The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by FactaNV

Man I wish the St Boniface Cathedral had been built back to its former glory. The facade is so beautiful and it would have been such a unique treasure in Western Canada.

I wish I could have seen it in person, in all its magnificent glory.











In less than two hours on July 22, 1968, the St. Boniface Basilica burnt down.

[Beedok]

Looks like it was on a similar scale to the Cathedral Basilica in Hamilton? (Though, not looming over a large area on top of a hill.)

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by Beedok

Looks like it was on a similar scale to the Cathedral Basilica in Hamilton? (Though, not looming over a large area on top of a hill.)

Yes it does look similar in scale, thanks for pointing that out. Cathedral Basilica is beautiful.

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

I wish I could have seen it in person, in all its magnificent glory.











In less than two hours on July 22, 1968, the St. Boniface Basilica burnt down.

I think it’s more beautiful as a ruin. This was one of my favourite place to go as a kid, it felt like the ruins of a castle or something.

I’m sure the inside of it was tremendous like most basilicas are. The existing Basilica that replaced it, however, has to be one of the most boring and austere basilicas in North America. It’s a real shame they didn’t build a proper cathedral behind the ruins.

[Wigs]

Having seen the ruin left behind of Saint Boniface in person there's something magical about seeing this glorious man made facade with the blue sky and clouds peeking through.

The grounds have a very calming atmosphere. If I lived in Winnipeg it would be a picnic spot.

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Photo from Facebook (Fundy Ebike Tours)



Saw these posted by Tyler Morgan (of Morgan Aerials) on FB:



Saint John’s got some pretty impressive layering for a city with quite a low average building height, much thanks to a diverse topography, and large industrial sites.



This one was posted in the same Saint John Photography group on Facebook, by Hamish Ghani:



The south end of Saint John is ripe for some ambitious high rise and midrise developments, and I think the same could be said for the other side of Saint John Harbour on the West Side.

Thousands of units with coastal views could be built in the form of mid rise and high rise developments… there’s so many underutilized and vacant properties on both sides of Saint John harbour. High rise developments to the south of the Barrack Green Armoury and south down Charlotte Street (the port owned land that looks like a big, empty parking lot in the top photo) would really balance out the skyline of our central peninsula.

The most notable high rise developer in NB (Lafford Properties from the Moncton region) is looking to build a substantial high rise development on a vacant lot at the southern tip of Saint John’s central peninsula… and it’s rumoured to be three, 18 storey towers. Hopefully this development is a success and a catalyst of more high rise developments to come for Saint John.