Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[J.OT13]

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-i...2020-1.5220668


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...2396?cache=yes


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/photo-gall...2020-1.5171846

[J.OT13]

Just discovered the Ottawa Film Office flickr.

Ottawa Cityscape by Ottawa Film Office, on Flickr

ByWart Market by Ottawa Film Office, on Flickr

ByWart Market by Ottawa Film Office, on Flickr

Ottawa Cityscape by Ottawa Film Office, on Flickr



Downtown Ottawa by Ottawa Film Office, on Flickr

[J.OT13]

Montreal.


https://twitter.com/VIARailStream/st...15118179037185

[someone123]

Halifax


Source

[Monolith]

Sailing in English Bay, Vancouver autumn by roaming-the-planet, on Flickr


the Beaver moon over Vancouver by roaming-the-planet, on Flickr


https://www.flickr.com/photos/ffwoodycooks/50688664021/

[Martin Mtl]

Nice pics on this page. Vancouver looks magnificent there.

[TorontoDrew]

Best Ottawa set in a long time. Vancouver looks huge in the last shot.

[J.OT13]

Hull sector, Gatineau. Parliament and the Market/Rideau visible in the background.


https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/g...b974f40f777d2d

Ottawa skyline from Montreal Road and 174 intersection (with median cleared for O-Train construction), 9 kilometers as the crow flies from the core.

https://twitter.com/TimTierney/statu...24540755423233

[Martin Mtl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjq4YpHShy/


https://www.instagram.com/p/CIj2REYHwcJ/


https://www.instagram.com/p/CIj75ZipJw2/


https://www.instagram.com/p/CIRw8_kH8gV/

[MolsonExport]

^great stuff, as always. I look forward to future instagram mtl photo threads

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

^great stuff, as always. I look forward to future instagram mtl photo threads

You can check out my latest Instagram update HERE.

I will post a link to each new edition in the other thread, instead of posting pictures directly in the thread like before.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

You can check out my latest Instagram update HERE.

I will post a link to each new edition in the other thread, instead of posting pictures directly in the thread like before.

thanks for the amazing eye candy. I hope other people will take the time to click...well worth it!

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIRw8_kH8gV/

(Canadian) urban perfection.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by 905er

Winnipeg is clearly the most underrated city in Canada... couldn't be convinced of it more after watching that video. Gorgeous... love the architecture in the exchange district. Definitely due for another visit soon.

In no particular order,
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Hamilton

Most underrated cities in Canada imho

[MolsonExport]

London is so underrated, it isn't even rated on the underrated list!

[kool maudit]

Originally Posted by Pavlov

(Canadian) urban perfection.

Montreal's bones are among the best on the continent, only New York is ahead by any real distance.

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by kool maudit

Montreal's bones are among the best on the continent, only New York is ahead by any real distance.

I don't disagree with that. I personally prefer Asian mega-city chaos for my overall urban perfection so wanted to distinguish.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by Pavlov

(Canadian) urban perfection.

What's visible there isn't as dense as other Montreal neighborhoods, though it would arguably be on average more architecturally interesting than those ones (you decide how much weight you want to assign to that one factor).

[someone123]

Originally Posted by lio45

What's visible there isn't as dense as other Montreal neighborhoods, though it would arguably be on average more architecturally interesting than those ones (you decide how much weight you want to assign to that one factor).

It's a nice mix of density and character with some greenery and a lot of curvy, hilly streets. The real estate prices look higher than average for the inner city around there; they're at East Van crackhouse levels. I was curious if I could trade my boring condo for a Westmount townhouse but not quite.

In most Canadian cities the wealthier people around 1900 lived on large lots but in Montreal there was more of this style of dense townhouse or nicer rowhouses, presumably because the city was bigger and land values were higher. Plus the construction is older on average than around here and the norms earlier on in the prewar period were for more compact construction.

One frustrating thing about the similar parts of Halifax is that those old large lots ended up being subdivided after the areas became less exclusive so the analogous areas are often a mix of 1900 mansions and modest 1950's bungalows. Although the land values are back to being very high and there are more monster homes being built now (ugly up until the early 2000's but increasingly attractive now). Montreal doesn't have this issue so much because there were no gaps to fill. Vancouver is hit and miss like this too around the West Side. One block will be splendid Crafstman style houses then the next is a boring 60's bungalow or walkup.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by someone123

I was curious if I could trade my boring condo for a Westmount townhouse but not quite.

IIRC, condos didn't gain anywhere near as much value as detached houses did, right? Had you owned a shitty cookie-cutter bungalow anywhere in Van, you could still trade it for something gorgeous in Montreal, guaranteed.

Montreal values went up sharply lately, as well. The best time to swap Van real estate for Mtl real estate was likely a few years ago. Van has kinda plateaued for the last couple years, I believe. So, unfortunately for you, you wouldn't get as much Westmount bang for your traded-in Vancouver Real Estate buck now as you would have not too long ago.

(On a related note, I believe the Halifax-Vancouver ratio has followed the Montreal-Vancouver ratio, the best time for that sort of swap was earlier, not now.)