Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 148

koops65 · #**2941** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 4:15 AM**

Those new tall Ottawa towers are NOT downtown... they won't be part of the general skyline that we're used to seeing.

someone123 · #**2942** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 5:02 AM**

Another Halifax shot from George's Island:

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G.S MTL · #**2943** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 5:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Bell or Molson, I think a lot of people are saying it's about time!

Yeah and it ain't over !

Echoes · #**2944** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 3:35 PM**

Great Halifax shot!

J.OT13 · #**2945** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 4:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

Those new tall Ottawa towers are NOT downtown... they won't be part of the general skyline that we're used to seeing.

Depends on how you look at it. Argument is that Le Breton Flats will become an extension of downtown and the skyline. So not in the central core, or the "traditional" downtown, but still downtown.

We can compare this to Montreal, where le Vieux Montréal and rue St-Jaqcues (maybe even around Place Ville Marie) is considered the traditional downtown while the area around the Molson/Bell Centre is the "new" downtown, or an extension of the original downtown.

http://www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca/planning/master-plans/lebreton-flats

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/public-feedback-lebreton-flats-bids-1.3559261

http://www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca/planning/master-plans/lebreton-flats/rendezvous-lebreton-group

Rico Rommheim · #**2946** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 4:59 PM**

I think that Le Breton and the Bell Centre area comparison is a good one. While the expansion westward of the montreal skyline makes a strong impression from some angles, from other angles you can't notice the new towers. It all depends on where you look at it from.

#**2947** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 5:28 PM**

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koops65 · #**2948** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 5:52 PM**

OK, I stand corrected...

Echoes · #**2949** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 8:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Depends on how you look at it. Argument is that Le Breton Flats will become an extension of downtown and the skyline. So not in the central core, or the "traditional" downtown, but still downtown.

Just curious, what's the elevation change between downtown and Le Breton?

Wondering about the impact on the skyline with the Le Breton towers at a lower elevation.

Rico Rommheim · #**2950** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 10:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Echoes

Just curious, what's the elevation change between downtown and Le Breton?

Wondering about the impact on the skyline with the Le Breton towers at a lower elevation.

Downtown Ottawa (at the parliament) is at 70m above sea level whilst LeBreton sits at 54m asl.

J.OT13 · #**2951** Posted **Jan 13, 2017, 11:53 PM**

Don't know how accurate, but this was posted on the 900 Albert thread. The 50, 55 and 59 storey towers will be at the western edge of Lebreton Flats. If you refer to the Rendez-Vous Le Breton massings I posted earlier, they are the tall triangular towers right outside the Senators proposal.

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for your viewing pleasure:

Nepean point:

Rooftop of the Westin: