The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under - Page 127

franktko · #**2521** Posted **Feb 17, 2014, 11:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tone

Picture taken this afternoon - we had 55cm friday and 30cm yesterday, imagine that!

Why the hell are most roof snow-free after 85 cm of snow?? There is no isolation in that part of the province??

Nathan · #**2522** Posted **Feb 17, 2014, 11:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by franktko

Why the hell are most roof snow-free after 85 cm of snow?? There is no isolation in that part of the province??

Or everyone has grow-ops in their attics...

Tone · #**2523** Posted **Feb 17, 2014, 11:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by franktko

Why the hell are most roof snow-free after 85 cm of snow?? There is no isolation in that part of the province??

Waterfront properties like the ones in the bottom of the picture can be exposed to high winds from the St. Lawrence. They reached between 70 and 100km/h during those two storms, so not much snow have a chance to stay on those roofs! The snow banks are another story.

SkydivePilot · #**2524** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 2:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

I like the density of Regina's downtown core. I'd love to walk around it someday, get a sense of how it feels from the streets.

It is quite dense - and will be even more dense in about two years.

Chadillaccc · #**2525** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 3:53 AM**

Another Regina...

http://www.reginaroc.com/

... and a few Kelowna.

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/1...best-places-to-run-a-business-in-canada/

http://www.terlesky.com/

http://meiklejohn.ca/

Downtown Kelowna by LongInt57, on Flickr

A little Rain... by collied, on Flickr

Beedok · #**2526** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 4:10 AM**

Kelowna always looks like a resort or something.

ssiguy · #**2527** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 4:22 AM**

It's the kind of place that makes for lovely post cards but the city has a lot to be desired.

It's downtown is small and uninteresting, the suburbs stretch out aimlessly, and the main street is just one very long strip mall. The place has no flavour, is devoid of culture, and is a red-neck haven. Kelowna is a VERY conservative and religious city.

There are a lot of nice places in BC to both live in and visit but Kelowna isn't one of them.

Nouvellecosse · #**2528** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 5:05 AM**

^ I've gotta say, I actually really enjoy your blunt appraisals at times. As long as they're directed at someone else.

Ramako · #**2529** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 5:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

Halifax pano:

Source

What's that tower under construction in the middle of the photo? Looks tall.

Nouvellecosse · #**2530** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 6:05 AM**

Doubling the size (width) of the TD building on Barrington but I don't think it will increase the height much. Adds office density downtown though which is important as the vacancy rate is pretty low.

SignalHillHiker · #**2531** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 12:25 PM**

That's doubling the size? All this time I thought it was just a re-clad!

RyeJay · #**2532** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 12:52 PM**

Edit.

Nashe · #**2533** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

It's the kind of place that makes for lovely post cards but the city has a lot to be desired.

It's downtown is small and uninteresting, the suburbs stretch out aimlessly, and the main street is just one very long strip mall. The place has no flavour, is devoid of culture, and is a red-neck haven. Kelowna is a VERY conservative and religious city.

There are a lot of nice places in BC to both live in and visit but Kelowna isn't one of them.

LOL, you should write a travel book.

"If you're looking to hang a hammock somewhere on Newfoundland, give up on it. You won't find a tree tall enough, and a moose will eat all of your chips. The mosquitoes are large enough that their caustic droppings may cause significant damage to the paint of cars parked near bodies of standing water."

SignalHillHiker · #**2534** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 2:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vorkuta

LOL, you should write a travel book.

"If you're looking to hang a hammock somewhere on Newfoundland, give up on it. You won't find a tree tall enough, and a moose will eat all of your chips. The mosquitoes are large enough that their caustic droppings may cause significant damage to the paint of cars parked near bodies of standing water."

You have to go inland for mosquitoes. There are basically none along the coast where people actually live.

Here's a more accurate Newfoundland hammock review:

"If you're looking to hang a hammock somewhere on the Avalon Peninsula, don't bother. The tuckamore rarely exceed chest height and the wind will make any use of a hammock a potentially life-threatening enterprise."

Nashe · #**2535** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 2:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

"If you're looking to hang a hammock somewhere on the Avalon Peninsula, don't bother. The tuckamore rarely exceed chest height and the wind will make any use of a hammock a potentially life-threatening enterprise."

Rebrand it as "parasailing" and you're good to go.

SignalHillHiker · #**2536** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 2:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vorkuta

Rebrand it as "parasailing" and you're good to go.

Oh my God. That was a thing of beauty right there.

someone123 · #**2537** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 4:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Doubling the size (width) of the TD building on Barrington but I don't think it will increase the height much.

According to the thread it's going from 18 floors to 23 floors and from 73 m to 83 m.

middeljohn · #**2538** Posted **Feb 18, 2014, 4:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

According to the thread it's going from 18 floors to 23 floors and from 73 m to 83 m.

That's great to hear. It's one way to heighten the skyline that is rarely ever done.

someone123 · #**2539** Posted **Feb 19, 2014, 6:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by middeljohn

That's great to hear. It's one way to heighten the skyline that is rarely ever done.

Here's a hastily-made rendering with the new TD tower and a couple of other projects under construction:

TD is a bit shorter than 1801 Hollis but it is about 10 m higher up in elevation. The Nova Centre similarly is only 65 m but its site has an average elevation about 30 m above sea level, so it will look more like a 90-100 m building.

The gaps in taller buildings between TD and the Nova Centre in the middle and then to the left of the Bank of Canada redevelopment (extending left out of the frame toward the Maritime Centre) exist because of height limits that protect views from Citadel Hill.

(Now that I think about it, I used the opposite elevation for the BoC building so it should have been flipped horizontally.)

RyeJay · #**2540** Posted **Feb 19, 2014, 6:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

Here's a hastily-made rendering with the new TD tower and a couple of other projects under construction.

The gaps in taller buildings between TD and the Nova Centre in the middle and then to the left of the Bank of Canada redevelopment (extending left out of the frame toward the Maritime Centre) exist because of height limits that protect views from Citadel Hill.

Once again, someone123, your contributions are appreciated.
The "gap" in height that will remain for Halifax's skyline, from this view anyway, between the bank towers and the Nova Centre due to Citadel viewplanes actually accentuates the Citadel Hill rather nicely...

It looks really good.

And the Nova Centre itself, looks good, which is why it's kind of a shame (although not really) that the Roy Building (not shown in this rendering) will conceal half the Nova Centre from view once it's built.