The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 340

OTSkyline · #**6781** Posted **Jul 30, 2015, 8:30 PM**

Great Toronto shots posted above!

And yes, I love the lighting feature on Aura, takes it to a whole other level!

Monolith · #**6782** Posted **Jul 30, 2015, 9:11 PM**

2-7197 by Juan Sanchez, on Flickr Taken on July 21, 2015

Clouds rollin in by Jason Do Carmo, on Flickr Uploaded on July 28, 2015

Vancouver day 3-4 by federicopivetta, on Flickr Taken on July 2, 2015

csbvan · #**6783** Posted **Jul 30, 2015, 9:31 PM**

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2-7197 by Juan Sanchez, on Flickr Taken on July 21, 2015

I really like that one. The seabus in the foreground makes it.

Boris2k7 · #**6784** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 5:31 AM**

New shot from our favourite overlooking-downtown-on-memorial-drive-would-really-like-it-to-be-better-developed-contaminated-site.

Thanks to SSP user Ferreth.

Farming on the Calgary Skyline i1650 by ferreth, on Flickr

logan5 · #**6785** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 5:57 AM**

Superb shot. The Skyline is really going to start to fill out nicely in the next few years with 500+ foot towers going up around the periphery of the dt peninsula.

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Clouds rollin in by Jason Do Carmo, on Flickr Uploaded on July 28, 2015 on Flickr Taken on July 2, 2015

O-tacular · #**6786** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 2:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris2k7

New shot from our favourite overlooking-downtown-on-memorial-drive-would-really-like-it-to-be-better-developed-contaminated-site.

Thanks to SSP user Ferreth.

Farming on the Calgary Skyline i1650 by ferreth, on Flickr

Or in suburbia's case 'new Flames arena land'...

TorontoDrew · #**6787** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 2:30 PM**

Posted on : adrianholmesphotography.ca

Delirium · #**6788** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 2:53 PM**

^ great shot!

Photo by Marcel Lech https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcel-lech-photography/19908122231/sizes/l

Calgarian · #**6789** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 4:06 PM**

Now that's cool!

TorontoDrew · #**6790** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 4:08 PM**

Looks like a video game, I like it.

Prometheus · #**6791** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 6:12 PM**

Untitled by Jason Do Carmo, on Flickr

Vancouver Blue Hour by Jason Do Carmo, on Flickr

Blue Hour Rush by Jason Do Carmo, on Flickr

Untitled by Jason Do Carmo, on Flickr

CanadianCentaur · #**6792** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 7:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boris2k7

New shot from our favourite overlooking-downtown-on-memorial-drive-would-really-like-it-to-be-better-developed-contaminated-site.

Thanks to SSP user Ferreth.

Farming on the Calgary Skyline i1650 by ferreth, on Flickr

What on earth is this farm doing right in the middle of Calgary? I know this isn't some telephoto lens-zoomed shot from just outside of Calgary's built-up area - it's actually just a few km east of the downtown core just NW of the intersection of Memorial Drive and Barlowe Trail NE. Is it some kind of experimental farm? Like the U of A Experimental Farm in Edmonton, only nowhere as big?

O-tacular · #**6793** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 7:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by CanadianCentaur

What on earth is this farm doing right in the middle of Calgary? I know this isn't some telephoto lens-zoomed shot from just outside of Calgary's built-up area - it's actually just a few km east of the downtown core just NW of the intersection of Memorial Drive and Barlowe Trail NE. Is it some kind of experimental farm? Like the U of A Experimental Farm in Edmonton, only nowhere as big?

No, Firepark is contaminated former industrial land. Across the street on Barlow there's actually some sizeable suburban offices. I think this shot was taken from the Golder Associates building.

Boris2k7 · #**6794** Posted **Jul 31, 2015, 8:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by CanadianCentaur

What on earth is this farm doing right in the middle of Calgary? I know this isn't some telephoto lens-zoomed shot from just outside of Calgary's built-up area - it's actually just a few km east of the downtown core just NW of the intersection of Memorial Drive and Barlowe Trail NE. Is it some kind of experimental farm? Like the U of A Experimental Farm in Edmonton, only nowhere as big?

As O-tacular said above, this is a contaminated industrial site. It was once a Firestone Tire Factory, which closed in 1978. The site changed hands a few times after that, but it's been vacant for a while. The tower on the site used to be a cooling tower for the plant and is now a relic of the past.