The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II

[Calgarian]

Wow!

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[Boris2k7]

My first pano of the year, taken with my new 70D!

[rousseau]

Those Hamilton shots really look city-ish.

[ue]

^ As opposed to regular Hamilton shots, which just look dinky town-ish ?

[caltrane74]

Mississauga Skyline from Airbnb.com

[Ramako]

Brooding city:



Toronto Skyline by Paul B0udreau, on Flickr

[ue]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Mississauga Skyline from Airbnb.com

Reminds me of Sheik Zayed Road in Dubai.

[Ramako]

It's a big lake:



steevosmith21 on Flickr

[Dylan Leblanc]

Larger version - http://imgur.com/B9UePKm

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Those Hamilton shots really look city-ish.

Industrial neighbourhoods punch above their weight in urban-ness.

[The Chemist]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Calgary Rockies by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Three Brothers by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Colourful Giants by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Excellent colours! Fantastic shots.

Originally Posted by Boris2k7

My first pano of the year, taken with my new 70D!

This one is a really nice angle, and a great looking pano.

Originally Posted by Ramako

Brooding city:



Toronto Skyline by Paul B0udreau, on Flickr

This is quite possibly the best photo of Toronto I've ever seen. The composition is perfect. I could see this one winning in a photo competition.

[vegeta_skyline]

Originally Posted by The Chemist

This is quite possibly the best photo of Toronto I've ever seen. The composition is perfect. I could see this one winning in a photo competition.

If it had a better resolution, perhaps.

[Chadillaccc]

Sunset Skyline by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[BrickJunkie]

That's crazy. I also thought that shot looked a little like Dubai.

[caltrane74]

If Mississauga and Dubai have anything in common, it's that they are both cities where the car comes first.

Still though, I gotta give props to Mississauga for a pretty symmetrical and linear skyline.

[logan5]

The latest trend in suburban Vancouver is to redevelop shopping mall parking lots to create a much more urban vibe. I would assume the same plans are in the works for Miss. city centre?

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by logan5

The latest trend in suburban Vancouver is to redevelop shopping mall parking lots to create a much more urban vibe. I would assume the same plans are in the works for Miss. city centre?

That's exactly what's planned for Mississauga City Centre. I think it was either WhipperSnapper or InsertNameHere that posted the link to the plan a couple weeks ago, I couldn't find it though.

[caltrane74]

Yes, they do. But no timeframe on how long it's gonna take for it to begin. Well actually, they did build a town square in a former mall parking lot, and they've built some condos on the far side of the mall parking lot.

http://mississaugalife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SDC14967-LR.jpg

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by ue

^ As opposed to regular Hamilton shots, which just look dinky town-ish ?

Actually, to be honest, yeah. There are lots of streets close to downtown that are distressingly non-city-ish. Like this:

Wesanford Place

I personally find Hamilton frustrating because the urban fabric is such a disappointing mix of half-measures and 1970s-style urban renewal. On one side of the street you swoon:

Duke Street: nice

And on the other you, well...you just don't:

Duke Street: blech

This dichotomy typifies just about every street in Hamilton: one-side-awesome versus the-other-side-🞵🞵🞵🞵. It bugs the hell out of me. The only real exception to the rule is James Street North, which is turning into a mini-Queen West.