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Here are some more from Montreal (some of my older pics and recent pics combined) St-Laurent Boulevard looking north, June 10, 2006 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0205.jpg Ste-Catherine Street looking east, April 26, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_6692.jpg Mansfield Street looking north, April 14, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_3274.jpg St-Jacques Street looking west, December 9, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_2393.jpg Aylmer Street looking south, April 26, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_6678.jpg Phillips Square looking south towards Beaver Hall, September 30, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0494.jpg De la Montagne Street looking north, June 17, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0297.jpg Lincoln Street looking west, March 24, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1205.jpg ...indoor canyon! Centre de Commerce Mondial (World Trade Centre), May 13, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4337.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4339.jpg MORE COMING obviously! |
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Get on the street and take more pictures guy!
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Cal, this one of York Street that you took, is one of your best examples pf a canyon in Toronto. It's all about the lighting, the angle as well as the even and consistent streetwall. Plus the illusion that it goes on all the way to the horizon.
Nicely done. :cheers: http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5786/sany0221p.jpg (Courtesy caltrane74 ) |
This thread has me working my ass off. No thread outside of the top ten thread has ever got me to work hard this hard on something not related to work.... Finally something to appease Traynor.
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^ :lmao: Classic.
But seriously, awesome pics everyone. The Toronto and Calgary canyons tend to be the tallest and most impressive, but the MTL ones are my personal favourites, mainly due to the architectural styles, since I love streets lined with big brick/stone low and mid-rises (very atmospheric). |
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I work mornings and early afternoons only, charmed life I must say.... actually what I need to say is... 'You Need to be in Advertising Sales'. |
Peel Street looking south, March 18, 2010
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0877.jpg Peel Street looking south (near Maisonneuve), March 24, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1175.jpg Peel Street looking north (at Dorchester Square), March 17, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0818.jpg Union Street looking north (from The Bay), September 29, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4169.jpg Viger Street looking west, September 29, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0364.jpg ...highway canyons.... (by the way, wasn't there a "Great Canadian Highway Thread"?? I can't find it) Décarie Expressway looking north, May 21, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4439.jpg MAJOR CANYONS coming next... the wait will be worth it! |
The first picture is very nice and Canyon like, don't know how it can get better than that, considering I see some of Montreal's tallest buildings on this strip...
unless you have another angle. :P |
I think the second and third pictures are most canyon-like. A canyon isn't just about height, but more about consistency and length. I may not be as strict as Traynor, but I think we can agree on that.
Btw, congrats on your York shots. It must feel so incredible to finally, after so many attempts, take a picture that impresses Traynor. You really should feel proud. |
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I'm sorry but I am man of high standards. :D I may be tough but I will give Cal his props when he deserves them. Like the recent ones of York Street. They were all very canyon-y. But please Cal, stop embarrassing Toronto and yourself by continuing to put Queen's Quay in this thread... It's all lake on the South side except for three buildings near Harbour Castle. Anyone who has been to T.O. knows this. Stick to Wellington and York Streets. Furthermore, speaking of giving props, I would be remiss if I didn't give it up for francely57 and all his fantastic pics. Montreal has the height and consistency to be called canyons, plus the added bonus of fantastic old architecture. Keep up the great work francely! :cheers: |
Hey Cal, Oh yeah, I forgot...
If francely can post indoor canyons... I know you have a couple of cool Eaton Centre pics. No one can beat that indoor canyon. Plus the atrium at BCE place... I mean Brookfield Place... Or is It the "McCain Rising Crust Place" by now? Whatever it's called, that's a cool indoor canyon. :D |
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/...54604137_o.jpg
This picture is amazing. Calgary 1 Toronto 0 Montreal -1 |
Toronto wins for sheer number of canyons.
Calgary wins for the best canyon. Vancouver gets points also. Once I find a 'canyon' in Montreal, I'll let you all know. Sure we have 'walls' or small 'cliffs' but no canyons. |
Ill do a wellington photo spread, next chance I get..... could have done one today but didnt bring my camera with me when I left the house this morning.....
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^^ Guys, how can you say MTL's losing already, we're just warming up!
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It did take some time to organize my old pics that would be relevant, but it's a pleasure to post them to compare & contrast with Toronto-Calgary-Vancouver-etc. And I think it's cool to have that many "NY-looking streets" in our sprawled northern country. ... President-Kennedy Avenue one of the worst streets in the CBD, but a surprisingly impressive corridor looking east, September 19, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0080.jpg looking east, January 7, 2008 (sorry if it's blurry) http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_3389.jpg THE ROW OF UGLIES! looking west, October 22, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1426.jpg looking east from it's west end, September 29, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0464.jpg looking west, July 27, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1756.jpg |
nice work, son! :)
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^ Montreal definitely has canyons, not the tallest, but they remain canyons!
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Old Montreal has the best canyons. :rolleyes:
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University Street
I used to walk there every day... that's why I have so many pics of this street Upper part looking south, March 8, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_5819.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_5820.jpg looking south from above, January 22, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4727.jpg looking south from Sherbrooke, September 8, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_9643.jpg some snow... April 4, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_2971.jpg ...January 28, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4821.jpg when they were almost done constructing the bike lane, October 27, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4791.jpg Middle part looking north from René-Lévesque, September 19, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0103.jpg Lower part looking north from Notre-Dame, May 12, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4303.jpg looking north from St-Antoine, May 12m 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4311.jpg |
Now the major ones...
De Maisonneuve Boulevard In case you don't know, this boulevard was created in the 1960s during subway construction... Many buildings were demolished to 1) dig tunnels, 2) connect+enlarge smaller streets to make a single Boulevard. So there used to be TONS of parking lots. looking west from the Eaton Centre, March 17, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0861.jpg looking east, March 19, 2010 (with Louis-Bohème anchoring the east end) http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1089.jpg looking west from above, September 29, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4184.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4189.jpg looking west near the ROW OF UGLIES, February 26, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_5548.jpg looking east from above, June 17, 2009 (the crane was for the ugly St-Martin Hotel on Ben's site) http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0259.jpg looking east when there were more cranes, July 8, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1223.jpg looking west, March 22, 2009 (with a brown tower anchoring the west end) http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_6043.jpg looking west from Guy, March 24, 2010 (i.e. that's beyond the brown tower) http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1218.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1221.jpg for fans of uniform height: looking west from Peel, March 17, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0807.jpg looking east from Drummond, March 19, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...IMG_1095-1.jpg |
WOW! Thanks for the stunning selection of pics. Very enjoyable!
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Outstanding Mtl Canyons, Francely. ROW OF UGLIES and all :D
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Sherbrooke Street
Of course the central part is more a 'cliff' than a canyon because the row of towers faces McGill University. But east and west of McGill are some of the most massive streetwalls in Montreal. Outside downtown... there are several towers + midrises extending very far east of downtown, but they don't form a real canyon I think it's like Yonge Street north of downtown Toronto looking west from St-Denis, July 21, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_7307.jpg looking north from above, towards Sherbrooke Est and its row of towers, September 11, 2006 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_2793.jpg Alright, let's go Downtown looking west from Bleury/Parc, March 17, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0738.jpg looking east from MacKay, March 24, 2010 (you can see work being done on the Fine Arts Museum's expansion) http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1192.jpg looking west from McGill College, September 8, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_3268.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_3267.jpg looking west from Durocher, April 26, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_6676.jpg looking west from Metcalfe, April 4, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_6393.jpg looking east from Stanley, September 4, 2008 (the massive streetwall WEST of McGill) http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_9581.jpg looking west from Parc, September 1, 2009 (the massive streetwall EAST of McGill) http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_3050.jpg looking west from Aylmer, September 15, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_3587.jpg ...March 17, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...IMG_5992-1.jpg Bonus, with the Hilton Garden Inn (37 storeys, 2009), March 8, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_5818.jpg |
nice pictures!!! - gotta hit the streets again to keep Toronto in the competition!!
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Here's a small but interesting spot I forgot about in Halifax. Bedford Row:
http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/image/90995363.jpg It has some cool buildings such as this one (taken by Colin N. on flickr): http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/...3c42caa9_o.jpg Source In the same series I have an old, dark photo of Hollis: http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/im...516/medium.jpg Sackville Street is not really a canyon yet... http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/...6c7f76d6_b.jpg Source But it happens to have 6 highrise buildings proposed for adjacent blocks right now (including a ~15 storey addition atop the stone building on the right that says "discovery centre" and then a 27 storey glass tower for the block behind). If even a couple of those are built it will be much more canyon-like. |
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We win, and will always be winning where it counts.. height superiority!!!! Trading half a dozen 200 meter towers for a couple of streets lined with 25 storey blocks on both sides seems more than fair to me. anyways... you reminded me, I need to upload some of my canyon shots.. |
We have half ass canyon's in Toronto!!
Like This!!!!!! http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7719/sany0582.jpg one half of an ass, with the second asscheek inset from the sidewalk.. still for the height it's bringing, I'll take it!!!! looking up!! http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3498/sany0669.jpg The other side of the street is the 300 meter FCP, first canadian place, just in case you think I'm cheating. Wouldn't be fair to include a tall building in this thread about Urban Canyons...now. ;) |
Toronto has the height, for sure. It should translate into the best canyon shots, but it doesn't seem to. Any how, the more the merrier. I saw a really great University Avenue canyon shot though. I'll try and find it.
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The reason the height doesn't translate well is because you need to be airborne to appreciate it.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/...25c805ea_b.jpg from greenleaf at UT |
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René-Lévesque Boulevard
Don't forget Dorchester Street (then Dorchester Blvd, then René-Lévesque Blvd) was widened in the 1950s, and there used to be tons of parking lots. There are still some in key areas, but we're filling them up (slowly) Let's start with the east end: looking east from St-Alexandre, April 20, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1792.jpg looking west from Bleury, April 20, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1795.jpg looking west from Jeanne-Mance, April 19, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1789.jpg ...April 20, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1814.jpg a little backstreet perpendicular to René-Lévesque, April 20, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1813.jpg looking west from Beaver Hall, April 20, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1798.jpg looking west from St-Laurent, April 2, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1481.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1483.jpg looking west from St-Hubert, April 2, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1535.jpg looking east from Lucien-L'Allier, May 2, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_6862.jpg looking east from Crescent, June 7, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4918.jpg looking west from above (St-Luc Hospital), January 5, 2005 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_7883.jpg looking west from University, May 5, 2008 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_4052.jpg ... February 17, 2009 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_5265.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_5262.jpg looking west from Peel, March 18, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_0890.jpg On this last picture we're looking at the west end; many more skyscrapers are proposed in this part of the 'canyon' |
too much construction, will toss some of my recent pics into this thread.....
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a few halifax shots, they may not be huge but do exist in areas of the city
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._8085740_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5708073_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._8099618_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._4319584_n.jpg i think i uploaded this one before but oh well http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...6_395384_n.jpg |
Helping Toronto make a respect for itself in the Caynon Game..
...its Trump. This and U Condos should help even up the one sided Bay Street Canyon wall... http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7906/sany1029.jpg by me |
Trump will help Toronto get back into the Streetwall game...
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8904/sany0924.jpg Even the Bay Street Banker boys are like WTF?? http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4425/sany0925.jpg And the Honies too.... well they just like cal taking pictures, ya see. From another direction http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6954/sany0936.jpg The Bay Street Canyon is Rocking ya Gently!!! |
Trump looks fantastic!
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5 June 2010: much more urban and lively than anything in the FD: Queen East:
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Perhaps the first canyon in Canada:
St-Paul Street looking west, June 1, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_2253.jpg Union Street looking north, April 20, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_1791.jpg St-Pierre Street looking south, June 1, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_2252.jpg Viger Street looking west, June 1, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_2258.jpg Mansfield Street looking north, June 1, 2010 http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/IMG_2305.jpg |
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Everytime I think about St Paul, I think about my Montreal home. St Paul was my "main drag."
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Second Street SW has some major buildings in 8 blocks:
Waterfront 2 condos under construction, Livingston Place Provident Energy Tower, Jamieson Place, BP, Esso-Fifth Avenue Place, Canada Place, Alberta Stock Exchange, Epcor, Bow Valley Square 3 & 4, Energy Plaza, Scotia Centre, Home Oil Tower & TD Square, Bankers Hall east tower, Bankers Court, and PennWest Plaza 2 http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/...aca09385_b.jpg |
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