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Old Posted Jul 28, 2013, 3:53 AM
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Brentwood (Burnaby) skyline today. This view will change dramatically in the next 5 years with several 40-70 stories towers going up in this suburban town centre.

     
     
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Old Posted Jul 28, 2013, 1:50 PM
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^ that ones pretty badass.


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Old Posted Jul 28, 2013, 2:28 PM
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I'm loving the new lighting of Notre Dame Basilica's neogothic towers. Now if they could only light up the old Royal Bank Tower...

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Old Posted Jul 28, 2013, 5:05 PM
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Love both the Montreal photo and the Toronto photo from the top down perspective. Montreal has some fantastic angles.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 2:26 AM
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A few of good ole' Calgary from this afternoon's hike through Nose Hill Park...

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Brentwood/University skyline...


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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 3:22 AM
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and one I took last night...

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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 6:07 AM
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I think its safe to say that Montreal has the best night lighting of any Canadian city. Certainly puts Toronto to shame, although lately we're been getting better at it.

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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 6:12 AM
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Brentwood (Burnaby) skyline today. This view will change dramatically in the next 5 years with several 40-70 stories towers going up in this suburban town centre.
What's this about a 70 story tower in Burnaby? The tallest in the database is 57 stories.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 6:47 AM
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Altus will be 70, I believe. For some reason it is listed at 49 in the database... but obviously a 184 meter (mostly)residential tower would have to have more floors than 49.
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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 8:52 AM
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Altus will be 70, I believe. For some reason it is listed at 49 in the database... but obviously a 184 meter (mostly)residential tower would have to have more floors than 49.
184m would be some incredibly short floors for any building(only 2.63m!!). And that figure includes the spire, which you obviously can't factor into the floor height or floor count. The roof height is 172m (564ft). Which makes it 3.51m per floor. That puts it right in line with buildings like Aura & ICE at 3.49m. Plus 14 floors of office space is quite significant;

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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 10:20 AM
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55 to 60 floors you begin to touch the 200 meter mark.

70 floors should put you well over 220 to 230 meters...

Pure residential.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 11:17 AM
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Hmmm, then I have no idea. I thought it was Altus for sure.
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You must be thinking of the tower planned as part of the brentwood mall redevelopment.
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I think its safe to say that Montreal has the best night lighting of any Canadian city. Certainly puts Toronto to shame, although lately we're been getting better at it.
I would agree with this. Not even Toronto comes close. Montreal is gorgeous at night, that's one of the many reasons I love the city. T minus two and a half weeks until I am there
     
     
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Love this picture, it really puts it into perspective how big Toronto is.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 29, 2013, 2:22 PM
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I think its safe to say that Montreal has the best night lighting of any Canadian city. Certainly puts Toronto to shame, although lately we're been getting better at it.
+1 from me brother.

Montreal at night is gorgeous
     
     
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