Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Wpg_Guy]

Random shots Winnipeg MB
by Matthew Bradbury
Winnipeg Goldeyes, Shaw Park

https://i.imgur.com/FVUt08j.jpg

Royal Canadian Mint, Winnipeg MB

https://i.imgur.com/GCE5yZh.jpg

Canadian Museum For Human Rights, Winnipeg MB

https://i.imgur.com/imhN7IY.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/GNJgGza.jpg

St. Boniface Cathedral, Winnipeg MB

https://i.imgur.com/IzyI3Am.jpg

[Black Star]

Amazing shots......

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by megadude

This does look great. So this walkway is new? Is it economically feasible to do that instead of typical concrete panels?

It's likely pricier but I see this type of pavement being installed on lots of streets. It surely lasts longer than concrete and definitely looks a ton nicer. It boils down to whether a city is serious about building a quality public realm or is content with the status quo.


Argyle Street, Halifax

Courtesy of canadify

Close up of its construction

Courtesy of soleno

[mistercorporate]

by ericpsam on flickr


by Calvin Lam on flickr


by Calvin Lam on flickr


by Gigi D on flickr

[Coldrsx]

@vineshpratap

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by isaidso

That should be the standard for all of our streets.

It would be insanely expensive. They did for McTavish street because it's been turn into a pedestrian street within the McGill campus. They did it also in the Quartier des spectacles and in some squares, like Place d'Armes. They probably will do it also for Sainte-Catherine which is being totally redone within the next 3 to 4 years.

[Franco401]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

It would be insanely expensive. They did for McTavish street because it's been turn into a pedestrian street within the McGill campus. They did it also in the Quartier des spectacles and in some squares, like Place d'Armes. They probably will do it also for Sainte-Catherine which is being totally redone within the next 3 to 4 years.

Standard would mean doing it whenever a street needs major repairs anyway, not tearing up every city street on a whim.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by Franco401

Standard would mean doing it whenever a street needs major repairs anyway, not tearing up every city street on a whim.

In Montreal, only streets that need major repairs pretty much mean every street :-)

[GeneralLea]

That last Edmonton shot looks good, it sets a pretty neat atmosphere.

[Sonog]

Edmonton

@jefrosonic

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

It would be insanely expensive. They did for McTavish street because it's been turn into a pedestrian street within the McGill campus. They did it also in the Quartier des spectacles and in some squares, like Place d'Armes. They probably will do it also for Sainte-Catherine which is being totally redone within the next 3 to 4 years.

It would be expensive but nice things cost money. I don't mind my tax dollars going towards it. Even if we tackled all of our pavement bit by bit it would be dwarfed by the amount we spend on roads/highways.

[someone123]

One common factor for both McTavish and Argyle is that their use as potential public spaces is greater than their value to vehicle traffic. They're also relatively narrow; narrow for large vehicles, but amply wide for everyone else assuming they're not relegated to a tiny strip of sidewalk.

A lot of arteries that carry heavy mixed traffic should have wider sidewalks and maybe a third path for smaller and slower vehicles (bikes, scooters, etc.). But they don't need to be 100% repaved. The central vehicle path can be cheap and low maintenance asphalt or plain concrete, and will not serve as a public open space.

Even if it were free to turn every street into a pedestrian-first kind of environment a lot of those streets would end up looking pretty empty. Motorized vehicles use a lot more space than pedestrians.

[someone123]

Source

[FrAnKs]

Halifax, je t'adores.
Sincerely yours,

Québec City.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by someone123

One common factor for both McTavish and Argyle is that their use as potential public spaces is greater than their value to vehicle traffic. They're also relatively narrow; narrow for large vehicles, but amply wide for everyone else assuming they're not relegated to a tiny strip of sidewalk.

A lot of arteries that carry heavy mixed traffic should have wider sidewalks and maybe a third path for smaller and slower vehicles (bikes, scooters, etc.). But they don't need to be 100% repaved. The central vehicle path can be cheap and low maintenance asphalt or plain concrete, and will not serve as a public open space.

Even if it were free to turn every street into a pedestrian-first kind of environment a lot of those streets would end up looking pretty empty. Motorized vehicles use a lot more space than pedestrians.

As our cities become denser and more geared to pedestrians streets like Argyle will be far more prevalent than they are today. Not every street needs to or should look like Argyle but there's nothing preventing us from installing quality paving like that on sidewalks.

I've always hated concrete sidewalks so it's a pleasant surprise that we're starting to see improvements to the public realm. Not nearly enough for my liking but you have to start somewhere.

[skylinegazer]

Hey what happened to the numbering of this thread because we used to be up to at least 4?

[TorontoDrew]

[IMG]crow's.nest by Jonathan Castellino, on Flickr[/IMG]

[GeneralLea]

Man, that's wild. Those Halifax shots look good as well, the fonts are pretty neat and kinda fit the theme of the set.

[kwoldtimer]

Very striking!

[Martin Mtl]

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