The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 252

Chadillaccc · #**5021** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 3:19 AM**

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/0...ev=5ad5e764-fa7a-41b0-ac7a-941748df9e164

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/a...rev=b3638ec8-84bc-47a2-8644-450d7380a4cf

roccerfeller · #**5022** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 4:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by Brizzy82

I always love that view coming into downtown on the Disraeli, I just never make it out to that end of the city.

Really makes Fort Garry Place/Heritage Landing look even more disconnected from the downtown core, though. Nice shots.

Winnipeg has a large downtown area which makes the spaces seem much more disjointed than other cities, I guess because it's a sort of "remnant" if you will of when it was booming and projected to be much bigger than it turned out to be present day. The amount of space there is insane, it would feel like a completely different downtown if even half of those empty lots were filled with 10 storey buildings.

It has tons of space to fill still, so one day in the future I'm sure that view will pick up and receive new buildings. I agree, its a great view over that bridge. Perhaps the best view of downtown in terms of giving a sense of scale. Really makes the downtown seem large when seeing it in person.

Nice to see a few cranes in the skyline there.

Ramako · #**5023** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 5:01 AM**

DowntownSkyline-6 by michael_swan, on Flickr

2015-03-15 14.05.16 by geoffrey.bauduin, on Flickr

Toronto City Skyline March 2015 by Arvo P, on Flickr

Toronto Skyline by James Gardiner, on Flickr

Shutter Island by FollowFiend, on Flickr

Chadillaccc · #**5024** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 5:58 AM**

An incredibly deep Toronto shot, by Stock Aerials...

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/b...rev=993b088b-475e-4f20-9a85-c163a94a268e

Martin Mtl · #**5025** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 12:37 PM**

Industrial Montreal by Pabstman on Flickr.

4/10 by Pabstman on Flickr.

Best View Silo 5 in Montreal by Pabstman on Flickr.

Martin Mtl · #**5026** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 3:10 PM**

Montreal Sunset by Fred Plante on Flickr

Acajack · #**5027** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 3:37 PM**

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Fall colours all yellow. Interesting. Points to the clear predominance of a single type of tree.

Boris2k7 · #**5028** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 3:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Fall colours all yellow. Interesting. Points to the clear predominance of a single type of tree.

Primarily quaking aspen and poplar.

The aspens in the foreground are, in particular, preserved by restrictive covenant.

Calgarian · #**5029** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 4:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris2k7

Primarily quaking aspen and poplar.

The aspens in the foreground are, in particular, preserved by restrictive covenant.

There would be lots of Elms in there too. Most leaves turn yellow like that here, even Larch trees have needles that turn that shade of yellow. Basically the lack of colour is due to the lack of Maple trees in Calgary, though there are a few.

Ashok · #**5030** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 6:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Industrial Montreal by Pabstman on Flickr.

Looking really good here!

thorncliffer · #**5031** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Montreal Sunset by Fred Plante on Flickr

Absolutely gorgeous shot.

O-tacular · #**5032** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 6:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/0...ev=5ad5e764-fa7a-41b0-ac7a-941748df9e164

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/a...rev=b3638ec8-84bc-47a2-8644-450d7380a4cf

Nice finds Chad. I'm trying to figure out what community is in the foreground of the second picture. Considering there are aspen trees all throughout the west of the city I can't pinpoint where those houses are. What is the main road furthest to the left, middle of the frame that's lined with pine trees?

Also interesting to see how much thinner the BVS towers look from east to west than from the north or south. Much less fugly from this vantage.

Calgarian · #**5033** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 7:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Nice finds Chad. I'm trying to figure out what community is in the foreground of the second picture. Considering there are aspen trees all throughout the west of the city I can't pinpoint where those houses are. What is the main road furthest to the left, middle of the frame that's lined with pine trees?

Also interesting to see how much thinner the BVS towers look from east to west than from the north or south. Much less fugly from this vantage.

I'd guess Cougar Ridge, just east of COP. Could be Aspen Woods or West Springs too.

O-tacular · #**5034** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Fall colours all yellow. Interesting. Points to the clear predominance of a single type of tree.

In the west side of the city Aspens are the dominant natural trees. Also we don't really get red coloured leaves this far west. No maples.

Cyro · #**5035** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 8:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

shizam! i finaly got up there... though bit more radiated then before...

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Beedok · #**5036** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 9:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/media/a...rev=b3638ec8-84bc-47a2-8644-450d7380a4cf

Is it just me or does Calgary's CBD have a larger footprint than Toronto's? (Obviously the skyline as a whole is smaller.)

GreaterMontréal · #**5037** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 9:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

Is it just me or does Calgary's CBD have a larger footprint than Toronto's? (Obviously the skyline as a whole is smaller.)

optical illusion

Mrs Sauga · #**5038** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 9:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

Is it just me or does Calgary's CBD have a larger footprint than Toronto's? (Obviously the skyline as a whole is smaller.)

What do you define as the CBD of both cities?

Beedok · #**5039** Posted **Mar 17, 2015, 10:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mrs Sauga

What do you define as the CBD of both cities?

An area where you don't go more than a (reasonably sized) block without an office highrise (or tall mid-rise) and minimal residential present.

Toronto probably has more downtown office towers, but there's bands of residential buildings and low rise areas.

Rico Rommheim · #**5040** Posted **Mar 18, 2015, 12:26 AM**

by MDCM