Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 243

koops65 · #**4841** Posted **Jul 2, 2017, 7:25 PM**

^^^ Like the Trojan Horse? Enemies hidden within?

Never look a gift duck in the mouth...

caltrane74 · #**4842** Posted **Jul 2, 2017, 8:07 PM**

That damn duck!

WhipperSnapper · #**4843** Posted **Jul 2, 2017, 8:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

I wish the giant ducky could become permanent! Love the whimsy (with a hint of something sinister).

I agree. Stupid government already spent enough money to tow it in.

ainvan · #**4844** Posted **Jul 2, 2017, 10:24 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

I wish the giant ducky could become permanent! Love the whimsy (with a hint of something sinister).

Something sinister?

Just Ducky / Rubber Ducky .... You're The One! .... Toronto Harbour .... Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Greg's Southern Ontario (catching Up Slowly), on Flickr

kwoldtimer · #**4845** Posted **Jul 2, 2017, 11:25 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by koops65

^^^ Like the Trojan Horse? Enemies hidden within?

Never look a gift duck in the mouth...

Not sure, but there's something evil hiding behind that blank stare, I'm sure of it!

caltrane74 · #**4846** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 12:09 AM**

Lake is flooding the boardwalk.

Metro-One · #**4847** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 1:02 AM**

A lot of duck shaming going on here...

Not everyone can be human you know... or sentient.

Anyways love that evening Toronto pick. The Toronto skyline really has become magnificent over the last 10 years. (Was already great to start)

I honestly feel that starting in the 90s with Vancouver, but then spreading to Toronto, Calgary, and now Montreal and Edmonton Canadian cities now have a true uniquely Canadian look to them. Before the 90s they had a North American look.

Don't ask me to quite put my finger on it, but the same way you can identify an Australian city from an American one, you can now do the same with Canadian cities. They are all different from each other of course, but now Canadian cities all share a look and form together that separates them from the US and other countries.

Just my feeling, but I like it.

Martin Mtl · #**4848** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 3:02 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

I wish the giant ducky could become permanent! Love the whimsy (with a hint of something sinister).

Source

Coldrsx · #**4849** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 3:22 AM**

1pt for awesome reference.

Edmonton heading from Downtown to Old Strathcona/Whyte Avenue on the streetcar.

twitter.com/ianoyeg

kwoldtimer · #**4850** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 3:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Source

Yes! My gut never lies ...

kwoldtimer · #**4851** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 3:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

1pt for awesome reference.

Edmonton heading from Downtown to Old Strathcona/Whyte Avenue on the streetcar.

twitter.com/ianoyeg

What a nice little attraction! What's the length of the run?

Coldrsx · #**4852** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 4:09 PM**

About 3km or so. Highest active streetcar in the world and best vantage point for our multiple skylines.

http://www.edmonton-radial-railway.ab.ca/highlevelbridge/

ainvan · #**4853** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 5:36 PM**

Canada 150 by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Ward's Island by wyliepoon, on Flickr

ainvan · #**4854** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 5:41 PM**

Canada Day Fireworks by Jonathan Ichikawa, on Flickr

Off to work in North Vancouver, British Columbia by m1i1k1e1, on Flickr

Happy Birth Day Canada 150 by Kelvin Kwan, on Flickr

ainvan · #**4855** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 5:45 PM**

Sunrise Calgary July 3rd by Don Rawson, on Flickr

kwoldtimer · #**4856** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 6:36 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ainvan

Canada 150 by Marcanadian, on Flicf wkr

Ward's Island by wyliepoon, on Flickr

Nice perspective in that first pic. The second reminds me of when I used to go out to Ward's Island to sit and listen to the city - there's a constant "thrum" that used to fascinate me (city as a living thing and all that).

Laceoflight · #**4857** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 7:10 PM**

Thank you very much, Ainvan, for all those pictures of Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and the others. I always appreciate your posts here.

For my 700th post, I'd like to say «Bonjour!» to Québec !

The Last Stand by Shivang Sharma, on 500px

Rico Rommheim · #**4858** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 7:24 PM**

^ A strangely imposing skyline.

Laceoflight · #**4859** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 7:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

^ A strangely imposing skyline.

Agreed.
Here's the same picture with Le Phare (on the far right), if this thing ever gets built.

WhipperSnapper · #**4860** Posted **Jul 3, 2017, 8:49 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metro-One

A lot of duck shaming going on here...

Not everyone can be human you know... or sentient.

Anyways love that evening Toronto pick. The Toronto skyline really has become magnificent over the last 10 years. (Was already great to start)

I honestly feel that starting in the 90s with Vancouver, but then spreading to Toronto, Calgary, and now Montreal and Edmonton Canadian cities now have a true uniquely Canadian look to them. Before the 90s they had a North American look.

Don't ask me to quite put my finger on it, but the same way you can identify an Australian city from an American one, you can now do the same with Canadian cities. They are all different from each other of course, but now Canadian cities all share a look and form together that separates them from the US and other countries.

Just my feeling, but I like it.

Balconies?