The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 387

mistercorporate · #**7721** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 5:37 PM**

One Bloor by Marcanadian on Flickr

Untitled by Irfan Rahim on Flickr

Toronto by Kevin Cabral on Flickr

Light Tower by Ismael Atiev on Flickr

Chadillaccc · #**7722** Posted **Oct 17, 2015, 8:06 PM**

Calgary +25C evening by John Andersen (JPAndersen images), on Flickr

Calgary From Union Cemetery by John Andersen (JPAndersen images), on Flickr

Calgary Sunset July 12 by John Andersen (JPAndersen images), on Flickr

Beedok · #**7723** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 12:13 AM**

I don't think I actually posted this one.

rousseau · #**7724** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 4:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by matt602

Hunter Street bike lanes disappearing at Catharine. I cry every time

Funny you mention that. We were just in Hamilton last week, and I found myself feeling quite impressed by the evidence of the "road diet" initiatives that some people in city hall have clearly pushing been for and getting approved. By comparison with how things were for all time up until maybe ten years ago, there really is a sense now that non-motorized vehicles aren't being catered to exclusively anymore.

Lots of streets are starting to feel less like highways and more like integral parts of the real estate of the neighbourhood. We drove the length of James from the mountain down to Pier 8 (and we were really impressed by that--Hamilton's waterfront is turning into a pleasurable place to be), and then back up Bay to my old high school at Cannon ("the Jail"), and for much of the trip the it felt like pedestrians and cyclists were being accommodated in a way they never were before.

Granted, it's frustrating when bike lines suddenly stop, but on the whole the situation appears quite "glass-half-full" to me.

SkahHigh · #**7725** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 5:37 AM**

Montréal (1) by Elaine Martin, sur Flickr

Trans Canada · #**7726** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 6:02 AM**

Edmonton Pano by renfrew_fullhouse, on Flickr

Trans Canada · #**7727** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 2:45 PM**

20150227. In an aerial photo of Toronto, The CN Tower stand sentinel over the downtown west.
Vik Pahwa, vikpahwa.com
(click for full size)

Nouvellecosse · #**7728** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 4:21 PM**

^ Torontreal Quebanada!

Monolith · #**7729** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 6:21 PM**

Downtown Vancouver by Mark Newman, on Flickr Taken on October 15, 2015

Monolith · #**7730** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 6:24 PM**

Vancity by the Sea ~ Vancouver, BC by SeaSide Signs ~ Vancouver, BC, on Flickr Taken on October 14, 2015

Surrealplaces · #**7731** Posted **Oct 18, 2015, 8:55 PM**

Centre Island - Toronto by Renato Cuenca, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**7732** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 12:33 PM**

DSC_0488 by Laurent PELETON on flickr

Glowing Warship by Marc Benoit on flickr

Montreal by Simon Massicotte on flickr

flipv · #**7733** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 12:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

^ Torontreal Quebanada!

Ya, that's the first thought I got.. Looks like pictures of the Plateau.

Makes sense though.. The reasons why Toronto looks 'undense' in the vast western swath of apartments in converted Victorians are the trees. There is a setback from the houses that usually has a mature tree of sorts. This pokes above the houses and makes it look like a very quaint SFH residential area.

In reality, the majority of those Victorian semis are converted to 3+ floors of apartments. Similar to Montreal.

niwell · #**7734** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 1:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by flipv

In reality, the majority of those Victorian semis are converted to 3+ floors of apartments. Similar to Montreal.

Most of them actually always had apartments. The main difference was they didn't have the physical separations between units as they do now. But it was the norm for homeowners to have "lodgers" in their secondary units, and most of the houses were built with 2 or more kitchens originally.

Wooster · #**7735** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 3:03 PM**

I quite like Ice towers in Toronto. Adds a futuristic looking peak to the waterfront skyline.

csbvan · #**7736** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 3:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Monolith

Downtown Vancouver by Mark Newman, on Flickr Taken on October 15, 2015

Interesting perspective! Not often you see Trump with no Shangri-la in the picture.

TorontoDrew · #**7737** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 4:47 PM**

For a brief moment I thought that was the Toronto inner harbour with a Cormorant Flock.

Prometheus · #**7738** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 5:03 PM**

Wasp Nest in front of Dominion Building by Miguel Garcia, on Flickr

North Vancouver Randoms by David Rose, on Flickr

RBC Tower by Miguel Garcia, on Flickr

Sinclair Centre by Miguel Garcia, on Flickr

Harbour Centre Lookout by jenn chan, on Flickr

Calgarian · #**7739** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 9:06 PM**

Love that office building!

Rico Rommheim · #**7740** Posted **Oct 19, 2015, 9:21 PM**

Of all the Canadian downtowns, Vancouver's was my favourite to wander through. It has a consistency that Toronto lacks and a surprising architectural grandeur that I just don't see in Montreal. I was last there in 2012, seems like things have gotten even better.

Really, for a city that was barely even a town at the beginning of the last century, its got solid old bones. Its classic pre-war skyscrapers were even taller and nicer than Montreal's until the late 1920's. And even then, Downtown Montreal never had any Hotel Vancouver (I or II). The Marine Building (and now, his shinny new companion), at the centre of the Hastings terminated vista is just epic.