Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 482

Wpg_Guy · #**9621** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 7:21 PM**

Winnipeg winter

Mike McCaffrey (@mikemccaf) on Instagram

GeneralLea · #**9622** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 7:29 PM**

Those last two are remarkable. Winnipeg is a treasure of a city, and it's great to see it improving.

craner · #**9623** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/apropos/p...EMinX75687lM3O528J6KHho5m2Q4SZZQz6M4eGAQ

What is the tallish building on the right & when was it built ?

Martin Mtl · #**9624** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 7:50 PM**

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https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/citoye.../vieux_quebec/interet/edifice_price.aspx

craner · #**9625** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 7:56 PM**

^Cool - Thanks for that.

I'm sure happy it was built.

Rico Rommheim · #**9626** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

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https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/citoye.../vieux_quebec/interet/edifice_price.aspx

Wow that link is full of inaccuracies and mistakes lol

Chadillaccc · #**9627** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 8:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by niwell

It's the corner of 1st st and 13th ave SW. https://goo.gl/maps/snLYexPQdzy

That strip on 1st has always been a cool area, though used to be quite desolate before all the surrounding condos were built. Looks like there's still some good restaurants / bars in the area - an acquaintance of mine was a chef at Ten Foot Henry on 1st right there before moving to Toronto.

First Street SW is still an awesome street, plus half a block of retail/restaurants is about to come online when the podium of Underwood opens. One of the best cocktail bars in the city is on the street, called Proof (out of frame to the right), and one of the best pubs, Leopolds, is just a block up on the corner of 1 and 12. Best part is, there's gonna be a subway station just half a block off the street on 12th once Green Line is open.

HomeInMyShoes · #**9628** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 8:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by craner

What is the tallish building on the right & when was it built ?

Édifice Price, 1930, 82m

rousseau · #**9629** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 8:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2018/12/photo-day-skyline-corktown-common

This is turning into a nice neighbourhood. We stumbled upon it once while seeking out the Distillery District. The ground-level bars, cafes and shops make it feel rather comfy and intimate in a way you don't expect from new developments.

niwell · #**9630** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 8:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

This is turning into a nice neighbourhood. We stumbled upon it once while seeking out the Distillery District. The ground-level bars, cafes and shops make it feel rather comfy and intimate in a way you don't expect from new developments.

Some of the architecture isn't the greatest, but they have really put a lot of attention into streetscaping and the types of retail tenants in the area. Nothing kills street life more than, say, a dentists office where the frontage is covered in window film. As the remaining lots are developed it should continue to get better.

suburbanite · #**9631** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 8:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

This is turning into a nice neighbourhood. We stumbled upon it once while seeking out the Distillery District. The ground-level bars, cafes and shops make it feel rather comfy and intimate in a way you don't expect from new developments.

For a brand new ground up development it's done well. What it really needs now is some employment uses. There's a great group of old brick warehouses sitting behind those condos that are just begging for someone to come and convert into a modern tech-type commercial space. The provincial government's been sitting on them since they consolidated the land for the Pan am games many years ago. I briefly toured through them and we were looking at buying them, but no dice.

Edit: Might have actually been First Gulf that had them as part of an agreement with the province. Was a couple years ago, can't remember.

rousseau · #**9632** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 9:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

Winnipeg winter

Mike McCaffrey (@mikemccaf) on Instagram

That's pretty in the snow. Looks like it's about -5 degrees. I walked across that bridge many times in conditions like this, on my way from U of W to Osborne Village and environs.

Martin Mtl · #**9633** Posted **Dec 13, 2018, 11:31 PM**

Credit photo: @simonlachapelle on Instagram

Credit photo: @grahamkmann on Instagram

Calgarian · #**9634** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 12:13 AM**

So... what's going on in that first pic there? looks like they are signaling a UFO to land lol.

Martin Mtl · #**9635** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 1:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

So... what's going on in that first pic there? looks like they are signaling a UFO to land lol.

It’s the yearly memorial for the victims of the Polytechnique massacre. 14 beams of light for each woman killed.

franktko · #**9636** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

So... what's going on in that first pic there? looks like they are signaling a UFO to land lol.

How quickly we forget...

It is the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre

someone123 · #**9637** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 6:09 AM**

Another angle:

Source

Pavlov · #**9638** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 1:58 PM**

^ Really illustrates Halifax's impressive density.

Calgarian · #**9639** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 2:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

It’s the yearly memorial for the victims of the Polytechnique massacre. 14 beams of light for each woman killed.

Oh Ok, don't think I've seen that before, beautiful memorial!

TorontoDrew · #**9640** Posted **Dec 14, 2018, 8:12 PM**

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