The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 245

Boris2k7 · #**4881** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 8:28 PM**

Calgary by Brent Mooers Photography, on Flickr

Calgary Downtown by jonathanrreid, on Flickr

Hali87 · #**4882** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

But the weird thing is my brain is so easy to trick. Like Halifax's new TD reclad... they're keeping a heritage facade (or creating? I don't know if it's original or added) at street level, but the tower is glass. So you have the right street level, with Vancouver's style of beauty of top. That's the perfect balance to me.

Keeping.

SignalHillHiker · #**4883** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 10:55 PM**

Awesome.

Delirium · #**4884** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:20 PM**

Photo by Halai_Mar https://www.flickr.com/photos/68357611@N02/16585330330/sizes/h/

SignalHillHiker · #**4885** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:22 PM**

In that view, which of the clusters in the background is Metrotown?

Delirium · #**4886** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:35 PM**

the one higher up on the hill. the cluster below to the left is brentwood.
wish that picture was more clear!

SignalHillHiker · #**4887** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:35 PM**

Awesome.

What's the chunk to the right of the core?

And, for that matter, the part that's to the right but behind the hill, just a couple of buildings poking up over the hillside?

LeftCoaster · #**4888** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:46 PM**

This should help. The bit just to the right of Broadway poking up over the hill, is a few developments clustered around Marine Drive station.

Edit* Here's an update of the couple developments from a month or two ago:

They are kind of isolated right now but should be joined by a few more towers over the next few years.

SignalHillHiker · #**4889** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:48 PM**

Awesome, thank you.

It's kind of insane that VAN has so many pockets of skylines at its population. That's impressive. It's something that I picture in mind for cities with tens of millions more.

Calgarian · #**4890** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:51 PM**

Great shot! looks a little smoggy though...

LeftCoaster · #**4891** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:51 PM**

Ya it makes the city feel bigger than it is, that's for sure, especially given the height some of them are now building at.

Calgarian · #**4892** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Awesome, thank you.

It's kind of insane that VAN has so many pockets of skylines at its population. That's impressive. It's something that I picture in mind for cities with tens of millions more.

I think it's kind of the norm, maybe not quite on the scale of Vancouver though. Seattle is a good example...

SignalHillHiker · #**4893** Posted **Mar 10, 2015, 11:57 PM**

I don't know. At this end of the world, Halifax (with Dartmouth across the way) and NYC are the only cities that come to mind as having completely distinct skylines in that way.

It's a little depressing. We MIGHT give North Van a run for its money based on this angle but every other cluster, even Broadway, beats our skyline.

When I worked for Ceridian, their office was in a "business park" in Markham. With a more impressive skyline than here. Broke my heart. It felt like a highschool next to a sports field. But technically, and in pictures, it would beat our whole urban core.

Calgarian · #**4894** Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 12:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I don't know. At this end of the world, Halifax (with Dartmouth across the way) and NYC are the only cities that come to mind as having completely distinct skylines in that way.

It's a little depressing. We MIGHT give North Van a run for its money based on this angle but every other cluster, even Broadway, beats our skyline.

When I worked for Ceridian, their office was in a "business park" in Markham. With a more impressive skyline than here. Broke my heart. It felt like a highschool next to a sports field. But technically, and in pictures, it would beat our whole urban core.

Greater Toronto?

GlassCity · #**4895** Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 12:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I don't know. At this end of the world, Halifax (with Dartmouth across the way) and NYC are the only cities that come to mind as having completely distinct skylines in that way.

It's a little depressing. We MIGHT give North Van a run for its money based on this angle but every other cluster, even Broadway, beats our skyline.

When I worked for Ceridian, their office was in a "business park" in Markham. With a more impressive skyline than here. Broke my heart. It felt like a highschool next to a sports field. But technically, and in pictures, it would beat our whole urban core.

I'm just gonna pretend you asked to see a better angle of North Vancouver

http://pinnaclepierhotel.com/exploring_our_neighbourhood.html

Calgarian · #**4896** Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 12:11 AM**

The city in the GVR that surprised me most was New Westminster, great density and height for such a small little city.

someone123 · #**4897** Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 12:15 AM**

I wonder if there are fewer highrise buildings in Newfoundland simply because the local infrastructure to build them is more limited and bringing in equipment is more expensive. It seems like once cities get a handful of a certain building type it becomes common to see a lot more. Vancouver is getting that way with 50+ storey residential towers.

Dartmouth might soon have taller buildings than Halifax. The tallest building proposed at King's Wharf is 42 floors. Tall towers are more likely to be approved there because the land is a small peninsula, away from other housing, and there aren't a lot of historic buildings or viewplanes nearby. Just about every piece of land in Halifax is covered by one kind of restriction or another; it's hard to build anything over 80-90 m there.

SignalHillHiker · #**4898** Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 12:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by GlassCity

I'm just gonna pretend you asked to see a better angle of North Vancouver

http://pinnaclepierhotel.com/exploring_our_neighbourhood.html

Yeah, that beats us. Not only in number but also quality and beauty. So we don't beat any of Vancouver's clusters.

SignalHillHiker · #**4899** Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 12:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Greater Toronto?

Oh, definitely. North York, etc. Sorry, I was excluding them. Just doing the north of East Coast. And, since this is SSP, I need to state that DOES NOT include TO to me.

GlassCity · #**4900** Posted **Mar 11, 2015, 12:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

The city in the GVR that surprised me most was New Westminster, great density and height for such a small little city.

Well it used to be the capital of BC, and I believe was actually bigger than Vancouver until the railway was extended to Vancouver instead of New Westminster, so it has much more of a big city streetscape than one would normally expect from a suburb of 65,000. Downtown New Westminster, while small, probably has the more traditional "urbanity" that the easterners are bringing up:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/waferboard/5332610733/

http://www.thesalientgroup.com/news/category/new-westminster/page/4/

Of course, modern developments are unmistakly Vancouver-style:

http://ellenatkin.photoshelter.com/image/I00004bzzt428wB8