The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[TallBob]

Edmonton's skyline will be a lot more dramatic in about 2 years after 4-5 of these projects get closer to completion!

[Acajack]

Edmonton's skyline looks pretty good when you compare it to Ottawa's which is the same size city. The only thing that saves Ottawa is Parliament and the Château Laurier. And those are not skyscrapers.

[Razor]

Yes.. nice shots of both Edmonton and QC..Kudos

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by softee

^ The Simpson Tower was completed in 1968, but yeah, I also really like the tower as it is, and wish they would leave it alone.

The facade requires replacement. Leaving it alone is not an option.

[Procrastinational]

Originally Posted by Daveography

^ I would hope no one could actually argue that, it's very apparent. The difference of course is in Calgary's crazy huge demand for office space, specifically the large number of head offices based there. Calgary is an anomaly like that, though - I don't think there are many cities of 1.3M anywhere that can boast a skyline as tall and dense as Calgary's.

Calgary seems to be more like many American cities in that regard. A lot of American cities have relatively overbuilt downtown cores for their size, dominated by office towers. Calgary takes it to a bit of an extreme though.

[ainvan]

Nobody's Up Yet! by Sonora Dick, on Flickr

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Procrastinational

Calgary seems to be more like many American cities in that regard. A lot of American cities have relatively overbuilt downtown cores for their size, dominated by office towers. Calgary takes it to a bit of an extreme though.

It's quite the opposite actually. American downtowns are far smaller for their size compared to Canadian downtowns.

There are tons of big US metros but you only notice the ones with big skylines like Chicago, New York, or Miami. Most US metros have small downtowns and low rise suburbs that go on forever. Charlotte, Orlando, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Cleveland, San Antonio, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Portland are the norm. These are all metros over 2 million.

Phoenix is a US extreme. Looking at their downtown you'd think there were only 400,000 people in the metro, not the 4.4 million that actually live there.

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Montreal Overlook, Mount Royal by Stephen Ransom on flickr

Aside from the obvious additions around the bell centre, I also think the CHUM office tower will make a nice impact. If Muse (approx. 80m) ever gets off the ground it will look quite nice.
Even with its 65m, the Ogilvy re-development will have a major impact from this angle. Other projects that will have a major impact impact are the 3 towers (approx. 85m) currently planned around the St-Laurent metro station.
And the new tower on Jeanne-Mance and Rene-Levesque (approx 120m) will look quite tall. It's important for the eastern portion of downtown to have more towers, because our skyline is starting to look really out of proportion on the east-west axis.

And it's a shame that the Maison Alcan tower was torpedoed, at 120m it would have had a major impact and would have hidden the hideous Lepine towers.

[MonkeyRonin]

DSC04832-1 by Andrew Young, on Flickr


DSC04835-1 by Andrew Young, on Flickr


DSC04862-1 by Andrew Young, on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

More Edmonton...



http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/-/galle...-4bd6-8961-521ec131457e-edmonton-alberta

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/-/galle...4857-95de-62d70cd734cb-cromdale-edmonton

http://www.stockaerialphotos.com/-/galle...-47cb-8859-a90b5cc60ac8-edmonton-skyline

[christmas]

Skyline from Calgary Tower

[Procrastinational]

Originally Posted by isaidso

It's quite the opposite actually. American downtowns are far smaller for their size compared to Canadian downtowns.

There are tons of big US metros but you only notice the ones with big skylines like Chicago, New York, or Miami. Most US metros have small downtowns and low rise suburbs that go on forever. Charlotte, Orlando, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Cleveland, San Antonio, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Portland are the norm. These are all metros over 2 million.

Phoenix is a US extreme. Looking at their downtown you'd think there were only 400,000 people in the metro, not the 4.4 million that actually live there.

I should clarify. Small metro areas (under a million) in the States seem to punch above their weight, particularly with office towers. Large ones as you point out generally have smaller downtowns than one would expect. Most American cities with a few exceptions, have very few residential towers downtown, which probably makes up most of the size difference between Canadian and American cities.

Cities like Omaha and Little Rock (just under a million) have bigger downtowns with more office towers than you'd expect.

[ainvan]

Evening Skyline by Harry T, on Flickr

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by ainvan

Nobody's Up Yet! by Sonora Dick, on Flickr

That Erikson design needs a Trump toupee on top of it .

[itom 987]

March 13, 2016 by Thomas Huizinga, on Flickr

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by ainvan

Evening Skyline by Harry T, on Flickr

That photo is at least five years old. From 2010, I presume.

[Coldrsx]

My office view

[bikegypsy]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

More Edmonton...

Man... I'm sorry to say but Edmonton currently looks so bland and soulless. No unique feature, no distinctive style, totally utilitarian. I hope the new projects will add some spice.

[bikegypsy]

Originally Posted by ainvan

Evening Skyline by Harry T, on Flickr

Stunning!

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by ainvan

Evening Skyline by Harry T, on Flickr

Man... I'm sorry to say but Vancouver currently looks so bland and soulless. No unique feature, no distinctive style, totally utopian. I hope the new projects will add some character.