Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 80

Klazu · #**1581** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 2:02 AM**

Waking up into a view like this I don't really mind it being a Monday. Burnaby's Metrotown shrouded in the morning mist.

SkahHigh · #**1582** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 2:47 AM**

DSCN3745 by Alberto Donzelli, sur Flickr

giallo · #**1583** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 2:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Waking up into a view like this I don't really mind it being a Monday. Burnaby's Metrotown shrouded in the morning mist.

Wow!!!!!

ssiguy · #**1584** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 3:44 AM**

Those are REALLY cool pic. Thanks

Nite · #**1585** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 5:40 AM**

DSC_2028 by Kyle Mopas, on Flickr

P8190011 by David Nguyen, on Flickr

caltrane74 · #**1586** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 2:11 PM**

The Aura tower looks so lonely. Can't wait for a few more towers up and around there so it can match up better with the financial district as well as Soutcore /Cityplace.

harls · #**1587** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 5:58 PM**

From when I was in Toronto a while ago..

DSC_9607 by harley b., on Flickr

MolsonExport · #**1588** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 6:06 PM**

Screams big fucking city. Great shot.

esquire · #**1589** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 6:07 PM**

^ What a gorgeous angle of Toronto's skyline.

Rico Rommheim · #**1590** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 6:33 PM**

What a crazy shot of TO.

Laceoflight · #**1591** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 10:47 PM**

Klazu, your pics were breathtaking. Difficult to do better

Very beautiful and impressive Toronto shots on the page too!

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Montréal from Griffintown

Downtown reflections by Ryan Lebel, on 500px

Montréal from above the chalet

Montreal Sunrise by Petar Ingov, on 500px

MolsonExport · #**1592** Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 11:54 PM**

Love those Montreal skyline shots.

Villaggio · #**1593** Posted **Aug 31, 2016, 12:07 AM**

Nice Montreal pics. Toronto is an absolute beast and it's only the beginning!

ssiguy · #**1594** Posted **Aug 31, 2016, 12:11 AM**

I actually find that waterfront shot of Toronto rather depressing.

Before Southcore you use to be able to see all the great designs, colours, and rchtectural stlyes of the Financial District. Now all you can see is one soid wall of blue glass monotony.

TownGuy · #**1595** Posted **Aug 31, 2016, 12:31 AM**

It's funny how those hated cement bunkers on the waterfront are becoming an asset by breaking up the glass. CN Tower helps also.

caltrane74 · #**1596** Posted **Aug 31, 2016, 1:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

I actually find that waterfront shot of Toronto rather depressing.

Before Southcore you use to be able to see all the great designs, colours, and rchtectural stlyes of the Financial District. Now all you can see is one soid wall of blue glass monotony.

You think you're depressed? Think about the guy that remembers this skyline..

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koops65 · #**1597** Posted **Aug 31, 2016, 2:01 AM**

In a way I agree with ssiguy about losing the view of the big bank towers, but "a solid wall of blue glass monotony"? I'm sorry, but I see plenty of colors other than blue, and it's anything other than solid as well... and on top of that, it's Toronto, and much taller than other "solid walls of blue glass monotony" that I could mention...

cambria613 · #**1598** Posted **Aug 31, 2016, 4:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

You think you're depressed? Think about the guy that remembers this skyline..

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Wow, How long ago was this?? Some of these photos are breathtaking though. I bet when this photo was taken, it was easier to just look up at the stars. I a appreciate the area in which I live, because I get to see the stars every night without a ton of light pollution. However, if you travel about 45 minutes north, you end up in Camden, NJ and you get to see the skyline of Philadelphia.

ue · #**1599** Posted **Aug 31, 2016, 5:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

In a way I agree with ssiguy about losing the view of the big bank towers, but "a solid wall of blue glass monotony"? I'm sorry, but I see plenty of colors other than blue, and it's anything other than solid as well... and on top of that, it's Toronto, and much taller than other "solid walls of blue glass monotony" that I could mention...

It has different shades, but its all the same -- curtain wall glass boxes that don't really stand apart from each other. Even when they try (L Tower), they just seem like a knock of the same style. This type of building is fine in small doses (I like the modernizing effect it is having on the Edmonton skyline) but too much of anything is never good. Toronto is very much following in Vancouver's footsteps but it is lucky to have a legacy of more older, distinctive and also taller skyscrapers that mean it'll take longer for Toronto's skyline to be a sea of monotony.

It's for this reason that I have greater appreciation for the Montreal and Calgary skylines, though Toronto has the diversity and density when you look at different angles and distances that makes it still the top skyline in Canada for me.

davidcappi · #**1600** Posted **Aug 31, 2016, 7:45 AM**

Hamiltonia.

photos by Joe, on Flickr