The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 368

TorontoDrew · #**7341** Posted **Sep 21, 2015, 6:38 PM**

Taken from Tommy Thompson Park
Photo's by Kirina123 s714.photobucket.com/user/kirina1234

Nouvellecosse · #**7342** Posted **Sep 21, 2015, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ One of the most remarkable things about WEM is how little surface parking there is around it even though it's in the suburbs. I've seen neighbourhood malls in the US with more surface area devoted to parking than WEM.

Even when you factor in the parking decks it's still a relatively modest amount. Good for Edmonton for not plopping WEM into a massive 300 hectare site or some such.

I heard it has one of the world's largest parking garages also.

Coldrsx · #**7343** Posted **Sep 21, 2015, 10:53 PM**

Great colour on Toronto.

Coldrsx · #**7344** Posted **Sep 21, 2015, 11:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ One of the most remarkable things about WEM is how little surface parking there is around it even though it's in the suburbs. I've seen neighbourhood malls in the US with more surface area devoted to parking than WEM.

Even when you factor in the parking decks it's still a relatively modest amount. Good for Edmonton for not plopping WEM into a massive 300 hectare site or some such.

^oh its there, but multi-level... 20,000 stalls or something nuts.

softee · #**7345** Posted **Sep 21, 2015, 11:18 PM**

Pics by Marcanadian on Urban Toronto

mistercorporate · #**7346** Posted **Sep 21, 2015, 11:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by thomax

Right downtown around Dundas St & Richmond St is probably the most dense and walkable area in the city.

Thankyou sir!

itom 987 · #**7347** Posted **Sep 22, 2015, 12:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ One of the most remarkable things about WEM is how little surface parking there is around it even though it's in the suburbs. I've seen neighbourhood malls in the US with more surface area devoted to parking than WEM.

Even when you factor in the parking decks it's still a relatively modest amount. Good for Edmonton for not plopping WEM into a massive 300 hectare site or some such.

In some places the parking garage is three stories high. If it were all surface parking it would sprawl quite a bit. The garage is well used and it can be hard to a find parking spot on certain days of the week.

itom 987 · #**7348** Posted **Sep 22, 2015, 12:35 AM**

^^^ The first pic would fool a lot of people if they tried to guess what city it was.

esquire · #**7349** Posted **Sep 22, 2015, 1:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by itom 987

In some places the parking garage is three stories high. If it were all surface parking it would sprawl quite a bit. The garage is well used and it can be hard to a find parking spot on certain days of the week.

Yeah, I like the way it's laid out. All suburban malls have big parking lots, but few pack them in as compactly as WEM does.

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Originally Posted by itom 987

^^^ The first pic would fool a lot of people if they tried to guess what city it was.

With the haze and the endless field of mid/highrises, it could pass for some random Asian megacity. It's an interesting view, that's for sure.