Great Lakes Cities

[Docere]

A postindustrial street in Toronto's Liberty Village:







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[Wigs]

American Patriot cruise ship docks in Buffalo, NY for the first time

Passengers aboard the American Patriot cruise ship are getting a firsthand look at Western New York, and many say Buffalo has been one of the highlights of their journey.

The ship, operated by American Cruise Lines, arrived in Buffalo with approximately 130 passengers exploring the region's attractions, culture, and waterfront destinations.

Among them is Daria Anagnos of Montgomery, Ala., who said the hospitality she experienced in Buffalo stood out immediately.

"Incredibly welcoming, everyone has been really nice — telling us if you don't get to see everything this time, come back and visit us again," Anagnos said.

During her visit, Anagnos toured both Niagara Falls and the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, two destinations she said exceeded her expectations.

"It's beautiful. It's really done well and our docent is superb," she said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article...r-buffalo-s-waterfront-charm/ar-AA24oh6O

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2 min news clip from ABC affiliate, WKBW
https://youtu.be/0oeXhD3Gr88?si=hRcGn8-ifwYZEZSO

[deja vu]

Sault Ste. Marie -

A pretty compelling photo of multiple cranes towering over the new $2.62 billion lock mega project that is u/c in Sault Ste. Marie, MI -

The three stationary tower cranes are located in the new lock chamber. Two of the cranes are 248 feet tall and one is 260 feet tall. The lift capacity for the large tower crane is 39,000 pounds or 38.5 tons. Each crane has a 20 foot concrete foundations that will be abandoned beneath the floor of the new lock chamber upon completion of the new lock project.

Source: Facebook | Soo Locks Visitors Center Association

[MolsonExport]

I fucking love buildings that look like this.

[Docere]

^ Mowat Avenue, around King and Dufferin.

[Velvet_Highground]

Very cool reminds me of Detroit’s River Place a bit.


https://princetonmanagement.com/communities/river-place-luxury-apartments/

[Steely Dan]

Cross posting this from the 400 N LSD thread because it belongs here too:




Source: @TylerLaRiviere

[Wigs]

Viking Octantis sighting in Chicago.
Helluva backdrop
The nicest ships on the Great Lakes

[ColDayMan]

With no stops in Put-in-Bay? Cruise FAIL! What a snoozefest!


https://greatlakespublishing.azureedge.net/

[Wigs]

American Patriot just left Buffalo sometime recently. Currently near Oswego, NY on Lake Ontario.
https://www.cruisemapper.com/?mmsi=368413570

Buffalonian Peter Cimino takes great drone videos even if his music choices are sometimes not my cup of tea
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Loving all of these new Great Lakes cruise ships.

[Docere]

From Toronto Island last evening.

A remarkable rainbow:





Gibraltar Point Lighthouse, the oldest existing lighthouse on the Great Lakes:





Views of the downtown skyline:

[xzmattzx]

Originally Posted by Docere

From Toronto Island last evening.

Nice! I love the Islands. It is wild how there is a rural cottage area within eyesight of a huge Downtown. Is that unique to cities around the world? I remember starting a thread on the most rural areas of cities around the world, but to have a quiet, rustic place so close to the middle instead of on some fringe is pretty unusual.

[Docere]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Nice! I love the Islands. It is wild how there is a rural cottage area within eyesight of a huge Downtown. Is that unique to cities around the world? I remember starting a thread on the most rural areas of cities around the world, but to have a quiet, rustic place so close to the middle instead of on some fringe is pretty unusual.

Thanks! Posted several more here: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10609011&postcount=28

Indeed, the Toronto Islands are pretty cool and I know of no place like them. There are parts with tons of people around, and others where you can feel completely alone in nature. And it's hard to beat the skyline view from there.

Another interesting factoid: The Toronto Maple Leafs minor league baseball team used to play at Hanlan's Point Stadium. Babe Ruth hit his first home run there in 1914.

[mrnyc]

pretty sure the babe smacked a few taters as a kid.

[Razor]

When I signed out of my MSN, this shown up in my feed..Never mind the rankings or whatever, and I'm linking this on this particular thread because of the cool footage of both Chicago and Toronto at the beginning of the video..I suspect that it's AI enhanced, but cool anyways..
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/to...d=6a369f2ae09449a9a75c6e717e1c9e16&ei=13

[Velvet_Highground]

Beautiful Chicago skyline same goes for Toronto too the Islands really are a nice asset.


Some recent Detroit photos from the grand opening of the Ralph C Wilson park on the west riverfront at the foot of the CBD. Kind of a bummer the original design wasn't followed more closely the project did have some major issues behind the scenes. That a board member stole 200k is the biggest corruption scandal in a long time.

Still even if the potential has been somewhat diminished from the original concept it's a big win for Detroiters after the rail dockyards closed the lands around the still active port facilities and logistics yards was pretty bad. More riverfront access for Detroiters is the real win West Riverfront Park is open after renovations as well a win for urban enthusiasts too getting some new skyline shot angles.

I posted these and more over on Found Detroit but they're good shots of the new west riverfront set up so I figured why not post a select few on the GL cities thread. Hope Stanton Yards is still moving forward it would be great to have a naturalized waterfront outside of Bell Isle. Little Village specifically Cadillac Blvd north of Jefferson has a lot of potential there's been some good civic work done on the old church would suck if it stalled.


https://www.instagram.com/p/DQUnPAVDgYE/


https://www.detroitriverfront.org/


https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/ne...oit-riverfront-park-opening/86461003007/


https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/ne...oit-riverfront-park-opening/86461003007/


https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/ne...oit-riverfront-park-opening/86461003007/


https://www.fastcompany.com/91427980/ralph-c-wilson-centennial-park-remakes-detroit-riverfront

As far as enjoying a Great Lake in the Detroit area goes Belle Isle is great especially in June when the big water is cold but late June - early July Huron is warming up nice easy spot for some proper beach camping at the state park outside of town but Port Huron has some legit state park and beach just outside of downtown by the bridge.

Have to say having Lake St Clair and the St Clair River put in such esteemed paddling company as Tahoe, Boundary Waters, Superior, Bear Lake UT is dope. I mean it's some random sports blog but none the less I have to agree that part of the region is very nice and especially Harson's Island would offer some interesting unique opportunities.

Personally I dig that the old UAW retreat that was the site of the Port Huron Declaration is a state park appropriate that piece of land serves a common good for the people. The Canadian side of the Southern Tip of Lake Huron is nicer like SW MI & NW IN have dunes with the prevailing winds doing their thing a bummer that The Pinery Provincial Park if I recall correctly doesn't allow booze.


https://www.gilisports.com/blogs/kayaking-near-me/best-lakes-for-kayaking-in-the-us

[PoshSteve]

That is awesome! A really wonderful development for Detroit. I admit I'm more than a little jealous though lol. We in Cleveland finally seem to have some movement on opening up our downtown lakefront. The area around the current Browns stadium is being redeveloped with some mixed use and parkland, complete with a landbridge crossing the train tracks and highway. Funding for the landbridge is in place (finally!) and should be starting soon. The highway is also going to be rebuilt as a boulevard at the same time.

Most importantly, it looks like Burke Lakefront Airport will finally be closing and redeveloped ala Chicago's. The mayor is fully on board and pushing it this time. That would make a great park like Detroit's above. I sure hope it happens that way!