Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[rousseau]

Does Montreal have streets of houses with those steep Norman roofs like in Quebec City? If so, where?

[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by G.S MTL

first stop in Montreal

I would love to stop ion Montreal too, heard it's a great place to party it up.

[skylinegazer]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

I don't understand the aversion to "blank" walls. Must everything be glazed for it to be an attractive architectural feature?

um, yes

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by rousseau

Does Montreal have streets of houses with those steep Norman roofs like in Quebec City? If so, where?

Some in Old Montreal, around Place Jacques-Cartier, but these are typical of the architecture of the French régime, and Old Montreal has more buildings left from the English regime from the mid-18th and the 19th centuries. These French regime houses are more common in different parts of the island that used to be outside the city limit (farm houses) and other villages or small town off the island, like Terrebonne.

I guess the most famous one in Montreal and one of the oldest (1698) is Maison St-Gabriel, in Pointe St-Charles.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Some in Old Montreal, around Place Jacques-Cartier, but these are typical of the architecture of the French régime, and Old Montreal has more buildings left from the English regime from the mid-18th and the 19th centuries. These French regime houses are more common in different parts of the island that used to be outside the city limit (farm houses) and other villages or small town off the island, like Terrebonne.

I guess the most famous one in Montreal and one of the oldest (1698) is Maison St-Gabriel, in Pointe St-Charles.

This is a fascinating aspect of the respective architectural histories of Montreal and Quebec City. From what I can tell, the halfway point between them, Trois-Rivières, doesn't have the pitched roofs of Quebec City, and takes more after Montreal.

What other cities or towns in Quebec have an architectural affinity to Quebec City?

[Martin Mtl]

I think Quebec City is unique in regard to the concentration of French regime buildings. It was the biggest city back then and it shows.

[Laceoflight]

Originally Posted by rousseau

This is a fascinating aspect of the respective architectural histories of Montreal and Quebec City. From what I can tell, the halfway point between them, Trois-Rivières, doesn't have the pitched roofs of Quebec City, and takes more after Montreal.

What other cities or towns in Quebec have an architectural affinity to Quebec City?

Before the great fire of 1908 that basically wiped out the whole old city of Trois-Rivières with the exception on Ursulines St., Trois-Rivières was just like Québec :

The Flood of 1896 in Trois-Rivières

Source : JRAD - Trois-Rivières

The Great fire of 1908 in Trois-Rivières

Source : JRAD - Trois-Rivières


Source : JRAD - Trois-Rivières

The same thing happened in Saint-Hyacinthe (1876), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (1876), Sorel (multiple times) and in Montreal, where huge swaths of the city were just like the faubourgs of Québec (multiple great fires, the one in 1852 wiped 1/6 of the city, outside of the "walls"). They were all re-constructed following the current trends of the 1850s-1870s...

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, summer 1876 :

Canadian Illustrated News

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 1839 :

By Bartlett - Public domain

Saint-Hyacinthe, probably before 1876...:

Source : The Past Whispers

[SkahHigh]

Montréal, view from Plateau Mont-Royal by Normand Pleau, sur Flickr

[Denscity]

Ya I like Quebec City's shorter buildings way more than those towers.

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[Franco401]

Originally Posted by Laceoflight

Before the great fire of 1908 that basically wiped out the whole old city of Trois-Rivières with the exception on Ursulines St., Trois-Rivières was just like Québec :


The same thing happened in Saint-Hyacinthe (1876), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (1876), Sorel (multiple times) and in Montreal, where huge swaths of the city were just like the faubourgs of Québec (multiple great fires, the one in 1852 wiped 1/6 of the city, outside of the "walls"). They were all re-constructed following the current trends of the 1850s-1870s...

The same is true of Saint John in 1877.

Before

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Some in Old Montreal, around Place Jacques-Cartier, but these are typical of the architecture of the French régime, and Old Montreal has more buildings left from the English regime from the mid-18th and the 19th centuries. These French regime houses are more common in different parts of the island that used to be outside the city limit (farm houses) and other villages or small town off the island, like Terrebonne.

I guess the most famous one in Montreal and one of the oldest (1698) is Maison St-Gabriel, in Pointe St-Charles.

Boucherville has an amazing Vieux Village.

[Wpg_Guy]

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[TorontoDrew]

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[SkahHigh]

reposted from reddit: Montreal just now (source in description) by Patrick Lawe, sur Flickr

[VanCityTowers]

Originally Posted by Klazu

One of the best views any Broadway corridor apartment has.

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Agreed. All the buildings that looks basically the same are far worse than the one blank wall.

Hate these types of comments. Feel bad for you that you don't find this impressive.

This is Vancouver, city of glass. Youngest city in the world. The Yaletown skyline is unique to Vancouver, there is nothing else like it. A sea of modern towers with many gems sprinkled in. This view is jaw dropping in person.

Do hope they do something with that bare wall though. The Charleston's piece is great. Thought it was strange at first but love it now.

[mistercorporate]

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[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by VanCityTowers

Hate these types of comments. Feel bad for you that you don't find this impressive.

This is Vancouver, city of glass. Youngest city in the world. The Yaletown skyline is unique to Vancouver, there is nothing else like it. A sea of modern towers with many gems sprinkled in. This view is jaw dropping in person.

Do hope they do something with that bare wall though. The Charleston's piece is great. Thought it was strange at first but love it now.

Hate these types of homer responses. Having 100 towers all with the same colour glass in the 20-30 storey range gets boring. It's a nice skyline, but it's kind of cookie cutter for most buildings and that does take away from it. The signature towers and lots of what has happened since the city stopped mandating green glass are much better though.

Youngest city in the world by what metric?

[caltrane74]

What's the tall building U/C in Vancouver?

Union Station is massive, I don't know how many of you have been since the ongoing renovation, still only half done, (gasp!) but it's like a planet unto itself.

[Calgarian]

Vancouver House? That one is my favourite highrise u/c in the country right now.