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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 7:26 PM
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oh the shade, the shade of it all! Notice how he does not mention hi-rises!

Montreal is home to some of my favorite modern highrises in the country.


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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 7:30 PM
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Montreal is home to some of my favorite modern highrises in the country.


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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 7:31 PM
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Calgary gets the coveted PER CAPITA () skyline award, no doubt.
Not so fast buckaroo, check out this dump, they even have a Trump tower

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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 7:33 PM
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Montreal has a fine set of impressive hi-rise buildings, to dismiss those is simply silly. Either you have no taste in architecture, but more likely, you are simply being mean.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 7:47 PM
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Le Château Champlain?

Yes even Le Château Champlain. It's different and pure 60's that's why I like it.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 7:54 PM
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oh the shade, the shade of it all! Notice how he does not mention hi-rises!
Why are you so argumentative? We just went through this last week, if you want to rehash it then go back and read those posts, don't keep starting shit.
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Here's a recent aerial photo of Halifax. Click for bigger version:


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People say we have 1 signature tower and I say there are 5 in that shot alone. Suncor is less iconic with the Bow and EAP, but it's still a good looking building, and I love the colour of granite they chose for it, gives it a certain warmth.
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Yes even Le Château Champlain. It's different and pure 60's that's why I like it.
I love the Chateau Champlain. It grates cheese even better than the Bow.
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The Bow is a tribute to the celery.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 8:01 PM
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The Bow is a tribute to the celery.
Nice trolling.
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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 8:05 PM
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I actually quite love Calgary's skyline.

If I had to rank a top 5 in Canada, I'd rank it as follows
1) Vancouver
2) Toronto (these two can reverse depending on the criteria)
3) Montreal
4) Calgary
5) Edmonton
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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 8:06 PM
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Nice trolling.
Making a link to the Bow and celery is not a troll comment nor was it meant as an attact - esp. given the context of the conservation, taking about Chateau Champlain + grates cheese. It was for fun, so relax. and c'mon, you cannot deny that the Bow is shaped like a celery?

FYI, personally, I love the Bow. I find the design to be really impressive. am a big fan of the Bow, I think it is impressive and it reminds me a lot of Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt.
     
     
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Yes even Le Château Champlain. It's different and pure 60's that's why I like it.
My favourite 60's building in Montreal, hell all of Canada is still Habitat 67. Hardly a high rise though.
     
     
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I love the Chateau Champlain. It grates cheese even better than the Bow.
The Bow to me is more of a half pipe I ride in my day dreams.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 10, 2014, 8:15 PM
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The Bow to me is more of a half pipe I ride in my day dreams.
Pretty steep half pipe, you must be a better snowboarder than I lol.
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I love this photo.

You know, I used to think Halifax was one of the largest cities in Canada. Before the internet era (not that I am old,) I used to go through our set of britannica encyclopedia to look @ all the city photos, and I guess they had a very impressive set for Halifax.
     
     
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Making a link to the Bow and celery is not a troll comment nor was it meant as an attact - esp. given the context of the conservation, taking about Chateau Champlain + grates cheese. It was for fun, so relax. and c'mon, you cannot deny that the Bow is shaped like a celery?

FYI, personally, I love the Bow. I find the design to be really impressive. am a big fan of the Bow, I think it is impressive and it reminds me a lot of Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt.
My post was in response to the way you keep singling out my posts. I retract my trolling comment though.
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^ I am not picking (or trying to) on your posts... I am just reacting to everybody's post. And I appreciate you retracting your trolling comment.
     
     
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Here's the 4th and final aerial I have from Offshoot...


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People say we have 1 signature tower and I say there are 5 in that shot alone. Suncor is less iconic with the Bow and EAP, but it's still a good looking building, and I love the colour of granite they chose for it, gives it a certain warmth.
Agreed fully.
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