Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Martin Mtl]

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[koops65]

Originally Posted by martin mtl

there is actually hardly any jealousy on this forum between toronto and montreal. In fact, montrealers here often lavish compliments on toronto's skyline and everyone admit that it is by far the dominant skyline in this country. So i'm not sure why you wrote that, but that's not exactly the best way to make an elegant and friendly entrance into the forum for a newbie.

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[niwell]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

There is actually hardly any jealousy on this forum between Toronto and Montreal. In fact, Montrealers here often lavish compliments on Toronto's skyline and everyone admit that it is by far the dominant skyline in this country. So I'm not sure why you wrote that, but that's not exactly the best way to make an elegant and friendly entrance into the forum for a newbie.

Even in the "real world" I find there isn't much bad blood anymore. Everyone in Toronto loves Montreal even though there will be some jokes about the French. Aside from a few bitter west island anglos I find Montrealers actually quite like Toronto these days too. Obviously some requisite making fun of how businesslike TO is as well. Had some great talks with a couple francophone bartenders when I was there last about the food connections between the two cities.

[Daveography]

Man a lot of folks here are easily baited...

[ssiguy]

There is no jealousy between Toronto and Montreal. Toronto certainly use to be {with good cause} but no longer.

It's no longer jealousy but just a more good old fashioned and light hearted rivalry. From food to clothes, to nightlife, to the arts, and of course the old LEAFS/habs. Guess which one I'm a fan of? The habs are about the only thing Torontonians are jealousy of but one can hardly blame them. Conversely, Montreal was at one time jealous of Toronto's financial assent and losing it's stature as Canada's premier city but that too is well in the past.

They are, and will forever be, Canada's 2 dominant cities and they are completely dominant in their respective majority languages so there will always be a fierce rivalry but it's more light hearted than anything else and not one based on jealousy.

[SkahHigh]

Montreal at night by Sophany Aun, sur Flickr

[Trans Canada]

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[Martin Mtl]

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[Ramako]

On Lake Ontario, August 20, 2016 by George Socka, on Flickr

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

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L'Avenue is turning out better than I expected, knowing the firm that designed it.

[Martin Mtl]

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[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Ramako

L'Avenue is turning out better than I expected, knowing the firm that designed it.

Turning out exactly how I thought it would. This isn't Toronto where it would be window wall with twice the number of units (twice the number of demising walls hidden behind spandrel glass)

[BretttheRiderFan]

This would be about a year old, judging by the progress of Rogers Place.

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[Beedok]

I find it interesting how tucked away many (most?) Provincial Parliaments seem to be. BC's is right downtown Victoria close enough to the centre you can't really miss it, but Alberta's is kind of in an awkward corner, as is Winnipegs, while Saskatchewan's is like halfway across town from the core. Then Ontario's just has no presence, city hall is more impressive.

[Mrs Sauga]

Originally Posted by Beedok

I find it interesting how tucked away many (most?) Provincial Parliaments seem to be. BC's is right downtown Victoria close enough to the centre you can't really miss it, but Alberta's is kind of in an awkward corner, as is Winnipegs, while Saskatchewan's is like halfway across town from the core. Then Ontario's just has no presence, city hall is more impressive.

I prefer when parliament buildings are in smallish cities like in the US instead of being overshadowed by skyscrapers. BC, Quebec, and New Brunswick do this. Ontario's really should have been in Kingston.

[WhipperSnapper]

It's good to be in a larger city (several hundred thousand) with a larger labour pool. Ontario went so far as to "spread the wealth" and it didn't really work out.

[Monolith]

Hazy Sunrise by Conrad Olson, on Flickr Taken on August 29, 2016

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by Mrs Sauga

I prefer when parliament buildings are in smallish cities like in the US instead of being overshadowed by skyscrapers. BC, Quebec, and New Brunswick do this. Ontario's really should have been in Kingston.

Maybe another city that Toronto would have been good, but I'd vote somewhere like Barrie or Guelph rather than Kingston. Close to more Ontarians. (I still think the style of Queen's Park doesn't help. It just doesn't feel 'goverment-y'. It blends in too much with the surrounding University and Museum building to look like an academic building. You need a bit more oomph, like BC, Ottawa, or Quebec have.)

[MolsonExport]

London was planned to be the capital. But it was too remote at the time.

[ssiguy]

Kingston was suppose to be Canada's capitol but it was deemed to close to the US. London was suppose to be Ontario's capitol which is why it has it's name.

I prefer it when the capitol cities are also the largest and most important ones with only one exception I can think of, Quebec. You get a far better concentration of great cultural institutions in one large dominant city than when they are split up. For example if Vancouver was the capitol is would have a far greater museum and cultural scene than it does but has to be split up. It also brings the centre of the politics to the people as opposed to being off in a government town.

There are of course negatives primary of which is that the dominant city being a capitol also tend to dictate policy for the whole province never realizing {or worse, caring} that there is a province outside of the city. Toronto and Ontario are prime exaamples. Toronto completely dominates the social, political , governmental, economic, financial, cultural, and artistic institutions and policy despite the fact that the Greater Toronto Area still isn't even half the province's population. It can lead to a lot of resentment...........Premier Wynne might as well be the Mayor of Toronto in the way she governs.