Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 263

TorontoDrew · #**5241** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 5:02 PM**

What is that brick building with the smokestacks? I like it a lot.

Coldrsx · #**5242** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 5:06 PM**

The old Rossdale power station, now decommissioned and empty awaiting incorporation into a new/future riverside cultural/arts/heritage/entertainment area.

Calgarian · #**5243** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 5:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jaws

yes

Good, it takes away from the new one!

Edmonton is looking OK I guess

MonkeyRonin · #**5244** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 5:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

https://www.instagram.com/p/BX-gLIggKEe/?tagged=livemontreal

This is a really cool shot. Almost looks as if someone just sloppily photoshopped a forest onto the city.

kwoldtimer · #**5245** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 7:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

The old Rossdale power station, now decommissioned and empty awaiting incorporation into a new/future riverside cultural/arts/heritage/entertainment area.

The future Tate Western ...

Coldrsx · #**5246** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 8:23 PM**

^bingo

How about a museum of industry or an Indigenous museum of Art?

O-tacular · #**5247** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 8:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

^bingo

How about a museum of industry or an Indigenous museum of Art?

How about a museum of pickup trucks?

TorontoDrew · #**5248** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 9:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

The old Rossdale power station, now decommissioned and empty awaiting incorporation into a new/future riverside cultural/arts/heritage/entertainment area.

Thanks!

Back in the days when they used to spend money on good architecture for our infrastructure buildings. Something they don't do enough of any more.

Franco401 · #**5249** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 9:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Thanks!

Back in the days when they used to spend money on good architecture for our infrastructure buildings. Something they don't do enough of any more.

I mean, it's not like there wouldn't be widespread public outrage at taxpayer funds being spent on cosmetic purposes, especially when this type of thing is no longer built in areas where people live.

TorontoDrew · #**5250** Posted **Aug 22, 2017, 9:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Franco401

I mean, it's not like there wouldn't be widespread public outrage at taxpayer funds being spent on cosmetic purposes, especially when this type of thing is no longer built in areas where people live.

They may not still build generation stations in urban cores, I'm not just talking about them but things like transfer stations, fire halls, schools, etc. I do agree it is due to the fact the public would cry out saying it's a waste of funds. I just find it sad that people don't seem to care about building these structures to improve the aesthetic quality of neighborhoods like they used to.

edit: I also wanted to say nice picture posted by Martin Mtl.

TorontoDrew · #**5251** Posted **Aug 23, 2017, 4:43 PM**

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Above Water by Paul Flynn, on Flickr[/IMG]

someone123 · #**5252** Posted **Aug 23, 2017, 5:33 PM**

Halifax:

Source

itom 987 · #**5253** Posted **Aug 23, 2017, 9:23 PM**

Edmonton

Edmonton, Alberta by Thomas Huizinga, on Flickr

itom 987 · #**5254** Posted **Aug 24, 2017, 1:49 AM**

Northside by Kurt Bauschardt, on Flickr

Pinion · #**5255** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 7:22 AM**

My wife took some photos near the top of the Scotiabank tower in Vancouver yesterday:

View from the Scotiabank tower, Vancouver, BC by chrisjohann, on Flickr

le calmar · #**5256** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 12:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by itom 987

Northside by Kurt Bauschardt, on Flickr

For the first time in a long time in this thread I didn't recognize instantly the city in the picture. Took me several seconds to figure out which city it was, I even thought it was an American city before I saw the CN logo.

Edit: Didn't see Rogers place in the foreground at first, otherwise that would have made it clear it was Edmonton

#**5257** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 1:13 PM**

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TorontoDrew · #**5258** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 1:27 PM**

Those are not Edmonton's most flattering angles.

esquire · #**5259** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 2:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by le calmar

For the first time in a long time in this thread I didn't recognize instantly the city in the picture. Took me several seconds to figure out which city it was, I even thought it was an American city before I saw the CN logo.

Edit: Didn't see Rogers place in the foreground at first, otherwise that would have made it clear it was Edmonton

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Those are not Edmonton's most flattering angles.

It's a rare angle for sure, 99% of the skyline shots we see of Edmonton are taken from the river valley or university areas. I like this view, though... it's clearly not the postcard skyline shot, but it's a more honest depiction of Edmonton's sometimes gritty urban fabric. It's a gorgeous photo.

isaidso · #**5260** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 2:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Those are not Edmonton's most flattering angles.

Perhaps but we (Toronto) have huge swaths of our city that look far worse than that. Yesterday I walked that stretch of Yonge Street in North York (Sheppard to Finch) and it's far worse than that street in Edmonton. That Edmonton street isn't an urban paradise but looks far more pleasant to walk along.

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Originally Posted by esquire

It's a rare angle for sure, 99% of the skyline shots we see of Edmonton are taken from the river valley or university areas. I like this view, though... it's clearly not the postcard skyline shot, but it's a more honest depiction of Edmonton's sometimes gritty urban fabric. It's a gorgeous photo.

I enjoyed that photo too. You can see the potential in it.