Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 614

q12 · #**12261** Posted **Feb 9, 2020, 3:50 PM**

https://flic.kr/p/2hn6nus

_DSC0094a by alfplant2009, on Flickr

isaidso · #**12262** Posted **Feb 9, 2020, 5:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by giallo

It's a street that predominantly houses office buildings. It's like Vancouver's version of Wall St. Whatever gave you the impression that it was like 5th Ave? W.Georgia has never been advertised as a shopping street or something that tourists should check out.

When I see photos of a downtown street lined with tall buildings I automatically assume it's bustling at street level.... or at the very least filled with sights, sounds, smells, people, etc. West Georgia was a huge shock as one didn't go hand in hand with the other. I didn't feel like I was in the heart of a big city whatsoever.

You may be used to tall street canyons that are dead and underwhelming but I'd never ever encountered one before. It never occurred to me till I visited Vancouver that one could have tall buildings yet still not manage to have a big city feel. And you don't need shops to achieve that. West Georgia was a big disappointment.

GlassCity · #**12263** Posted **Feb 9, 2020, 7:25 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by isaidso

When I see photos of a downtown street lined with tall buildings I automatically assume it's bustling at street level.... or at the very least filled with sights, sounds, smells, people, etc. West Georgia was a huge shock as one didn't go hand in hand with the other. I didn't feel like I was in the heart of a big city whatsoever.

You may be used to tall street canyons that are dead and underwhelming but I'd never ever encountered one before. It never occurred to me till I visited Vancouver that one could have tall buildings yet still not manage to have a big city feel. And you don't need shops to achieve that. West Georgia was a big disappointment.

Yeah it's a good example of the concept that height has nothing to do with density or urbanism. A lot of West Georgia Street is basically towers in a park, with not so much as townhouse podiums as street level. A strange direction to take what should've been one of the city's flagship streets.

itom 987 · #**12264** Posted **Feb 9, 2020, 7:37 PM**

Edmonton

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by Judith A. Gale, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**12265** Posted **Feb 9, 2020, 10:42 PM**

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8KbCcqAVMW/

Chadillaccc · #**12266** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 9:58 PM**

https://pixabay.com/images/search/calgary/

Masoliantekw · #**12267** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 10:31 PM**

Québec, winter 2020

Saint-Jean suburb (foreground) / Parliament Hill / Walled city

Québec city by @manucoveney, on Instagram

Latin Quarter [part of Upper Town] / Château Frontenac (background)

Give light and people will find the way by @manucoveney, on Instagram

Saint-Jean suburb (foreground) / Saint-Roch suburb / Saint-Sauveur & Limoilou (background) / Laurentian hills in the distance

Untitled by @sandra.matoskaite, on Instagram

Latin Quarter (foreground) / Château Frontenac / Citadel (background)

Start where you are... by @manucoveney, on Instagram

Petit-Champlain [part of Lower town] / Walled city / Downtown [Parliament Hill]

It's a beautiful day! by @manucoveney, on Instagram

Monolith · #**12268** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 2:58 AM**

Vancouver City by Diego X. Salazar, on Flickr

suburbanite · #**12269** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 4:20 AM**

Wow at that second one. Made me do a double take.

skylinegazer · #**12270** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 7:56 AM**

that new Vancouver tower is a monstrosity :-(

skylinegazer · #**12271** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 8:00 AM**

here's a photo I found on 604now.com taken by Trish Jewison who does traffic reports for the local news station. it wasn't even posted full size so here's a better look at it :-)

https://604now.com/trish-jewison-vancouver-helicopter-reporter-interview/

https://604now.com/trish-jewison-vancouver-helicopter-reporter-interview/

TorontoDrew · #**12272** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 7:47 PM**

Fogscape by Jack Landau, on Flickr

Winter Skyline by Jack Landau, on Flickr

Bloor-Yorkville Skyline by Jack Landau, on Flickr

Time by Jack Landau, on Flickr

Yonge Street by Jack Landau, on Flickr

Golden Hour by Jack Landau, on Flickr

Pavlov · #**12273** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 8:52 PM**

I remember when the Manulife Centre, the Hudson Bay building and the CIBC building dominated the Yorkville skyline...

craner · #**12274** Posted **Feb 12, 2020, 12:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pavlov

I remember when the Manulife Centre, the Hudson Bay building and the CIBC building dominated the Yorkville skyline...

Haha - yeah, me too.
Great TO & Vancouver pics.

Martin Mtl · #**12275** Posted **Feb 12, 2020, 10:31 PM**

La Ville de "Léonard" by martin menard on flickr

Montreal -25
by martin menard on flickr

kool maudit · #**12276** Posted **Feb 13, 2020, 8:42 AM**

I remember driving into Toronto late one night in 1996, and thinking the Bay and CIBC buildings at Bloor and Yonge were really pretty tall.

megadude · #**12277** Posted **Feb 14, 2020, 11:19 PM**

Was at the auto show at convention centre and took this showing another perspective of the drab green and blue colour palette. Would be nice to see more colours and styles during those grey winter days.

Couple years ago it was brought to my attention on here that Toronto acts as defacto Canada. Hadn’t thought about this before but it’s called the Canadian international auto show not the Toronto auto show.

Coldrsx · #**12278** Posted **Feb 15, 2020, 6:48 PM**

https://twitter.com/Griesbach_Yeg/status/1225902285659791368

canucklehead2 · #**12279** Posted **Feb 16, 2020, 3:09 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

https://pixabay.com/images/search/calgary/

Now that's a skyline. Even without the mountains being as prominent as in most shots from that area, I love the sun glinting off Telus Sky and The Bow as well as the sadly empty Brookfield Place...

isaidso · #**12280** Posted **Feb 16, 2020, 5:17 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by skylinegazer

that new Vancouver tower is a monstrosity :-(

Interesting how views can be so polar opposite. In that photo there there were 100+ towers visible but it's the only one I like. The rest bore me to tears.