Canadian Skyline Thread III

[giallo]

Originally Posted by Architype

Very well done.

Thanks, Architype!

[J.OT13]

Some Ottawa images from CTV Photos of the Day.

Golden Triangle/Centretown.


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...2024-1.6709271

The Escarpment, LeBreton (with the library u/c) and the West skyline.


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...2023-1.6670022

CBD.


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...2023-1.6628306

Supreme Court and Zibi.


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...2023-1.6628306

Parliament Hill, West skyline, Zibi and Hull.


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...2024-1.6796809

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by coastalkid

I thought these were cool of the Spring Garden Road area of Halifax. You can see the North End skyline in the distance, with the tallest being Richmond Yards u/c:



Closer view of Dresden Row terminating at Citadel Hill (North End skyline top left, Downtown top right):



Source:https://www.viewpoint.ca/cutsheet/20...en-Row-Halifax

The North End skyline is the most dramatic change. Is it plausible that the tallest buildings in Halifax will one day be there and not downtown? I know downtown has severe height restrictions due to views from Citadel Hill but surely restrictions are less severe in the North End? A similar phenomenon is occurring in Vancouver and Ottawa where the tallest buildings are gravitating to areas outside the traditional CBD. Perhaps over the long term downtown Halifax should remain 10-30 floors and build its tall buildings in the North End. Wouldn't be a bad thing imo.

[coastalkid]

Originally Posted by isaidso

The North End skyline is the most dramatic change. Is it plausible that the tallest buildings in Halifax will one day be there and not downtown? I know downtown has severe height restrictions due to views from Citadel Hill but surely restrictions are less severe in the North End? A similar phenomenon is occurring in Vancouver and Ottawa where the tallest buildings are gravitating to areas outside the traditional CBD. Perhaps over the long term downtown Halifax should remain 10-30 floors and build its tall buildings in the North End. Wouldn't be a bad thing imo.

Yes this is already happening - the city's Tallest "One 77" and third tallest "Richmond Yards" are both being constructed outside of Downtown. Richmond Yards is in the North End and One 77 is by the Arm. Downtown has height restrictions that limit pretty much everything to 20-22 stories. Corridor zones on the rest of the peninsula have allowed 30ish since the adoption of the Centre Plan (which is how the 2 below are being constructed), and they are currently upzoning these areas to 40 stories. The result will be that Halifax's tallest buildings will be along Robie in the North End, or along Quinpool in the West End.

One 77:


Richmond Yards:


Source: https://www.facebook.com/DevelopmentsHFX/

[J.OT13]

ByWard Market/Rideau last summer.


https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...ylaw-amendment

[LeftCoaster]

That's a great shot, looking sharp Ottawa!

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by coastalkid

Yes this is already happening - the city's Tallest "One 77" and third tallest "Richmond Yards" are both being constructed outside of Downtown. Richmond Yards is in the North End and One 77 is by the Arm. Downtown has height restrictions that limit pretty much everything to 20-22 stories. Corridor zones on the rest of the peninsula have allowed 30ish since the adoption of the Centre Plan (which is how the 2 below are being constructed), and they are currently upzoning these areas to 40 stories. The result will be that Halifax's tallest buildings will be along Robie in the North End, or along Quinpool in the West End.

Thanks for the information. I'll be driving Toronto to Halifax in June and look forward to seeing all the changes.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by coastalkid

Yes this is already happening - the city's Tallest "One 77" and third tallest "Richmond Yards" are both being constructed outside of Downtown. Richmond Yards is in the North End and One 77 is by the Arm. Downtown has height restrictions that limit pretty much everything to 20-22 stories. Corridor zones on the rest of the peninsula have allowed 30ish since the adoption of the Centre Plan (which is how the 2 below are being constructed), and they are currently upzoning these areas to 40 stories. The result will be that Halifax's tallest buildings will be along Robie in the North End, or along Quinpool in the West End.

One 77:

What? I had no idea that was the tallest building in town. I thought but looked fairly tall when I drove by a couple weeks ago but the thought of it surpassing Fenwick never occurred to me.

[coastalkid]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

What? I had no idea that was the tallest building in town. I thought but looked fairly tall when I drove by a couple weeks ago but the thought of it surpassing Fenwick never occurred to me.

It's topped out at 111 meters! Fenwick is 106.

[koops65]

Need some East coast illustrators to draw some of these towers for the diagram section. Halifax is under-represented.

[WhipperSnapper]

Keep in mind this new tallest just started growing and growing. It was never proposed. There were no renderings. It wasn't known if it was 17 storeys or 32.

[zoomer]

/\ how does that even happen? Surely all Halifax proposals are a matter of public record and are available on the city’s development tracker website like every other Canadian city I can think of. Maybe this will change in the future as cities streamline or eliminate approval processes, but all residents should still know what’s being built in their neighbourhood

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by koops65

Need some East coast illustrators to draw some of these towers for the diagram section. Halifax is under-represented.

I asked Vid to do some the other day and he said he will if he gets time.

[WhipperSnapper]

As far as I know, the tower was built with as of right zoning and the community didn't need to be engaged. i guess you can go down to city hall and have the drawings in the public record pulled for a price.

[zoomer]

/\ Thanks WhipperSnapper. Strange how not a single media outlet did that in Halifax as you’d think there would be public interest in what this rumoured tall building would look like. Kind of bizarre and yet cool at the same time seeing a new building going up and no one outside of those involved having a clue what it will be. Like a Christmas gift being slowly unwrapped (or built) before your eyes. Too bad it didn’t go rogue with random and unexplained outcrops and skywalks to nowhere, lol.

[someone123]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

As far as I know, the tower was built with as of right zoning and the community didn't need to be engaged. i guess you can go down to city hall and have the drawings in the public record pulled for a price.

They likely would have informed (not consulted) people in the area as well. Somebody said a planning office had drawings they had a look at.

Another factor in Halifax is there's a lot more apartment than condo construction and the condo presales materials come out earlier than apartments get marketed.

[giallo]

Kelowna

[zoomer]

Very picturesque Giallo, love the layers in those photos. For some reason Kelowna seems to be an ideal physical setting for high-rises, it just looks 'right'.

[giallo]

Thanks, zoomer. I think a big part of the physical setting being great for a skyline is because there are so many different natural vantage points to view it from.



Vancouver pano

[ColDayMan]

I know, American here, but isn't that Mount Rainier on the far right peaking up in that pano? That's an excellent pano, BTW.