Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 180

Rico Rommheim · #**3581** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 2:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

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

I don't know how else to convince you, but the measuring tool on Google Earth is 99.9% accurate (Google Earth Pro is a free download btw). We use it for our measurements at the office when official building stats are missing. measure the height of the building - the height of the height above sea level. If you doubt its accuracy measure a building that you know the height for certain (due to a zoning regulation for example) and see if it matches. It always does.

Also it's quite obvious when you're standing under the Canada Life that it's not a simple 30m building. It's neighbour, is actually 29m tall and its clearly shorter. Its 10 storey neighbour across the street, built at the height limit of the day of 130 feet matches it in height quite clearly when you look at the photos as well.

someone123 · #**3582** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 2:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

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

There's a steel-frame building in Halifax that was completed in 1894.

http://halifaxbloggers.ca/builthalifax/2013/06/nova-scotia-furnishings/

It's not very tall, but it has a structure that would not have been possible with load-bearing walls. Is it the oldest steel-frame building in Canada? I am not sure.

I think the oldest cast iron buildings in Halifax are from the 1850's.

Tosin007 · #**3583** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 2:28 AM**

by surrealplaces @ Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**3584** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 2:34 AM**

/\ Great Calgary shots. The first one is stunning!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSEy9yKh9E7/?taken-by=tristan_grech

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSGzXlohVNQ/?taken-at=903451619730889

https://www.instagram.com/p/BR170q0DbKU/?taken-by=austxs

jakethesnake · #**3585** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 2:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tosin007

I agree with that Statement! The best Prairie City is obviously Calgary, but Saskatoon has a nice look/ feel to it too! I'd say Winnipeg is another City I really like & would like to spend more time there in the future.

Them's fightin' words

Laceoflight · #**3586** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 10:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

/\ Great Calgary shots. The first one is stunning!

+1. Great finds! Calgary is very aesthetically pleasing.
Great ones too, Martin. I love this view which -I guess- features a construction platform for the new bridge...

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Some shots of Quebec city

Stunning Sunset by Caribb, sur Flickr

la ville de Québec (prise de la chute de Montmorency) - Canada by michelle geslin, sur Flickr

Québec, skyline (05) by Juan Carlos Castañeda Alsina, sur Flickr

Tosin007 · #**3587** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 4:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

/\ Great Calgary shots. The first one is stunning!

Thanks!

Darkoshvilli · #**3588** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 6:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I don't know how else to convince you, but the measuring tool on Google Earth is 99.9% accurate (Google Earth Pro is a free download btw). We use it for our measurements at the office when official building stats are missing. measure the height of the building - the height of the height above sea level. If you doubt its accuracy measure a building that you know the height for certain (due to a zoning regulation for example) and see if it matches. It always does.

Also it's quite obvious when you're standing under the Canada Life that it's not a simple 30m building. It's neighbour, is actually 29m tall and its clearly shorter. Its 10 storey neighbour across the street, built at the height limit of the day of 130 feet matches it in height quite clearly when you look at the photos as well.

Don't mind him man, you're talking to a wall.

Martin Mtl · #**3589** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 8:57 PM**

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSFU6w7FiVB/?taken-by=jyclal

https://www.instagram.com/p/BR_lN1RF4rW/?taken-by=jyclal

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSHTNRUFVzn/?taken-by=jyclal

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSEuRoylOYK/?taken-by=jyclal

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSHebq3jI49/?taken-by=will.scapes

fenwick16 · #**3590** Posted **Mar 27, 2017, 9:01 PM**

^^^ Beautiful Montreal skyline pictures, Martin Mtl.

I hope Montreal will build a baseball specific stadium and get a National League baseball team again. It was heartbreaking to see my favorite sports team move out of Montreal.