The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 35

mistercorporate · #**681** Posted **Sep 6, 2014, 2:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

I definitely agree that Gastown is more popular, more diverse and more 'authentic' than it's ever been. Sometimes there are so many people walking the streets in the afternoons and evenings that taxis get stuck waiting. For some reasons our home grown Vancouver haters wish it still wish Gastown was it's Expo '86 half tourist trap half rundown scuzz self.

A walk in the Gastown area on a summer night after an event is one of the most magical and atmospheric urban experiences in Canada...

MonkeyRonin · #**682** Posted **Sep 6, 2014, 3:47 PM**

Toronto - Regina by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Zap by Neil Ta | I am Bidong, on Flickr

lucky strike by ronnie.yip, on Flickr

Razor · #**683** Posted **Sep 6, 2014, 4:02 PM**

^ Fantastic shots of Toronto.

ZeDgE · #**684** Posted **Sep 6, 2014, 5:23 PM**

TO is a beast.

SkahHigh · #**685** Posted **Sep 6, 2014, 6:51 PM**

By me, taken yesterday from the Boucherville Islands

saffronleaf · #**686** Posted **Sep 6, 2014, 10:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

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.

Municipal boundaries are arbitrary and they are the product of how political issues like amalgamation are dealt with in different jurisdictions.

Toronto CMA has 5,583,064 people in 7,125km^2

Chicago Urban Area has 9,104,000 people in 6,856km^2

As a sidenote, Toronto Urban Area has 5,132,794 in 1,749 km^2, which is very dense.

There are some differences in sources though.

Wikipedia's list of North American urban agglomerations puts Chicago at 8,814,000 presumably in a smaller area than mentioned above, and Toronto at 6,312,000.

It's pretty safe to conclude that Chicago is still bigger than Toronto, by a significant margin. Roughly, I'd say that in about the same contiguous urban area, Toronto has a bit more than 6 million people, while Chicago is either at or just below 9 million people. The difference is more than 2.5 million.

caltrane74 · #**687** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 12:33 AM**

I said the city of Toronto was bigger than the city of Chicago..

Here is the original quote..

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

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

Anyways, we're talking about skylines.

Which I replied to with the post you quoted. You didnt go back far enough.

As I was saying back to skylines.

middeljohn · #**688** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 12:52 AM**

From my understanding, US urban areas cut off at 100 people/sqkm, Canadian urban areas cutoff at 400/ sqkm. In order to compare accurately the same metric would have to be used for both cities.

Beedok · #**689** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 3:35 AM**

The first challenge is getting Americans to use metric in the first place. Then we can worry about the same one.

vanman · #**690** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 7:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Just to further agree with promethius and counter ssiguy's predictably inaccurate rambling diatribe, here is an article from yesterday's Business in Vancouver.

It generally states what everyone who lives there actually knows, that Gastown is probably the coolest neighbourhood in the city. It has several of my favourite higher end restaurants and is often my first choice to going out when in Vancouver for work or fun. Most downtown residents I know feel the same, and it's often a toss up between a bar or restaurant in Yaletown or gastown for a night out. Yaletown is a bit fancier (but can be douchier) and Gastown is a bit hipper (but can be seedier).

I just spent last Friday night bar hopping in Gastown with friends. The place was bumping, many bars and restaurants were overflowing onto the streets. People were everywhere. ssiguy's opinion of Gastown is laughably outdated.

G.S MTL · #**691** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 3:21 PM**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWkeYY4ots#t=14

Chadillaccc · #**692** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 5:54 PM**

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/city-of-calgary-skyline-mike-schaalje.html

Darkoshvilli · #**693** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 6:30 PM**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwEnYWqTWRg

G.S MTL · #**694** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 6:33 PM**

^ nice!

G.S MTL · #**695** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 6:38 PM**

another screen shot!

Chadillaccc · #**696** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 6:51 PM**

http://paulsaulnier.com/

haljackey · #**697** Posted **Sep 7, 2014, 11:14 PM**

Toronto from afar

Photo by me. License: use it for whatever the heck you want.

Full size: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5593/15172194522_a5ab02718d_o.jpg

Delirium · #**698** Posted **Sep 8, 2014, 2:24 AM**

Photo by Bill Anderson https://www.flickr.com/photos/billsshots/15153424572/sizes/h/

ssiguy · #**699** Posted **Sep 8, 2014, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by G.S MTL

another screen shot!

Great pic!

That's the best angle to get the true depth of the Montreal skyline and from that vantage point I thinks it's the best in the country.

middeljohn · #**700** Posted **Sep 8, 2014, 12:26 PM**

Awesome photo haljackey!