The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II - Page 39

Calgarian · #**761** Posted **May 3, 2012, 2:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by armorand93

I wish I could get a picture from SAIT, or the same area of the NW LRT bridgover on 9th Street? I forget the street name

You are thinking of 10St, so pretty close

Travis007 · #**762** Posted **May 3, 2012, 2:37 PM**

I've always loved this skyline angle.

Photo by R. Stewart on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogerstewart/6978673644/

Ramako · #**763** Posted **May 3, 2012, 2:46 PM**

Now that's density (not including the Annex in the foreground).

Calgarian · #**764** Posted **May 3, 2012, 2:50 PM**

Great shot! though why are there so many flat roofs in Toronto? you guys need a big EAP type tower, that would mix it up nicely.

Ramako · #**765** Posted **May 3, 2012, 2:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Great shot! though why are there so many flat roofs in Toronto? you guys need a big EAP type tower, that would mix it up nicely.

Aura (which will be particularly visible from this angle), L Tower and One Bloor will all have sloping roofs of one kind of another.

Coldrsx · #**766** Posted **May 3, 2012, 3:04 PM**

Peace Bridge looks awesome there.

Razor · #**767** Posted **May 3, 2012, 4:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Are you guys really comparing Toronto to Chicago again? this comes up about once a month it seems. I have an idea, start a thread on this in the Toronto section and stop bringing it up here.

Nk..I mean Toronto's a great city and all, but comparing towers to any city let alone one almost twice it's size is a lil mind numbing.

Rico Rommheim · #**768** Posted **May 3, 2012, 4:27 PM**

Its a great skyscraper One of the best in the province.

But yeah, wrong location. It would have looked great on Rene-Levesque, instead they built stubby little concrete towers

harls · #**769** Posted **May 3, 2012, 4:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

La Belle Ville de Montreal by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Very nice!

caltrane74 · #**770** Posted **May 3, 2012, 4:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Razor

Nk..I mean Toronto's a great city and all, but comparing towers to any city let alone one almost twice it's size is a lil mind numbing.

Yet here you are continuing it? Adding in your own inaccurate facts along the way.

Why?

flar · #**771** Posted **May 3, 2012, 6:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

I wonder when they will start referring to it as the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area. The distance between the cities is very similar to Seattle and Tacoma, yet those two cities are far more integrated than Toronto and Hamilton.

The regional transit authority, Metrolinx, refers to the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

lucci · #**772** Posted **May 3, 2012, 6:27 PM**

rooftoppers anonymous by ronnie.yip, on Flickr

davidivivid · #**773** Posted **May 3, 2012, 7:29 PM**

Lire la carte / Map reading par O.Lamalice, sur Flickr

Rico Rommheim · #**774** Posted **May 3, 2012, 7:33 PM**

Marie G is a goddamned tyrant. I like 'er more and more.

davidivivid · #**775** Posted **May 3, 2012, 10:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Marie G is a goddamned tyrant. I like 'er more and more.

I've always had a love/hate relationship with the good old Marie G. but nowadays, I'm learning to appreciate her more. Surely not the most elegant building but it does have, at least in my mind, some interesting relief on its facade.

Édifice Marie-Guyart par Pilou@SF, sur Flickr

Le Temple Complexe G par kidman199, sur Flickr

Marie-Guyart Building par CCNQ, sur Flickr

Que 101 par lacasse, sur Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**776** Posted **May 3, 2012, 11:39 PM**

By LucyandPumpkin on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**777** Posted **May 3, 2012, 11:42 PM**

by LucyandPumpkin on Flickr

isaidso · #**778** Posted **May 4, 2012, 12:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Marie G is a goddamned tyrant. I like 'er more and more.

I've always liked that building. It's the Delta that's problematic. That should get re-clad.

mike474 · #**779** Posted **May 4, 2012, 12:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Marie G is a goddamned tyrant. I like 'er more and more.

As far as brutalist skyscrapers go it's one of the good ones. Plus all the — on the roof is at least relatively balanced regardless of the angle.

Vertigo3000 · #**780** Posted **May 4, 2012, 12:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by Razor

Nk..I mean Toronto's a great city and all, but comparing towers to any city let alone one almost twice it's size is a lil mind numbing.

The populations are actually closer than you think, and Toronto isn't at 1.4 million people? so where is this "twice it's size" coming from, you must have the wrong city