The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!
 

As the previous thread just reached the now ceremonial marker of 10 000 posts, I though I'd start out the newest iteration of the skyline thread with a collection of skyline shots from my trip to Ontario this past week. I didn't put a number on this thread (The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! III) because the numbers are pretty much inconsequential at this point.

Here is a link to the previous version of the skyline thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=197949


Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - 515 000

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Kitchener Skyline by Chadillaccc, on Flickr
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Waterloo Skyline by Chadillaccc, on Flickr



London, Ontario, Canada - 505 000

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London Ontario Skyline by Chadillaccc, on Flickr



Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - 770 000

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Hamilton Skyline by Chadillaccc, on Flickr



Calgary, Alberta, Canada - 1 430 000

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Downtown Calgary by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Lots of aerial pictures lately. Is it the drone age?

Pics are from Malek, member and owner of the Mtlurb forums

Waterloo Park is a gorgeous place. The board-walk around the pond is my favourite. They couldn't have picked a better location for the Perimeter Institute or the Barrel Yards project.

I agree, pretty much everything going up in Waterloo right now is lifeless at street level, unfortunately. Hopefully they take a page out of Kitchener's book once City Centre and One Victoria are complete, as they will be quite active at street level. Though, those projects are right in the thick of downtown Kitchener, while most Waterloo projects are on the periphery of the core/inner city.

Featuring my Montreal's favourite : Le 1000 !
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Windsor, Ontario. My city =). Photo Cred: Randy Calderone 2010 http://somethingfortheeyes.files.wor...-skyline-t.jpgit.

I've never found that city sexy at all.

Still not a bad skyline for the 7th biggest city in the province.

Some nice new Winnipeg aerials from Dan Harper Photography. The Red looks exceptionally muddy in that glowing summer light...

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Convention Centre expansion - soon the RBC CC will straddle York Avenue

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Central Park - a downtown residential cluster home to many new Canadians

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A view of the CMHR looking into St. Boniface

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The old Peg is looking good and those are some of the best shots of Montreal I have ever seen!

I agree. Great Montreal and Winnipeg shots.

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Toronto Light Show by Paul Hillier Photography, on Flickr

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downtown's major players by ronnie.yip, on Flickr

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Parade Skybridge by Marcanadian, on Flickr

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Phenomenal Winnipeg panos. I mean, wow.

The Van shot with the fireworks.. amazing.

The baseball stadium in Winnipeg is awesome. When you're there, you've got the backdrop of downtown behind you. Very cool.

MB Hydro looks so much girthier (not a word) than the three usual suspects at P&M.

Yeah for sure! It's definitely the best baseball stadium west of the Skydome.

It is a massive building (more floorspace than the significantly taller P&M towers), but the vaguely triangular shape hides its footprint somewhat - when you see it from Portage Avenue you can't really appreciate the fact that the tower and podium sit on almost an entire (admittedly smaller than usual) city block.

This was probably one of the most common criticisms of the Hydro tower on the Man/Sask forum when it was first built... it looks sleek from Portage but it's kind of stumpy when you see it from the wide side.

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Montreal Skyline by hm.pix, on Flickr

Heading out there next week, looking forward to it.

Heading where ?

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Credit: Sofia Katherine Photography

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Montreal..

Nice :) When was your last time in Montréal ?

That observation deck in Hamilton is awesome !

2003 August... So 11 years exact..

Have fun !

... And be sure to try a good one :

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:D:D

My last time in Montreal ? ...9 days ago :)

My buddy just went over the weekend, he invited me to go with him, but I had already planned on going with my girlfriend next week.

Anyways, I'm gonna check it out. Last time I was in Montreal, I found it very similar to Toronto... I wonder if I will still feel the same way.

You are the fourth person to tell me to go to this place... Schwartz? Well you're the first person online to tell me to check it out.

Love this one. Well done. :tup:

Well well well, you know what to do now !

:D

Enjoy your trip!

I'd add that you should get a few fresh bagels from either St-Viateur or Fairmount (make sure to ask for warm ones!). I like adding a little cream cheese to them. They can't be compared to the hard tasteless supermarket bagels.
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^I love em with smoked salmon spread. Yummy!

Sorry guys, it's all my fault :D

It's funny because when I brought my bf for the first time a couple weeks ago, all he could say was how it was very different than Toronto, and had a totally unique feel. He has been to Italy and the UK and commented how Old Montreal brought him back to the certain parts of Italy. He commented how European the city felt. It's an opinion I also have, and many people do when the visit the city. I know many in here flip out and will attack me for dare comparing Montreal to Europe. I will just say this: relax, I know Europe is over 1000 years old and Montreal is quite newer. However, one cannot deny that certain parts of the city have Euro hints that cannot be found elsewhere in Canada outside of Quebec City. For somebody who enjoys older and unique architecture with character... you will like Montreal.

Can this fit with your point of view ?
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Geez, Montréal is one of our national treasure !

Yes, no question about that. It is really nice to walk around there. Here are some google views of Winnipeg streets with historic architecture - it's interesting to check out some of the respective historical street views across Canada:

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https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.89706..._7sdwxxRsg!2e0

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https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.89956...vDIslm3t8A!2e0

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.89780...5jAEW3OIBA!2e0

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https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.89713...TrvjtCAJKA!2e0

Victoria -
https://www.google.ca/maps/@48.42569...CQNpoYxt4g!2e0

Quebec City -
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.81177...niDDXGUl4g!2e0

Ottawa
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Lap...10ca76548d53b5

Calgary
https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.04555...-6v97YonoA!2e0

Vancouver:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@49.28...2s5rLeqSKQ!2e0

Niagara-on-the-Lake
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.25440...WlGQGAGLVA!2e0

Saskatoon
https://www.google.ca/maps/@52.12652...vjiVdgLWdg!2e0

St. John's
https://www.google.ca/maps/@47.56157...IfZ9lPjxOg!2e0

Another Montreal -
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Beautiful finds! Thanks. For such a young country, we do have beautiful history all over :)

I'd agree about the "Euro" bits, but old Montreal reminds me more of second tier British cities than anything I'd expect to find in Italy. :shrug:

The Connolly will make an impact in this picture but most of the Connaught project will be blocked by Landmark Place.
Great picture and one of my favourite places to go when I lived there

By Luc Villeneuve

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Wow ! Magnifique :) ^^

Found this one today :

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Downtown Toronto from a harbour cruise.
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Commerce Court North peeking through.
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These last two pictures you can see the top of Aura.
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Pictures by me.

Quebec without a doubt has some of the best architecture in North America!! Nice TO shots.... unfortunately, a lot of buildings are starting to resemble each other.

Those are some amazing Quebec shots!

I really like the Ice condos in Toronto, they have an elegant look, but many of the other new ones not so much.

I was in Québec last weekend and walked the tourist-rich areas of St-Jean and Grande-Allée, then rue Saint-Joseph in Saint-Roch - the vibe was fantastic!

I love looking at aerial shots of Old Quebec. Beautiful.

Dwils is a tourist in his own town!! lol!

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Credit: Antoine Coallier