The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II

[kool maudit]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Yes because there's nothing like living near the busiest interchange in the country where 300 000 vehicules passes every day.

it wouldn't be westmount, but there's a market for cheap housing. throw up some tenements and don't charge too much — people will decide for themselves. in many cities around the world, this is exactly what would happen, and you wouldn't have these sorts of dead spaces near the core.

there's nothing romantic about it — it's just using land near the city centre rather than not using it.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Yes because there's nothing like living near the busiest interchange in the country where 300 000 vehicules passes every day.

There are plenty of people in Canada already living near highways; just look at the Gardiner. Besides, why would it even need to be residential? I'm sure there are commercial, industrial, or institutional developments that would be more noise resistant.

[franktko]

It's a dead zone around the Turcot because it was built over rail yards and heavy industries:



Just this week, they had to stop work in the area because they realized there was a lot of asbestos in the air. They always knew there was tons of heavy contaminants there, asbestos is just a new one.

It's never been a place to build houses and it won't be for quite a while still

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Look at the Gardiner in Toronto....


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Yes, such a great exemple of urbanism, why didn't I think of it before ?

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by kool maudit

it wouldn't be westmount, but there's a market for cheap housing. throw up some tenements and don't charge too much — people will decide for themselves. in many cities around the world, this is exactly what would happen, and you wouldn't have these sorts of dead spaces near the core.

there's nothing romantic about it — it's just using land near the city centre rather than not using it.

For the reconstruction of Turcot they are actually expropriating residents in St-Henry, so better luck next time.

Montreal has vast amount of available land in and near the core. It's not like we're Tokyo yet. Obviously, for industrial purpose, building near a highway makes a lot of sense. As for Turcot, from what I understand, they want to make green spaces between the interchange and the populated area as a buffer. We'll see how it turns out if they actually start building it one day before the whole thing crumbles before our eyes.

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Yes, such a great exemple of urbanism, why didn't I think of it before ?

Well if you prefer the giant dust bowl in the heart of your downtown...

All good.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Well if you prefer the giant dust bowl in the heart of your downtown...

All good.

Why do you always feel the need to bring a "my city vs your city" into every argument ? I'm not a fan of the Gardiner, or any other elevated highways cutting through a city, am I allow to say that without you taking it personally and feeling the need to make a negative comment about Montreal just because, well, I made a comment and I happened to be from Montreal ? Where did I say: «I don't like the Gardiner and Montreal is so much better than your city» ?

[caltrane74]

I wasn't talking about the highway, I was talking about how the space around the highway is used. You seemed to dismiss kool maudit's suggestion of increased density out of hand.

The highway (Turcout) has been built, like the Gardiner, nothing you can do about that now. Why not densify the space around it, like what is happening with the Gardiner?

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

I wasn't talking about the highway, I was talking about how the space around the highway is used. You seemed to dismiss kool maudit's suggestion of increased density out of hand.

The highway (Turcout) has been built, like the Gardiner, nothing you can do about that now. Why not densify the space around it, like what is happening with the Gardiner?

Well, then you should try to be more eloquent. Turcot is hardly in the heart of our downtown. It's not even downtown !

[G.S MTL]

taken from a helicopter
it is a small pic! sorry



tvanouvelles.ca

[Klazu]

'Fogtober' seems to be over in Vancouver, but boy was it nice to wake up to this view every morning.

[TallBob]

^^cool!! ^^

[logan5]

This is a pretty nice shot that deserves nation wide exposure. The Klazu shot is Metrotown, if that wasn't apparent.

Originally Posted by Locked In

My photo from today:

[Spring2008]

Very nice aerial of Van. I like those tree colors as well.

[Chadillaccc]

Metrotown has a sweet skyline. It is going to be amazing in a couple years.

[G.S MTL]

screen shots from this video (September 2013)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElhKJQiz6kM

[Chadillaccc]

Here's a unique view of Calgary, from the East Village. I assume similar views will become a lot more popular in the coming years as thousands of people move there

Originally Posted by CorporateWhore

Wall Option by thomasacad, on Flickr

[TallBob]

Nice photo Chad. We need a couple of biggies in the backround.... The Bow's pretty dominant!

[Chadillaccc]

Thanks, it's not my photo though, it was posted by CorporateWhore. Brookfield Place will look about the same height or a bit taller than The Bow from this view once complete.

[Chadillaccc]

Here's an amazing photo of Metrotown by PopYourColla

Originally Posted by PopYourColla

from downtown