Thanks for the shots Echoes! I urge everyone to explore the links to the full threads that he posted. I had no idea what to expect (never been to Saskatchewan, and haven't seen too many photos), and it was really an eye-opener for me.

A different POV - some of Sandra Lee's engagement/wedding photos taken around St. John's.

Bowring Park

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Harbourfront

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Burton's Pond

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Willicott's Lane

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National War Memorial

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Murray Premises

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General Protestant Cemetery

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Duckworth Street

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Goulds

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We switched to a new page too soon after these.

Thanks for quoting those, Signal! I wouldn't have seen those otherwise. :) GReat shots Echoes! Saskatoon and Regina are severely under-represented as far as photo tours go!

From what I've seen, prairie cities (or rather, western cities) in general seem to have larger, grander, more cohesive downtowns than eastern cities of comparable size. Residential areas are of course another matter.

I'm not sure what I think about that. The prairie cities I'm familiar with are all so much larger than my city that their downtowns are of course larger, grander, etc.

But if I compare towns... say, Beausejour, Altona, or Morden in Manitoba... well they have larger, grander, and more cohesive downtowns than any communities in Newfoundland other than St. John's, even ones like Mount Pearl, Conception Bay South, Paradise, Corner Brook, etc. with many times the populations of those Manitoba towns.

Beausejour has a dense main street and more than a dozen restaurants for less than 3,000 people. A town that size here would be one road, shitty houses dotted along either side of it for many kilometres, and a corner store that may or may not still be open.

^ I get what you're saying in a way, but I'm not sure how much it applies in reality.

Is Downtown Edmonton more grand or cohesive than Downtown Ottawa? I'd say not.

Downtown Winnipeg to Downtown Hamilton? Not really, they're about equal, with maybe a slight edge to Winnipeg due to previous wealth, grand avenues, and an animated riverfront. Winnipeg to Quebec City, though, isn't even fair.

I can see it more in the smaller cities, like Saskatoon or Regina or Lethbridge sized. Wider blvds were more the norm when these cities were established and they were and still are 'the city' for a larger geographic spread than Windsor or Sherbrooke or Kingston.

To demonstrate what I mean... these two towns have exactly the same population (about 3,100).

This is Main Street in Beausejour, Manitoba. Several city-sized blocks of thriving businesses in a dense, downtown core.

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This is Water Street in Botwood, Newfoundland. A gas station, a few closed businesses/public buildings, and empty space.

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Thanks everyone for the kind words!

I'm happy to help dispel those stereotypes! However, like most photographers on SSP, the photos I take reflect my eye for what's urban, beautiful, or unique about my city. If I wanted to, I could easily do a photo thread of all the surface parking lots. ;)

Thanks, MTLskyline. I'm glad you explored my threads, and am happy to showcase a lesser known part of Canada on this forum.

I think I know what you're saying, and I think it has to do with the low density, widely spread populace and general isolation on the prairies. Cities like Saskatoon and Regina have centres, amenities, and urban character that belie their size because they are the major hubs for such a wide expanse of space. They are THE CITY for regions as large as many countries.

Why Montreal is still the gold standard in this country when it comes to the quality of the urban domain.

Sask gets a lot of flak but I really like Saskatoon and to a lesser degree Regina. Not dusty prairie towns at all. Great to see all these pics to give people who have never been a better idea of what they are actually like.

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Quartier des spectacles - winter 2013/14

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Vieux_Montreal_02 by Tom Elliott on Flickr

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Vieux_Montreal_01 by Tom Elliott on Flickr

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January 16, 2014

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Beautiful set Signal Hill, very atmospheric.

Love all the night pics on this page.


Is that the Aurora over the city!? Or just lighting from something else?

The green Complex Desjardins war-cloud mounting the BMO rotunda...

That's a virile way to say it!