The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II - Page 412

Chadillaccc · #**8221** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 5:05 AM**

Centennial Skyline by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Uban Forest, Through the Trees by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

middeljohn · #**8222** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 6:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

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.

I hope they widen the sidewalks too. It's amazing seeing these tall buildings in their "downtown" with suburban sidewalks beside the roads (1 meter wide with grass in between).

ue · #**8223** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 8:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

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.

Don't visit any city out West, then.

vanman · #**8224** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 11:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ramako

Brooding city:

Toronto Skyline by Paul B0udreau, on Flickr

This is the most flattering angle of Toronto by far.

vanman · #**8225** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 11:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Calgary Rockies by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Three Brothers by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Colourful Giants by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Great shots man, especially the first one. I'm a big fan of EAP.

Surrealplaces · #**8226** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 4:08 PM**

Panorama of the City of Vancouver by Tim Shields BC, on Flickr

Vancouver is electric by Tim Shields BC, on Flickr

Calgarian · #**8227** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 4:16 PM**

^Now that's a skyline!

travis3000 · #**8228** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 4:27 PM**

^ Gorgeous Vancouver shot

Beedok · #**8229** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

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.

Have you been to Ottawa? The have that sort of stuff even stronger.

Also I'm pretty sure Toronto has a decent amount, although when they renovate a neighbourhood it seems more thorough than Hamilton.

kw5150 · #**8230** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 4:34 PM**

Calgary on Sunday Jan 19 2014

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kw5150 · #**8231** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 4:49 PM**

A cool aerial of Calgary from a plane. Haven't seen this one before.

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Chadillaccc · #**8232** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 6:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

Great shots man, especially the first one. I'm a big fan of EAP.

Thanks man. I love EAP too, it will look great once the West Tower is occupied with the random office lights all lit at night. The reflective glass is one of the best in Canada, the way it changes colour with the weather conditions.

middeljohn · #**8233** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 8:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by kw5150

Calgary on Sunday Jan 19 2014

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That's a metro of only 1.3 million. — man, that's such an intensely built downtown. How busy are the streets during the week? They look very quiet in the vid but obviously that's a Sunday.

Chadillaccc · #**8234** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 9:29 PM**

Sunday is the quietest day of the week. The CORE Shopping Centre is open week-round, but it almost may aswell be closed on Sundays at this point. With the large influx of population into the core over the next 5 years, that will shift, thankfully. It's quite busy during the week. We have something like 150 000 people working in the CBD and 13 000 living there (Commercial Core, East Village, West End), but during the colder months of winter, more than half of the people travel between buildings using the +15 network, rather than sidewalks. So that limits street activity for about 1/4 - 1/3 of the year.

kw5150 · #**8235** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 9:45 PM**

It was actually busy that day! I promise. I will post a video that I recorded the same day of the pedestrian street called "stephen ave".

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Originally Posted by middeljohn

That's a metro of only 1.3 million. — man, that's such an intensely built downtown. How busy are the streets during the week? They look very quiet in the vid but obviously that's a Sunday.

Calgarian · #**8236** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 9:56 PM**

In the summer on a week day Calgary's core is ridiculously busy, and this is very much exaggerated by the narrow sidewalks. As soon as it hits 6PM the core is fairly quiet though (aside from the Stephen Ave and Eau Claire areas), but it is getting better every year.

Surrealplaces · #**8237** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 10:01 PM**

Untitled by pulaw89, on Flickr

Surrealplaces · #**8238** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 10:09 PM**

vancouver. by alyssaBLACK., on Flickr

kw5150 · #**8239** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 10:24 PM**

Here is Stephen ave on a sunday (as promised above in my other post) Watch longer than 20 seconds!

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Martin Mtl · #**8240** Posted **Jan 22, 2014, 11:09 PM**

Those two nightime pics of Vancouver are somptuous. Wow!