Canadian Skyline Thread III - Page 139

MolsonExport · #**2761** Posted **Apr 8, 2025, 1:15 PM**

I've walked (and driven) over this bridge in NOLA. The river width here compares to the St. Laurent near the Pont Jacques-Cartier, but nowhere near that at the Pont Champlain. And of course, NOLA has an extremely underwhelming skyline. Still a great place with tons of character, though.

Zeej · #**2762** Posted **Apr 8, 2025, 1:17 PM**

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Maybe. Although Lisbon's got 2.8 million in the metro. Montreal is pushing 4.5 million.

We're over 4.6 now! Who knows where it goes from here though.

Rico Rommheim · #**2763** Posted **Apr 8, 2025, 4:59 PM**

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I like how slender some of the new tallest are in the skyline. Beig up hill from the river, they look taller than they actually are.

Definitely. I was strolling down the waterfront in old mtl yesterday and I really enjoyed the effect of the slender Maestria towers, the 900 st-Jacques' slenderness and texture looks tall and imposing and I appreciate the Chicago-esque form of the Square Philips tower.

TorontoDrew · #**2764** Posted **Apr 8, 2025, 8:25 PM**

NOLA has such a disappointing skyline for a city of its size and prominence.

TorontoDrew · #**2765** Posted **Apr 8, 2025, 8:38 PM**

On the rise by Christopher weller, on Flickr

zoomer · #**2766** Posted **Apr 9, 2025, 3:35 AM**

From Flickr and photographer Clayton Perry (nearly certain he's not a SSP member)

Downtown by Clayton Perry, on Flickr

hipster duck · #**2767** Posted **Apr 9, 2025, 2:16 PM**

^Very interesting, rarely-seen angle of the Vancouver skyline.

It's very "west coast" because it's full of interwar mid-rises. Downtown LA is the biggest expression of that, but San Francisco and Seattle also have a lot of old commercial buildings and apartment blocks from that era. In Vancouver a lot of those are hidden from the usual skyline pics.

zoomer · #**2768** Posted **Apr 11, 2025, 3:21 AM**

/\ yep, if you scroll to show only the bottom half of the picture a lot of folks wouldn't even guess it was Vancouver. Well, outside of SSP.

An older Victoria photo from June 2021, but it's from a different angle than usual, looking north. Apologies for the large image size:

MonkeyRonin · #**2769** Posted **Apr 13, 2025, 3:35 AM**

That's a really great overview of Victoria. Awesome shot.

In Toronto, a whole new skyline seems to have emerged to bookend downtown's east end. Very few of these towers existed when I lived around here 8-10 years ago. It looks foreign even compared to the Toronto of 3 years ago that I knew:

https://weareolea.com/listing/811-35-church-st/

TorontoDrew · #**2770** Posted **Apr 13, 2025, 8:29 PM**

Just wait until East Harbour starts to Rise. I would suspect we will see some serious renders and architectural drawings for the city to review by next year. They will want to time the construction of certain phases to coincide with the opening of the Ontario Line.

source: www.urbanstrategies.com

zoomer · #**2771** Posted **Apr 13, 2025, 9:17 PM**

This looks great and quite organic. A nice mix of brick and glass, varying heights and good density.

I'll be in Toronto next month and looking forward to getting a bunch more city photos!

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In Toronto, a whole new skyline seems to have emerged to bookend downtown's east end. Very few of these towers existed when I lived around here 8-10 years ago. It looks foreign even compared to the Toronto of 3 years ago that I knew:

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Djeffery · #**2772** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 2:05 AM**

I posted this over on the London group. I picked up a new drone a couple weeks ago and have started practicing with it. Kinda nerve wracking sending this thing up there and then wondering how far away I can realistically go with it. Manual says up to 20km, but I'm not sure I trust that. So far I have just basically gone up a couple hundred feet and not gone much distance at all, just point, zoom, take the picture and see what editing I can do on the computer. This pic is of downtown London taken about 300 feet over the CTV parking lot (where I parked), which is about 4km southwest of the tallest building seen, the 40s Centro Tower.

Ozy_Flame · #**2773** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 1:02 PM**

This is one of my favorite threads to peruse (love the shots of all cities across Canada) but if there is one skyline that needs a marquee building to put a signature on the skyline imprint is London. I hope one day there is a unique building or a standout design of a residential or office tower that helps casual viewers like myself pinpoint that skyline as more definitive.

TorontoDrew · #**2774** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 2:01 PM**

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I posted this over on the London group. I picked up a new drone a couple weeks ago and have started practicing with it. Kinda nerve wracking sending this thing up there and then wondering how far away I can realistically go with it.

Nice job, I bought a drone over a year ago and have yet to test it out. I'm worried about flying it anywhere in the city.

someone123 · #**2775** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 5:19 PM**

Dartmouth skyline. It used to just be a handful of buildings but it is noticeably growing these days. There are several 20-40+ storey towers in the site prep phase now so in a few years there should be even more of a transformation:

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Vin · #**2776** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 8:28 PM**

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^Very interesting, rarely-seen angle of the Vancouver skyline.

It's very "west coast" because it's full of interwar mid-rises. Downtown LA is the biggest expression of that, but San Francisco and Seattle also have a lot of old commercial buildings and apartment blocks from that era. In Vancouver a lot of those are hidden from the usual skyline pics.

Unfortunately, Vancouverites these days do not know how to appreciate and protect these structures. Many are in disrepair, with some converted to "S.R.O.s" that house addicts and even criminals. A couple of heritage structures burnt to the ground and never got rebuilt as a result of both bad fire safety systems and the existence of the worst kinds of residents who started the fires. Some are purchased by irresponsible developers and left to rot, resulting in their demolishment. Even the B.C. government under NDP bought up a few of such buildings which used to be decent hotels and turned them into slums during Covid. From the air, everything looks fine and dandy though, but a lot needs to be done before we can ensure that such interwar or even pre-war buildings deserve their heritage status and get protected forever.

Century-old hotel building demolished:
https://globalnews.ca/news/10966027/dunsmuir-hotel-demolition-underway/

Vin · #**2777** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 8:36 PM**

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https://weareolea.com/listing/811-35-church-st/

I love a night walk up the alley just east of Church Street towards St James church. With church bells chiming, it exudes an old-world charm for the neighbourhood, which Toronto is losing at a pretty rapid pace. The area around St James park still has some of the charm.

Is the new wing of the St Lawrence Market opened? Been looking forward to visiting.

Djeffery · #**2778** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 9:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

This is one of my favorite threads to peruse (love the shots of all cities across Canada) but if there is one skyline that needs a marquee building to put a signature on the skyline imprint is London. I hope one day there is a unique building or a standout design of a residential or office tower that helps casual viewers like myself pinpoint that skyline as more definitive.

For sure. It used to be that the City Centre complex pretty much screamed "London" in the 80s but it's pretty lost in the background now. There is a 50+ planned for the forks across from Canada Life Place but I'm not sure how distinctive the design will be, or even when they will start it. Pretty sure I read it is planned to be the tallest building between Mississauga and Calgary. Funny too how the angle I took that pic from really makes the east side of downtown look spread out while the west side are practically on top of each other. City Centre and One London Place are practically across the road from each other but they look 3 blocks apart, with another building a couple blocks behind in between.

TorontoDrew · #**2779** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 10:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vin

I love a night walk up the alley just east of Church Street towards St James church. With church bells chiming, it exudes an old-world charm for the neighbourhood, which Toronto is losing at a pretty rapid pace. The area around St James park still has some of the charm.

Is the new wing of the St Lawrence Market opened? Been looking forward to visiting.

It opened 2 weekends ago with a weekend farmers market. Still has some finishing touches to complete on the interior, I think. Not sure if or when the antiques will move back in. It's a little new and sterile inside.
urbantoronto.ca

ssiguy · #**2780** Posted **Apr 14, 2025, 10:20 PM**

For the last 30 years London did have a marque building, One London Place. As noted though, it now seems lost in the jungle with so many buildings having gone up in the last few years. For ages, Calgary has Petro-Canada Centre and Toronto FCP but now they are just lost.

Personally, I think Canada only has one truly iconic post-war office tower, Place Ville Marie.