Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 77

ssiguy · #**1521** Posted **Aug 22, 2016, 9:57 PM**

Love those Van & Mtl shots.

Southcore, however, is a different matter. I think it has detracted from the lakeshore view of the city. You use to be able to see all the great, diverse, and interesting buildings of the financial core and now the view is blocked by a solid blue-glass wall where you can hardly tell the difference between one building and the other.

GreaterMontréal · #**1522** Posted **Aug 22, 2016, 10:07 PM**

TDC2 should boucher le trou between 1000 De La Gauchetière and Tour de la Bourse.

FrAnKs · #**1523** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 2:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

TDC2 should fill the gap between 1000 De La Gauchetière and Tour de la Bourse.

Fixed for you

Monolith · #**1524** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 3:44 AM**

Vancouver Nightscape-14 by Robert Henrickson, on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/hemivison/...hEWqp-KrWPgV-LbAa4c-KPMSzG-LbA8Ut-LefT6f

ainvan · #**1525** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 5:02 AM**

002crpshaconfwl by citatus, on Flickr

Toronto bank towers at sunrise by glenn tanaka, on Flickr

ainvan · #**1526** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 5:25 AM**

Toronto Aerial by KooistraMEDIA, on Flickr

P1050064 by geoff dude, on Flickr

Marshal · #**1527** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 8:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by ainvan

002crpshaconfwl by citatus, on Flickr

I think I have said this before, but this photo really illustrates it. I used to drive down Yonge Street into the city and The Bay and CIBC towers were my twin sentinals, such tall towers forming a gateway to the downtown. They were impressive landmarks. Now they are among those short base towers which provide the plinth for the new landmarks, like foothills to their mountains. When this happens, you know the city has leap-frogged itself to a new scale. Wow!

As an aside: are all you Torontonians ever worried for the day the city is nabbed for steroid abuse, and all the new towers are declared illegitimate, banned and then forcibly torn down. (just a post Olympic thought)

MolsonExport · #**1528** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 1:15 PM**

incredible shots of Toronto.

esquire · #**1529** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 2:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

incredible shots of Toronto.

Yeah, wow. Those are something else.

cyeg66 · #**1530** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 3:35 PM**

Yeah, I'd frame that first TO pic. It's a beauty.

MolsonExport · #**1531** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 4:49 PM**

Those TO shots do justice to the layers of the skyline in a way that shots taken from the lake (the most common skyline pictures) cannot. The lake also provides a great backdrop.

esquire · #**1532** Posted **Aug 23, 2016, 4:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Those TO shots do justice to the layers of the skyline in a way that shots taken from the lake (the most common skyline pictures) cannot. The lake also provides a great backdrop.

Agreed completely. Shots from the lake are like listening to a crescendo only without all of the buildup. That view looks great on a postcard but you can't fully appreciate Toronto's dense urbanity from that angle.