The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II

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Victoria by Cameron Knowlton on Flickr

[kw5150]

Sorry, no tripod!

[Chadillaccc]

Wow Zoomer, that photo is spectacular!

[Chadillaccc]

I'm just gonna go ahead and bump my skyline pics onto this page



Source: me

[TallBob]

Nice night shots of Victoria and Calgary. Hope to see some taller res buildings on Calgary's West Side.

[kool maudit]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

I feel like a few of these threads on here have basically just become "defend your city" threads.

my fault. i was being needlessly critical. calgary's most urban inner-city areas appear to be on the other side of the skyline from where that picture was taken.

views like this are very impressive:

(photo by surrealplaces)


Calgary or Shanghai? by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

Wow that is a cool pic. Yeah the beltline is like 10x more dense than Kensington, especially as far as building stock goes.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

That's still Kensington (West Hillhurst I think). Very much inner city and should definitely be denser. Like you said though, this is a small, young city so we aren't there yet, but we will get there.

Yup, that's west Hillhurst just west of 14th street.

Originally Posted by kool maudit

montreal is FAR FROM perfect. i'm not being a montreal booster. we need to check our —, south-shore wise, and even little burgundy.

but still.

just for keeping it city-like, and all.

Couldn't agree with you more. As far as Calgary's core goes, I think there's strong urban build up around the south, with not bad build-up on the west, and soon to be east side, but the north side (Kensington) could use more urban build up. It's finally starting to happen though, now that the city has done some rezoning in that area.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Wow that is a cool pic. Yeah the beltline is like 10x more dense than Kensington, especially as far as building stock goes.

I'd like to retake that same shot this summer, now that those buildings are completed, and Keynote II, Calla and Alura would also be in the shot.

[Chadillaccc]

I'm sure we'd all appreciate it if you did

[Surrealplaces]

I thought I'd throw this one in. The downtown core just ends into nothing


Canada - Calgary downtown by Sarah Almaskeen ~, on Flickr

[Dwils01]

That dog enjoys to view the Calgary skyline too.

[Calgarian]

That Victoria shot is gorgeous! I assume that's the Legislature all lit up?

[Chadillaccc]

Yeah it is man. 116 years of beautiful legislature

[Tarsus]

X2 Sunnyside and Hillhurst needs some more height. Not highrises, but more 4-8 story buildings.

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Couldn't agree with you more. As far as Calgary's core goes, I think there's strong urban build up around the south, with not bad build-up on the west, and soon to be east side, but the north side (Kensington) could use more urban build up. It's finally starting to happen though, now that the city has done some rezoning in that area.

[MonkeyRonin]

The lighting on the BC Parliament is horrid. Its a beautiful building by day (one of my favourites in the country), but by night it looks like it should be some plastic monstrosity in Vegas.

[Surrealplaces]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

The lighting on the BC Parliament is horrid. Its a beautiful building by day (one of my favourites in the country), but by night it looks like it should be some plastic monstrosity in Vegas.

Agreed. I'd like to see that lighting come on say.... at Christmas time, but have more traditional up-lighting the rest of the year.

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

The lighting on the BC Parliament is horrid. Its a beautiful building by day (one of my favourites in the country), but by night it looks like it should be some plastic monstrosity in Vegas.

Indeed. It looks like Christmas lighting.

[Surrealplaces]

Calgary's core is kind of entering a golden age…….or a next level of its evolution if you will. The CDB is dense and tall, and built up, and in the last 10 years we saw a lot of development right in the CBD.

Now and, the next ten years will be different going forward. Most of the development will be in areas around the CBD. Right now in the CDB we have 2 office towers u/c and 3 more that are close, but there are currently 11 high-rise developments in East Village/Beltline that are u/c, and 5 more that are close (close as in tenders have already gone out). I don’t know if we’ll keep up that kind of pace for the core, but going forward, I do see the trend of more development outside of the CBD continuing.

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Wow that is a cool pic. Yeah the beltline is like 10x more dense than Kensington, especially as far as building stock goes.

Originally Posted by kool maudit

my fault. i was being needlessly critical. calgary's most urban inner-city areas appear to be on the other side of the skyline from where that picture was taken.

views like this are very impressive:

(photo by surrealplaces)

[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Agreed. I'd like to see that lighting come on say.... at Christmas time, but have more traditional up-lighting the rest of the year.

Yeah it is kinda cheesy, the lighting on the Alberta Leg. is much nicer, gives it a warmth at night. Still a cool picture though...