Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by Harrison

At this rate, MTL is going to have as much 'seafoam green' curtain wall as Vancouver or the lakeshore in TO.

Almost no seafoam green in Mtl. Most of the new condo towers are blue, black or white.

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by Harrison

At this rate, MTL is going to have as much 'seafoam green' curtain wall as Vancouver or the lakeshore in TO.

The perception of green is accentuated by the fact that the photo was taken through a window. Even clear looking glass will give a slight green tint to photos because of the level of iron in the glass.

Here's the same photo with the level of green taken down a notch.

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Montreal Downtown, 05 2020 by Alexandre Guyon on Flickr

[Sonog]

https://www.instagram.com/jefrosonic/

[Chadillaccc]

The big glowup.


https://www.peakaerials.com/works/telus-sky/

[TallBob]

Calgary missed the boat I believe years ago....with a few of their major developments! Could have easily had a couple of 900 footers but they went for the "Bulky" style instead. Also, too many twins!

[MonctonRad]

Recent nighttime shot of the Moncton riverfront by longtime poster on the Moncton threads, Blackyear

[q12]

https://twitter.com/flitelab/status/1292059749660463106


https://twitter.com/AnjuliCBC/status/1293224229429817345

[MisterMillionz]

Those Edmonton and Calgary shots are just so nice

Ever since Edmonton has bulked up these past few years, it's becoming one of my favourite skylines in the country

Also, the potential Halfiax has is just crazy! Would love to see some bigger projects sometime soon.

[SpongeG]

2020-08-22_11-39-24 by snub_you, on Flickr

2020-08-22_11-39-40 by snub_you, on Flickr

2020-08-22_11-40-02 by snub_you, on Flickr

[lio45]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

The big glowup.


https://www.peakaerials.com/works/telus-sky/

Always fascinated by how you can find tiny detached SFHs within short walking distance of the Bow (the tallest building of the downtown, and one of the tallest buildings in the country).

That's both weird and also exotic. Absolutely does not exist in any of the big cities I'm most familiar with (Montreal, NYC).

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by lio45

Always fascinated by how you can find tiny detached SFHs within short walking distance of the Bow (the tallest building of the downtown, and one of the tallest buildings in the country).

That's both weird and also exotic. Absolutely does not exist in any of the big cities I'm most familiar with (Montreal, NYC).

(a) Calgary is 1/3 the size of Montreal and 1/15 the size of NYC;
(b) Calgary is ~400 years younger than both NYC and Montreal;
(c) there are single family homes in Westmount.

Also I was quite impressed when I returned to Calgary last year with the rate of SFH replacement by midrises in the first ring of inner-city neighborhoods (for example, see Bridgeland in the immediate foreground of that photo).

[Doug]

As a post modern city, Calgary is an anomaly in Canada. It did not grow organically. Much of what is dt and the surrounding inner city was originally SFH, mostly of poor quality. The inner city areas of most cities passed through phases of succession while Calgary went directly from small SFH to large office towers.

I lived right dt when I first moved to Calgary at age 5, in 1977. I walked to St. Monica’s school in Mission from 8th Ave and 7th St and used to play around the construction sites throughout the inner city. Literally, houses with backyard chicken coops were replaced with 30 plus story office towers.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by Pavlov

(a) Calgary is 1/3 the size of Montreal and 1/15 the size of NYC;
(b) Calgary is ~400 years younger than both NYC and Montreal;
(c) there are single family homes in Westmount.

Also I was quite impressed when I returned to Calgary last year with the rate of SFH replacement by midrises in the first ring of inner-city neighborhoods (for example, see Bridgeland in the immediate foreground of that photo).

That's not the point.

Someone _could_ decide to build a Bow-sized office tower in the middle of rural Alberta ranchland. Then I'd point out how fascinating/exotic/weird it is to see cows freely grazing right in front of a skyscraper of that height. And you'd point out that this rural township has 1/1000000th of the population of Montreal so it's normal that there are only cows and no people (except all the ones who live away and commute to their office jobs in that Bow-sized tower).

Sure, that's true. Doesn't change the fact that I'm absolutely not used to towers of those heights being a few blocks away from modest detached SFHs. (I don't think any Easterners would be, in fact. It's not just me.)

[Nouvellecosse]

I find this exchange extremely amusing. Admittedly I was already in a mild state of amusement, but this has significantly intensified those feelings.

[Peggerino]

Toronto has the same exact issue. Go to North York and there are SFHs a block away from skyscrapers.

[giallo]

LA as well. Within a couple of blocks of crossing the 110 from downtown, there are single family homes clustered around.

[J.OT13]

Most cities have SFH near the centre of the city, but it's often older stock (pre-WWII). What's jarring with Calgary is that the SFH stock seems relatively modern (post-WWII up to fairly recently). Very "idyllic", clean, stereotypical suburban looking.

In Ottawa, there's a decent buffer between the downtown office district and ByWard Market area before you hit mid-century suburbs, about 3 km in any direction (crossing two waterways in three of those directions). Everything in between is pre-WWII brick houses (now offices/embassies/apartments), townhouses and apartment buildings along with modern condos and offices. That includes streetcar suburbs in the west and south that has some suburban characteristics, but centered around traditional main streets.

[Martin Mtl]

Montreal Canada. by Tony Bondi on Flickr


Montreal Canada. by Tony Bondi on Flickr


Montreal Canada. by Tony Bondi on Flickr

[someone123]

There are lots of shots of George's Island and the Halifax skyline from this perspective lately because the island was just opened up to tourists. Here are a few more:

View from inside Fort Charlotte, looking toward downtown. Too bad they didn't take one looking out to sea which was the main orientation of the fort. The citadel, Fort George, was built mainly to defend the city from a land-based attack while Fort Charlotte, York Redoubt, and others defended the harbour. There are probably 20+ old fort and battery sites around the city.


A more complete view of the downtown skyline. Often you only see a small part of this in skyline photos. It also continues north and south a bit but you need a lookout point that is farther back to capture it (the Woodside ferry terminal area is a great spot for taking a big panorama but I haven't seen any new ones that capture the latest construction):



Zooming in on newer highrises that are mostly along Sackville Street. There is a "gap" here corresponding to the empty Skye tower development site (which includes the short 70's-like brown building that will be demolished), and then another corresponding to the Ralston Building site, a ~10 storey 50's building that was demolished a few months ago.


More photos here

[esquire]

It's not every day that a novel vantage point opens up on a major Canadian city... I love it. Great photos.