Post some pictures of your city! II

[Chadillaccc]

Some Marda Loop and South Calgary awesomeness from SurrealPlaces!

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Sunday afternoon I snapped a few photos of Marda Loop and it's adjacent neighborhoods, South Calgary and Garrison Woods.

Garrison Woods and South Calgary are two neighborhoods that could not be more different.
Garrison Woods, which is a master planned, 'heritage' themed neighborhood seems to be the polar opposite of South Calgary, an eclectic mix of small old homes, and large ultra modern styled houses.

The ever evolving Marda Loop, isn't itself, a neighborhood, but a business area and acts like a halfway buffer zone in the middle. It's considered by many to be an inner city neighborhood, even though it's situated about 3km from the downtown.


Marda Loop

The Main drag through Marda Loop (33rd Ave SW)

[Drybrain]

So torn on calling BS on the Georgian fakery of Garrison Woods (mimicking an architectural style that never existed within a thousand kilometres of Calgary) and admiration that they did a real new urbanist community right.

Unlike McKenzie Towne, say, where a cloistered "high street" is surrounded by blocks of parking

I think I'l leen toward pro-Garrison Woods, if only because of the fact that they actually added old-fashioned, densely packed storefront retail that functions as a neighbourhood main street. And kitschy or not, it's still a pleasant place to spend an afternoon.

[SignalHillHiker]

Love this so much:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/...c5fd2f1a_o.jpg

And this looks cool too:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/...2a6a7a5b_b.jpg

It's a little cheap-looking, like a lot of faux heritage tends to be, but at least it offers the type of urban living I love.

Very cool. We have nothing this good outside of downtown. Churchill Square is the only thing that comes close and that's mixed-use, strip mall-style buildings surrounding a central parking lot.

[milomilo]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

So torn on calling BS on the Georgian fakery of Garrison Woods (mimicking an architectural style that never existed within a thousand kilometres of Calgary) and admiration that they did a real new urbanist community right.

Unlike McKenzie Towne, say, where a cloistered "high street" is surrounded by blocks of parking

I think I'l leen toward pro-Garrison Woods, if only because of the fact that they actually added old-fashioned, densely packed storefront retail that functions as a neighbourhood main street. And kitschy or not, it's still a pleasant place to spend an afternoon.

Agreed completely. I'm torn between the fact I know it's fake, but it also does look good and is a refreshing change from the sprawl of most new developments.

I throw up a little bit whenever I see the word 'Towne' in Calgary. I really hope I never sell out and live in one of those soulless manufactured suburbs.

[SignalHillHiker]

A shot of the Gypsy Tea Room by Destination St. John's.

It has a small but good menu - and the lamb dinner is absolutely enormous. 8 pieces. The seafood pasta is great too - lots of shells, delicious sauce.

Blue on Water is the building to the right. It's moderately high priced and generally not a destination for tourists, but the food is always ranked among the best in the city by locals. The cod tongues and scruncheons are amazing there.

To the left is the Murray Premises. It's one of the more beautiful historic buildings in St. John's - all part of an old fish warehouse complex. Now it's a boutique hotel and a collection of small shops primarily targeted to tourists. The central courtyard is one of the few publicly-accessible courtyards in old St. John's.

[Chadillaccc]

Kind of a cool shot...



http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...527/story.html

[someone123]

View from the Halifax's North End, looking south:


Source

[MonkeyRonin]

Foggy City on Ice by ~EvidencE~, on Flickr


Meltdown l by ~EvidencE~, on Flickr


Frozen Ethereal by *Imperialis*, on Flickr


Business as Usual by SnapHappyExpat, on Flickr


…outside by artland, on Flickr


Traveling Ghosts by cookedphotos, on Flickr


http://www.flickr.com/photos/empty_quarter/11887751334/


Toronto, 5ive - crane by gvfx.net, on Flickr


The Blue Sidewalk by Ben Roffelsen, on Flickr


The Red Sidewalk by Ben Roffelsen, on Flickr


Hues of blue by ZensLens, on Flickr


http://www.flickr.com/photos/empty_quarter/11863656094/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/empty_quarter/11844013174/


Golden Morning by Ben Roffelsen, on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

Oh wow...

I think Foggy City on Ice is my favourite TO shot yet.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Meltdown l by ~EvidencE~, on Flickr

Wow.

[RWin]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

So torn on calling BS on the Georgian fakery of Garrison Woods (mimicking an architectural style that never existed within a thousand kilometres of Calgary) and admiration that they did a real new urbanist community right.

Unlike McKenzie Towne, say, where a cloistered "high street" is surrounded by blocks of parking

I think I'l leen toward pro-Garrison Woods, if only because of the fact that they actually added old-fashioned, densely packed storefront retail that functions as a neighbourhood main street. And kitschy or not, it's still a pleasant place to spend an afternoon.

Mimicking an architectural style isn't new. The ideas behind all those cool looking government buildings in Washington weren't too original either. Not many ancient Greeks and Romans around at the time of their construction.

Now as you pointed out about the parking lots in McKenzie Towne, if they're going to copy something, at least do it right.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Even 'failed' New Urbanism is fine with me. It's a million times better than a bungalow on an acre lot.

[Chadillaccc]

Thankfully Marda Loop is a total win on the ground. If I move any time soon, it will either be there, Killarney, or Bridgeland.

[Martin Mtl]

DSC06493 by Athena Gala on Flickr

[Nouvellecosse]

Holy !@#$% that is spectacular!

[franktko]

Montreal by laurent rabatel, on Flickr

[lio45]

Martin and Frank, those are both super nice shots.

(Although I must say that looking at this conspicuous surface parking lot and the still-visible profile on its neighbor of the centenarian building that used to stand there isn't something that triggers a good feeling for me...)

[MTLskyline]

The big parking lot in the foreground of the picture franktko posted was a parking garage. I believe the parking garage was put up in the late 1940s or early 1950s, the building was demolished in the 1990s I believe. The lot had vacant since the 1930s. Prior to that I think it was the Bell Telephone "Main" exchange from the 1880s to the 1930s.


Source : Luc Noppen, Institut du patrimoine
(As seen in 1988-2009 by Guillaume St-Jean, on Flickr)

[lio45]

In fact, I was talking about the smaller one full of cars (the one that has a silver PT Cruiser as the first car on the right side) that is roughly in the middle of the pic, not the bigger one full of snow that's closer to the photographer and slightly out of focus.

Looking at the buildings immediately to the right of it, I wonder what was demolished to make way for it, and I'm sure it's a shame.



(I actually love that ~1950 parking garage... it's really not in the same league as a surface parking lot. Thanks for the info!!)

[Rico Rommheim]

I had no clue this parking garage ever existed, but now I must say I'm quite sad that it's been demolished. I would have renovated it for another purpose. The current "park" that is now there is a disgrace.