Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 105

koops65 · #**2081** Posted **Oct 10, 2016, 9:40 PM**

Yorkville:

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Pix by me today.

Canadian74 · #**2082** Posted **Oct 11, 2016, 3:09 AM**

Calgary Skyline

Martin Mtl · #**2083** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 2:40 AM**

Place Ville-Marie new lighting scheme tonight.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLcjOd7F-8o/?taken-by=mgsayah

ainvan · #**2084** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 3:05 AM**

Embracing It All by Michael Muraz, on Flickr

ainvan · #**2085** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 3:08 AM**

Skyline of downtown Calgary by Jim L, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**2086** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 3:45 PM**

More lighting tests for Place Ville-Marie yesterday...

https://twitter.com/DemonBalcon/status/786043288503529472

Calgarian · #**2087** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 4:49 PM**

New lights on PVM look great!

Echoes · #**2088** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 4:51 PM**

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Embracing It All by Michael Muraz, on Flickr

Incredible shot. Drink it all in.

rousseau · #**2089** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 4:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by ainvan

Skyline of downtown Calgary by Jim L, on Flickr

I know it hurts people's tender feelings, but there's just no getting around it: the Bow doesn't look right in Calgary. I haven't seen is a single, solitary good photo of that tower as part of the skyline. It sticks out like a sore thumb.

"Let's transplant some Hong Kong into the prairies" was a bad idea right from the get-go. It doesn't work. It just looks kinda dumb.

LeftCoaster · #**2090** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 5:59 PM**

I'm sure I'll take some fire too, but IMO it's never really fit in Calgary either.

It doesn't mesh with the existing skyscrapers the way you might want it to, nor does it stand in handsome contrast with the skyline, it's just kinda there .

I don't think it helps that it's all by itself showing the entirety of its facade to the east. I think as buildings get built around it that may help it's awkward place in the skyline.

G.S MTL · #**2091** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 6:24 PM**

I never liked the Bow myself ....I find it way too wide ..I dunno ...I call it the water tank lol

Calgarian · #**2092** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 6:28 PM**

I think the Bow looks great, adds to the variety of styles we have here and is a great landmark for the city.

mistercorporate · #**2093** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 7:18 PM**

The Bow looks fine. It could look better with a different shape but the height and quality materials make up for that.

WhipperSnapper · #**2094** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 7:36 PM**

I'm not a fan of the spine and wouldn't be an any city. How it meets the street is equivalent to the 1960s and 1970s. Otherwise, it's great.

We'll see how Calgary grows into The Bow and Brookfield which are both massive and tall compared to the like of EAP and previous generations like Bankers and Suncor.

Calgarian · #**2095** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I'm not a fan of the spine and wouldn't be an any city. How it meets the street is equivalent to the 1960s and 1970s.

The empty plaza with the giant head isn't the greatest, that's for sure. It's not terrible for a pure office district though, one of many windswept plazas in the CBD that don't get any action outside 9-5.

rousseau · #**2096** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 8:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I'm not a fan of the spine and wouldn't be an any city. How it meets the street is equivalent to the 1960s and 1970s. Otherwise, it's great.

It's a pretty great building in and of itself. It just looks awful in Calgary.

I vote we move it.

Daveography · #**2097** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 8:30 PM**

^ Good way to put it. If it was somewhere just outside the CBD I think it would really stand on its own, not unlike some of London's notable towers (like their own Foster-designed towers...)

harls · #**2098** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 8:48 PM**

Nice day for a walk in the park, with a few thousand tourists.

FFX-ME · #**2099** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 8:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

Nice day for a walk in the park, with a few thousand tourists.

Nice angle, from that view point you can't tell that Gatineau and Ottawa are separate cities.

mistercorporate · #**2100** Posted **Oct 12, 2016, 9:03 PM**

This pic reminds me of how much space and wildnerness Canada has, it just screams "opportunity"!