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I think people who aren't familiar with plexes tend to exaggerate how bad the outdoor staircases are in the winter. Most people put down a special kind of rug to give them more traction. It works well as long as you clear the snow. It's a lot less dangerous than walking down a hilly street in the winter.
They also make it way easier to move furniture and bulky objects compared to, for instance, old buildings in London or Amsterdam which have very steep, narrow staircases, but without as much room to manoeuvre because they're indoors. Quebec City is also like that because it has fewer outdoor staircases than Montreal. As for the question about social interaction... as Martin said, it leads to a lot of friendly encounters with neighbours. People say hi, maybe they will stop and chat, but not necessarily. It's passively convivial. My experience is that people in Montreal are good at reading social cues and knowing their boundaries, so it's rare for people to be too chatty or overbearing, which is probably the result of having so many casual encounters with different people throughout the day. People here don't feel compelled to chat for no reason just because they're in the same physical space as somebody else. |
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7 years out of date, but check out the eclectic density:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3944/...9538fc1c_o.jpg Hélico-34 by Guy Plante on Flickr Landlocked: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5612/...ab1d6125_o.jpg Hélico-41 by Guy Plante on Flickr |
View toward Spring Garden Road and South End Halifax from, I think, one of the Nova Centre towers:
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I did live on a second floor in Hull for a winter. It's a helluva lot nicer to be walking up the stairs indoors at minus 30. I'm a pampered Torontonian including my automatic transmission cars. Toronto salts and plows sidewalks. In Hull, you were expected to walk/drive on the frozen tundra. Acceptance boils down to your experiences. I'd probably feel differently if I grew up around these staircases too without experiencing the luxury of controlled environment. Who's going to be sitting on their porch in the depths of winter? I would chat up the neighbours all year round in the common area heading in and out of the apartment. The outdoor stairs don't gobble leaseable/ sellable area. They are a cheapening no matter how much more they encourage social activity oppose to living in a threeplex with indoor halls and stairs. |
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Great pics! I'd love to go for a skate at Olympic Plaza... those surroundings are beautiful.
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Love the first pic with 3 of my favourite buildings front and center.
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Aerial photo of Winnipeg below is credited to Tracey Goncalves, published in Western Living Magazine a few years ago. At least this building is too big to demolish, unlike a beautiful old mansion just razed there. https://i.postimg.cc/tThwXPTB/123747...87687669-o.jpg |
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^Agreed. It's stunning.
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A couple of Victoria photos I took from Mount Tolmie this week from, Looking south to Washington State.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c2e4b2d4_b.jpgVictoria B.C. Canada skyline by thegreatscaper, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9e5fd273_b.jpgVictoria B.C. Canada by thegreatscaper, on Flickr and a couple from the previous week, taken from Hill Rock in Esquimalt https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f51cffab_b.jpgVictoria B.C. Canada skyline by thegreatscaper, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...426ed321_b.jpgVictoria B.C. Canada by thegreatscaper, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6e820803_b.jpgVictoria B.C. Canada... Skyline by thegreatscaper, on Flickr |
I stumbled on this, so I thought I would post it here..It's basically highlighting Toronto's skyline throughout the decades.
https://www.blogto.com/city/2014/09/...Lr456uT_1GiSsY |
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beauty^
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Really nice, the last looks like a render.
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https://goo.gl/maps/RdhzJbJPHx1J5A1Z7 https://goo.gl/maps/2CWXErfF8PaA6Ke38 https://goo.gl/maps/RA2caAGSat2QmU1B8 https://goo.gl/maps/Gw9Xx7TpQ3etMZSf9 https://goo.gl/maps/53YqDbKgiXPBcuLK7 |
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