The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II

[GreaterMontréal]

beautiful mammatus !

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by koops65

Pic by me. Taken July 2008, and not many changes in all that time.

I was joking, but ok.

Kitchener is looking good, more and more each day.

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

beautiful mammatus !

I prefer calling them mammies

[Chadillaccc]

https://www.facebook.com/Kofihugo

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

http://www.photorepublik.com/citizen/1224/galleries/urbanal/diablo-skies-over-calgary

This image is really terrific. The amazing colour combination is one thing, but I love the way the clouds enhance the perspective - the "lines" in the clouds angle toward the same vanishing point as the landscape.

[dleung]

So google earth finally gave Vancouver the 3D scan. The images seem to be circa 2012:





SFU

[OTSkyline]

^ AH-MAZING! Vancouver's core is so... unique. Dense, but not overcrowded. Great skyline, but nothing very tall...

[caltrane74]

Vancouver is a fantastic looking city.

This can't be denied.

[kw5150]

Our Canadian Cities are amazing. I like how we dont have the imposing mega towers (with zero street life) like some other major cities do.

People say "all of the towers in vancouver look the same".....I dont think so. there may be a lot of glass, but why not?? The temperature is hardly ever below zero or over 35c. It is the perfect location for a glass city.

Save your comments about the earthquake zone please.

We have a lot to be thankful for in Canada. Our people are great and our cities are awesome.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Vancouver is a fantastic looking city.

This can't be denied.

I think it can. To each his own. Vancouver looks like pins sticking up in a pin cushion with all the space between the residential towers. There's no density. It's not a good look, in my opinion.

[Chadillaccc]

There's no density? What page are you looking at. The Downtown Peninsula of Vancouver has a population of approx. 100 000 people in an area 5.79 KM2, for a total density of 17 142/ KM2.

[flar]

Those podia (sounds wrong) do give the highrises a bit of a pin cushion effect, but it's still quite dense. I was skeptical of Vancouver, but I thought it was pretty decent on the ground.





There's a canyon:

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

There's no density? What page are you looking at. The Downtown Peninsula of Vancouver has a population of approx. 100 000 people in an area 5.79 KM2, for a total density of 17 142/ KM2.

Oh it's definitely dense population wise. I think he might be referring to the many point towers and lack of strong street walls, which makes the urban fabric appear less beefy. Of course, this was done intentionally in Vancouver.

[Nouvellecosse]

^ Which was a crime against urbanity.

[rousseau]

That's definitely a better shot. What street is that?

Originally Posted by flar

There's a canyon:

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by rousseau

That's definitely a better shot. What street is that?

It's West Georgia & Seymour looking south: http://goo.gl/maps/cAahs

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by rousseau

That's definitely a better shot. What street is that?

It's seymour Street.

Vancouver is deceptively dense, it doesn't seem so on the ground because as Ramako pointed out the city actively tries to hide the density. I think it works really well in some areas but I wish the city would just embrace it in others and go full out urbanity. It's happening more with higher FSR forcing developers to build 8 floor podiums etc... but it still appears a smaller city than it is from street level.

I think it's tough to deny Vancouver is beautiful, especially at street level, as everything is so lush green and new. Whether you like that about a city is certainly subjective though, as im sure many would find it a bit boring and sterile. That's where the "to each their own" certainly applies to Vancouver, it is a very unique brand of urban design.

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Ramako

Oh it's definitely dense population wise. I think he might be referring to the many point towers and lack of strong street walls, which makes the urban fabric appear less beefy. Of course, this was done intentionally in Vancouver.

This varies depending on the neighbourhood. Vancouver does have a downtown area dominated by commercial buildings but it only covers part of the peninsula. Many of the pictures on the forum tend to show residential neighbourhoods around False Creek -- these are places that would otherwise have been houses or apartments, not office towers.

There's also a large collection (20-30 blocks worth) of early 1900's heritage buildings around Gastown and nearby neighbourhoods.

[Ramako]

I already posted this in the Tallest 10 U/C thread but I figure it deserves to be posted here too:



By: udo at Urban Toronto

[Calgarian]

That scaffolding at the top must have a hell of a (scary) view!