Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Shift

Surrey's sprouting core (Oct 2):
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What is the building in the foreground?

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Nice snap. Love all the satellite skylines starting to mature in form throughout the area.

They are definitely starting to fill out now after growing at a snail's pace for so long.

Originally Posted by 240glt

Beautiful shot

Thanks! I posted a few more pics here if you're interested.

[Chadillaccc]

By AJX on SRC.

[O-tacular]

Major density in that shot! The CBD and Beltline almost don’t look separated by the train tracks. My only gripe is the amount of twins we have in this city. It’s so unimaginative. Makes our skyline look cookie cutterish.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

What is the building in the foreground?

SFU campus expansion.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Major density in that shot! The CBD and Beltline almost don’t look separated by the train tracks. My only gripe is the amount of twins we have in this city. It’s so unimaginative. Makes our skyline look cookie cutterish.

I understand the dislike of the sheer amount of twins we have here, but at least all of our sets of twins are very different than each other, and all of our major towers are quite distinct. I don't find it cookie-cutterish.

[ainvan]

Fall in Vancouver by Prab Bhatia, on Flickr


Vancouver Skyline by Manuel Estacio, on Flickr

[ainvan]

from Richmond & Sherbourne by Brady Baker, on Flickr


P5265646 by Paul, on Flickr


P7231843 by Paul, on Flickr


Cityscape by Rich, on Flickr


pano by Clement Lo, on Flickr


Autumn Sunset by White Swan Arts (+400k views), on Flickr

[rousseau]

This is a strikingly ugly shot. Toronto's skyline density looks good from certain angles, but so many of the individual buildings — balls. Never mind the mid-rise misery of the twentieth century that is only just now taking a turn for the better.

And OCAD University seemed playfully eccentric at first, but now it just looks inept and clumsy. Blech, what an eyesore.

Originally Posted by ainvan

P5265646 by Paul, on Flickr

[mistercorporate]

by indiglonavin on flickr

[brenGT2]

From Saturday:

Edmonton Skyline: October 6, 2018 by Brendan Eirich, on Flickr

[SkahHigh]

Murale de Leonard Cohen - Musée des beaux-arts by Montréal, sur Flickr

[rousseau]

Here's mine:

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by rousseau

And OCAD University seemed playfully eccentric at first, but now it just looks inept and clumsy. Blech, what an eyesore.

Though that's not its best angle. I actually kinda like that building.

[esquire]

^ It isn't the kind of building you would necessarily want two dozen of scattered around your city, but one is OK. It has a certain sculptural quality to it.

[Monolith]

DT Vancouver Panorama by Costantino Galileos, on Flickr

[scryer]

Nice to see some jaw-dropping Vancouver shots.

[TorontoDrew]

[IMG]MOCA Toronto by wyliepoon, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]MOCA Toronto by wyliepoon, on Flickr[/IMG]

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by esquire

^ It isn't the kind of building you would necessarily want two dozen of scattered around your city, but one is OK. It has a certain sculptural quality to it.

Originally Posted by Acajack

Though that's not its best angle. I actually kinda like that building.

Having walked by it numerous times, its ungainly, pick-up stick-like, hulking presence doesn't grow on you. I think it would be better suited to being surrounded by decent-looking lowrise density. Like in, uh, a certain other city in Canada.

[q12]

Taken today by the Navy:

Over 11,000 passengers on 5 cruise ships in Halifax Harbour today.



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