The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under - Page 130

LeftCoaster · #**2581** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 8:06 PM**

The buildings may be tall but there isn't a single one of them I would want in my city.

GlassCity · #**2582** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 8:10 PM**

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The buildings may be tall but there isn't a single one of them I would want in my city.

It is a resort city after all. There aren't very many nice buildings in Las Vegas, but put together it looks spectacular

Beedok · #**2583** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 8:20 PM**

The Skylon tower could work in a few cities. I wouldn't want it downtown Hamilton, but Confederation Park would work. I think it would work in Thunder Bay, although the flight paths would sort of restrict it.

esquire · #**2584** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 8:36 PM**

I cannot believe how much the Niagara Falls skyline has grown. As recently as the early 90s it was the observation towers and nothing else.

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Beedok · #**2586** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 10:34 PM**

I suppose that could work too. It just isn't tall enough to go right downtown.

SteelTown · #**2587** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 11:04 PM**

haha yea know Skylon tower was offered to Hamilton first. However, Niagara Falls took it. Pigott Construction built it, they've built a lot of projects in Hamilton.

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middeljohn · #**2589** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 11:23 PM**

Kinda gives Hamilton a Seattle vibe.

Dylan Leblanc · #**2590** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 6:23 AM**

Promontory in Victoria

http://vibrantvictoria.ca/forum/index.ph...dos-21-floors-under-construction/page-95

ScreamingViking · #**2591** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 6:33 AM**

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haha yea know Skylon tower was offered to Hamilton first. However, Niagara Falls took it. Pigott Construction built it, they've built a lot of projects in Hamilton.

Really! That's interesting. Are there any details about it, like where it may have gone up?

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It'd look pretty cool near downtown by the harbour...

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Well done.

Looks like you've got the scale about right too.

esquire · #**2592** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 1:54 PM**

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haha yea know Skylon tower was offered to Hamilton first. However, Niagara Falls took it. Pigott Construction built it, they've built a lot of projects in Hamilton.

Why would it have gone to Hamilton? The whole purpose of the tower is to afford a good view of the falls... where would all the tourists have come from to go up the Skylon, and what would they have been looking at?!

SteelTown · #**2593** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 2:18 PM**

Looking at? Suppose the same idea when CN tower got built.

Anyways, I don't know the whole story but I imagine city council said no to funding and whereas Niagara Falls got 100% private funding. Done deal.

esquire · #**2594** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 2:28 PM**

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Looking at? Suppose the same idea when CN tower got built.

Anyways, I don't know the whole story but I imagine city council said no to funding and whereas Niagara Falls got 100% private funding. Done deal.

CN Tower was built out of necessity for broadcasting and telecommunications. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think those functions were integral to the Skylon.

Beedok · #**2595** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 3:13 PM**

Hamilton's harbour might not be Niagara Falls, but the Calgary tower doesn't have a Niagara Falls either.

esquire · #**2596** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 3:18 PM**

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Hamilton's harbour might not be Niagara Falls, but the Calgary tower doesn't have a Niagara Falls either.

Rockies

Nathan · #**2597** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 3:19 PM**

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Hamilton's harbour might not be Niagara Falls, but the Calgary tower doesn't have a Niagara Falls either.

The Rocky Mountains are in viewing distance...

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Hali87 · #**2599** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 5:37 PM**

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Not a huge difference when if even using the most Regina-flattering arbitrary cuttoff possible (75m), Halifax still has 40% more? Just imagine the difference if using a balanced measurement approach...

As far as being modern, Halifax only has one historic building that's prominent in the skyline (Customer House) the rest of the highrises were built in the same era as Regina's. All of Halifax's top 10 were built in the 70s and 80s just like Regina except Regina has one from the early 90s but also one from the late 60s.

But who can really explain taste? Regina has a pretty cool skyline that exists in a context that's about as different from Halifax's as you can get. Totally flat, no water, visible from a very long distance. In terms of modernity, I'm guessing he meant street level, which would be true. Downtown Halifax is mostly very old streetscapes with some modern buildings. Regina is basically the opposite if I remember correctly.

On the flip side, (East) Spring Garden is worth checking out, for those into more "contemporary" urban areas. Modern wouldn't be a very good word for it, it's more of a mashup of early 20th century and wacky post-Y2K po-mo, coming together in a way that I haven't really seen anywhere else in Canada. Streetview doesn't really do it justice; I'll try to get some pics.

Chadillaccc · #**2600** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 5:44 PM**

Regina Saskatchewan

http://www.reginacondo.com/contact/regina-skyline/