Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 466

mistercorporate · #**9301** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 6:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by 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.

Yeah, when it's done it'll be like a whole other Eaton Centre. And when the connected CIBC Square is completed and if they actually build those towers on Front Street, it's gonna be super-lively.

TorontoDrew · #**9302** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by 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.

Cal, I'm surprised you don't know. It's Vancouver House, the Ying to Calgary's Telus Sky Yang.

905er · #**9303** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 6:43 PM**

the Vancouver skyline is breathtaking.. factor geography into the equation, i'd say it's the best overall in Canada. Skyline specifically, no, but you can't deny Vancouver is a stunner.

Calgarian · #**9304** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by 905er

the Vancouver skyline is breathtaking.. factor geography into the equation, i'd say it's the best overall in Canada. Skyline specifically, no, but you can't deny Vancouver is a stunner.

If Vancouver wasn't where the mountains met the ocean, I don't think as many people would be as fond of the skyline as they are. The location of the city is definitely the prettiest in the country. I think Calgary is in a beautiful location (where the prairies meet the foothills with the rockies as a backdrop), but it does nothing for the skyline, except where you get the mountains behind, but that has traditionally been the worst angle architecturally lol.

Acajack · #**9305** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 6:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Youngest city in the world by what metric?

I'd wager there might be a few megacities in the Gulf states that were tiny villages in the sand as recently as the 1970s.

ssiguy · #**9306** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 7:10 PM**

Vancouver`s skyline looks spectacular with it`s stunning backdrop but without it it would just be another city with tons unremarkable residential towers that one sees all over Latin America and, of course, China.

In the NA context however it is quite unique for it`s high density towers and one particular architectural feature that sets it apart from nearly every other major city in NA and especially Canada.............the thinnest of the towers. These 20 to 30 story condos/apt hold shockingly few people considering their height due to their very thin footprint. I guess I have gotten use to them but whenever I go ANYWHERE else in the country and see `regular` towers I realize just how skinny Vancouver buildings are. Even when I go back to London, the apartment towers anywhere in the city are MUCH larger than anything you could find in all of Metro Vancouver.

When you consider that every building in the last 30 years in Vancouver has been glass, has a height limit, and a very small footprint regulation, it`s small wonder why the buildings all look the same. The negative results of this are obvious.........the `skyline` looks very uninteresting in both height and architectural stlyeand visually looks like just another big Metrotown. Vancouver really does look like a bunch of toothpicks. Conversely however, Vancouver managed to avoid the endless monster commie blocks that pervade most other Canadian cities.

Calgarian · #**9307** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 7:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

I'd wager there might be a few megacities in the Gulf states that were tiny villages in the sand as recently as the 1970s.

I bet there's cities in China that are even younger than that.

MonkeyRonin · #**9308** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 7:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

I bet there's cities in China that are even younger than that.

Shenzen, most famously, which was still a village as recently as the 1980s.

Vancouver isn't even the youngest city in Canada. If we're just talking major cities, then that'd be Calgary.

niwell · #**9309** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 8:12 PM**

Abuja, Nigeria comes to mind as well. As a planned new capital it wasn't incorporated as a city until the mid 1980s and currently has a population of over 2.5 million (probably larger if you count all informal areas).

Martin Mtl · #**9310** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 8:55 PM**

Credit photo: @montrealwang2018 on Instagram

mistercorporate · #**9311** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 10:40 PM**

Wow, those are some nice looking old homes in the inner suburbs. They must be century homes or owned by rich people.

Martin Mtl · #**9312** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 10:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by mistercorporate

Wow, those are some nice looking old homes in the inner suburbs. They must be century homes or owned by rich people.

https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=19610

mistercorporate · #**9313** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 10:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=19610

Thanks for the link, gives me a new appreciation of Westmount. I knew it was the old money part of Montreal, but didn't realize it had such an architectural heritage!

ainvan · #**9314** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 11:01 PM**

Morning Bliss by CJ Burnell, on Flickr

September 28, 2018. by Amanda Catching, on Flickr

Enjoy the sunset before winter time by Harry Luo, on Flickr

_DSC4988 by Doug Metcalfe, on Flickr

October 14, 2018. by Amanda Catching, on Flickr

giallo · #**9315** Posted **Oct 27, 2018, 12:41 AM**

^ Love that last shot!

Dr Awesomesauce · #**9316** Posted **Oct 27, 2018, 1:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by ainvan

Morning Bliss by CJ Burnell, on Flickr

Not a Torontonian so I'm trying to figure out where this photo was taken.

Is it from the East ie the Spit or from the West around Etobicoke?

Edit: Ah, there's a clue in the title of the photo...

mistercorporate · #**9317** Posted **Oct 27, 2018, 1:15 AM**

It's from Humber Bay on the West End, looking East. That forested region at the bottom of the skyline is Sunnyside Park, which is probably why it's hard to pinpoint since the Toronto Islands have a similar silhouette.

^^
The photo above this one shows some of the new condo developments along Humber Bay (aka mini-Miami). The lakeside park to the left of the photo is probably the vantage point.

rbt · #**9318** Posted **Oct 27, 2018, 2:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

I'd wager there might be a few megacities in the Gulf states that were tiny villages in the sand as recently as the 1970s.

China has a few with millions that weren't even villages in the 1980's.

Martin Mtl · #**9319** Posted **Oct 27, 2018, 2:40 PM**

Credit photo: @pixupmtl on Instagram

Credit photo: @jfsavaria on Instagram

Martin Mtl · #**9320** Posted **Oct 27, 2018, 4:47 PM**

Credit photo: Jordan on Flickr