Post some pictures of your city! II - Page 261

Chadillaccc · #**5201** Posted **Feb 4, 2016, 11:35 PM**

https://www.facebook.com/NeilZellerPhotography

SignalHillHiker · #**5202** Posted **Feb 4, 2016, 11:56 PM**

Exploring court buildings tonight (we're planning on replacing ours in the near future - not tearing it down, but building a new, modern one elsewhere). So... province name, plus "Supreme Court". May not be accurate for ones I don't know, but it's what comes up.

NL

Supreme Court Building, St. John's by Eric Harrison, on Flickr

PEI

pei_june06_b019 by William Matheson, on Flickr

NS

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia by David Fraser, on Flickr

NB

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QC

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ON

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CA

Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa by Asif A. Ali, on Flickr

MB

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SK

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AB

Calgary Courthouse No. 2 (Calgary, Alberta) by C Hanchey, on Flickr

BC

The BC Supreme Court by vancityhotshots, on Flickr

lio45 · #**5203** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 1:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

So... province name, plus "Supreme Court". May not be accurate for ones I don't know, but it's what comes up.

QC

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That's 'cause you didn't have the right name.

The highest court is this and sits in the two main cities, in the Montreal building you see on that page and this Quebec City building on the edge of the lower town (while previously they were in this (nicer) one which is now occupied by the Ministry of Finance.

(If you do a 180 in the above view you'll see the neighbor across the street is a well known building.)

SignalHillHiker · #**5204** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 1:33 AM**

Gorgeous, lio!

someone123 · #**5205** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 1:35 AM**

This is an unrelated comment, but it looks to me like Maillou House, across from the courthouse in Quebec City, has metal shutters. I was just reading about them in a little blog posting about urban fires and fire suppression rules.

Up close example:

Original article

At one point in time these were required by building codes in downtown Halifax, as was masonry construction (presumably Quebec City had similar rules). Not many of these have survived up until today.

someone123 · #**5206** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 1:48 AM**

Here's the old NS courthouse. The Supreme Court of NS sat here starting in 1860, then moved to the concrete bunker in the 1960's:

(Google streetview)

lio45 · #**5207** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 2:02 AM**

^ We'd be more able to appreciate the architecture with a wintertime picture...

And yep, that place indeed seems to still have metal shutters. Pretty rare here too. (FYI, that house predates the July 1749 founding of Halifax -- it's from 1737. But the shutters are a lot newer.)

someone123 · #**5208** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 2:16 AM**

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And yep, that place indeed seems to still have metal shutters. Pretty rare here too. (FYI, that house predates the July 1749 founding of Halifax -- it's from 1737. But the shutters are a lot newer.)

Yes, they are a 19th century thing. I don't there was much in the way of large-scale ironworks in the 1700's. Iron shutters in 1737 Quebec City would have cost a fortune, and they would have rusted away by now had the owners not been very diligent over the centuries.

someone123 · #**5209** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 2:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

^ We'd be more able to appreciate the architecture with a wintertime picture...

I've got a picture from another angle:

Just joking. It doesn't seem to be very well-photographed though.

The most interesting feature of the building is the detailing on the facade:

Source

Another digression, but here it is in its wider setting. This picture simultaneously shows what's neat about the city and how shabby it can be. There used to be a stone staircase up to the church and it's just gone now. From some reason they installed suburban arterial road style street lighting in the 70's.

SignalHillHiker · #**5210** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 7:06 PM**

I love it.

rousseau · #**5211** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

I've been staring at this photo for ten minutes now. I can viscerally imagine being ten years old and walking along the sidewalk, then laying down on the opposite embankment with friends on a hot summer day, the humidity in the air stifling like a wet blanket.

There is a soulfulness in that funkified row of brick shops leading to what looks like a government building or an apartment block. This kind of thing really speaks to me, as we all have individual orientations or preferences based on childhood environments, and I'm no different. Though I'm trying to identify what makes this vista distinctively Maritime to the Ontario eye, and I think what I've come up with is the grass embankment. Such a nice row of shops like that in a town or city here would probably not be right next to the gracious grounds of a large church, but would tend to be smack dab in the middle of a non-ecclesiastical commercial district.

I find it impossible to contemplate the prospect of living far away from streets like this.

SignalHillHiker · #**5212** Posted **Feb 5, 2016, 10:59 PM**

Searching for each province and dress.

• Video Link

NL

Grad 2014 by kara o'keefe, on Flickr

Streets of St. John's by Huntley Paton, on Flickr

I love how you can always tell the baygirls. Love'em.

NS

Kate Mior pro living statue by Derek Winchester, on Flickr

Dandelion Dash by Glenn Euloth, on Flickr

NB

Untitled by Nat Carson, on Flickr

Emma by Nat Carson, on Flickr

PEI

DSC_0265 by Alexandra Purcaru, on Flickr

All dressed uo by Its me but on an island, on Flickr

QC

Blue dresses in the garden... by Jacinthe C., on Flickr

Window Peek by Koala MeatPie, on Flickr

ON

Lady in yellow with a tattoo - Downtown Toronto by Rodo - Photos, on Flickr

Long Dark Dress by John Tavares, on Flickr

MB

The Walking Dead by Cindy, on Flickr

Rotating Dress by Brian G. Kennedy, on Flickr

SK

Rachel. by JocelynLehman, on Flickr

Untitled by Collin Stumpf, on Flickr

AB

Untitled by Chris Tait, on Flickr

~february 11~ by whatswithamy, on Flickr

BC

Peachy Queen by Brent, on Flickr

Van15b01 Fashionable in Black, Vancouver by Canada Good, on Flickr

*****

And a few of my own featuring dresses.

(This one is drag queens, not ladies)

mcminsen · #**5213** Posted **Feb 8, 2016, 6:28 AM**

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RueBulmer · #**5214** Posted **Feb 8, 2016, 6:34 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by rousseau

I've been staring at this photo for ten minutes now. I can viscerally imagine being ten years old and walking along the sidewalk, then laying down on the opposite embankment with friends on a hot summer day, the humidity in the air stifling like a wet blanket.

There is a soulfulness in that funkified row of brick shops leading to what looks like a government building or an apartment block. This kind of thing really speaks to me, as we all have individual orientations or preferences based on childhood environments, and I'm no different. Though I'm trying to identify what makes this vista distinctively Maritime to the Ontario eye, and I think what I've come up with is the grass embankment. Such a nice row of shops like that in a town or city here would probably not be right next to the gracious grounds of a large church, but would tend to be smack dab in the middle of a non-ecclesiastical commercial district.

I find it impossible to contemplate the prospect of living far away from streets like this.

Reminds me of Ponte St. Charles
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Saint+G...532088a426e23:0xc137d771f659878?hl=en-ca