Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Tosin007

Halifax is close but it benefit's moreso because of the water, without the water it wouldn't look nearly as good as it does!

This is kind of a strange line of thinking. The harbour is the whole reason why the city exists, and I would say is the prime constraint and resource around which the city has been planned and developed. The buildings have been designed to take advantage of the water in various ways and a lot of the stuff you see in a skyline shot of Halifax consists of marine industries, the bridges, etc.

I am not a big fan of the postmodern Purdy's Wharf architecture but the complex is interesting. You can walk around the footings of the building, which extend right into the harbour. Water is pumped through the building for climate control.

The other features of the Halifax skyline that I like the most are mostly landmarks and heritage buildings like the Citadel, Town Clock, Dominion Building, and George's Island. Not many Canadian cities have these old masonry fortifications, public buildings over 200 years old, or even Art Deco highrises.

Another general characteristic I like is that it's somewhat colourful (brick, stone, metal cladding, and glass, not just concrete) and the buildings are tightly packed in; it is an actual city, not a suburb with tall buildings.

The TD tower redo turned out pretty well too, and I like how the Nova Centre towers aren't just boxes. We'll see how the others turn out.

[Brizzy82]

IMO Halifax skyline is >> Saskatoon, and taller too. Looks like it could belong to a city nearly twice its size.

[The Macallan]

@Monolith. A striking, brooding shot of Vancouver! Well done!

[DLLB]

Originally Posted by north 42

Saskatoon? I think Halifax, London and Regina have much better skylines! I do like that old hotel in Saskatoon though, it really adds something to it's rather mundane, commie block skyline.

I can't understand with the growth that Saskatoon has had that there hasn't been much change to their skyline.

[koops65]

Originally Posted by FFX-ME

There's just something about Halifax too. When you are on the peninsula you feel like you are in a huge metropolis. That city has character, and a kick ass food scene.

It depends on where you're from, and what you're used to, I suppose. To a Torontonian, Halifax doesn't seem so much like a metropolis to me...

I've been there lots over the years and I love it... kicks ass over other similar sized and even bigger Canadian cities in many ways, including the skyline. Plenty of help with that of course. The only BIG city on the East coast. A Provincial Capital too. I really hope the growth continues, like it has here in TO.

[Rico Rommheim]

I can't believe some are comparing Saskatoon's skyline to Halifax's. It's not even close, Halifax wins in scale, in variety, in setting and in growth. It looks like a big busy port city, like a smaller Boston.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I can't believe some are comparing Saskatoon's skyline to Halifax's. It's not even close, Halifax wins in scale, in variety, in setting and in growth. It looks like a big busy port city, like a smaller Boston.

And what if Saskatoon skyline is just a smaller Halifax too ?

[csbvan]

Halifax looks bigger and denser, skyline-wise than Saskatoon, but they look like somewhat similarly sized cities. Both look quite good for their respective populations.

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by The Macallan

@Monolith. A striking, brooding shot of Vancouver! Well done!

Yes, beautiful pic. I noticed the absence of the Trump tower. From that particular angle it's hiding behind the Shangri-La tower.

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I can't believe some are comparing Saskatoon's skyline to Halifax's. It's not even close, Halifax wins in scale, in variety, in setting and in growth. It looks like a big busy port city, like a smaller Boston.

Pictures like the ones shown lately in this thread might be good for getting an impression of particular angles of different cities (depending also on the optics and lighting etc.) but they aren't a great way to compare the scale two different cities. It's very hard to judge scale and the fact that buildings don't appear in some photos doesn't mean they don't exist. The same city can look different from different angles. Here's a wider aerial shot of Halifax:


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I don't know how complete the SSP building database is but it lists 129 built and 10 under construction for Halifax. Saskatoon has 53 built and 0 under construction.

[Marshal]

Originally Posted by DLLB

I can't understand with the growth that Saskatoon has had that there hasn't been much change to their skyline.

Maybe it will follow Edmonton's pattern: a growth spurt after a long almost no growth period in spite of the city's overall ongoing rapid growth.

[Brizzy82]

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[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by Tosin007

Halifax is close but there's just something about Saskatoon's Skyline that I love! I love it's length & It's not too tall a Skyline!
(Kind of like a Mini Vancouver, minus the Condo's). I love Long Skyline's & that's why I like both Saskatoon & Vancouver alot.
(Same with Toronto). But especially with Smaller Cities I like when they have length as opposed to height. Bulk doesn't impress
me with a Smaller Centre. (It's another reason why Benidorm Spain is phenomenal no?)
London has Height but it's Skyline isn't nearly as long as Saskatoon's so there's less to look @. It's a better Urban Planning Style too IMO because
overtime as Mid-Sized Cities grow they start to add height also which makes the Skyline all the much more impressive with that much needed
oomp added to it. It's also less impactful to demolish an Old Scraper for a bigger one in the Future because of Density purposes/ zoning.
Halifax is close but it benefit's moreso because of the water, without the water it wouldn't look nearly as good as it does!



Now all Saskatoon need's in the future is height. (Which it will likely eventually get).

I haven't seen this perspective of Saskatoon; it certainly looks impressive for its size. And I like all the trees and green spaces.

Who knows what will happen in the future. I am old enough to remember when Calgary was considered to be a small city (by the way, I have never been in Calgary or other Prairie cities, I have only flown south of Calgary on my way to Vancouver)

[Brizzy82]

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[Martin Mtl]

Pic by Mariusz Gil on flickr

[caltrane74]

Winning has tonnes of potential.

Especially with all those empty lots, need the real estate market to pick up and make some use outta them.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by mistercorporate

lol, I'd like some of what you've been smoking...

Hamilton's skyline is gross...commie block capital of Canada, with a few brutalist and industrial monoliths thrown in. I don't dislike Hamilton, but the skyline isn't one of its attractions.

Winnipeg and Quebec City are better. Even Kingston has a more attractive skyline IMHO.

You, and pretty well everyone else, missed the joke:

http://www.narcity.com/toronto/22-signs-you-grew-up-in-hamilton/#

[905er]

magnificent Winnipeg shots!!! absolutely love them. well done and thanks for sharing!!

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by thomax

Hamilton Sunset by lucaijohnson, on Twitter

Great picture of Hamilton.

I think that people who haven't visited Hamilton don't realize the great diversity of neighbourhoods and scenery in the city, from the industrial east end to the old, charming central and west end neighbourhoods, and then the beautiful escarpment passageways such as Beckett Drive. Here is a Google Street View link to Beckett Drive (what a beautiful route down the mountain) - https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Hamilto...1!8m2!3d43.2557206!4d-79.8711024!6m1!1e1. Once you get to the bottom of Beckett Drive you enter a neighbourhood of beautiful old homes.

[Brizzy82]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Winning has tonnes of potential.

Especially with all those empty lots, need the real estate market to pick up and make some use outta them.

Definitely. One of the major empty lots is now U/C thanks to 2 or 3 towers going up for True North Square, and we have a new tallest set to start construction shortly (not SkyCity which is still unlikely to happen IMO), so things are looking up. Not to mention a few other recent builds downtown. A long ways to go, but we are headed in the right direction.


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edit: hmm this pic just came up in my feed but it's gotta be old, I don't see ALT/Glasshouse which are two of the recent additions to downtown