The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 443

MolsonExport · #**8841** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 8:36 PM**

relax, it was just a (silly) joke.

on the other hand, I never cared much for the Hollywood sign. Seen it from afar and up close. Of course it is iconic.

Franco401 · #**8842** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 8:43 PM**

I say keep a sign like that in Nathan Phillips Square. I absolutely love it and if it becomes as silly and cliched over time as some think it will, it can be taken down.

mistercorporate · #**8843** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 9:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by OTSkyline

^ I love it... It's all about branding. About time Toronto markets itself more into a destination

Exactly. I love it, colourful and dynamic, we need more of these throughout the city...swagger swagger..

coolcanadian · #**8844** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 11:49 PM**

The sign is going to be staying permanently in the square! It has already been transformed for Nuit Blanche, Blue Jays, and for other events/causes. It has become very popular with tourists and locals, you'll always see people interacting with it and taking selfies. Also has an awesome reflection on the water/ice!

There is also talk to create a "The 6" sign and some others around the city. I think its a good thing.

caltrane74 · #**8845** Posted **Dec 11, 2015, 12:13 AM**

The 6ix?

Chadillaccc · #**8846** Posted **Dec 11, 2015, 2:02 AM**

Much wider view of a previously posted shot. Now includes the East Village and Kensington...

http://www.codyjames.ca/calgary-photography-pictures-of-calgary/

ssiguy · #**8847** Posted **Dec 11, 2015, 6:10 AM**

I hope they keep the Toronto sign at NPS.

ssiguy · #**8848** Posted **Dec 11, 2015, 6:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by csbvan

People usually go to City Halls for their cultural fix?

Just the fact that you don't even realize that most City Hall's are not just office buildings but also centres of cultural vitality, political rallies, intellectual centres, arts and festivals and other things that attract the citizens. They are public buildings and should be built and designed with public interaction in mind.

Vancouver's City Hall is a great piece of architecture and one of my favorites in the city but unfortunately is about as sterile, unfriendly, and alienating as a suburban office building. It has no social attachment to the city at all and if the city was to move to new digs, no one in Vancouver would even notice.

Laceoflight · #**8849** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 12:16 AM**

Le Bateau by Philippe Waterloos, on 500px

SkahHigh · #**8850** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 12:27 AM**

^great shot.

Complexe by Keven Lavoie, sur Flickr

Rico Rommheim · #**8851** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 12:42 AM**

^Great view from the complex Desjardins. But man, is the SNC-Lavalin building ugly! Same goes for the former Air Canada building across the street. But wait, the Altitude is pretty — too. RIP architects building.

G.S MTL · #**8852** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 12:48 AM**

downtown Montreal is so large

G.S MTL · #**8853** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 12:59 AM**

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kproduxions/

Rico Rommheim · #**8854** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 2:47 AM**

^Some great shots there. Rene-Levesque boulevard is finally becoming something.

Last week from my "office":

20151207_155324 by Rommheim, on Flickr

GreaterMontréal · #**8855** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 4:06 AM**

tu vas avoir la meilleure vue du YUL+Holiday Inn+ 2nd Roccabella. Tu ne verra plus le fleuve.

BradFromTO · #**8856** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 4:36 AM**

Having major Montreal withdrawals because of this thread, thanks guys!

Monolith · #**8857** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 6:42 AM**

^^^ Montreal is looking absolutely dreamy! ^^^

Vancouver by Ivano Poniz, on Flickr Taken on December 11, 2015

haljackey · #**8858** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 4:26 PM**

London:

Via http://www.lfpress.com/2015/12/11/london...s-may-be-able-to-fill?platform=hootsuite

MTLskyline · #**8859** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 5:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

^Some great shots there. Rene-Levesque boulevard is finally becoming something.

Last week from my "office":

20151207_155324 by Rommheim, on Flickr

This part of downtown is so much better than it used to be. Even the lower part of Bishop and Crescent are light years better with those mediocre 10 storey buildings.
Can't wait to see the Holiday Inn, YUL, and L'Avenue appear from this angle.

Calgarian · #**8860** Posted **Dec 12, 2015, 6:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Much wider view of a previously posted shot. Now includes the East Village and Kensington...

http://www.codyjames.ca/calgary-photography-pictures-of-calgary/

Love this shot, and I love how Devon Tower (formerly Canterra) has stood the test of time, still one of my favourite buildings in Calgary.