Also, great shots of Yellowknife too! I've never been there before, but there is a surprising amount of natural beauty by the looks of things.
Thanks. I was quite impressed after I began my search for photos of the city. Not only is the urban fabric interesting, but the city seems to actually have "boroughs" if only 2 or 3. The natural beauty surrounding the city is likely unmatched by any non-mountain city in the world.
The Oldtown is my favorite "borough". So much character in its little skyline and in its heritage, such as the Wildcat Cafe, an 80+ year old log cabin, the oldest still-in-use building in NWT.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Yellowknife looks very cool. There's something so... Newfoundland... about it, but it's still very different. Maybe it's what we'd have looked like had we joined sooner?
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Perhaps, it is hard to say. To be honest, the most "Newfoundland" looking northern city that I can think of is actually Iqaluit. If you look past the fact that there is no grass, the buildings are very colourful and it looks nice and quaint, similar to a small Newfie community like Stephenville or Labrador City-Wabush.
Here is an amazing photo of London Ontario with the star being One London Place.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Hmm... maybe. But it's so much more organized. Yellowknife has that same haphazard, buildings in the fold of the landscape look. Iqaluit is colourful, but just looks so... forced on the landscape. It doesn't fit into its surroundings very well.
__________________ Note to self: "The plural of anecdote is not evidence."
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
That Five Roses neon (from the forties) just got a one-million restauration paid by the owner as a gift to Montreal (the sign is considered a landmark).
Hmm... maybe. But it's so much more organized. Yellowknife has that same haphazard, buildings in the fold of the landscape look. Iqaluit is colourful, but just looks so... forced on the landscape. It doesn't fit into its surroundings very well.
Have you looked at Iqaluit? There's like 2 rectangular blocks total (that are no where near one another and probably accidental), everything else is twisting winding chaos. Downtown Yellowknife is built on an actual grid.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Wow, that picture of Quebec City is beautiful. I don't see that angle very often either - it's looking roughly southwest from across the St. Lawrence isn't it, before the river turns and splits around Ile d'Orleans?
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