Canadian Skyline Thread III - Page 142

giallo · #**2821** Posted **Apr 24, 2025, 9:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I can't get over how much Kelowna has changed since I lived there in 1994-95.

Is Rutland still considered to be on 'the wrong side of the tracks'?

There are some sketchy areas of Rutland that still exist (I hear that Hein Rd. is still rough), but it's gentrified a lot. It's hard to have bad neighbourhoods when the average home price is $750,000.

Wigs · #**2822** Posted **Apr 24, 2025, 10:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by SteelTown

Source: https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...7592bac29.html

Many people don't realize just how many high-rises Hamilton has. And the 30+ storey towers keep coming

cranes · #**2823** Posted **Apr 24, 2025, 10:07 PM**

Kitchener

@Andy Mc 03-14-2025

@ProjectEnd Apr 8, 2025

@prisecaru0 Apr 12, 2025

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Kitchener is getting a real Skyline. From work yesterday.

@ericmacm Apr 13, 2025

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From about a month ago when I had to go up to Kitchener for work:

Wigs · #**2824** Posted **Apr 24, 2025, 11:10 PM**

Kitchener is really building up! Looks like 40+ storey towers.

koops65 · #**2825** Posted **Apr 24, 2025, 11:59 PM**

There are 45, 39, 36 and 31 floor towers now... more to come.

Diagram: https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=108824687

Proposals over 100 metres (30 of them): https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=108825045

Metro-One · #**2826** Posted **Apr 25, 2025, 12:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by giallo

kelowna

Is this your pic? It’s beautiful!

April is amazing in the Okanagan.

giallo · #**2827** Posted **Apr 25, 2025, 2:28 AM**

No, it's not. I saw it on a Kelowna Facebook group.

Metro-One · #**2828** Posted **Apr 25, 2025, 7:14 AM**

It was definitely worth the share. Thanks!

Martin Mtl · #**2829** Posted **Apr 26, 2025, 1:47 PM**

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/jfsavariaphotographe

LikesBikes · #**2830** Posted **Apr 26, 2025, 3:34 PM**

That Saint Catherine Street pic is amazing. Can't help but notice that there's like 5 cars in the closest three blocks and maybe 100 pedestrians, yet most the space is for vehicular travel or parking. Makes me think how cool would it be if the city fully pedestrianized this corridor through downtown. Could be the Amagertorv of Montreal!

TorontoDrew · #**2831** Posted **Apr 26, 2025, 6:34 PM**

96 Years Ago The Royal York Hotel was the tallest building in the British Empire by kotsy, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**2832** Posted **Apr 27, 2025, 2:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by LikesBikes

That Saint Catherine Street pic is amazing. Can't help but notice that there's like 5 cars in the closest three blocks and maybe 100 pedestrians, yet most the space is for vehicular travel or parking. Makes me think how cool would it be if the city fully pedestrianized this corridor through downtown.

Actually, most of the space is for pedestrians. The vehicular lane is the narrow one between the black lines. Cars that are parked on the side are actually on the sidewalk and should not be there. They are tolerated for quick delivery or pick-up.

someone123 · #**2833** Posted **Apr 27, 2025, 10:41 PM**

Halifax (2024 summer/fall?)

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koops65 · #**2834** Posted **Apr 28, 2025, 5:03 AM**

Sky tower and The One photoshopped, in HD:

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Original photo credit: https://old.reddit.com/user/MarkwBrooks

MolsonExport · #**2835** Posted **Apr 28, 2025, 2:02 PM**

nice misty Toronto pix!

Wigs · #**2836** Posted **Apr 28, 2025, 6:49 PM**

Halifax is getting some beefy, hulking infill projects. Instead of 5 over 1s they look like 9 and 10 over 1 buildings.

zoomer · #**2837** Posted **Apr 28, 2025, 6:51 PM**

The Fairmont Royal York pics are pretty epic trophy shots, although a lighter touch on the photo editing would have been my preference.

Montreal has a perfect mix or jumble of building heights and masses, one of the most important characteristics in making a skyline interesting.

Lovely Hallifax pics as well. Now the photo quality of this Victoria real estate listing is much worse than the Halifax one, but sharing as it provides an interesting perspective from the north side of the Johnson Street bridge. Mermaid Wharf is the building shown, completed in 2000, love the rooftop terraces. The other two buildings were primarily built as Air BnB hotels with micro units. With the changes banning these units a lot of them have been selling for a loss lately.

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ScreamingViking · #**2838** Posted **Apr 28, 2025, 9:32 PM**

^Agreed on the downtown Toronto images. It's a shame the Royal York is becoming less and less visible due to new buildings going up around it, but inevitable despite its size.

Hamilton, mid-April:

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From The Spec's weekly Shipping News, April 13-19:

ScreamingViking · #**2839** Posted **Apr 28, 2025, 9:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Actually, most of the space is for pedestrians. The vehicular lane is the narrow one between the black lines. Cars that are parked on the side are actually on the sidewalk and should not be there. They are tolerated for quick delivery or pick-up.

Has there been debate about fully removing cars? (aside from delivery vehicles)

During my first visit to the city (early 1990s) I recall the sidewalks being a lot narrower. My last one was about 4 years ago and there was a lot of construction on the street... I didn't walk much along it.

ScreamingViking · #**2840** Posted **Apr 28, 2025, 9:46 PM**

Victoria is near the top of my "must visit" list. Looks like the kind of place I'd love to just walk around all day.