The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 309

O-tacular · #**6161** Posted **May 30, 2015, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

Who owns all that Stampede ground land? Why haven't there been any plans to build something like the East Village there?

And if there has been a proposal, was it decent?

As a Vancouverite, it's hard for me to imagine a tract of land of that size, that close to downtown on a transit line being empty, but it's probably empty for a reason.

Come to think of it, we still have a few of our own, but they all have enormous proposals (hospitals or masterplanned neighbourhoods) slated for them.

They've had plans since about 2006 I think. Problem is the Stampede board is incredibly dysfunctional, you know what they say about committees. Anything the Stampede proposes is inevitably hideous though so I can't say I'm too disappointed. I think after East Village gets developed this is the next big area to be revitalized.

Beedok · #**6162** Posted **May 31, 2015, 12:19 AM**

Edmonton seems set to get seriously transformed, but for now it's a rather awkward balance with all those strip malls downtown.

Martin Mtl · #**6163** Posted **May 31, 2015, 2:55 AM**

Source: J-F Savaria Photographe

spaceprobe · #**6164** Posted **May 31, 2015, 4:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

They've had plans since about 2006 I think. Problem is the Stampede board is incredibly dysfunctional, you know what they say about committees. Anything the Stampede proposes is inevitably hideous though so I can't say I'm too disappointed. I think after East Village gets developed this is the next big area to be revitalized.

Where is the stampede going to go if they decide to develop the stampede grounds?

TownGuy · #**6165** Posted **May 31, 2015, 2:34 PM**

Airplane Skyline 2 by Michael Wiens, on Flickr

Pavlov · #**6166** Posted **May 31, 2015, 5:49 PM**

Wow, great photo. Toronto looks huge.

KnoxfordGuy · #**6167** Posted **May 31, 2015, 8:38 PM**

I think it makes it look smaller! Great pic though!

SkahHigh · #**6168** Posted **May 31, 2015, 10:59 PM**

From the Lachine Canal, by Memphis 22 on mtlurb

caltrane74 · #**6169** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 1:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by KnoxfordGuy

I think it makes it look smaller! Great pic though!

I agree with this, not the best angle of the Toronto skyline. Lots more highrise density could be used in the Yorkville-Rosedale area as well as Yonge-Eglinton and Yonge-St.Clair. From the lake to Yonge-Eglinton if this could be a solid block of skyscrapers (along Yonge?) it would be the longest skyline in North America.

ssiguy · #**6170** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 4:18 AM**

Thanks for those great Edmonton shots!

It's really nice to see all those downtown parking lots disappear.

Monolith · #**6171** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 7:56 AM**

It May As Well Be Summer by Clayton Perry, on Flickr Taken on May 30, 2015

The_Architect · #**6172** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 3:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by KnoxfordGuy

I think it makes it look smaller! Great pic though!

It really plays up the city-within-a-forest look though. Toronto gets criticized for lack of green but it really has a lot more than people think.

Johnny Tsunami · #**6173** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 3:41 PM**

people who post pics without saying where it is are worse than hitler

TorontoDrew · #**6174** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 5:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Tsunami

people who post pics without saying where it is are worse than hitler

Nice first post. And what pictures? The three on this page are pretty self explanatory with or without a caption/

Coldrsx · #**6175** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 5:10 PM**

(http://www.rogersplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/helishoot1.jpg)

(http://www.rogersplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/helishoot2.jpg)

MolsonExport · #**6176** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 5:16 PM**

like that first one.

Coldrsx · #**6177** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 5:17 PM**

Apparently 6 more cranes expected in that picture by end of summer

lio45 · #**6178** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 5:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Tsunami

people who post pics without saying where it is are worse than hitler

In case you're not kidding, FYI the user's location nearly always gives it away. For example if we look at this page only, usually it's the city itself (Coldrsx, SkahHigh) or else it's close, i.e. the picture of a mysterious, unknown metropolis posted by the guy from Cobourg, Ontario is Toronto; the picture of a mysterious, unknown metropolis posted by the guy from Coquitlam, BC is Vancouver.

People here extremely rarely post pics of a city that's not theirs without those pics being accompanied by at least a tiny bit of an explanation (like "here's an awesome aerial of [major Canadian city far away from where I'm from] that I just found online")

rousseau · #**6179** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Tsunami

people who post pics without saying where it is are worse than hitler

That's a bit of a hyperbole, isn't it?

They might be equally as bad as Hitler, or maybe a bit less bad than Hitler, considering what Hitler did to the Jews...but not worse than Hitler. Not many things are worse than Hitler.

Now, if you'd said they were worse than Goebbels, you might have had a point.

#**6180** Posted **Jun 1, 2015, 6:18 PM**

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