Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[WhipperSnapper]

Those can't get tarnished in 55 years?

[Franco401]

Nope... No dirt here
https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.4984703,-...B1kR0cbz_u7zCE5FhXlRQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[240glt]

Looks like the stone is deteriorating...

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

It's my favorite Montreal tower. Sleek and timeless is right. She could use a good scrub though.

My favourite Montreal tower as well.

[GreaterMontréal]

IMG_8349 by Harald Wilhelm, sur Flickr

[G.S MTL]

^amazing!

[Rico Rommheim]

Funny how flat "Mont" Royal looks from this angle.

[speedog]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Funny how flat "Mont" Royal looks from this angle.

Funny how it's called a mountain.

[Laceoflight]

Originally Posted by speedog

Funny how it's called a mountain.

It's called a "montagne" in the same way as la montagne Sainte-Geneviève or le Montmartre in Paris. Maybe "montagne" and "mountain" don't have the exact same meaning.

[Martin Mtl]

We say "le mont Royal", not "la montagne royale". When Montrealer refer to it as "la montagne", it's like a nick name, like saying "la Main" for Saint-Laurent, even though Sainte-Catherine is the real main stret of the city. But again, no one calls it " la montagne royale. I never heard that.

[Laceoflight]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

We say "le mont Royal", not "la montagne royale". When Montrealer refer to it as "la montagne", it's like a nick name, like saying "la Main" for Saint-Laurent, even though Sainte-Catherine is the real main stret of the city. But again, no one calls it " la montagne royale. I never heard that.

I never said "la montagne Royale" either.

[le calmar]

Nobody calls it a "montagne", but it is sometimes referred to as a "montagne" as a nickname, either by organizations (les amis de la Montagne) or medias. Never heard someone mention the word "montagne" while talking about Mont Royal. There is also a "de la Montagne" street at the base.

Like laceoflight mentioned, I suspect the word "montagne" was once used for any kind of hill, be it very small (the prominence of montagne Sainte-Geneviève in Paris is probably below 50 m) or tall.

[speedog]

I would surmise the use of mountain or montagne is all relative to the surrounding terrain - in many parts of the world Mount Royal (Mont Royal?) would never be considered or called a mountain but for some it is still a mountain. Even the wikipedia article regarding Mount Royal calls it a mountain in it's first sentence as does the city of Montreal's web site (link.

I've been to and hiked about Mount Royal and by my definition, I would never call it a mountain but then again, the Rocky Mountains lie just over an hours drive west of my home which create a different perspective of what mountains are.

Again, it's all relative and even many organizations that try to define what a mountain is haven't come to some conclusive agreement on that definition. So I will continue to find it amusing and others shouldn't be upset by that - it is what it is.

[Martin Mtl]

No worry, I don't think anyone is upset. Montrealers are not delusional. We know it's not the Rockies. "La Montagne" is just a nickname. Funny for you, only affectionate for us.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by le calmar

Nobody calls it a "montagne", but it is sometimes referred to as a "montagne" as a nickname, either by organizations (les amis de la Montagne) or medias. Never heard someone mention the word "montagne" while talking about Mont Royal. There is also a "de la Montagne" street at the base.

Like laceoflight mentioned, I suspect the word "montagne" was once used for any kind of hill, be it very small (the prominence of montagne Sainte-Geneviève in Paris is probably below 50 m) or tall.

Darned Montrealers. Equating their city to Paris yet again!

[haljackey]

Finally a new perspective on the London skyline


Via
http://www.lfpress.com/2017/06/07/view-from-up-top

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by speedog

I would surmise the use of mountain or montagne is all relative to the surrounding terrain - in many parts of the world Mount Royal (Mont Royal?) would never be considered or called a mountain but for some it is still a mountain. Even the wikipedia article regarding Mount Royal calls it a mountain in it's first sentence as does the city of Montreal's web site (link.

I've been to and hiked about Mount Royal and by my definition, I would never call it a mountain but then again, the Rocky Mountains lie just over an hours drive west of my home which create a different perspective of what mountains are.

Again, it's all relative and even many organizations that try to define what a mountain is haven't come to some conclusive agreement on that definition. So I will continue to find it amusing and others shouldn't be upset by that - it is what it is.

Did some woman / person from Montreal ditch you one evening or something?

[WhipperSnapper]

His head will probably explode when he visits Mount Pleasant in Toronto

[Franco401]

Originally Posted by haljackey

Finally a new perspective on the London skyline


Via
http://www.lfpress.com/2017/06/07/view-from-up-top

London gets a ton of hate (some deserved, some not) on here, but it looks very good here.

[ainvan]

Terminal Sunset by kotsy, on Flickr


17th Floor - Canada Life Building by Greg David, on Flickr


The View from the TD Tower by John Briggs, on Flickr