Beautiful Quebec and Vancouver views as always, and Calgary looks great with all that green in the foreground. Can you imagine if they built a beautiful new outdoor stadium and in another 30 years when North America once again co-hosts the world cup - it would be a great addition and backdrop as a host city. Same could be said for Montreal, just need to drop a couple of American cities. Edmonton a dark horse and a big supporter of Canadian soccer - perhaps Calgary would have that same reputation if they had a Commonwealth Stadium? Anyways back to skylines..
A few from Victoria, although unfortunately the most recent pics come from real estate companies, but some good views of different parts of downtown and new construction as it continues densifying in the core and it's circular density growth radiating out from the inner harbour in a radial fashion. The highest quality establishing shot I could find is from four years ago in 2022 and shows the inner core of downtown but missing recent growth on the edges, parts of Old Town, James Bay, Songhees, etc.
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Not as crisp, but more recent - Fall 2024 from NearMe Victoria on Facebook
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This fairly recent shot shows the Telus Ocean construction and area, in the pic above you can actually see from four years ago the excavation of the site just above the words gettyimages:
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The previous pic shows a bit of James Bay on the left hand side, adjacent to downtown and Stats Canada defines it as part of downtown. Sorry for the crappy quality, but drone usage anywhere near the harbour is strictly limited to those who apply for a shooting permit due to the harbour airport and those end up being professionals who license them. Still no excuse for real estate firms using low res versions. So yah, end of rant, back to James Bay and this shot includes one of three old school towers built in the late 1960's and early 1970's that were so hated that only today are height limits being revisited..
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Moving towards the north east waterfront of downtown looking across the bridge to Songhees:
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some of the earlier Songhees development in this shot dating back a few decades and was met with a fair bit of criticism. Still it's a nice area to walk around.
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Moving to the eastern edge of downtown, and in particular the Cook and Yates intersection which is seeing towers of 25 and 15 on the north west corner and 20 and 21-storeys on the south west corner as well as an approved 19 and 6-storey on the south-east corner and finally on the north-east corner a 12-storey plus 6-storey buildings completed in 2024. You can see some recent construction pics below:
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