bruce. The other section is where the Costco was built. Maybe not

https://industryinoshawa.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/sc28016053013410.jpg?w=490

Costco it exactly on the site of the north fab plant, which was the original McLaughlin plant.

[isotack]

I know that (who doesn't) and I am no dummy.

Have you ever made an intelligent contribution to this forum? You throw around some insults and make a few ad hominem attacks, then lie low for 5 months, then repeat.







qed


Untill next time...lol. Go take your meds now.

[advance62]

Kitchener by me:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51747563475_dd7d20215a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mQKMLg)Park Reflections (https://flic.kr/p/2mQKMLg) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51738567739_2d071f5858_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mPXFDn)Central Station (https://flic.kr/p/2mPXFDn) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51732671454_ba9f6cb757_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mPrsTh)Urban Kitchener (https://flic.kr/p/2mPrsTh) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

I’m trying collaging :haha: So much effing fun. And of course focussing on the “skyline”. And butts.

Lazy pandemic summer.

https://i.postimg.cc/VkyzJQSd/40-EB5-F63-6502-49-EC-9586-7-C2094-E4-B183.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/tgpyz3Nb/EFCCA90-E-18-B9-4526-A0-DC-E7-FFFDB9363-A.jpg

Yesterday’s sunrise in Victoria Street.

https://i.postimg.cc/zX9XWgMz/F574-E03-E-09-EA-4577-887-C-E968-D20-FA7-B0.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/CMQhVfSC/1-D3-DDCDF-C45-F-47-D8-9102-73073-D1-FEEE6.jpg

[zoomer]

Wow, those are great SHH!! At first I thought you were posting images from an art gallery and your attempt to recapture the scene through photo. If those were in an art gallery, I’d have my wallet out. Also your style is a perfect compliment for the city you’re capturing - colourful, playful, quirky, intimate, a bit rough around the edges but all comes together gloriously.

[esquire]

Those are lovely... well done.

[Kilgore Trout]

Oh that's very nice. I'd buy one.

[WhipperSnapper]

Yup. Those are great. I would one one 10x bigger and I'm not sure if that would work

[SignalHillHiker]

Wow, thanks a million guys. My face is flushed from the compliment :haha:

One more from today since it’s also a skyline :haha: The view from that middle window:

https://i.postimg.cc/NFT7ykBn/BF5-C3-F8-F-2-AF4-41-F9-92-F6-3523-C77431-A8.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/PxCMHkcT/7-E7-AA960-130-C-4-D7-F-B777-D07-E337-DCD8-A.jpg

Just for badness, replaced the Canada sign with a tricolour lol

[GreatTallNorth2]

A couple of shots I took yesterday in London

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nBSoNc9A4fYFyQMUvqI9FyZGrQ6W67hChrwHyiKrCSJIlaAzgAj2LWA0qvutprSjTbOZjCsQqZnHcWNJGef9PMS2tOXtMHhdSdSCTcikGWmqXLGX7u6j8adwvots5OT4LEwgx0ufkxFwUQz6QmEoyM94YBUqR-UX_xH00xhYk5xft-HLplor8t6TkAQ5FsL-56IaLvaMUxTlLctvkqGE3BhA9GKmGVuQR0B0hwj5n4KkrJ-7WdeLyAJzVzgH8uhAq8KfrSPqshPbBSJOagmLu59Jn-L7bcfQetf9DzQLM6SToWf7JiKhV8jyELgTlqeAL1HxEHDhmcjg8FNniiM6oA5yJjLW8mmNrhjttqje4RZoV5TA1x5c0a8D9gC2kHRyKa2tevmaU6og8JsmaPLcQ0yXKOgwUF1kriBhlef1tXLTEI3scUzj8borHH67Vlafdt0bxNw77Z9XEVAhctK27921_eLzbEzwXXjhY0yaLy4TfHyEntyOiw4dRV4qtX6-tTBECwbewjLsKtU3WC6SALUiFHkZFEftk0GsZCehajJzn2bYrePfHVEro9Z1PIRrRTw6L7jQf3HRTx5WOVsv-g_lqxhNrXfCL7o2DV6D1eGBbpGa0rG0XPChHOW5ccMvu4jR3sGxe8NvznXtHxSeqQHrMvpXB1gaLm0-MkcIJfQaO28rpgczEyGK8W2mRQyNyvFkC3bCIT7eLCayQTxanImi=w1280-h960-no?authuser=0

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LWW9aQ7IF11sHfs1om8V2uaPWClknfqGZuQHBf0s0o5c0_uKCIz4oWsgDOeEKrL0GF99a508dN6syhk3WKn64Z2Cgd4AeP9lriFBo76JnB_MPkO_ar8uhSgC4NpQysCF6MQ5aUlNOgQxrRn75vkm4F6McAbsqeeT6iBZvli5WjN3t9kPHNvuaKOercYk8QTD03vvnVOP2y1hR6Xe8LdYq9JcO2SFitmozuhC8aVqVbyIUjvsL6KvCOKHKxQPchSIRa1c0vh_HU3muonQ2vIR9DTXl9DiX9tAIluBcuIxjmLoAf_vZgYJurRGc3fbaVM0snqGtxTUabBu3T3ZC5ANxM_Ro_ziEDFzNk58m-TYiDqGfvR3pPYNdQogrYFeErqs84dgR_sz888gR2NxQJECRl7cGr-sWEEVtsvU_Y3WK7nfkhpTNTIyrWdIaUt7Yj6Xm86V85dO4Q5Go3Jr6Vul1ZKnJ9ykx25m_b2Drfer83HgoPKuZXe4kA8uVD2iaKYWeNfQ-2dyuMX7g4lbI7IOOYKdmG6TlpplEgSg6TU7mvbxNGncQu3AN7TsjWr53LjbTdpNmfkYaC-fTRDiK4CF9IdMaBfBkUmE5FNGmMnC29xclCzHUUaEKe9UzYQ3Y2tswoOY_SGFfFeotzpTTdSysDqYP6WHcC0qR5mhTCtVoCUTCXHH_KRnrCaHeLM5s31uROjfBtjQvVi_b_TSvKnfIyLV=w1280-h960-no?authuser=0

[MolsonExport]

There is more going up in the core (London) than at any other time. the skyline is in for some major changes in the years to come, including a new tallest (40 storeys).

[GreatTallNorth2]

There is more going up in the core (London) than at any other time. the skyline is in for some major changes in the years to come, including a new tallest (40 storeys).

I believe there are 5 cranes in downtown and another 3 just outside the core. And yes, I have never personally seen this much building in London.

[cranes]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Kitchener_Skyline_December_2021.jpg

[WhipperSnapper]

Great overview. It's a compact area. It shouldn't take too long to fill in the gaps even at 1000 units per block.

[Beedok]

Nice to see an actual skyline growing.

[Biff]

That is Kitchner, right?

[kwoldtimer]

That is Kitchner, right?

It is indeed. It shows all of DTK, except for a couple of blocks beyond the right side of the pic.

[esquire]

The only way I can tell it's Kitchener in an aerial is because of the building with the two domes on top.

It's easier to discern Kitchener from on-the-ground photo threads because this view is always, without fail, included ;)

https://images.thestar.com/AcL9g69jGHQailheqnR73LWbszE=/1086x688/smart/filters:cb(2700061000)/https://www.therecord.com/content/dam/therecord/news/waterloo-region/2019/05/08/ion-launch-date-set-for-june-21/B88698485Z.1_20190508214335_000_G31J96AH.3-0_Gallery.jpg

[WhipperSnapper]

The only way I can tell it's Kitchener in an aerial is because of the building with the two domes on top.

It's easier to discern Kitchener from on-the-ground photo threads because this view is always, without fail, included ;)

https://images.thestar.com/AcL9g69jGHQailheqnR73LWbszE=/1086x688/smart/filters:cb(2700061000)/https://www.therecord.com/content/dam/therecord/news/waterloo-region/2019/05/08/ion-launch-date-set-for-june-21/B88698485Z.1_20190508214335_000_G31J96AH.3-0_Gallery.jpg

The boobs were confirmation for me too. There were a few uglies I recognized as well as the university building with flower glass panels. The tall glass additions made me second guess everything.

[MolsonExport]

The dolly parton tower will always be a landmark for KW.

[Bishop2047]

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/fr/cp0/e15/q65/271834389_10158615817686886_9057774065203058458_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=BR9bJSuxr5YAX8I4oBa&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=00_AT9NprAFhbawAaHUyqcYPmTPWoJE5KhI2YCVnFHd-L8vgg&oe=61F4AB96

Fredericton (Downtown Fredericton's Facebook)

Quiet, neat angle.

[advance62]

Kitchener, on the rise (by me)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51864603929_10c4b48bf7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n26DP8)Winter Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2n26DP8) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51861442925_b796bf7b2e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n1Psa4)Joseph Street (https://flic.kr/p/2n1Psa4) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51862770894_f1738fc203_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n1WfV5)Duke Street Skyline (https://flic.kr/p/2n1WfV5) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51835079559_4e798ea75f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mYukfg)Downtown Kitchener at -20° (https://flic.kr/p/2mYukfg) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

[LFC]

https://i.imgur.com/F7pCWfp.jpg

[Laceoflight]

A friend posted this picture of Sherbrooke QC
with mont Orford in the background

https://scontent.fyxk1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/274113215_10159811009445944_6198794785882299415_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=e3f864&_nc_ohc=5x0iFAc7uooAX-PnLC4&_nc_ht=scontent.fyxk1-1.fna&oh=00_AT_NSYW-k-gt08k_3fBLEjmheuYr9BooiNnEKyE6-eNmKQ&oe=6212EB22 (https://www.cantonsdelest.com/regions/8/region-de-sherbrooke)
1ffe7fa9.jpg (https://www.cantonsdelest.com/files/region/8/1ffe7fa9.jpg) by Cantons-de-l'Est (https://www.cantonsdelest.com), on Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est

[MonctonRad]

:previous:

Great shot! :tup:

[Rico Rommheim]

That's the best skyline shot of Sherbrooke I've ever seen. It's also the ONLY Sherbrooke skyline shot I've ever seen.

[FrAnKs]

That's the best skyline shot of Sherbrooke I've ever seen. It's also the ONLY Sherbrooke skyline shot I've ever seen.

^ There's a first time for everything. What's next? :D

[MonctonRad]

^ There's a first time for everything. What's next? :D

I wonder how many buildings in that shot lio owns......... :)

[MolsonExport]

A friend posted this picture of Sherbrooke QC
with mont Orford in the background

https://scontent.fyxk1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/274113215_10159811009445944_6198794785882299415_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=e3f864&_nc_ohc=5x0iFAc7uooAX-PnLC4&_nc_ht=scontent.fyxk1-1.fna&oh=00_AT_NSYW-k-gt08k_3fBLEjmheuYr9BooiNnEKyE6-eNmKQ&oe=6212EB22 (https://www.cantonsdelest.com/regions/8/region-de-sherbrooke)
1ffe7fa9.jpg (https://www.cantonsdelest.com/files/region/8/1ffe7fa9.jpg) by Cantons-de-l'Est (https://www.cantonsdelest.com), on Tourisme Cantons-de-l'Est

Amazing shot. I've skied Orford many times.

[MolsonExport]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51861442925_b796bf7b2e_b.jpg

What's going on in this shot? Is that some mega building that straddles the road? What are those mini buildings just in front? Something seems off.

[ssiguy]

That's a wonderful shot of Sherbrooke! Sherbrooke is one of the few cities outside NB & PEI that I have never been to and I've always heard good things about it.

[kwoldtimer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51861442925_b796bf7b2e_b.jpg

What's going on in this shot? Is that some mega building that straddles the road? What are those mini buildings just in front? Something seems off.

That’s the back end of the failed King Centre mall, now office space. The structure covers two blocks and passes over Charles street. The ion trains pass under that overpass. The green bands are windows installed by Manulife in a recent renovation (Manulife has since moved out).

The little building are used by vendors for the Cristkindl market - they were put in the pedestrianized section of Gaukel St this year because the plaza at City Hall is under renovation.

[urbandreamer]

^Was that the old Eaton Centre in downtown Kitchener? I seem to recall going there a few times as a wee kid early 80s. I really hated when they tore down all those old factories around Charles and Francis and the Lyric etc were intentionally burned down.

Downtown Kitchener is so depressing - I found myself around the KPL today. What it needs is some beautiful masonry/red brick midrises, dozens of them with ornate detailing. And trees!

[kwoldtimer]

^Was that the old Eaton Centre in downtown Kitchener? I seem to recall going there a few times as a wee kid early 80s. I really hated when they tore down all those old factories around Charles and Francis and the Lyric etc were intentionally burned down.

Downtown Kitchener is so depressing - I found myself around the KPL today. What it needs is some beautiful masonry/red brick midrises, dozens of them with ornate detailing. And trees!

No, the "new" Eatons was in the Market Square mall The previous Eatons was on King at Water - that building is now a condo.

The department store in the King Centre mall was a Robinsons.

[advance62]

Kitchener - in between getting battered by blizzard conditions yesterday

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51893881296_d5ec61fef3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n4FGXj)Kitchener Winters (https://flic.kr/p/2n4FGXj) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewsmithphoto/), on Flickr

[cranes]

Uptown Waterloo with Downtown Kitchener in the distance

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/aerial-of-waterloo-ontario-canada-downtown-picture-id1353420850

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/aerial-scene-of-waterloo-ontario-canada-picture-id1353427364

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/aerial-of-waterloo-ontario-canada-city-center-picture-id1353420860

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/aerial-view-of-waterloo-ontario-canada-on-a-beautiful-day-picture-id1353420883

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/aerial-view-of-waterloo-ontario-canada-downtown-picture-id1353420415

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/aerial-view-of-waterloo-ontario-canada-city-center-picture-id1353420434

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/aerial-scene-of-waterloo-ontario-canada-city-center-picture-id1353420567

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/aerial-scene-of-waterloo-ontario-canada-gm1353427364-428527928

[jamincan]

I'm not sure I would consider the top 3 photos to be Uptown; more upper-Midtown (Downtown ends at Victoria Street and Uptown ends at William Street, in my mind).

[kwoldtimer]

I'm not sure I would consider the top 3 photos to be Uptown; more upper-Midtown (Downtown ends at Victoria Street and Uptown ends at William Street, in my mind).

I tend to agree, but I think the folks living in those towers like the "cachet" of saying they live in Uptown. "Midtown" doesn't seem to have any legs yet.

[giallo]

Kelowna

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51893209268_5ee8528140_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n4CgbC)

[WhipperSnapper]

stunning