Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 179

Martin Mtl · #**3561** Posted **Mar 24, 2017, 8:58 PM**

Source: ConstructionSanteMtl

Gresto · #**3562** Posted **Mar 24, 2017, 10:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Great Winnipeg shots!

Indeed! Sumptuous.

softee · #**3563** Posted **Mar 24, 2017, 11:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Every time I've been on streets like those in Toronto I am always surprised that I am in Toronto in fact.

Streets such as those are more plentiful in Toronto than most would think. They're not the "norm" of course, but there are quite a few of them.

TownGuy · #**3564** Posted **Mar 24, 2017, 11:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

Also, the wideness of Toronto's streets might be an optical illusion since in Montreal cars are allowed to park on both sides of the street, while in Toronto they're usually only allowed to park on one.

I find this example of a typical Toronto street to be the most desirable in Canada. They marry the best of all world's into an awesome package. Walkable, dense, likely near a streetcar line and commercial strip but lush & green, and not too cramped, all at the same.

mistercorporate · #**3565** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 12:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by TownGuy

I find this example of a typical Toronto street to be the most desirable in Canada. They marry the best of all world's into an awesome package. Walkable, dense, likely near a streetcar line and commercial strip but lush & green, and not too cramped, all at the same.

Meh, to each his own, for me it's the worst of both worlds. I'd rather have a tiny condo downtown in an ultra dense highrise-clustered commercial area with a spacious country home on a green acreage near water. Both combined at the price of one ugly SFH near downtown.

TownGuy · #**3566** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 12:43 AM**

Well I mean for a lowrise inner-city neighbourhood I find them ideal. Extremely livable.

trueviking · #**3567** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 6:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Good article. This guy is truly a skyscraper geek. He's probably even a member of this forum!

In that case I'd like to tell him that he left out the Canada Life building in Montreal, which had a complete steel skeleton, reached 42m and predates the Union Bank by almost a decade. #nerd

Thanks.

Steel frame for sure, but eight stories can't be considered a 'Skyscraper'.

Also, for an 8 story building to be 42 meters tall, it must have floor to floor heights of 5.25 meters each. Extremely high. That certainly doesn't appear to be the case here. Looks to be no more than 30m.

Rico Rommheim · #**3568** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 6:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

Thanks.

Steel frame for sure, but eight stories can't be considered a 'Skyscraper'.

Also, for an 8 story building to be 42 meters tall, it must have floor to floor heights of 5.25 meters each. Extremely high. That certainly doesn't appear to be the case here. Looks to be no more than 30m.

You can measure the height of buildings with exact precision using google earth. Put the 3D buildings tools on and start measuring (not all cities have this tool available, but winnipeg does so go for it). The Canada Life HQ is 40m from sidewalk to roof. 8 floors or not, it's still 40m and was built 1895 with a steel frame.

Just sayin'

Marshal · #**3569** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 8:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tosin007

I just prefer Toronto because it doesn't have that overwhelming/ overbearing feel of NYC yet it's still big, cooperate, busy, lots to do & see & still has tons of large buildings. I don't like how far out NYC's Layered Scraper Sea/ Density lasts. To me I'd rather it abruptly end only a few blocks from the Financial District the way it does in Toronto. (I see this as plus too anyways), because the same layered/ built form density continues to exist in Toronto anyways outside of the immediate Downtown Core in places like North York, Scarborough, Etobicoke, & even in the Suburbs like Mississauga, Markham, Brampton, & Richmond Hill. (+ it wouldn't take u as long
to get into the Airport also).
(Unlike Manhattan that just piles the whole thing onto 1 Island, calls it a borough & forces everyone to live in a congested nightmare). Toronto can better ease the congestion while still maintaining it if u like in a few set area's. (& it's the more Multicultural City but it doesn't matter most people will say I guess simply because it's not as big).

OK, I get it now. And I see the reasoning. I myself like short tall buildings more than taller ones because the elevator ride gets me up and down quicker.

(a detail: do you know how big the island of Manhattan is?)

And on topic: I don't know about the experience at street level, so I won't judge the architecture, but that is one beast of a hospital. Which is bigger, this or the one in NDG?

Martin Mtl · #**3570** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 1:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Marshal

OK, I get it now. And I see the reasoning. I myself like short tall buildings more than taller ones because the elevator ride gets me up and down quicker.

(a detail: do you know how big the island of Manhattan is?)

And on topic: I don't know about the experience at street level, so I won't judge the architecture, but that is one beast of a hospital. Which is bigger, this or the one in NDG?

According to the consortium building it, it is the largest health center in NA. Bigger certainly than McGill in NDG. The CHUM is not even done. Once they finish that first phase, they are going to demolish the St-Luc hospital (the yellow bricks building now attached to it) in order to build the last phase. It is huge indeed.

KnoxfordGuy · #**3571** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 2:48 PM**

Those montreal shots are stunning!

Rico Rommheim · #**3572** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 3:49 PM**

The CHUM is basically its own skyline at this point. Crazy.

Brizzy82 · #**3573** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 3:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

The CHUM is basically its own skyline at this point. Crazy.

Very cool!

Houston also has a huge hospital skyline, the Texas Medical Center

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SkahHigh · #**3574** Posted **Mar 25, 2017, 6:00 PM**

The Bell Centre cluster is still growing - TDC2 will pop up from this angle eventually.

Montreal by Eric Vidal, sur Flickr

mistercorporate · #**3575** Posted **Mar 26, 2017, 1:32 PM**

By valeserri on flickr

#**3576** Posted **Mar 26, 2017, 1:43 PM**

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Rico Rommheim · #**3577** Posted **Mar 26, 2017, 1:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

TDC2 will pop up from this angle eventually.

I'd say it might start being visible in like 5-6 months? It should top out in about a year or so.

B.ike · #**3578** Posted **Mar 26, 2017, 4:40 PM**

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cyeg66 · #**3579** Posted **Mar 26, 2017, 5:15 PM**

^took me a few seconds to see that that's Edmonton... Lol. I can see the steeple of the little church I got married in on the left.

trueviking · #**3580** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 1:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

You can measure the height of buildings with exact precision using google earth. Put the 3D buildings tools on and start measuring (not all cities have this tool available, but winnipeg does so go for it). The Canada Life HQ is 40m from sidewalk to roof. 8 floors or not, it's still 40m and was built 1895 with a steel frame.

Just sayin'

c'est impossible...hundred footer, if ever I've seen one.

For those who don't think journalists deserve to eat, you can read the article without a paywall here.

https://www.numberten.com/blog/26-urban-design/brent-bellamy/307-give-union-bank-tower-the-crown