Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 666

Chadillaccc · #**13301** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 6:57 AM**

Ohhh some bitches gonna haaaate this... first post!

On my way to work today...

giallo · #**13302** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 12:04 PM**

Any pics at street level of Griffintown? Not really feeling it from the air.

MolsonExport · #**13303** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 2:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

All three of them:

About time. Tour de la Bourse has been lonely for years, aside from the nearby hotel with the rotating restaurant (I've been there numerous times over the past 4 decades...the food is meh, but the view is nice).

SaskScraper · #**13304** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 3:41 PM**

https://www.scottprokop.com/Prints/New-Releases/
Saskatoon from last Fall

MolsonExport · #**13305** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 4:27 PM**

The 'toon looks very green and clean from that angle.

Calgarian · #**13306** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 4:56 PM**

Toon Town is quite pretty in the summer! kind of reminds me of Calgary with all the bridges.

Chadillaccc · #**13307** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 5:55 PM**

That’s an exceptional Saskatoon pano. Very nice!

Must be from last summer though? As I don’t see Nutrien Tower rising above grade yet.

lio45 · #**13308** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 11:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

The 'toon looks very green and clean from that angle.

If you photoshopped that railway hotel style building that's in the river bend to make it look a bit more like Parliament, I'm sure you could pass this pic off as Ottawa to 50% of the population.

Darkoshvilli · #**13309** Posted **Jun 13, 2020, 11:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

If you photoshopped that railway hotel style building that's in the river bend to make it look a bit more like Parliament, I'm sure you could pass this pic off as Ottawa to 50% of the population.

I thought it looked like Edmonton without the skyscrapers.

Rico Rommheim · #**13310** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 12:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

If you photoshopped that railway hotel style building that's in the river bend to make it look a bit more like Parliament, I'm sure you could pass this pic off as Ottawa to 50% of the population.

I'm sure you could show this pic to 99% of the world population and tell them that's Ottawa and they would believe you.

And then they would ask you, where's Ottawa?

You could probably go to 90-99% of the world population and tell them that's Toronto, and they will still believe you.

If my world travels have taught me anything, it's that nobody knows anything about Canada. When your average Chennai person, or taxi driver in Laos, or your construction worker in Lima thinks of Canada, they might just think about a giant unspoiled wilderness that's ungodly cold 300 days a year. They're not thinking about how lively Yonge street is on a thursday afternoon.

Marshal · #**13311** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 2:59 AM**

I never get the point of this. That's the way most of the world perceives most of the rest of the world.

Spocket · #**13312** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 3:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I'm sure you could show this pic to 99% of the world population and tell them that's Ottawa and they would believe you.

And then they would ask you, where's Ottawa?

You could probably go to 90-99% of the world population and tell them that's Toronto, and they will still believe you.

If my world travels have taught me anything, it's that nobody knows anything about Canada. When your average Chennai person, or taxi driver in Laos, or your construction worker in Lima thinks of Canada, they might just think about a giant unspoiled wilderness that's ungodly cold 300 days a year. They're not thinking about how lively Yonge street is on a thursday afternoon.

Here in China they ask me what we do about all the kangaroos.

Spocket · #**13313** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 3:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Darkoshvilli

Aftet 57 years tour de la Bourse finally has some friends.

What I find impressive is how good it looks even after all that time.

lio45 · #**13314** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 5:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I'm sure you could show this pic to 99% of the world population and tell them that's Ottawa and they would believe you.

And then they would ask you, where's Ottawa?

You could probably go to 90-99% of the world population and tell them that's Toronto, and they will still believe you.

If my world travels have taught me anything, it's that nobody knows anything about Canada. When your average Chennai person, or taxi driver in Laos, or your construction worker in Lima thinks of Canada, they might just think about a giant unspoiled wilderness that's ungodly cold 300 days a year. They're not thinking about how lively Yonge street is on a thursday afternoon.

Seems I wasn't clear but I meant you could probably pass this off as Ottawa to 50% of the population of Canada.

No need to point out that to 99% of the globe, you could pass off a picture of a handful of igloos on a barren snowpack as "Ottawa" and they'd swallow it. That goes without saying.

Chadillaccc · #**13315** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 5:44 AM**

When I was a kid, like 12 ish, Tour de la Bourse was my 2nd favourite skyscraper in Canada, second only to Scotia Plaza. Both are still well within my top 10 :tip:

Rico Rommheim · #**13316** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 6:55 PM**

Tour de la Bourse has long been my favourite modern tower in Montreal. Although now its starting to look more and more like an antique.

I do love PVM and it would have been my favourite,but I find PVM lacks a bit in height. Even at 200m, it would have been that much better.

MolsonExport · #**13317** Posted **Jun 14, 2020, 7:24 PM**

My favorite international style tower in Montreal is Tour CIBC. Hate the bank, but love the building. Here it is in the good old days, before CIBC ditched their elegant logo for some bullshit pathway.

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Completed in 1962 only a few months before Place Ville-Marie, the CIBC Tower was the tallest building in Canada and the entire Commonwealth of Nations when it was first built, until being surpassed later that year by Place Ville-Marie where a penthouse was added by the competing Royal Bank for that express purpose.

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J.OT13 · #**13318** Posted **Jun 15, 2020, 2:29 PM**

Ottawa sunrise.

https://twitter.com/Ottawa_Tourism/status/1271166318952304644

esquire · #**13319** Posted **Jun 15, 2020, 2:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

My favorite international style tower in Montreal is Tour CIBC. Hate the bank, but love the building. Here it is in the good old days, before CIBC ditched their elegant logo for some bullshit pathway.

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wootiepedia

What a great tower... one of my all time favourites. Total eye candy. Tour de la Bourse is top notch as well, as is PVM. Montreal is fortunate to have so many amazing landmark towers.

Acajack · #**13320** Posted **Jun 15, 2020, 2:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Ottawa sunrise.

https://twitter.com/Ottawa_Tourism/status/1271166318952304644

I wonder if that great view will ever be marred by a gigantic air conditioner-style addition on the back of the Château Laurier.