The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 205

bulliver · #**4081** Posted **Apr 12, 2010, 1:09 AM**

^That's the Elbow not the Bow, right?

Vancouver, Friday and Saturday

Witty Nickname · #**4082** Posted **Apr 12, 2010, 1:13 AM**

Sweet shots Bulliver!

Yeah, it's the Elbow.

niwell · #**4083** Posted **Apr 12, 2010, 1:26 AM**

I rode my bike to the end of the Leslie St. spit (Tommy Thompson park) today, which is something I've been meaning to do for years. The view at the edge is quite amazing, much less the giant piles of rubble that make up the shoreline. I never really cared for the oft-posted view of the skyline from Toronto Island, but from this much further out in the lake you get considerably more perspective.

And finally a shot of Mississauga in the background:

Surrealplaces · #**4084** Posted **Apr 12, 2010, 5:51 PM**

Taken by myself.

le calmar · #**4085** Posted **Apr 12, 2010, 9:42 PM**

-AX- flickr

Calgarian · #**4086** Posted **Apr 12, 2010, 10:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Witty Nickname

A brown Spring in Calgary. We need rain.

That picture should look much greener in about 2 weeks now that we are finally getting some precipitation.

le calmar that picture is awesome! shows how dense Montreal is.

anton"n"TO · #**4087** Posted **Apr 13, 2010, 2:13 AM**

i <3 the pics of toronto
ritz looks like a monster even beside mls, rbc, success
shangri la will look great in those pics!!!!!!

ErickMontreal · #**4088** Posted **Apr 13, 2010, 3:24 AM**

http://www.flickr.com/photos/safesolvent/4503450186/sizes/l/

yyzer · #**4089** Posted **Apr 13, 2010, 4:02 AM**

TO from the west end, pic by tomms at UT...

caltrane74 · #**4090** Posted **Apr 13, 2010, 2:10 PM**

that is crazy!!!! that skyline picture makes the city look so huge....

anton"n"TO · #**4091** Posted **Apr 14, 2010, 1:51 AM**

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4493066963_fa38ff66ab_b.jpg

great toronto harbor shot with ritz in it lookin good

Darkoshvilli · #**4092** Posted **Apr 14, 2010, 9:01 AM**

The classic shot from the Olympic tower

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajkandy/4520009178/

francely57 · #**4093** Posted **Apr 14, 2010, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by yyzer

TO from the west end, pic by tomms at UT...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkoshvilli

The classic shot from the Olympic tower

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajkandy/4520009178/

The 2 big cities (combined population = 10 million) look huge on these photos!

Spoolmak · #**4094** Posted **Apr 15, 2010, 12:25 AM**

Montreal desperately needs to update its skyline

le calmar · #**4095** Posted **Apr 15, 2010, 2:21 AM**

^ It does. Even though the changes are not very apparent, the city adds roughly 1 or 2 highrises every year in the CBD. Sure, we're not talking about the Bow or the Trump!

caltrane74 · #**4096** Posted **Apr 16, 2010, 4:52 AM**

Montrealers, dont worry about Trump Toronto having an impact on the Toronto skyline, and as far as Im concerned Trump Toronto is the worlds tallest infill project.... Projects like Ritz, Shangrila, Aura will all do major damage to the Toronto skyline at two thirds the height.

Metro-One · #**4097** Posted **Apr 16, 2010, 7:14 AM**

Vancouver seems to be less represented these days on this thread, so here are a couple pics I took last weekend.

Downtown first:

And this is one showing the Burnaby / Vancouver boundary area along with the 2nd Narrows Bridge. In this photo you can see the Edmonds, Lougheed & Brentwood skylines of Burnaby and North Vancouver's skyline. You can not see Metrotown, for it is just to the right of the photo.

All pics are my own

Cheers!

My flickr account:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/?saved=1

raggedy13 · #**4098** Posted **Apr 16, 2010, 7:28 AM**

A few pics I took Sunday:

And some of the Uptown / Broadway Corridor skyline:

koops65 · #**4099** Posted **Apr 16, 2010, 9:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

Montrealers, dont worry about Trump Toronto having an impact on the Toronto skyline, and as far as Im concerned Trump Toronto is the worlds tallest infill project.... Projects like Ritz, Shangrila, Aura will all do major damage to the Toronto skyline at two thirds the height.

Agreed, Trump is rising between the 2 tallest towers in the country. Sure, from some angles it will stand out, but from most views it will not be visbile at all, or only the top portions (like the very slim spire) will be partially visible.

francely57 · #**4100** Posted **Apr 16, 2010, 1:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Montrealers, dont worry about Trump Toronto having an impact on the Toronto skyline, and as far as Im concerned Trump Toronto is the worlds tallest infill project.... Projects like Ritz, Shangrila, Aura will all do major damage to the Toronto skyline at two thirds the height.

Hum, Trump doesn't really matter that much...

Look at Bay-Adelaide. Because of its location, I'm sure this tower alone had nearly as much impact on Toronto's skyline as everything we've built since 1992 (combined) has had on Montreal's skyline.

I could say the same about Four Seasons next year, or Aura in 2 years.

Like le calmar said, downtown MTL regularly adds towers but the change is not very apparent from far away.
MTL's biggest recent skyline changes are CCE (2003-2004) and Hilton (2009), located at opposite corners of the CBD.

...Imagine if TO's tallest recent towers were X and Success Towers, among shorter infills.

(BTW congrats on your 10,000!)