The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[Kris22]

Great shots Brizzy, thanks

[1ajs]

[Trans Canada]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

The City of Toronto is larger than the City of Chicago.

Anyways, we're talking about skylines.

City of Mississauga is larger than the City of Vancouver...

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by Trans Canada

City of Mississauga is larger than the City of Vancouver...

Yeah, that would be a smart comeback, except the land area of Chicago and Toronto are almost exactly the same. Mississuga is way larger geographically than the city of Vancouver, so the comparison is not an apples to apples scenerio.

Anyways, back to skylines.

[TallBob]

Toronto annexed several communities to get to 2.6 million 20 plus years ago. About 30-35% of land in the city boundries of Chicago is industial, rail yards all over the S-SW sides... and a few brown fields on top of it. Toronto is THEE Financial capitol of Canada..... Chicago runs a distant second to New York.... Just saying!

[caltrane74]

30-35% of the land within the city of Toronto is covered by massive ravines ( Don Valley , Humber Valley, and Rouge River Valley etc,etc), Chicago is the secondary financial centre of a country with 10 times the population of Canada,.... just sayin

Back to skylines.. Yay!

[Dylan Leblanc]

grt wpg pic ajs

[Trans Canada]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

30-35% of the land within the city of Toronto is covered by massive ravines ( Don Valley , Humber Valley, and Rouge River Valley etc,etc), Chicago is the secondary financial centre of a country with 10 times the population of Canada,.... just sayin

Back to skylines.. Yay!

Source for 30-35%? I've looked at a map and from my humble estimates it's nowhere near 30-35%.

But back to skylines...


Quebec City, QC. Quebec city Skyline by Asif A. Ali, on Flickr


Gatineau, QC. Alexandra Bridge, Ottawa by Asif A. Ali, on Flickr


Ottawa, ON. Ottawa Skyline by Asif A. Ali, on Flickr


Montreal, QC. Montreal Sky line at Sunset by Asif A. Ali, on Flickr

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by Trans Canada

Source for 30-35%? I've looked at a map and from my humble estimates it's nowhere near 30-35%.

Don't forget all the industrial land in Scarborough, North York, and Etobicoke. Why not request the source from Tallbob since he posted first? Pretty sure you don't believe 30-35% of Chicago is Industrial and Rail lands.

[Trans Canada]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Don't forget all the industrial land in Scarborough, North York, and Etobicoke. Why not request the aource from Tallbob since he posted first?

I hereby request sources from both Tallbob and caltrane74! Until both provide sources, both arguments are invalid and we will have to go back to looking at skyline pictures.

[caltrane74]

Bam!

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/conten...470bdada600f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=470bdada600f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Toronto Land Use Charts - all types

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/conten...2a8a036318061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Chicago Land Use All types
http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/data/land-use/inventory

[logan5]

Can somebody confirm what is meant by urban area. Wikipedia says Toronto's urban area is 675 square miles. I thought measurement was a boundary line just the same as the city boundary and the metro boundary. I know somebody else tried to explain it, but I'm not sure what exactly he was saying.

[TallBob]

I lived in Chicago for 14 years. I drove a taxi-cab for 11 of those years! Don't know where to find that information don't really care too, because I know basically every area all (50 wards), ect. pretty well! You get so you can almost find places blindfolded!! Most people only see about 10-15% of the city.... but I'd be willing to bet that figure of 30-35% is pretty close. Anyway, back to Canadian Skyscrapers!

[Ramako]

Summer night in the city by chrisd666, on Flickr

[MolsonExport]

^beauty. One of my favorite angles too.

[travis3000]

Aura.... she stands alone

[koops65]

Aura is outstanding... literally...

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Be that as it may, i did not make that particular criticism, here nor anywhere else. I am not aware that I made so-called caustic remarks, as opposed to posts expressing my exasperation with the extreme volume of Calgary population/growth minutiae, and the concomitant snide pokes at cities back east, which many others on this forum have also remarked upon.

That's an interesting perspective I hadn't considered before. Do former easterners who move to Calgary annoy you more than native Calgarians? I would assume for someone to leave home and head out west there must be some level of dissatisfaction on their part with where they are from. The same can be said I guess for Westerners moving out east and turning their backs on us 'uncultured' hick towns.

[Prometheus]

Originally Posted by ssiguy

Gastown in Vancouver certainly has some good architecture and is a unique place but I have never really thought of it as a real part of the city. It's been getting better but it is still very much a tourist destination with all the standard tacky souvenir shops and Old Spaghetti Factory. It's just not part of the Vancouver urban fabric.

Vancouverites don't go to Gastown. Gastown is still very much a tourist trap and although that is beginning to wane, Vancouverites tend to avoid it. Another problem with Gastown and Chinatown is that it is quite dangerous and is Canada's only true skid-row.

You can't go 10 feet without being asked if you want "company", pot, meth, heroine, coke, spare change or just look at the hundreds of street people who's sole occupation is looking for their next fix. It's a very sad area where young girls openly shoot-up right on the sidewalks. Chinatown and Gastown are in the thick of skid-row which is why the one thing you will never see in the area is young children with their parents.

It's for these reasons that, although Vancouverites may say it's nice area to visit for tourist, they would never even dream about going there themselves.

This has to be one of the most asinine and clueless (or viciously dishonest) statements ever made on this forum. Utterly laughable.

For people who have not been to Vancouver, Gastown is the historic heart of downtown Vancouver and is arguably the hippest, funkiest, most relevant urban neighbourhood in the city. It's a vibrant nexus of bold cuisine, independent cafes and bars, art studios, film schools, independent fashion, music and nightlife, high-end interior design shops and the very epicentre of Vancouver's dynamic high-tech and VFX industry.

Gastown is a jewel, for both Vancouverites and visitors.

[HomeInMyShoes]

I've moved both ways. Canada is equally uncultured everywhere.