The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[Chadillaccc]

I thought this was a cool shot, grabbed it while out on Saturday... it's one of very few (possibly the only) views of the skyline that display some of our heritage buildings with the skyline.


Calgary Skyline Epic by Chadillaccc, on Flickr



and the classic Saddledome view...


Calgary Classic by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[Brizzy82]

Portage Ave, Winnipeg (502114) by Bob Linsdell, on Flickr


Portage Ave, Winnipeg (502115) by Bob Linsdell, on Flickr

and a couple dirty window Winnipeg shots on a cold morning by Garry9600 on Flickr


"Prairie 360" in Silhouette by Garry9600, on Flickr


Sunday Morning Flare by Garry9600, on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

Very nice. Always love seeing the Paris Building in the Peg!





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[le calmar]

I suppose your comment was not serious, but the old buildings in the Peg are clearly of North American influence architecture wise. The building on the pics could be in Chicago or New York. But Paris? No city in Canada has the haussmanian style, not even Montreal or Quebec City.

I cringe every time I hear people refering to Montreal as the North American Paris. St. Jacques street in Montreal has a Wall Street feel. Old Montreal and Old Quebec are more like Liverpool architecture wise, save for a few buildings built under the French regime that are more reminiscent of small towns in Normandy or Britain (the French Britain) Old Quebec has some "Canadian" or "New France" architecture too.

Edit: My bad, I looked it up and the Paris Building is an actual building in Winnipeg. Anyway I will still leave my comment as it is

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by le calmar

I suppose your comment was not serious, but the old buildings in the Peg are clearly of North American influence architecture wise. The building on the pics could be in Chicago or New York. But Paris? No city in Canada has the haussmanian style, not even Montreal or Quebec City.

I cringe every time I hear people refering to Montreal as the North American Paris. St. Jacques street in Montreal has a Wall Street feel. Old Montreal and Old Quebec are more like Liverpool architecture wise, save for a few buildings built under the French regime that are more reminiscent of small towns in Normandy or Britain (the French Britain) Old Quebec has some "Canadian" or "New France" architecture too.

Edit: My bad, I looked it up and the Paris Building is an actual building in Winnipeg. Anyway I will still leave my comment as it is

WOW! happy I was able to quote that before you delete it.. talk about a knee-jerk reactionary comment..

anywho, always appreciate your Winnipeg finds, Brizzy82

[le calmar]

I didn't intend to delete it. I fail to see how it was a knee-jerk comment? Wow.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

and the classic Saddledome view...


Calgary Classic by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Nice shot. The guardian is making quite the impact on the Calgary skyline from this angle.

[kool maudit]

Originally Posted by le calmar

I didn't intend to delete it. I fail to see how it was a knee-jerk comment? Wow.

forgetting the winnipeg building for a second and getting onto a tangent, i agree about the "frenchness" of montreal.

i was in paris yesterday and looking at notre-dame... it really struck me just how radically different a structure montreal's basilica is. it's funny, because i have even heard people say things like its a scaled-down version (probably a skewing of how mary queen of the world really is a scaled-down st-peters) of paris' famous church when side by side, they are hugely different.

montreal's church looks like something from a parallel universe catholic scotland.

[le calmar]

And surprisingly enough, Montreal's Notre-Dame is often compared to its Paris counterpart while in fact they have close to nothing in common. Cathedrals in New York City or Boston reminds me more of Montreal's Notre-Dame than Paris. The frenchness of Montreal architecture wise may be an arbritrary association based solely on language.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by le calmar

I suppose your comment was not serious, but the old buildings in the Peg are clearly of North American influence architecture wise. The building on the pics could be in Chicago or New York. But Paris? No city in Canada has the haussmanian style, not even Montreal or Quebec City.

I cringe every time I hear people refering to Montreal as the North American Paris. St. Jacques street in Montreal has a Wall Street feel. Old Montreal and Old Quebec are more like Liverpool architecture wise, save for a few buildings built under the French regime that are more reminiscent of small towns in Normandy or Britain (the French Britain) Old Quebec has some "Canadian" or "New France" architecture too.

Edit: My bad, I looked it up and the Paris Building is an actual building in Winnipeg. Anyway I will still leave my comment as it is

Yes my comment was serious, it's a beautiful building and one of my favorites in the West.

[le calmar]

^ It totally is. Maybe I didn't express myself clearly and perhaps that explains the other reaction before: I thought at first that you were comparing this building to Haussmannian buildings in Paris and I thought they had nothing in common, but I didn't know it was called the Paris Building then. Winnipeg a the nicest architecture in the West IMO.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Brizzy82

Portage Ave, Winnipeg (502114) by Bob Linsdell, on Flickr


Portage Ave, Winnipeg (502115) by Bob Linsdell, on Flickr

Dayum! I love the Peg's Chicago-esque turn of the century towers.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by vanman

Nice shot. The guardian is making quite the impact on the Calgary skyline from this angle.

Yeah no kidding! It'll completely block the Bow from this angle.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by le calmar

And surprisingly enough, Montreal's Notre-Dame is often compared to its Paris counterpart while in fact they have close to nothing in common. Cathedrals in New York City or Boston reminds me more of Montreal's Notre-Dame than Paris. The frenchness of Montreal architecture wise may be an arbritrary association based solely on language.

I agree to a point but I think the greater takeaway of all this is that there is the "Americanity" view vs. the "Europeanity view that are odds with anything respecting Montreal and even Quebec in general. The best advice is to not go too far all the way with either one.

That said, I don't see much similarity between Notre-Dame-de-Montréal and St. John the Divine in NYC, and N-D looks more like Notre-Dame-de-Paris than probably any other church on this continent. This is not the same thing as it being identical to it BTW. But sometimes we get too bogged down in details.

Sure, the business sector of Old Montreal (around Notre-Dame in fact) is fairly Scottish in look.

Further down though around Rue St-Paul etc. the streets look more French to me. Not Hausmannian French, mind you. But still French.

But sure, Montreal isn't really a city with a huge amount of French architecture, it's more a huge mish-mash of styles.

Interesting how other francophone cities like Brussels don't really have much French architecture either. This is true of Lille as well, which is actually in France. Both of these cities look more Dutch, or at least Flemish.

Then again, Geneva kind of has a spit-and-polish pseudo-Haussmannian side to it.

It could be the most French-looking city outside of France.

Except for Buenos Aires...

[Martin Mtl]

Notre-Dame basilica in Montreal was not inspired by Notre-Dame de Paris, but rather loosely inspired by the Westminster Abbey, on a much smaller scale and without as much fioritures, obviously. The interior is unique though, much more sumptuous and less austere than other neogothic churches.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Notre-Dame basilica in Montreal was not inspired by Notre-Dame de Paris, but rather loosely inspired by the Westminster Abbey, on a much smaller scale and without as much fioritures, obviously. The interior is unique though, much more sumptuous and less austere than other neogothic churches.

I love the painted vaults and all the gold leaf scrollwork. That aspect seems pretty unique compared to Gothic Cathedrals and the like I've seen in Europe. The way it's lit up is very impressive.

[Monolith]

Winnipeg has some real treasures!

[Monolith]

DSC_0549.jpg by Ingrid.la, on Flickr Taken on January 6, 2015


DSC_0559.jpg by Ingrid.la, on Flickr Taken on January 6, 2015


DSC_0561.jpg by Ingrid.la, on Flickr Taken on January 6, 2015

[O-tacular]

Damn you Vancouver! Always stealing the Show! Can't wait til your Bjarke Ingels tower gets built. Should make for some awesome shots.

[softee]

Iconic Toronto by ScubaJo, on Flickr