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RammerDino

Oct 6, 2012, 5:30 PM

Y'all have seen The Ugly Canada Thread. Right? Well this is an opposite of that. Post pictures of the prettiest buildings you think in your city is gorgeous to look at. Again, I'll only type. For Calgary, I think it would be Eighth Avenue Place, mainly because it is made of glass and that it symbolizes the Rockies. What are your prettiest buildings?

MolsonExport, I hope you do not mind :)

Townie709

Oct 6, 2012, 5:44 PM

In St. John's, My favourite modern building would have to be Fortis Place. It's only under construction at the moment, and it's not very tall, but it definitely has character!

http://fortisplace.com/images/1_b.jpg

http://fortisplace.com/images/3_b.jpg

http://fortisplace.com/images/9_b.jpg

In my opinion, the best looking heritage structure in St. John's would have to be the courthouse on Water Street

http://www.pbase.com/image/36534606.jpg

The Basilica is also a beautiful structure, as well as being one of the few buildings to survive the Great Fire

http://ccco-occ.com/uploads/St_Johns_Basilica_of_St._John_The_Baptist.jpg

lake of the nations

Oct 6, 2012, 7:59 PM

Some pretty buildings in Sherbrooke.

Cathédrale Saint-Michel

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4023/4548962635_579c95a229_z.jpg
© TourismeSherbrooke (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourismesherbrooke/with/4548962635/#photo_4548962635)

Séminaire de Sherbrooke

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/S%C3%A9minaire_de_Sherbrooke.jpg/450px-S%C3%A9minaire_de_Sherbrooke.jpg
By Libertad-pb (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:S%C3%A9minaire_de_Sherbrooke.jpg)

Sherbrooke City Hall

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4061/4549595878_3e07825c61_z.jpg
© TourismeSherbrooke (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourismesherbrooke/with/4548962635/#photo_4548962635)

MTLskyline

Oct 7, 2012, 4:35 AM

Longueuil's prettier side:

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/226/511467030_b213d68d57_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jclimber/511467030/)
St-Charle Church Vieux-Longueuil (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jclimber/511467030/) by JClimber (http://www.flickr.com/people/jclimber/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6164/6174032042_23ac98f785_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/6174032042/)
Banque Laurentienne (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/6174032042/) by Sean_Marshall (http://www.flickr.com/people/7119320@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6171/6173505473_ec9a679a70_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/6173505473/)
Vieux-Longueuil (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/6173505473/) by Sean_Marshall (http://www.flickr.com/people/7119320@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/6947113788_aed0457733_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6947113788/)
Nice stone building in Longueuil, Qc (Maison St-Antoine) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6947113788/) by pegase1972 (http://www.flickr.com/people/pegase1972/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6223/6289956490_b1910f4017_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6289956490/)
Longueuil Old Fire Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6289956490/) by pegase1972 (http://www.flickr.com/people/pegase1972/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6154/6174034814_d9d39ea329_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/6174034814/)
Borough Hall (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7119320@N05/6174034814/) by Sean_Marshall (http://www.flickr.com/people/7119320@N05/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6097/6291884454_bed2bef811_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6291884454/)
Jesus Marie Convent (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6291884454/) by pegase1972 (http://www.flickr.com/people/pegase1972/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6023/5922169543_689e7048a0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonparis/5922169543/)
Longueuil, QC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonparis/5922169543/) by JasonParis (http://www.flickr.com/people/jasonparis/), on Flickr

It has a pretty good assortment of houses from the mid 18th century to mid 19th century

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6223/6289436977_637e5cb1eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6289436977/)
Maison de la Fabrique in Longueuil (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6289436977/) by pegase1972 (http://www.flickr.com/people/pegase1972/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6174/6165886364_cd6440b576_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6165886364/)
Trudeau-Napper House in Longueuil (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6165886364/) by pegase1972 (http://www.flickr.com/people/pegase1972/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6119/6289436283_d27ea9e058_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6289436283/)
Old House in Longueuil (Maison Daniel-Poirier) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6289436283/) by pegase1972 (http://www.flickr.com/people/pegase1972/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6101/6350450402_0def21baa3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6350450402/)
Rollin-Brais House in Longueuil (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pegase1972/6350450402/) by pegase1972 (http://www.flickr.com/people/pegase1972/), on Flickr

FrAnKs

Oct 7, 2012, 5:02 AM

Wow! There is some interresting French architecture that I didn't suspected in Longueuil !

RyeJay

Oct 7, 2012, 6:05 PM

In St. John's, My favourite modern building would have to be Fortis Place. It's only under construction at the moment, and it's not very tall, but it definitely has character!

http://fortisplace.com/images/1_b.jpg

Hey now... no 'buts' about it! Height is not an absolute character of appeal; a tall building for St. John's would be totally out of context.

I'm looking forward to Fortis Place's completion :)

Townie709

Oct 7, 2012, 6:58 PM

Hey now... no 'buts' about it! Height is not an absolute character of appeal; a tall building for St. John's would be totally out of context.

I'm looking forward to Fortis Place's completion :)

So am I! I just wish it had been another 3 or 4 floors taller. Anything taller than that would look out of place in St. John's. But it's a stunning building nonetheless!

SignalHillHiker

Oct 7, 2012, 7:22 PM

For St. John's, I like most of these:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8059934837_be70a2bda9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8059934837/)
One Historic Hill (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8059934837/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

From left, it's the Confederation Building (which I detest), the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist (which I love), St. Patrick's Hall (which I REALLY love, especially since the hill there is so steep that ground level at the back is on the top floor), the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (internationally recognized as one of the finest examples of this architectural style in North America), and the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. It's a bit out of proportion (unbalanced?), that last one... looks a little off-putting, somehow, but it's lovely.

I also love the Masonic Temple (the orange building with green triangle trim to the right of the Cathedral).

And the Murray Premises, now a hotel (the white building with the red roof) is a perfect example of how almost all the old buildings on Water Street used to look in pictures taken before the Great Fire of 1892.

On the other side, it also has the finest courtyard in downtown St. John's.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8177/8060006967_c44a625661_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8060006967/)
The Keg and the Murray Premises (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8060006967/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

EDIT: Got one:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8068971480_072ebd0b4e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8068971480/)
The Murray Premises (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8068971480/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

And, although it's out of character for me, I love the Littledale Complex.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8039105876_4068c93696_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8039105876/)
Littledale Complex (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8039105876/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

entheosfog

Oct 8, 2012, 2:28 AM

There's a lot of Vancouver buildings I could post, but I'm posting this one as I came across it almost by accident today. I love Gothic Revival architecture and this beaut is in great shape. It was built in 1912 and was originally the Convent for the Sacred Heart and is now St George's junior school. It's a 'class A' Vancouver heritage building.

http://imageshack.us/a/img18/7002/img0210bps.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img829/7982/img0209ww.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img823/1025/img0208nim.jpg

MTLskyline

Oct 8, 2012, 2:33 AM

^ Luka Magnotta sent a body part there, didn't he? I think I remember seeing that building on the news.

RammerDino

Oct 8, 2012, 5:41 PM

^ Luka Magnotta sent a body part there, didn't he? I think I remember seeing that building on the news.

What kind of body part? And who's?

MTLskyline

Oct 8, 2012, 5:47 PM

What kind of body part? And who's?
He mailed one of Lín Jùn's feet there...
http://www.ctvnews.ca/human-hand-and-foot-sent-to-vancouver-schools-1.835445

RammerDino

Oct 8, 2012, 5:57 PM

He mailed one of Lín Jùn's feet there...
http://www.ctvnews.ca/human-hand-and-foot-sent-to-vancouver-schools-1.835445

Canada's cannibal killer must have been on some serious bath salts. Fortunately, the feet are being researched for DNA testing.

But then again, dead, dismembered feet aren't on topic or pretty.

RammerDino

Oct 8, 2012, 5:58 PM

240glt

Oct 8, 2012, 11:47 PM

Spent the weekend at the family cabin on Bridge Lake, about 100 km's north of Kamloops BC, on highway 24 (the Caribou connector) Beautiful fall scenery in an area not well known on this board... highway 24 winds for about 100 kms from Little Fort on the Yellowhead to just south of 100 mile house on highway 97. Lac Des Roches (a few photos down) is widely thought to be the most photographed lake in BC

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4334.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4328.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4324.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4317.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4316.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4312.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4331.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4320.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4337.jpg

240glt

Oct 9, 2012, 1:19 AM

More from the same trip posted above...

At the highest point on the Yellowhead, east of Hinton AB

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4286.jpg

Moose Lake, in Mt. Robson Provincial Park, the start of the mighty Fraser River

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4293.jpg

A rare (almost) Unobstructed view of Mt. Robson, highest peak in the Canadian Rockies.. and my puppy out for a much needed stretch after a long ride in the back seat :)

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4295.jpg

Leaving Mt. Robson and heading into the Thompson Valley.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4298.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s124/240glt/IMGP4297.jpg

chrisallard5454

Oct 9, 2012, 4:41 AM

^^^^ Looks like a mix breed, but your dog is beautiful! It looks like it has a husky coat for some reason. Beautiful!

entheosfog

Oct 9, 2012, 5:38 AM

The beautiful Lougheed House, one of the only historic sites in Calgary and a major Canadian Heritage Site, brings memories of powerful Peter Lougheed. It's beautiful inside, with a half museum half
house feel, and outside, with relations to Casa Loma, until the graffiti incident after Lougheed's death.

It's hardly one of the ONLY historic sites in Calgary ;)
Btw, my grandmother once went on a date with Peter Lougheed in the late 1940s, I think she said. She got invited into that house to meet his parents and apparently he had a pretty 'snazzy' car.

SignalHillHiker

Oct 12, 2012, 12:06 PM

One more of my favourite things about St. John's.

I love the peel-away intersections. There are many in the city, where the right lane simply peels away and descends downhill while the the left lane continues at more or less the same elevation.

This is the intersection of Freshwater Road, Lemarchant Road, Parade Street, Carters Hill, Harvey Road, Long's Hill, and Murray Street. The two bolded streets are the ones you can see in this photo, Harvey on the left, Long's Hill on the right.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8079514926_6b7a1d3680_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8079514926/)
Long's Hill and Harvey Road (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/8079514926/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

I like this intersection especially because that building is so narrow and the row of buildings between these two streets is especially attractive.

RammerDino

Oct 25, 2012, 12:36 AM

SignalHillHiker

Oct 25, 2012, 12:40 AM

Never knew St. John's was so beautiful! Say, what's the purpose of that building in the centre?

Here's another view, this is facing Harvey Road, so Longs Hill is just behind these buildings:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/7922287630_c3ef65211c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/7922287630/)
Harvey Road (http://www.flickr.com/photos/signalhillhiker/7922287630/) by SignalHillHiker (http://www.flickr.com/people/signalhillhiker/), on Flickr

That building is Stogger's Pizza (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Longs+Hill,+St.+John%27s,+NL,+Canada&hl=en&ll=47.564474,-52.713942&spn=0.001528,0.003484&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=57.902911,114.169922&oq=Longs+Hill&t=h&hnear=Longs+Hill,+St+John%27s,+Newfoundland+and+Labrador,+Canada&layer=c&cbll=47.564548,-52.713684&panoid=cN0e28ompG-pjjyKIkw25A&cbp=12,127.82,,0,-0.07&z=19).

Stog is Newfoundland English for... constipated, basically. So the name of the business means "This will constipate you Pizza".