Canadian Skyline Thread III - Page 202

MolsonExport · #**4021** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 4:29 PM**

Let's see some photos of these new highrise clusters in greater Montreal.

There were a few when I last lived there, but none that were anywhere near the scope of what you saw then in Vancouver (e.g., Metrotown, New West, Burquitlam, Surrey City Centre) and Toronto (take your pick of a dozen or more such clusters).

I am not persuaded that Longueuil is getting prettier.

logan5 · #**4022** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 7:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

Calgary's highrise build over the city as a whole is a weird one and of the main 6 metros, it's the least vertical outside of the core. 25 years ago it was a dense cluster of office highrises directly in the CBD with only a half dozen residential high-rises that were built in around the CBD in the 70's. The rest of the city was almost exclusively SFH's, and a few low-rises.

Some highrise nodes outside of the core are slowly starting to appear, but it's been a slow evolution. Outside of the core, 6 storey low rises are the main choice for developers.

Does Calgary have a land use policy that allows high density development around the C train stations? I don't think they do, going by what I found doing a (minimal) bit of research.

For example, Marlborough Station is surrounded by huge parking lots and big box stores, and it's only 6 km's from the city centre. Sites like his are perfect for transit oriented development, because you are not displacing existing homes, and the land can be bought in huge bulks.

Chinook Station is another one that is only 6 km's from downtown - surrounded by parking lots and big box/light industrial. Easy path to development there as well.

Calgarian · #**4023** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 8:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

Does Calgary have a land use policy that allows high density development around the C train stations? I don't think they do, going by what I found doing a (minimal) bit of research.

For example, Marlborough Station is surrounded by huge parking lots and big box stores, and it's only 6 km's from the city centre. Sites like his are perfect for transit oriented development, because you are not displacing existing homes, and the land can be bought in huge bulks.

Chinook Station is another one that is only 6 km's from downtown - surrounded by parking lots and big box/light industrial. Easy path to development there as well.

Would have to go through a land use redesignation to happen, but it will eventually. It's starting to happen around select stations with Brentwood being the furthest along.

The biggest obstacle is the communities surrounding the stations. People in Calgary seem to think that we are still a city of 500 000 people where driving everywhere is the way to go. Any mid to highrise project outside downtown or the Beltline is met with very strong opposition.

Martin Mtl · #**4024** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 8:52 PM**

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

ssiguy · #**4025** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 9:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Pavlov

Random recent CGY photo that I found:

That is fantastic Calgary shot! Considering the size of the city, it probably has the best skyline on the planet.

Kilgore Trout · #**4026** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 9:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Let's see some photos of these new highrise clusters in greater Montreal.

There were a few when I last lived there, but none that were anywhere near the scope of what you saw then in Vancouver (e.g., Metrotown, New West, Burquitlam, Surrey City Centre) and Toronto (take your pick of a dozen or more such clusters).

I am not persuaded that Longueuil is getting prettier.

There's nothing too impressive, skyline-wise. The area around Longueuil metro is getting pretty chunky but it's not that good looking. That said, Vieux-Longueuil is quite nice — here's a view over the neighbourhood towards Longueuil metro and downtown Montreal, with Nun's Island (the only other decent skyline) on the left corner.

Source: Agora MTL

Solar Uniquartier in Brossard:

Source: Agora MTL

Kilgore Trout · #**4027** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 9:24 PM**

Here's a couple of very unusual angles of the Montreal skyline.

First one is from Île Perrot, just off the West Island, about 30km from downtown:

Source: Agora MTL

This one is from the new Canoë development near the Olympic Stadium:

Source: Agora MTL

Nouvellecosse · #**4028** Posted **Oct 24, 2025, 9:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

True. On my way back home from Trois-Rivieres last week, I was STUNNED to see a pretty impressive new cluster in Terrebonne. I mean I knew about it via Agoramtl but I had yet to see it with my own eyes. It doesn't look like Vienna or anything, but it's impressive.

Brossard now has a massive new cluster at the REM, along with the riverside one it already had. Brossard will soon have a third cluster with towers up to 40 floors at Panama. Longueuil now has a legit skyline, and Nun's Island has two separate clusters. Vaudreuil has one too now, and sure Laval has a bunch of small ones. So yes, Montreal has a number of off-island suburban clusters, OF COURSE, none of them are anywhere near the one's in suburban Vancouver and TO. Those are monsters.

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Let's see some photos of these new highrise clusters in greater Montreal.

There were a few when I last lived there, but none that were anywhere near the scope of what you saw then in Vancouver (e.g., Metrotown, New West, Burquitlam, Surrey City Centre) and Toronto (take your pick of a dozen or more such clusters).

Yes I wanna see them as well. I don't recall seeing any other clusters the last time I was there but that was almost 5 years ago now. Well, technically I went downtown in 2023 during a flight connection but didn't explore other areas.

Nouvellecosse · #**4029** Posted **Oct 25, 2025, 12:43 AM**

Oops, should have refreshed the page since i didn't see the images before hand. Very nice budding clusters there.

Rico Rommheim · #**4030** Posted **Oct 25, 2025, 2:51 PM**

I don't have any pics of the new Terrebonne skyline, nor could I find any but Google Earth is pretty well updated and the Terrebonne and Vaudreuil clusters are visible. The standout cluster so far aside from Longueuil is Brossard's Unisolar development. Unisolar is notable because we can pretty much credit the Rem for that cluster's existence.

by alifatcat on agoramtl

Kilgore Trout · #**4031** Posted **Oct 25, 2025, 3:35 PM**

That's probably the best angle of Solar. It's actually kind of impressive how it suddenly appears when you're driving into town on the 10. One minute you're in the agricultural belt, the next you're passing under the REM with a cluster of high-rises in front. The effect will be even better when Dix-10 eventually starts redevelopment.

It will also be cool when the Panama redevelopment starts and you will have multiple clusters of high-rises along the REM line before you even get onto the island.

TorontoDrew · #**4032** Posted **Oct 25, 2025, 4:58 PM**

Toronto Skyline Sunset by T Renowden, on Flickr

vs 15 years ago

Toronto, 2009: A lot has changed! by Brian Wolk, on Flickr

someone123 · #**4033** Posted **Oct 25, 2025, 8:13 PM**

Some drone shots of Halifax

You can see construction of the Elmwood project. A historic wooden apartment building is being preserved with a modern residential building going in behind.

You can sort of see the 1830's Scottish-inspired granite and ironstone Henry House if you look closely, a real gem:

https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=287

The forested area looks like this at ground level when the leaves are all gone:

https://oldburyingground.ca/history/

Flying over the construction sites for Skye and Meridian

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