That Delta building is crying out for a re-clad. Maybe a high quality dark glass and add another 25 floors? I don't mind those others at all, they have a lot of character.
Great shots of Winnipeg, that Bond tower might not make much of an impact on the skyline, but it will be great from the street.
Looking at that Orlando pic, one thing that always surprises me about American cities is they seem to have smaller downtowns that are fed by massive freeways, really glad most Canadian cities didn't decide to go that route.
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.
I think it's because the larger Canadian cities are "newer".They came into prominence later on. Building technology improved. ..Take Buffalo for example. It had it's day in the first part of the century.Was a major hub, and although it's metro is still larger than say Calgary, Calgary being a newer city, has a more impressive sky-line due to modern practices allowing height to be acheived more easily.Ditto for Vancouver...Back in Buffalo's hey day, a skyscraper was a lot shorter.. That, and Canadian inner cities stayed intact more than the older U.S ones where businesses migrated to the burbs.My theory anyways.
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