The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 273

Harrij · #**5441** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 2:03 AM**

Dawson Cameo by harrjames, on Flickr

SkahHigh · #**5442** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 2:09 AM**

^very nice. Love the blue bridge.

Harrij · #**5443** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 2:55 AM**

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^very nice. Love the blue bridge.

Thanks!

rousseau · #**5444** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 3:15 AM**

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Yeah you can't really say that Toronto "never had Grand Visions"... They were just screwed by the depression.

Looking at the plans for Vimy Circle, Cambrai Avenue, Toronto Street and Victoria Square show that it had vision, it just never went through.

By having grand visions, I mean actually following through with them. Nobody cares about people who talk a big game without doing anything about it. Though Toronto really only entertained the notion of doing something grand the once, and that got scuttled. Which says it all. It's never been a "grand" city, and there's a good argument to be made that that hasn't changed, even today.

And when it comes down to it, it doesn't bother me that much. Toronto wouldn't really be Toronto if it looked anything at all like Chicago.

American cities built a ton of incredible projects during the 1930s in spite of the depression. Though the "city beautiful" movement was more a turn-of-the-century thing, anyway.

SkahHigh · #**5445** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 3:19 AM**

Montreal Cityscape by hm.pix, on Flickr

Le centre-ville depuis Dickson - Montréal by -AX-, on Flickr

MolsonExport · #**5446** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 3:33 AM**

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Toronto by Jonas Wide, on Flickr

That's how it is done.

Rico Rommheim · #**5447** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 3:38 AM**

Le centre-ville depuis Dickson - Montréal by -AX-, on Flickr[/QUOTE]

No offense to the photographer (who is very talented), but that's a disgusting view of the city. The east-end is so ugly.

Chadillaccc · #**5448** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 3:47 AM**

http://www.avenuecalgary.com/August-2012/Get-Outside-How-to-Go-Rafting-on-the-Bow-and-Elbow-Rivers/

SkahHigh · #**5449** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 4:05 AM**

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Le centre-ville depuis Dickson - Montréal by -AX-, on Flickr

No offense to the photographer (who is very talented), but that's a disgusting view of the city. The east-end is so ugly.

I agree, but it's rare we see Downtown from street level in the East so I thought this was an interesting angle.

WhipperSnapper · #**5450** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 4:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

By having grand visions, I mean actually following through with them. Nobody cares about people who talk a big game without doing anything about it. Though Toronto really only entertained the notion of doing something grand the once, and that got scuttled. Which says it all. It's never been a "grand" city, and there's a good argument to be made that that hasn't changed, even today.

And when it comes down to it, it doesn't bother me that much. Toronto wouldn't really be Toronto if it looked anything at all like Chicago.

American cities built a ton of incredible projects during the 1930s in spite of the depression. Though the "city beautiful" movement was more a turn-of-the-century thing, anyway.

Toronto today is mostly concerned with managing is growth as it has for most of its existence in the past but, to imply that it hasn't found the time for grand jestures leaves me flabbergasted. Some are right there for all to see. It's not a pre war city either. Those grand visions would resemble something still relevant today.

middeljohn · #**5451** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 4:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Toronto by Jonas Wide, on Flickr

Holy moly! Best shot I've seen in a long time!

Prometheus · #**5452** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 6:28 AM**

Photo by Murray Foubister: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mfoubister/16831068339/in/photostream/lightbox/

MolsonExport · #**5453** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 12:41 PM**

^epic. Just epic.

Snowline looks much higher than usual. Looks like late July.

giallo · #**5454** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 1:20 PM**

^Winter completely skipped the South Coast this year. Besides one night of snow, it's been spring-like since December.

O-tacular · #**5455** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 1:25 PM**

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^Winter completely skipped the South Coast this year. Besides one night of snow, it's been spring-like since December.

Alberta had a similarly mild winter. I can only think of maybe a couple week stretch in January where it actually felt like winter. There's been no snow on the ground for months now. This in spite of our early winter welcome back in September that knocked down so many trees and power lines in Calgary. It's been a stark contrast to last year where winter was more like what they are experiencing out east. Very strange 2 years in a row now with opposite extremes, both being the respective best and worst winters I can remember.

Chadillaccc · #**5456** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 1:28 PM**

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/-/galle...suncor-petro-canada-refinery-edmonton-ab

1overcosc · #**5457** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 2:11 PM**

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Alberta had a similarly mild winter. I can only think of maybe a couple week stretch in January where it actually felt like winter. There's been no snow on the ground for months now. This in spite of our early winter welcome back in September that knocked down so many trees and power lines in Calgary. It's been a stark contrast to last year where winter was more like what they are experiencing out east. Very strange 2 years in a row now with opposite extremes, both being the respective best and worst winters I can remember.

We sort of had that in the Great Lakes, but they were 2 years apart. Best in 2011-12, worst in 2013-14.

The_Architect · #**5458** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 2:14 PM**

Shots like that aerial one looking east reinforce my confusion why people think Toronto doesn't have a nice natural setting... No it doesn't have mountains but it's a waterfront city with tons of ravines and valleys, not to mention serene places like the Islands.

ozonemania · #**5459** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 3:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

^epic. Just epic.

Snowline looks much higher than usual. Looks like late July.

Yeah, but this is a winter shot, was taken last month!

Beedok · #**5460** Posted **Apr 15, 2015, 3:49 PM**

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Shots like that aerial one looking east reinforce my confusion why people think Toronto doesn't have a nice natural setting... No it doesn't have mountains but it's a waterfront city with tons of ravines and valleys, not to mention serene places like the Islands.

Like Ottawa it's really flat. There are some ravines, but not many of them are all that accessible by foot or visible in most skyline pics. There's some reasonably nice stuff, but nothing dramatic. It's almost a Prairie City.