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Amazing how big the Metrotown area looks off in the distance. Great picture.
My favourite pics of Vancouver usually include the other metro skylines. IMO Vancouver's downtown skyline can be underwhelming at some angles but as soon as the other metro skylines are included then it really starts to beef up and show how dense the Lower Mainland actually is.
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Not that bad. Could be worse.

Is there retail at street level nearly everywhere? If not, that's a missed opportunity.
     
     
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Griffintown looks like SE False Creek from a distance, but looks more like Yaletown up close. I don't think Griffintown will ever achieve the same urbanity as Yaletown, but still a decent newly created neighbourhood.
     
     
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Not that bad. Could be worse.

Is there retail at street level nearly everywhere? If not, that's a missed opportunity.
There's some retail - grocery stores, banks, some shops (a Winners...), depanneurs etc. as well as some restaurants. What the area is really lacking is amenities for the families that it's trying to attract - most notably a school.

My understanding is that Vancouver has done quite well in terms of pre-planning the density it was trying to cultivate by considering these amenities/infrastructure beforehand.
     
     
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My god Telus Sky looks amazing!
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2020, 3:38 PM
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Where are the canals?!? Maybe not the correct Griffintown development.
     
     
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wow !! amazing... clearly shows the density... cant wait to see all 5 new 200m towers up by 2024 its going to be EPIC...
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I think you meant YOO. I also like Looney sur ville and Bassin sur Le Havre is not bad. In general, it's Devimco that builds the most ordinary stuff.
Yes indeed, I just realized my mistake and came back to the thread to correct it.

Devimco throws up buildings at an amazing speed but they're mediocre at best. I worry about Maestra because it will be very tall and very prominent and with their track record, I don't trust that Devimco will deliver something worthy of that location.
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Yes indeed, I just realized my mistake and came back to the thread to correct it.

Devimco throws up buildings at an amazing speed but they're mediocre at best. I worry about Maestra because it will be very tall and very prominent and with their track record, I don't trust that Devimco will deliver something worthy of that location.
True. I reassure myself with the fact that Devimco is also behind the MMA condo project which I think is one of the most promising in town, with high quality material (granit, curtain wall) and an elegant design. For that one, they went with a good architectural firm (LemayMichaud). The difference is that MMA is a very luxurious project, while the Griffintown projects are less.
     
     
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Some recent images of Ottawa.

Entrance Bay of the Ottawa River. Parliament and the CBD on the right, the National Art Gallery and ByWard Market/Lower Town/Sandy Hill area on the left, with the Royal Alexandra Bridge in the middle.


https://twitter.com/LeDroitca/status...27588319879169

Centretown and the CBD, with Gatineau's Hull sector across the river.

https://twitter.com/Ottawa_Tourism/s...87408187576322
     
     
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From left to right, Parliament Hill, the Central Business District (CBD), LeBreton Flats, Tunney's Pasture and Westboro beyond, Zibi (4 cranes), Hull sector of Gatineau shoreline.


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I love Telus Sky, but that lighting is tacky! Apologies Dougy C.

I would have under lit (shelve) the horizontal floor transitions.

Elegant over of the moment.
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It most definitely is not tacky, but to each their own
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