Post some pictures of your city! II - Page 77

Dr Awesomesauce · #**1521** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 1:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

God only knows. But it was delicious.

Spicy salmon. And everyone there but the wait staff is actually Japanese.

Good God!

Trevor3 · #**1522** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 2:01 PM**

This one I found attached to a story on Corner Brook being Canada's best small city. Didn't think it would get much attention, but it's a pretty great shot.

All credit to Candace Cunning of Candace Cunning Photography

Corner Brook Canada Day by Candace Cunning, on Flickr
https://www.facebook.com/candacecunningphotography

SignalHillHiker · #**1523** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 2:31 PM**

I can see Captain Cook's Lookout. I, umm... was up there... before.

There's a lovely picture of Corner Brook's old frontier town-style sidewalks on the cover of this book:

Google Books

It's interesting how Newfoundland is a sort of smaller version of Canada. Started in the east with fishing, trade, etc. A railroad was pushed across, the west predominantly settled later, on industries not directly reliant on the sea - military, forestry, mining, farming. We have a lot of the same regional divides.

1overcosc · #**1524** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 3:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

That must be the day old fish used by the apprentice learning to make sushi!

Seriously, not a good example of the craft.

Don't judge a book by its cover. Izumo sushi in Kingston makes rolls that look just like the pic signal posted and they're unbelievably delicious--best sushi I've ever had in my life, topping all the fancy places.

Interestingly enough Izumo is all Japanese people as well. Possibly the fancy-looking rolls are the ones made by foreigners overcompensating??

SignalHillHiker · #**1525** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 3:36 PM**

I'm no sushi expert. This was the first time I tried it and actually liked it. Not that I'm afraid of different tastes... it's just that there was something in all the other sushi I've tried that tasted awful. Even teriyaki chicken sushi in Winnipeg. My friends assume it was the type of seaweed or vinegar. But the reaction was as strong for me as cilantro, which I also hate. So soapy. It was an overpowering, awful, disgusting taste that had nothing to do with the actual content/flavour of the sushi. It was in all of it, from Halifax to Winnipeg.

Sun Sushi doesn't have that. Not sure if it's less authentic and that's the reason, but it was flavourful and delicious and didn't have whatever that taste is in it.

1overcosc · #**1526** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 4:24 PM**

^ My guess is the nori (seaweed). Allergies to it, while rare, certainly exist, and it can be counterbalanced with certain types of sauces.

Morningrise · #**1527** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 4:45 PM**

Not quite "my" city, but I visited Winnipeg for the first time last month when I was there for work for a weekend. Unfortunately I had very limited time to actually go around and get shots of the city and didn't get around to visiting St. Boniface or Osborne Village, but overall I was quite impressed with the city, despite its scummy reputation within Canada. I definitely would like to get back there for a more extensive visit sometime.

SignalHillHiker · #**1528** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 4:50 PM**

The building centre-left is actually a parking garage - I really love how they styled it:

http://i.imgur.com/813fqeT.jpg

DLLB · #**1529** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 5:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

The Sheldon Chumir Centre in Calgary. Our closest thing to a hospital in our downtown. It is Canada's largest integrated community health centre with over 40 health care programs, the only thing that makes it not a hospital is basically that it doesn't provide for overnight stays.

It was named in honour of Sheldon M. Chumir, a Rhodes Scholar, graduate of both U of A and Oxford, and long time Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Calgary-Buffalo (downtown Calgary).

http://www.gibbsgage.com/index.php/g...ation_169.html

The one other aspect is that it has an urgent care centre rather than an emergency centre, but it is quite the place and the idea was to have integration of services. There are close links to the emerges though and quite a few patients are transported to the emerges from here.

Chadillaccc · #**1530** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 7:18 PM**

Isn't there a plan to double or triple the centre in size somewhere down the pipeline? I thought I heard about something like that, just expanding onto the lot right behind the centre.

ZeDgE · #**1531** Posted **Apr 20, 2014, 11:42 PM**

Was up in Edmonton over the weekend. Couple quick snaps. Nothing spectacular, just phone pics.

Crap too big lol..

Full size pano

https://i.imgur.com/g6ghJN8.jpg

advance62 · #**1532** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 2:22 AM**

Some recent shots of Kitchener:

The Track by Matt M S, on Flickr

151 Charles Street West by Matt M S, on Flickr

Reading Backwards by Matt M S, on Flickr

Downtown in Spring by Matt M S, on Flickr

Neruda Mural by Matt M S, on Flickr

Peachy by Matt M S, on Flickr

Queen South by Matt M S, on Flickr

Wilfrid Laurier University - Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work by Matt M S, on Flickr

A Century Apart by Matt M S, on Flickr

Braun's Locksmith by Matt M S, on Flickr

Hong Kong Fashion by Matt M S, on Flickr

uzi · #**1533** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 4:31 AM**

saw this on Facebook.

http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/02/t..._to_the_1990s/

Chadillaccc · #**1534** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 4:33 AM**

Incredible shots of Kitchener. I look forward to being there in August

1overcosc · #**1535** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 11:42 AM**

Some shots of Kingston from yesterday afternoon--gorgeous day.

The Kingston Public Market, which has been running in titular Market Square for over two hundred years. These days it runs Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

You can get food like you'd expect from a market like this...

plus books...

random knick-knacks:

old license plates?

On one side of market square is our city hall. It was built in 1841 back when we were the capital of Canada--its grandeur was considered appropriate for the capital of the country.

Some more from around downtown:

Old and new:

Old limestone houses. The neighbourhood south of downtown is filled with these.

The city is reconstructing a lot of the ancient infrastructure and making great streetscape improvements with each one. New blocks now have mega sidewalks:

Kingston's waterfront has finally thawed out completely.
Here's the martello tower downtown, with the Wolfe Island windmills (source of 90% of the city's power!) in the background:

Royal Military College of Canada is right across the harbour from downtown:

And lastly...

1869 km to Signal

Dr Awesomesauce · #**1536** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 11:52 AM**

Kingston!! Yet another Ontario jewel rarely seen on SSP. More please.

Townie709 · #**1537** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 12:00 PM**

Decided I would get up early this morning and photograph the first sunrise in North America! This photoset isn't as much "my city" as it is the beautiful landscapes that surround it! I'm not much of a photographer, but I hope you enjoy!

DSC_4504 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4518 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4521 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4528 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4539 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4550 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4583 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4601 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4592 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4607 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4616 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4627 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4637 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4653 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4659 by Newfie97, on Flickr

DSC_4662 by Newfie97, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**1538** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 1:04 PM**

Just gorgeous, Townie.

I noticed last night that, even though it was sunny most of the day, it was cold enough that the ice stayed on the trees. It was really pretty - and I love your shot of the sun through the icy bush.

Those two foxes on Signal Hill have to be practically domesticated by now.

They're always there! Did you pop down to Cuckhold's Cove and see the bald eagles? They're back in their nests now!

Townie709 · #**1539** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 1:23 PM**

[QUOTE=SignalHillHiker;6547369
Those two foxes on Signal Hill have to be practically domesticated by now.

They're always there! Did you pop down to Cuckhold's Cove and see the bald eagles? They're back in their nests now![/QUOTE]

I know right! I've seen them 3/4 of the last times I've been up there! And I saw the eagles on Sunday afternoon in their nests! It's amazing how much natural beauty there is right in our own backyards throughout Newfoundland and Canada!

SignalHillHiker · #**1540** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 1:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1overcosc

And lastly...
http://s27.postimg.org/n63y6m2dv/IMG...420_140253.jpg
1869 km to Signal

Not far enough for most of the Ontario crew, I bet.

Gorgeous pictures. I've had a few friends who have lived in Kingston, mostly in the military. It's a smaller city so I never think to bring it up, like Ottawa, as a place I've heard only positive reviews about - but yeah, same scenario.