The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 174

isaidso · #**3461** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 2:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by MexiQuebecois

That's one beautiful shot of North York!

The buildings do look equally monotonous, don't they? One Wall is the only structure that stands out. A beautiful setting, but they forgot to build beautiful buildings to match.

Delirium · #**3462** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 3:08 AM**

Show me a picture of a similar area built between the 50's-70's that has any 'architectural style' to it. St-James town perhaps? For someone who's never been to the west coast, you sure do have an 'opinion' on the area-

WhipperSnapper · #**3463** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 4:01 AM**

Maybe it's a compliment. Historic areas which people rave about can be impressively monotonous in form, details and, colour.

Metro-One · #**3464** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 4:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Maybe it's a compliment. Historic areas which people rave about can be impressively monotonous in form, details and, colour.

I was thinking this as well, in fact I can't think of any city that doesn't have massive areas primarily consisting of one or two different architectural styles (usually a window into their "Boom Times"). Even the Holy skyline grail of New York can look very monotonous from many vantage points.

Same with any skyline here in Japan from most angles, and South America, and Toronto, and Montreal, etc... in fact the only cities that don't have such "monotony" are usually ones with very few residential towers, such as LA or Houston.

Korean cities are extremely monotonous, as are Chinese cities (but we are always only shown pics of the core CBDs). Vancouver's CBD is also very layered with many different styles.

ssiguy · #**3465** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 5:15 AM**

Vancouver certainly has some very attractive older high rises and due to Vancouver's stunted height they are still quite prominent.

I know what you mean about the monotony of Vancouver skyscrapers but Toronto is nothing to be proud of.

Vancouver, however, will never get any truly iconic or even very high quality buildings due to the restrictions on buildings. Not only is there a height restriction but also, unlike most cities, there is also a footprint restriction. This is why Vancouver has so many incredibly thin towers. Considering the sheer number of buildings in downtown/West End Vancouver, the population is not as great as one would expect.

Still quite heavily populated but the buildings are not very tall and have a very small footprint so the number of units/tenants in each building is far lower than most cities.

Vancouver won't get any form of iconic buildings because when you have to have a limited height on with a very small footprint, it leaves far fewer options for truly bold and innovative high-rise design. This is made even worse by Vancouver having no head offices of any relevant size so all new office buildings tend to be short and bland because they rely on a lot of small rentals and not large companies taking the lion's share of the space.

TallBob · #**3466** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 6:54 AM**

Nice photo of Mao! LOL!

1ajs · #**3467** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 7:15 AM**

Monolith · #**3468** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 7:39 AM**

2x1 panorama of Vancouver from my favourite city vantage point by FreshEyesPhotography, on Flickr

dleung · #**3469** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 10:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

A beautiful setting, but they forgot to build beautiful buildings to match.

We hear that cliche a lot around here, just like "100 metres is now mid-rise", but I can't think of another city that consistently does better modern residential high-rise architecture.

Monolith · #**3470** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 10:43 AM**

Sundown over Vancouver by Ryan D. Russell, on Flickr

scrapin · #**3471** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 6:33 PM**

low quality phone photos by me. lol.

softee · #**3472** Posted **Dec 30, 2014, 11:30 PM**

^ City looks MASSIVE.

SkahHigh · #**3473** Posted **Dec 31, 2014, 12:51 AM**

Montreal sunset by Fred_514, on Flickr

caltrane74 · #**3474** Posted **Dec 31, 2014, 4:42 AM**

You can see that linear skyline north of the Central Business District... not the same depth as the Business District/Downtown Vancouver .

Everything is on just Bay and Yonge.