The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[craner]

Trump Van looks to have topped out - is that the case?
I like how it's "turning" out (pardon the pun).

[Chadillaccc]

Flame on the tower means a Gold medal was won by John Andersen (JPAndersen images), on Flickr

Calgary 2013 first snowy Skyline by John Andersen (JPAndersen images), on Flickr

[ssiguy]

I LOVE the Montreal skyline..........it has a great variety of style and colour that many cities lack. Montreal's skyline, like the city itself, has depth and character.

Forget the trolls and keep those great Montreal skyline pics coming!

[TallBob]

EAP really turned out great!

[vanatox]

Originally Posted by 1overcosc

IMO (emphasis on the M), Montreal's skyline is dated and boring with all the concrete 1960s and 1970s blehness.

With the current construction boom, the skyline of Montreal is undergoing a much needed makeover. I think people are not realizing this yet since most new towers have not taken there spot in the sky. In 3-4 years, Montreal will have a very different skyline. Of course you don't judge a skyline on how it will looks in the future... Imo, the skyline of MTL is very nice now and will be a lot nicer very soon.

[SkahHigh]

From May 3rd


by Joel Lemay

[thorncliffer]

Originally Posted by scrapin

Lets drop the act, lets put Montreal in the winnipeg, hamilton, and edmonton category already. Montreal is the best second rate skyline in the country for sure though.

I easily place Montreal in front of Calgary in the skyline department. Not for it's height, but for it's architecture, variety and depth. Anyway, I'm pretty sure you're the only one hating on Montreal's skyline here amongst people who actually know what they're talking about (which clearly you don't).

Cheers to that Montreal aerial, it truly makes scrapin's opinion dated and boring

[esquire]

Originally Posted by thorncliffer

I easily place Montreal in front of Calgary in the skyline department. Not for it's height, but for it's architecture, variety and depth. Anyway, I'm pretty sure you're the only one hating on Montreal's skyline here amongst people who actually know what they're talking about (which clearly you don't).

Cheers to that Montreal aerial, it truly makes scrapin's opinion dated and boring

It's a matter of taste I'd say. If you like sheer urban mass and texture, Montreal is top notch. But if you are mostly interested in late-model highrise towers, then you might like Calgary. It's a bit like comparing NYC and Dubai... the latter might have some showstopper individual towers, but NYC is just a forest of highrises that Dubai would be lucky to ever match.

[caltrane74]

Montreal's skyline is dated, but I don't think there is anything wrong with that. It has a classic skyline and like many here note it has awesome bones which can be built around. As for Calgary, it has the most modern skyline in Canada, even moreso than Toronto which has tonnes of 1970's slab towers. I think Toronto and Montreal actually have pretty dated skylines when compared to Calgary and Vancouver, but it's just a consequence of when their major development took place as opposed to the western cities.

[1overcosc]

Originally Posted by vanatox

With the current construction boom, the skyline of Montreal is undergoing a much needed makeover. I think people are not realizing this yet since most new towers have not taken there spot in the sky. In 3-4 years, Montreal will have a very different skyline. Of course you don't judge a skyline on how it will looks in the future... Imo, the skyline of MTL is very nice now and will be a lot nicer very soon.

Now that I like. Since about 2005 or so it really does seem like Montreal is finally breaking out of its "stuck-in-the-70s" syndrome on the ground... glad to hear it's spreading to the skyline too. The new metro trains will also make a big difference.

[1overcosc]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Montreal's skyline is dated, but I don't think there is anything wrong with that. It has a classic skyline and like many here note it has awesome bones which can be built around. As for Calgary, it has the most modern skyline in Canada, even moreso than Toronto which has tonnes of 1970's slab towers. I think Toronto and Montreal actually have pretty dated skylines when compared to Calgary and Vancouver, but it's just a consequence of when their major development took place as opposed to the western cities.

Toronto has plenty of 1960s/1970s era towers but it's all been overwhelmed and drowned out by the massive post-2000 construction boom. (In the CBD at least, Toronto retains many mid-century era suburban skylines).

[The_Architect]

Originally Posted by SkahHigh

Apart maybe from Scotia Plaza, there is not one major TO skyscraper which beats the CIBC Tower or PVM, IMO.

Okay this is just hilarious. CIBC tower is okay but would just be another office tower among the many in Toronto's CBD. PVM is ugly as sin.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

Okay this is just hilarious. CIBC tower is okay but would just be another office tower among the many in Toronto's CBD. PVM is ugly as sin.

You have got to be kidding. CIBC would be a standout in any city's skyline, full stop. PVM is classic midcentury modern.

[caltrane74]

TD Centre, Royal Bank Plaza and FCP while older towers are also nice. So I don't think its that easy to play favorites here, just accept that Toronto and Montreal have lots of 1960's/70's classic skyscraper towers.

Note: they also really date those Skylines.

[Echoes]

CIBC Tower is exquisite. I've never particularly warmed up to PVM.

[SkahHigh]

CIBC is severely underrated, my favorite tower in Montreal hands down. For PVM, it's a matter of opinion... Hard to deny it's iconic status though.

[HomeInMyShoes]

I just ran some random stats through my skyline rater. Of the following cities, picked scientifically by my own choice, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, the worst skyline goes to:

Hamilton

It's not even close. Lack of height, lack of variance in heights, lack of anything architecturally interesting. Even with Ottawa's lack of height variance, having Place Export Canada, the Lithwick Building, and Parliament Centre Block save it from Hamilton's fate.

[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by vanatox

With the current construction boom, the skyline of Montreal is undergoing a much needed makeover. I think people are not realizing this yet since most new towers have not taken there spot in the sky. In 3-4 years, Montreal will have a very different skyline. Of course you don't judge a skyline on how it will looks in the future... Imo, the skyline of MTL is very nice now and will be a lot nicer very soon.

Looking forward to this! Montreal has a great skyline, it just looks stuck in the 1990's. Montreal has better bones than any other city by far, it just needs to add some muscle to go along with it.

[HomeInMyShoes]

^5 buildings in their top-twenty-five height wise are currently under construction and a couple more proposed in Montreal. While nothing in the tallest, L'Avenue and Tour Avenue des Canadiens are both 170m+. Should be fun to see a bit of filling in over the next while.

It's going to be fun seeing Edmonton get brawnier and have a crazy height pinnacle with Stantec, Delta, and the COE building all pushing the skyline to the North.

[SHOFEAR]

Whish I had a picture, but the Ottawa skyline while landing at the airport Monday evening with that blood moon was simply gorgeous.