Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Nice pics Martin, but all the towers are the same height, I can't tell one from the other! In fact, it looks just like Ottawa!

Too much glass to look like Ottawa

[Rico Rommheim]

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View towards Downtown Hamilton from Devil's Punchbowl Conservation Area by Joe, on Flickr

Wow, it's like an alternate reality version of Montreal...

[mousquet]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Nice pics Martin, but all the towers are the same height, I can't tell one from the other! In fact, it looks just like Ottawa!

It makes me think of their "égalité" concept in left-wing politics.
Nothing is supposed to ever stand out, which is a bit boring and even sad in a skyline.
Like some kind of conformity that actually serves always the same establishment.

Paris famously has the same issue. It even seems local regulation is designed to prevent anything supertall from getting built.
So people living around the Eiffel Tower don't have to worry.

On the other hand, the density is starting to look serious in Montreal's skyline and let's be honest, no one needs supertalls in one's city for it to actually thrive.
But I do like tall towers as a symbol of momentum just like you do.
That must be some kind of fantasy of ours. Sometimes, self-criticism is interesting to understand what goes on to your own mind.

Oh, and your pictures are terrific, Rico.

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by mousquet

It makes me think of their "égalité" concept in left-wing politics.
Nothing is supposed to ever stand out, which is a bit boring and even sad in a skyline.
Like some kind of conformity that actually serves always the same establishment.

My post was complete sarcasm, sorry. I don't actually see it as a tabletop, or as conformist, aesthetically or politically....

Originally Posted by mousquet

Oh, and your pictures are terrific, Rico.

Thanks!

[mousquet]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

My post was complete sarcasm, sorry. I don't actually see it as a tabletop, or as conformist, aesthetically or politically....

Nevertheless, building something taller than the hill will be necessary one of these days.

But yeah, your skyline is quite decent. And there's a lot of residential towers, not just offices.
That is a plus, at least IMO.

[Martin Mtl]

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[Nite]

Edmonton
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[Dwils01]

Nice video of Edmonton. I'll be getting used to that skyline for awhile as I'll be staying downtown for 5 weeks for work.

[Coldrsx]

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[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by mousquet

Nevertheless, building something taller than the hill will be necessary one of these days.

But yeah, your skyline is quite decent. And there's a lot of residential towers, not just offices.
That is a plus, at least IMO.

We're talking in the range of 200 metres. Building taller than the hill will never be necessary. Downtown will never reach that point in which every non heritage site is built to the maximum height (and what a dystopian place it would be) and than there is the rest of the island to intensify. This is nonsensical YIMBYism.

Like I always say, Table Top never refers to building lower valleys to create a more dynamic skyline as superficial a skyline is to the people living in it. It's always about creating taller and taller peaks.

I also like looking at skylines and seeing tall buildings built. That's just scratching the surface of a fascinating subject that a lifetime isn't enough to fully immerse.

[Martin Mtl]

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[Martin Mtl]

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[q12]

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[Coldrsx]

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[Pavlov]

Part of Calgary's Beltline neighbourhood:



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[someone123]

Halifax skyline seen from Dartmouth across Lake Micmac and Lake Banook:


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[giallo]

[Nite]

^^ Amazing, this is Vancouver best angle in my opinion.

[J.OT13]

Chief William Commanda Bridge was opened for a brief time the other day, providing a new skyline view. It was then closed again by police because it's not quite ready.

Originally Posted by OttawaSteve

The entire bridge was open for business for a while yesterday.

Not sure who deserves the credit for having removed the fencing at both ends but plenty of folks were taking advantage until Ottawa Police arrived and shut the party down (they were very nice about it).

[kool maudit]

Originally Posted by someone123

Halifax skyline seen from Dartmouth across Lake Micmac and Lake Banook:


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I was just in Halifax, and had a very mixed reaction. On the one hand, Queen's Marque and a handful of other new developments are really of a new standard, and the city is growing up.

On the other, people sleep in tents on the Grand Parade and in Victoria Park. There was an open fire in the latter.

The latter is probably a bigger move to the downside than the former is to the upside.

If Halifax and Toronto are anything to go by, Canadian cities are a bit absurd right now.