The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[chrisallard5454]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Not really...

I wasn't referring to the skyline itself. More so the skyline popping out of low density sprawl.

[vegeta_skyline]

Originally Posted by haljackey

Toronto as seen from Hamilton:


http://r5.iad23t04.c.bigcache.googleapis...822787.jpg?redirect_counter=1&st=ts&ir=1

Wow! That is one sweet shot of the Stelco steel smelter and of the Toronto skyline as well. Any chance you'd have a shot like that of the Dofasco plant as well?

[Witty Nickname]

Scotiabank Saddledome by Witty nickname, on Flickr

[leftimage]

Originally Posted by vegeta_skyline

Wow! That is one sweet shot of the Stelco steel smelter and of the Toronto skyline as well. Any chance you'd have a shot like that of the Dofasco plant as well?

I agree that is such a cool shot... Is Lake Ontario narrower in the area of T.O.? I can recall fishing near Picton, Ontario and not seeing either end of shoreline for a lonnng time... either TO is that huge or the Lake narrows...

Also, would it be possible to swim across? Have healthy, athletic men/women ever attempted this (apart from those with long-distance swimmer credentials)

Thanks... Oh and heres a shot of Downtown Montreal, eastern half, with the seldom acknowledged Monteregie hills in the background. Taken back in October.

[flar]

Lake Ontario comes to a point at Hamilton Harbour. Toronto is on the north shore and Hamilton is on the south shore.

Here's the same shot but with Dofasco in the foreground:

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by Witty Nickname

Scotiabank Saddledome by Witty nickname, on Flickr

Love the Saddledome logo around the Scotiabank Sign!!

[vegeta_skyline]

Originally Posted by flar

Here's the same shot but with Dofasco in the foreground:

Thanks for that

[whiteford]

it matches the scotiabank logo in the far background.

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by leftimage

Thanks... Oh and heres a shot of Downtown Montreal, eastern half, with the seldom acknowledged Monteregie hills in the background. Taken back in October.

Very crisp and sharp. The eastern end of downtown is dirty as hell.

[mike474]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Very crisp and sharp. The eastern end of downtown is dirty as hell.

cuz it's the ghetto

[flar]

[Tone]

I just noticed the CRCHUM peeking between the Garden Inn and Desjardins.

[Travis007]

Beautiful panorama shot. I really miss Ottawa.

[MountainView]

I was looking through user " le calmar's " album of his Ottawa shots and found these gems:





Showing some nice density like someone mentioned earlier


This is the link to their album... it's worth the look, the pictures are fantastic!

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=196627

[softee]

Now those ^ pics look like a city of a million + people.

[adriancanada]

Originally Posted by leftimage

I agree that is such a cool shot... Is Lake Ontario narrower in the area of T.O.? I can recall fishing near Picton, Ontario and not seeing either end of shoreline for a lonnng time... either TO is that huge or the Lake narrows...

Also, would it be possible to swim across? Have healthy, athletic men/women ever attempted this (apart from those with long-distance swimmer credentials)

Hamilton is not really on the other side of the lake as Toronto. It is simply further down the same shore, although the distance between the two is actually larger than the width of the lake. Downtown Hamilton to downtown Toronto, in a straight line, is about 60 km. Toronto is across the lake from St Catherines, where the lake is about 50km wide.

Actually, from the shoreline in Scarborough, one can easily see the silhouette of the skyscrapers in Niagara falls, as well as lights on the other side of the lake in New York State

[UrbanClimate]

Three are 3 highrise buildings now under construction in Regina (only one shown in these photos from a month ago).

[Chadillaccc]

Plus Capital Pointe should be starting construction within the year

[BoiseAirport]

I'll just go ahead and state the obvious... Canadian skylines are infinitely better than skylines of similarly-sized American cities. It's not even close... I'd take Calgary or Edmonton over Denver or Salt Lake City any day of the week... Vancouver over Los Angeles in a heartbeat and Toronto over Houston or Philadelphia ... always.

Vancouver is a city I've visited a lot over the last two years, and while it's among my favorite skylines in North America, I do get a sense like it's missing something... Like there needs to be a pinnacle or a truly signature tower somewhere in the skyline. Vancouver needs something bold and contrasting... it has a sameness to it across the whole thing that a bold, landmark structure would do wonders. I've often thought something like the SkyTower in Auckland, NZ, but with a bright, bold, red color similar to the Golden Gate Bridge... something like that would be, in my opinion, the cherry on top that would make Vancouver's skyline the best in the world.

[Symz]

I had never really seen alot of photos of Regina before I joined this forum but it's skyline has really surprised me.