The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 433

Hali87 · #**8641** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 8:41 AM**

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South End in foreground, Woodside in background. I can see my house in this one!

Hali87 · #**8642** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 8:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

I obviously don't know all those numbers off by heart. This forum has an extremely extensive database which is a complete highrise record of Canadian cities. I looked at that before responding.

I haven't been confrontational or boosterish on here in like 6 months or more now, at least nowhere remotely close to what I used to be. Wasn't anything to do with admins, I just realized that rude people aren't worth getting worked up over. I'm on here because I love urban development, and I enjoy seeing the development of Canadian cities and showing the people on here the rapid development of Calgary and the other cities I visit. Life is tough enough without being an angry person online.

Now here's some pretty pictures...

http://www.pixup.ca/en/mont-royal-look-up/

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/10/from-cypress-mountain-viewpoint-vancouver-fog/

http://robmosesphotography.com/tag/calgary/page/4/

Wow! Whatever city this is truly has one of the best skylines in Canada

Coldrsx · #**8643** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 2:40 PM**

Those two photos are incredibly uncanny, especially when you know how large of a difference there is in terms of height and number of towers (waits for Chadi to provide statistic again).

mistercorporate · #**8644** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 3:05 PM**

That last Montreal picture shows a good number of single family homes near the business district, but apparently that only happens in Toronto and not Montreal! *facepalm*

Surrealplaces · #**8645** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 3:30 PM**

Calgary Skyline by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

caltrane74 · #**8646** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 3:34 PM**

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That last Montreal picture shows a good number of single family homes near the business district, but apparently that only happens in Toronto and not Montreal! *facepalm*

I don't think that's as big a deal as people make it out to be. Toronto's avenues have some really big towers, and the side-streets while not as tall are pretty active even without towers. The best "downtown" areas of Toronto are those that are pretty strictly 2-storey residential, Kensington Market and the Annex come to mind.

Surrealplaces · #**8647** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 3:38 PM**

I love those angles of the skyline. It looks like Chicago or Manhattan.

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A panorama from one of the balconies on the new Picasso condos in the Entertainment District, stunning views! Images by Marcus Mitanis, displayed in Urban Toronto:

SkahHigh · #**8648** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 4:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by mistercorporate

That last Montreal picture shows a good number of single family homes near the business district, but apparently that only happens in Toronto and not Montreal! *facepalm*

That's Westmount though... Most of these houses are more than a hundred years old. Sort of like The Annex but bigger.

mistercorporate · #**8649** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 4:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

That's Westmount though... Most of these houses are more than a hundred years old. Sort of like The Annex but bigger.

Exactly my point, those houses next to downtown Toronto are multi million dollar homes that are quite old or renovated.

Beedok · #**8650** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

I love those angles of the skyline. It looks like Chicago or Manhattan.

It's kind of like bits of Moscow, Chicago, and Shanghai to me. More of the latter two, but something Moscow going on. (I think it's the pseudo-commie blocks surrounding the vaguely Stalinist Canada Life Building).