Canadian Skyline Thread III

[J.OT13]

Looking at that Edmonton shot, I desperately want the LRT tunnel to extend down Jasper Avenue, a bit like I want a Skytrain line to reach the edge of Stanley Park to better serve the entire Downtown Peninsula.

[Coldrsx]

Won't happen in my lifetime. They chose 104ave (Jasper is 4 blocks south) to run the new WLRT out to WEM (and beyond) in the middle of a stroad with 1/10th the density, but closer to post-secondary and future growth.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by biguc

Half the parking lots are still there. Slopulator can't even get the core of the prompt right

LOL, it struggled with that. It makes me happy to see A.I seems to have reached it's creative limit. for now.

[TorontoDrew]

I took a ride down to the new Biidaasige Park expansion that opened this past weekend. I think this will be a new favourite part of the city. Such an amazing job with what they've done, and that view, wow. Broadview Park is now my second favourite view of the city skyline. I'll need to come back with a camera.

Some birds
Biidaasige Park_15 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_14 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_13 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_12 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_11 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_10 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_09 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_08 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_07 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_05 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_04 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_03 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_02 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

Biidaasige Park_01 by Andrew Moore, on Flickr

[chilldude45]

I almost get London vibes from some of those angles taken from the water

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

One of the better shots that captures just how long the skyline stretches for our a city of our size (82st-124st) and a wee bit of the south side skyline and UofA.

Calgary gets all of the accolades for Alberta it seems, meanwhile Canada's furthest north Metropolitan area has built a substantial amount of highrises
Amazing to see it from this angle

[Coldrsx]

We like letting them have the spotlight and fly under the radar...

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

We like letting them have the spotlight and fly under the radar...

Edmonton: Canada's Sleeper Metro
Quietly building and growing quickly while most of the country isn't paying attention

[Ozy_Flame]

Edmonton has been a sleeper hit for 15 years. People just think Calgary is the bees knees. Frankly, I love to watch the growth of metro Edmonton - quite possibly just to spite the love for Calgary (and I was born and raised in Calgary haha)

[DavidK93]

Originally Posted by Wigs

Edmonton: Canada's Sleeper Metro
Quietly building and growing quickly while most of the country isn't paying attention

It's not so much the rest of the country isn't paying attention it's that the other big 6 metros are building and growing at a faster pace. Comparable sized cities like Calgary and Ottawa have built 4 or 5 times as many high rises in the past 20 years. The vast majority of the Edmonton highrises were built in the 60's and 70's and since then hasn't visibly changed at the same rate as the the other cities. It's population growth has been impressive, but it's been heavily suburban growth.

[SteelTown]

Source: Reidfenwick @ https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-td-coliseum-renovations-m-4s-ovg-bbb.32788/page-81


Source: Reidfenwick @ https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/to...mblem-developments-arcadis.32779/page-53

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by DavidK93

It's not so much the rest of the country isn't paying attention it's that the other big 6 metros are building and growing at a faster pace. Comparable sized cities like Calgary and Ottawa have built 4 or 5 times as many high rises in the past 20 years. The vast majority of the Edmonton highrises were built in the 60's and 70's and since then hasn't visibly changed at the same rate as the the other cities. It's population growth has been impressive, but it's been heavily suburban growth.

Are you just jealous that you cannot buy a 30x100 lot for $299k and drive to Tim's down the street?

[Calgarian]

Edmonton does fly under the radar, but every so often they build a Stantec type tower and remind us all they are here and growing very fast too. Like Calgary, a ton of growth in Edmonton has been suburban apartments and townhomes. Suburbs today are far more dense than they were 20 or more years ago. I would love to see a condo tower boom in Edmonton though, build up the urban areas a bit more.

[905er]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Edmonton does fly under the radar, but every so often they build a Stantec type tower and remind us all they are here and growing very fast too. Like Calgary, a ton of growth in Edmonton has been suburban apartments and townhomes. Suburbs today are far more dense than they were 20 or more years ago. I would love to see a condo tower boom in Edmonton though, build up the urban areas a bit more.

every so often?... other than the Stance tower, what other tower have they built that is a similar type?, because I haven't seen any.
Lovely skyline nevertheless.

[Calgarian]

About once a decade they will build a big tower, last one before Stantec / Ice District was Epcor.

[davidivivid]

[Wigs]

Love seeing the Laurentides in the background!

[Coldrsx]

[Surrealplaces]

[Wpg_Guy]

Vancouver's skyline is so captivating.