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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper
And that's my point. Calgary from this angle can be perceived as small to someone more accustomed to the big 3 with their multiple clusters of midrises and highrises outside of the core skyline
Keep in mind Montreal has more 6 to 10 storey buildings outside of its core than probably anyone.
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/maps/?cityID=3
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/maps/?cityID=22
It's not meant as a slight against a city much smaller than the big 3. It's just how the photo can be interpreted. |
It's not really a "big 3" thing, it's a consequence of planning, geography, and the ways that cities grow. I've been to Calgary a couple of times and I also noticed that its highrise buildings are heavily concentrated downtown. A lot of large (Toronto-sized and up) American cities are like this as well. It is not the case that cities around a million people look like Calgary but then they all change and begin to look like Toronto or Montreal when some threshold is reached.
As another point of comparison, Halifax is smaller than Calgary but has a higher proportion of highrises outside of the downtown area:
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/maps/?cityID=66&lat=44.6478713706&lng=-63.6096608787&z=13
At the extreme end some cities barely even have a distinct downtown. They just have a large area of roughly the same density, sometimes with highrises sprinkled in.
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