A few new Skyline Shots
 

Hey guys
Here are a few more recent skyline shots. Also hoping to take an 8 crane shot tomorrow.

Enjoy

In the first shot you can see 4 cranes if you look close.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4418/3...d4039383_k.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4423/3...be4cdc87_h.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4382/3...9f59c312_k.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4333/3...a4fd8e19_k.jpg

These are great! Cheers

Nice shots.

Those Darko buildings really blend into the skyline, which, in the case of this city, is not the best thing in the world. The Thomas building will be a nice addition.

Great pics u p!
 

Great pictures urban planner!! Hi everyone!

Really thankful to ride in on your coat tail.. Took some pics during the eclipse of our skyline, and have been wanting to share them. Been following this board for years, and wanted to share once and a while. sorry they are so large in format.. I have already reduced them over half size their original image..

http://i.imgur.com/A5oXt3b.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3x5FDdw.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/pG6hBPP.jpg

Awesome pics Ray!!

I was literally about to come on here and say how stunned I am at how gross those Darko buildings are. Who knew it was possible to build 1970's commie-blocks in 2016. Sheesh :slob:

Here is one more the best of the best. I am hoping its posted large enough for you all to pick out the 7 cranes. There are actually 8 however believe it or not two of them line up perfectly from this vantage point. I wish the Sun was out it would have been much nicer. If you guys feel the full size would be better let me know. Its very large though.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4352/3...57ec9c88_k.jpg

Is that last shot taken from the Sydenham lookout over Dundas?

Posted on the Canada forum skyline thread by our colleague ZTrade:

From today's Spec (Jan 29): Wolf moon rises over Hamilton, by Barry Gray

https://images.thestar.com/ag_vtGhey..._moon_main.jpg

https://images.thestar.com/unYCuJGZj...wolf_moon2.jpg

Another close-up from a Schpec-ulator story.

https://images.thestar.com/K86n5zEDC...waterfront.jpg

One of the best spots to see the Hamilton Skyline. Its especially beautiful at night.

I wonder if anyone has a recent picture of Hamilton taken from this vantage point. It would be interesting to see what the few new towers has added to this perspective. I would jus love to see.. even one tower that towers over the skyline.. one can hope.

I don't have an image, but Marquee Residence has really made an impact on the skyline from the west and when driving down the 403.

Lamb's Television City towers will do likewise, and the stuff proposed along Main West will block out some of the older buildings (like the dreaded Tower B apartments and that red brick skin job to the right of it in that panorama), and probably block the Regency too. The Connolly and Connaught will pop up in there flanking Landmark Place, if those actually happen.

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Love that night shot and the one from last spring. She looks pretty damn good in green. :cool:

Thanks. :cheers:
(I added to the Canada forum: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...92#post9221192... and just noticed the undees in the tree in that second photo lol)

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Yeah that night shot is awesome!

march 21, 2021
 

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Nice! That layer of pollution north of the lake is unfortunate (but unfortunately still a common occurrence in the area, depending on the atmospheric conditions)

I wish 25 Main West had been built much taller and with more girth. It would stand out nicely in the skyline if it were scaled up.

https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS637...h4068384_1.jpg

https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS637...h4068384_8.jpg

https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS637...h4068384_7.jpg

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Some of the smog is smoke from several barn fires in Halton region on Sunday afternoon.

Perhaps combining the Gowlings parking lot and repurposed Old Bank of Montreal building will help camouflage!

I don't think that's the issue here, if referring to 25 Main West. By today's standards it is not exceptional, but for its time it is a nice skyscraper. Could have been 5-10 floors taller, and about 50% wider on each axis. Compete with the former Stelco Tower for office building supremacy in the core (unfortunate as it is to have such limited competition!!!)

Something great could be built on that space you mention. I hope it happens.

There are probably measures that could enhance 25 Main W. today. But they may take away from the original intent of the design. We've already lost one of Stanley Roscoe's office complexes (The Undermount and MacLean Hunter buildings... converted to that gawd-awful Chateau Royale thing) and it would be a shame to lose another or even just cover it up from various angles.

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It seems to extend a bit east of that. The fire explanation urban_planner noted may cover that.

Nice to see it is NOT a Hamilton smokestack issue. :D

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Wow looks like an architects playground from the 70s. So glad they cared so much about design back then

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To be honest, I've never been there. I'm sure there must be some nice old buildings in there but all the brutalism hides them.

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This sketch is amazing. Well done.

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I'll have to do a streetscape visit now.

@Larch that is so beautiful, amazing work! :worship:

Thats amazing.

Great drawing, Larch

The slab tower rocks. One of the most cost effective ways to build mass housing with good, livable layouts. They come from a period when Canada was both extremely optimistic and making massive strides/innovations in concrete construction. Long live the mid century slab.

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Our skyline, circa Dec 2000, from a Spec175 reflection on amalgamation. Looks like it was taken from the escarpment edge along Hwy 8, where it bends north toward Greensville.
EDIT: Not "new" but I figure this will be a good comparator... even today there are several towers that have altered the look. There wasn't much change visible from afar before The Regency went up 5 years ago.

https://images.thestar.com/bk_Bo3nCE...n/new_city.jpg
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That is a really great photo, Larch. Hamilton looks "big city" in it.
(night views from the escarpment are my favourite)

Was it taken near West 5th?

Thanks! :cheers:

Yeah, if I came across that shot somewhere without anyone telling me anything about it - it would take a while for me to realize that's Hamilton.

I can imagine how that same shot will look like in 5 years.

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This angle will probably be one of the best at showing the changes from the things that are being built now or will be soon -- Cobalt, Mac grad residences, Darko's new one at King and Queen, RC3, 71 Rebecca, TV City, Main W. between Caroline and Hess, etc.

that's a great shot of Hamilton's skyline! can't wait to see that same angle in a couple of years!

I work in a lot of different buildings throughout downtown Hamilton and would love to share some of my photos of the city .... how would I do that?

I usually upload to Imgur or Flickr, which then gives a code that can be used to post photos in forums like this :)

Ok thank you

imgur is great too!

Doesn't seem to be working

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