[St. John's] The Official Project Thread - Page 201

statbass · #**4001** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 11:12 AM**

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August 29, 2012 - St. John's, N.L.

I returned to Signal Hill last night to try a few night-time panoramas. It went much better this time with an improvised tripod, ha! Click on any image for the largest size available.

I'm really loving these panoramic shots SignalHillHiker... they're fantastic!

SignalHillHiker · #**4002** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 11:26 AM**

Thanks!

One from this morning... I happened to glance to my left while heading from Water Street to Southside Road and caught a glimpse of an unusual view of our skyline...

Density? by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**4003** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 11:29 AM**

August 30, 2012

Click for the largest size available. A panorama of the view from Shea Heights:

Growing City by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

And, a nice thing about 351 Water Street... when you're driving west on Harbour Drive, it appears to jut out from the rest of the street and really stands out:

351 Water Street by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

A series of three panoramas offering progressively closer views of old St. John's. Click for the largest size available.

The Whole Shebang by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Downtown by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Old Town by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

statbass · #**4004** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 4:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Thanks!

One from this morning... I happened to glance to my left while heading from Water Street to Southside Road and caught a glimpse of an unusual view of our skyline...

Wow.. this picture makes downtown look much more dense. I like it!

SignalHillHiker · #**4005** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 5:10 PM**

I agree. Pity so many of our tall buildings are so unattractive.

The Fortis Building is my biggest remaining pet peeve. A entire wall without windows? FACING the rest of downtown? Who the **** approved that...

And the fly swatter... I forget what it's really called, something Hall, right? That's just hideous too.

Copes · #**4006** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 5:27 PM**

Looking at those Panos, it brings to light how great St. John's really could look with some taller buildings to the west. Fortis and 351 are going to help, but just stare at those Panos from the Scotia Centre west. Now imagine the dense area where we have 351 going up, Cabot Place, the Delta, etc, and triple that in scope. You'd have some great looking density, while also having a very historic and older looking area to the east, directly under the basilica (with the exception of a few of the "skyscrapers" along the harbour that are already there). This area to me is the picturesque, heritage St. John's that people want to preserve, and won't be effected by some solid development on the west-end.

Personally, I like what I'm envisioning!

Marty_Mcfly · #**4007** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Thanks!

One from this morning... I happened to glance to my left while heading from Water Street to Southside Road and caught a glimpse of an unusual view of our skyline...

Ah, you've found one of those magical angles which makes downtown look super dense

I found one last year at the base of Signal Hill Road, over by the battery

SignalHillHiker · #**4008** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 5:30 PM**

Awesome!

I love St. John's.

Architype · #**4009** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 1:12 AM**

^ Great photos and panos again. In the whole shebang, you can see just about every development, and almost every building in the city. Also, when you zoom in at certain angles it can really look like a different place.

I came across this article, a nice light commentary about St. John's -

Newfoundland Diaries: Screech, Jellybeans And Donnie Dumphey

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Posted: 08/30/2012 8:30 am
St. John's, Newfoundland, is a city that makes you happy just to be there.

Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-convissor/newfoundland-diaries-st-j_b_1804300.html

SignalHillHiker · #**4010** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 1:21 AM**

Love it! Already posted to FB like I found it myself, ha!

Thanks for sharing.

SignalHillHiker · #**4011** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 10:47 AM**

351 Water Street

They have a Newfoundland flag waving in the wind at the top of the crane now. Made me smile when I noticed it driving by.

351 Water Street by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Fortis Place

Fortis Place by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Pleasantville

Pleasantville by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**4012** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 3:21 PM**

Just for your information, one of the oldest surviving homes with a known year of construction (1804) is for sale.

Anderson House by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Architype · #**4013** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 11:49 PM**

^ That house is small but has perfect proportions for its era, I think it may be the oldest or 2nd oldest - too bad there aren't more like it left. The colour of the paint is strong enough to hold it up.

In the fourth picture above, Pleasantville; I thought that area looks a bit like a village with the green of the golf course in behind it. The design of the houses looks simple but interesting, a bit like 1950's or English houses. However, I can't tell if we're seeing the backs or the fronts.

PoscStudent · #**4014** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 1:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by Architype

^ That house is small but has perfect proportions for its era, I think it may be the oldest or 2nd oldest - too bad there aren't more like it left. The colour of the paint is strong enough to hold it up.

In the fourth picture above, Pleasantville; I thought that area looks a bit like a village with the green of the golf course in behind it. The design of the houses looks simple but interesting, a bit like 1950's or English houses. However, I can't tell if we're seeing the backs or the fronts.

The back.

Architype · #**4015** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 1:30 AM**

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The back.

Are the garages are at the back of the houses?

PoscStudent · #**4016** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 10:55 AM**

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Are the garages are at the back of the houses?

Yes. It looks like there will be a road in between them, the houses don't look very good.

Architype · #**4017** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 1:59 PM**

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Yes. It looks like there will be a road in between them. . .

It might be like a back alley with parking (lane) then, which is a very good idea for medium density like this. Having double wide driveways in front on the street every ten feet apart doesn't look good or make much sense.

Anyone know what type of housing this is; regular single family, condos, low cost, or public housing?

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the houses don't look very good.

I'm always interested in what people think good is.

techie · #**4018** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 2:10 PM**

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Anyone know what type of housing this is; regular single family, condos, low cost,

I'm pretty sure they are two-storey, single family homes with rear access to those basement level garages. Built by Skymark Homes I'm pretty certain.

The land down there is being sold by The Canada Lands Corporation in small (15-30) batches of serviced lots with a lot of covenants as to what types of homes can be built on them.

Architype · #**4019** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 2:22 PM**

So I guess the covenants permit this type of housing. The density is good if done right, but I don't know why there is never more variation (I think it is lazy development) - the units don't have to be all the same. I now think that it it looks rather Scandinavian as well, and that influence is also in the larger apartment building under construction (see link below).

This is the one being built:

Source: http://www.killamproperties.com/whats-new/view/?do-load=1&news.id=183

And this one is in Norway:

Source: http://en.veidekke.com/reports/2011/annu...rty-development/property_development_no/

PoscStudent · #**4020** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 2:23 PM**

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I'm always interested in what people think good is.

They just don't look as good as some of the examples that were on the website. Every house is exactly the same style with faux rock on the front that looks out of place on them. I believe they were sold in the high $300,000 range, which isn't to bad of I price for a new house in that location.

I'll try to get a picture of them if I am out later.