The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by Kevin_foster

Edmonton (c) Bulliver


lots of people don't realize how long of a skyline Edmonton has

I really enjoy this pic, and with a few new large towers going up near The Pearl, Edmonton will be developing its first secondary skyline node, yay

[MonkeyRonin]

Winter Night by Steven_y, on Flickr


King and Blue Jay's Way - Toronto Skyline by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr


Toronto at Dusk by Scott Norsworthy, on Flickr

[thegx]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

I really enjoy this pic, and with a few new large towers going up near The Pearl, Edmonton will be developing its first secondary skyline node, yay

I would say the University area is already a secondary skyline, especially visible from the east.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

I really enjoy this pic, and with a few new large towers going up near The Pearl, Edmonton will be developing its first secondary skyline node, yay

Is it normal for new Alberta suburbs to be devoid of trees and the lot sizes so meager? And what's with the love of vinyl siding; surely people prefer stone/brick to all that plastic? If the plastic is made in some Alberta petro-chemical plant fine, but its still ugly.

[Chadillaccc]

For some reason Alberta just never embraced brick houses, except the really expensive sandstone houses.

[dleung]

The majority of brick manfacturers are in the East, so brick is more expensive out West.

But aside from that, the tree-less built form is consistent with and likely less dense than the vast suburban hellscape housing 60% of the GTA, known as the 905.

[Innsertnamehere]

Don't know where you are getting the treeless part from. every subdivision I have ever seen in toronto has tree lined streets. (in the newer neighborhoods they are or course quite small, but by the time the subdivision is 20 years old the streets look very nice being lined with trees)

[Mamiamato24]

Always looks good at night

http://eyelovemontreal.blogspot.ca/2012_09_01_archive.html

Construction

http://chomsky.shampoo.ca/wordpress/?p=419

Very unusual angle, but La Tour CIBC looks pretty cool

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcusandrew/7541194752/

[dleung]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Don't know where you are getting the treeless part from. every subdivision I have ever seen in toronto has tree lined streets. (in the newer neighborhoods they are or course quite small, but by the time the subdivision is 20 years old the streets look very nice being lined with trees)

In many older subdivisions, the saplings have been like that for many years... they don't ever grow because when they level the terrain, scorched-earth-style, to prevent natural features from getting in the way of fitting as many houses as possible, all the good soil is trucked off and dumped onto the site of the next subdivision.

[Kevin_foster]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Is it normal for new Alberta suburbs to be devoid of trees and the lot sizes so meager? And what's with the love of vinyl siding; surely people prefer stone/brick to all that plastic? If the plastic is made in some Alberta petro-chemical plant fine, but its still ugly.

Pretty ugly yeah. Trees are rarely moved into new suburbs, almost always saplings - so in 15-20 years there will be greenery. Blah. No thanks. You could not give me a house in an area like this.

As for vinyl... Brick is expensive as hell out here & of anything cheap veneer is used. The "higher end" developments use brick or stone and/or Verneer. Lots of new homes are using hardy board more and more though.

Lots of brick houses in YEG though, mostly in Strathcona and downtown and other older areas.

[isaidso]

What's hardy board?

Alberta is wealthy, but it sometimes takes a generation or two for a culture to change. I see the same thing happening in Toronto. The city's roots are largely blue collar, but the interest in sophisticated design, architecture, and luxury is only now manifesting itself. There's usually a big lag between the attainment of wealth and an interest in extravagances like design/the arts/philanthropy. I'd be surprised if Alberta continued to build with vinyl siding a generation from now.

That subdivision just wreaks of new money, despite it obviously being a middle class neighbourhood.

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

For some reason Alberta just never embraced brick houses, except the really expensive sandstone houses.

I see. Sandstone makes me happy.

[thegx]

Ironically, just a few blocks from where that picture was taken is a nice eastern-looking street with brick houses.

http://goo.gl/maps/sjaLu

[isaidso]

I don't equate brick/stone with the east, I equate it with old money. Look at any established prosperous neighbourhood in western north America. They don't use siding.

[Symz]

Windsor as a ship passes


source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14643312@N02/8215973472/sizes/l/

[roccerfeller]

Here's some recent Winnipeg shots from the Free Press

(More in link) http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/multimedia/pov/Winnipeg-from-the-air-161885065.html

[north 42]

I like that angle, you can actually see the newer Portofino Condo mixed into the skyline on the right, our only newly built condo in the downtown region in years!

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Mamiamato24

Very unusual angle, but La Tour CIBC looks pretty cool

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcusandrew/7541194752/

That was the view from the bar / pool / restaurant of L'Hotel de la Montagne, one my hang outs. That view is gone now, as the hotel shut down and is slated to be destroyed (for another hotel, of the same height)

edit: which, I might add, is a damn shame because the right edge of the frame alone we'll see going up in the next year 6 towers ranging from 32 to 50 floors. Damn.

[Infrequent Poster]

Originally Posted by isaidso

What's hardy board?

Alberta is wealthy, but it sometimes takes a generation or two for a culture to change. I see the same thing happening in Toronto. The city's roots are largely blue collar, but the interest in sophisticated design, architecture, and luxury is only now manifesting itself. There's usually a big lag between the attainment of wealth and an interest in extravagances like design/the arts/philanthropy. I'd be surprised if Alberta continued to build with vinyl siding a generation from now.

That subdivision just wreaks of new money, despite it obviously being a middle class neighbourhood.



I see. Sandstone makes me happy.

"Hardie Board" is fiber cement siding.

[Mamiamato24]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

That was the view from the bar / pool / restaurant of L'Hotel de la Montagne, one my hang outs. That view is gone now, as the hotel shut down and is slated to be destroyed (for another hotel, of the same height)

edit: which, I might add, is a damn shame because the right edge of the frame alone we'll see going up in the next year 6 towers ranging from 32 to 50 floors. Damn.

Will the new hotel be at the same place? If it is then the view will just be gone for a little while....

[losername]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Don't know where you are getting the treeless part from. every subdivision I have ever seen in toronto has tree lined streets. (in the newer neighborhoods they are or course quite small, but by the time the subdivision is 20 years old the streets look very nice being lined with trees)

Most suburbs in Alberta also have newly planted trees lining the streets and in the yards. For some reason that picture doesn't seem to show any so perhaps that subdivision doesn't. But this is not the norm.