The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 204

bob1954 · #**4061** Posted **Apr 8, 2010, 8:31 AM**

Just fog I hope!

Distill3d · #**4062** Posted **Apr 8, 2010, 5:55 PM**

I just got home from spending a week in Calgary and I have to say that I'm thoroughly impressed with Calgary's skyline. The pictures on this site do the city very, very little justice. Most impressive was the sheer size of The Bow...WOW! That thing is MASSIVE! I don't know why, but I was not expecting it to have such...girth...the damn thing is — ominous!! It looks like its going to devour the sun and eat your children, and you're going to let it because its so big you can't argue with it!!

Bigtime · #**4063** Posted **Apr 8, 2010, 6:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Distill3d

Most impressive was the sheer size of The Bow...WOW! That thing is MASSIVE! I don't know why, but I was not expecting it to have such...girth...the damn thing is — ominous!! It looks like its going to devour the sun and eat your children, and you're going to let it because its so big you can't argue with it!!

I love this description of The Bow, I'm going to quote you over in the highrise thread for it!

Calgarian · #**4064** Posted **Apr 8, 2010, 8:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Distill3d

I just got home from spending a week in Calgary and I have to say that I'm thoroughly impressed with Calgary's skyline. The pictures on this site do the city very, very little justice. Most impressive was the sheer size of The Bow...WOW! That thing is MASSIVE! I don't know why, but I was not expecting it to have such...girth...the damn thing is — ominous!! It looks like its going to devour the sun and eat your children, and you're going to let it because its so big you can't argue with it!!

lol, thats awesome.

Traynor · #**4065** Posted **Apr 8, 2010, 8:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Imagine having to breath that.

Like most people that don't live in T.O., you mistake a cool spring morning with dew and fog as dreaded POLLUTION. Not all the photos of Toronto like this are caused by pollution. Often the cool lake causes the moisture in the air to condense out of the atmosphere and it is just foggy. Look closely at the ribbon of fog in the low-lying Rosedale valley just north of the CBD. That is proof positive of the weather condition when this photo was taken.

Certainly, it has some pollution in it as all big cities do, but live in downtown Toronto and take a deep breath and then go to Los Angeles and do the same... you will then know the difference.

niwell · #**4066** Posted **Apr 8, 2010, 9:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Traynor

Like most people that don't live in T.O., you mistake a cool spring morning with dew and fog as dreaded POLLUTION. Not all the photos of Toronto like this are caused by pollution. Often the cool lake causes the moisture in the air to condense out of the atmosphere and it is just foggy. Look closely at the ribbon of fog in the low-lying Rosedale valley just north of the CBD. That is proof positive of the weather condition when this photo was taken.

Certainly, it has some pollution in it as all big cities do, l but live in downtown Toronto and take a deep breath and then go to Los Angeles and do the same... you will then know the difference.

Yeah, it's very common in the morning hours of warm summer days. You can tell that it's morning from the glare on the NYCC towers in the photos.

On such days the downtown towers are obscured in haze from my house in the morning, despite being only 3-4km away. Generally this clears up by later in the morning. Days with bad smog are completely different and it's actually a bit better (and a few degrees cooler) in the portions of the city closest to the lake. Walking around an industrial park in north scarborough during a smog alert at 35 degrees is hellish, unfortunately from experience. Having some drinks on a patio off Queen on the same day isn't nearly as bad.

Traynor · #**4067** Posted **Apr 8, 2010, 9:56 PM**

^ Very true!

The irony is, because of the lake breezes, downtown is way less polluted than the suburbs. I grew up in North York and was amazed how clear the sky was right downtown when I moved there. I used to stand on my balcony on a warm summer morning and take a deep breath and the air was crisp, clear and cool. Not the smoggy mess the rest of the country would like to believe.

LeftCoaster · #**4068** Posted **Apr 9, 2010, 2:53 AM**

Sure guys...

Its no LA, but lets not kid ourselves here, its a major problem.

AuxTown · #**4069** Posted **Apr 9, 2010, 3:08 AM**

Despite minimal industrial happenings here, Ottawa sits in a very large valley formerly known as the Champlain Sea and the smog can be suffocating on hot summer days. I have good lungs, no allergies, and don't really mind it, but it can't be good for our long-term health.

A couple of Ottawa smog shots:

from www.cbc.ca

from www.ec.gc.ca

by Flyingspores on www.flickr.com

niwell · #**4070** Posted **Apr 9, 2010, 3:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Its no LA, but lets not kid ourselves here, its a major problem.

Of course it is, just that wasn't an example of smog. It's a problem all over the great lakes region, and even when I lived in Ottawa smog days were all too common. The worst air conditions aren't even necessarily in the large urban areas since so much pollution heads this way from the States. In Toronto at least hot summer days tend to be more manageable near the lake though.

It's no Western Canada to be sure, it took me more than a few years to adjust to the humid mess that is summer in Southern Ontario.

EDIT: I posted this while the above was being posted, examples of what I was talking about in Ottawa

1ajs · #**4071** Posted **Apr 9, 2010, 8:31 AM**

from the forks

Witty Nickname · #**4072** Posted **Apr 9, 2010, 2:16 PM**

18 image panorama

Wooster · #**4073** Posted **Apr 9, 2010, 2:19 PM**

Damn!

WhipperSnapper · #**4074** Posted **Apr 9, 2010, 4:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Sure guys...

Its no LA, but lets not kid ourselves here, its a major problem.

I don't know a single person in denial over this fact. However, it hasn't reached the point for me to consider moving to someplace more off the beaten path as I like to drive places.