Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 898

WhipperSnapper · #**17941** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 3:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

All of our best skyscrapers in one shot (including Manulife Place)! Curious what the openings in the roof of the Bow and Telus Sky are for.

My guess is just empty space. Parapets were built to give a clean roofline. (the Bow's window washing track notwithstanding) Same for Brookfield

G.S MTL · #**17942** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 4:21 AM**

Voila ! Future rendering lol 2023-2024

isaidso · #**17943** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 8:40 AM**

2023-2024 Montreal skyline looks terrific. I wouldn't be surprised if the concentration of high-rises stretches all the way to the Jacques Cartier bridge a generation from now. Downtown is filling in but it's also expanding east and west.

MolsonExport · #**17944** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 3:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by G.S MTL

Voila ! Future rendering lol 2023-2024

Looks very wooty.

love the layers of just about every single skyscraper style.

Rico Rommheim · #**17945** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 4:19 PM**

Here's a photo i found online. It seems to be pre-CCE, so before 2004, so like 20 years before the future rendering posted above.

http://www.adamandlyn.co.uk/country/mnt_from_bridge.shtml

too bad doesn't seem to work. I found another one on flickr. Pretty low quality ut it gives you an idea
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Skyline by The_Mad_Max, on Flickr[/IMG]

G.S MTL · #**17946** Posted **Oct 6, 2021, 5:00 PM**

Wow a huge difference !!

Martin Mtl · #**17947** Posted **Oct 7, 2021, 1:12 PM**

Credit photo: @altitudeqc_drone

Credit photo: @niessohmedia

Credit photo: @altitudeqc_drone

MolsonExport · #**17948** Posted **Oct 7, 2021, 1:59 PM**

^great shot and a seldom-featured angle.

J.OT13 · #**17949** Posted **Oct 7, 2021, 2:10 PM**

Westboro skyline, with Lincoln Fields in the distance. This spot is the current home of Dominion Transitway glorified "station" and future home of Kitchi Sibi O-Train Station.

The bridge is part of the Transitway detour for conversion of the existing transit trench.

https://twitter.com/JLeiper/status/1445872413862944770

Rico Rommheim · #**17950** Posted **Oct 7, 2021, 8:13 PM**

Trains ending in 22 only, please by Michael Berry, on Flickr

O-tacular · #**17951** Posted **Oct 7, 2021, 8:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

My guess is just empty space. Parapets were built to give a clean roofline. (the Bow's window washing track notwithstanding) Same for Brookfield

It's weird with Telus Sky though because it was originally supposed to have a rooftop patio and now half of the top floor appears to just be unenclosed empty space not serving any function at all. Probably a result of budget cuts. Also odd how the curved corners of the Bow are open to the elements at the top. I always thought they had event spaces or something:

itom 987 · #**17952** Posted **Oct 8, 2021, 12:11 AM**

Only 7 rail cars for VIA, ouch.

craner · #**17953** Posted **Oct 9, 2021, 3:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Also odd how the curved corners of the Bow are open to the elements at the top. I always thought they had event spaces or something:

Are you sure that’s not an optical illusion in the photo ?
I think those might be grey colored roofs on the “fingertips” but the way the shadows fall make them look like hollow tubes. I know there is an awesome (indoor) theatre with tiered seating at the top of the east fingertip but perhaps that is a few levels down. I can’t say definitively.

esquire · #**17954** Posted **Oct 9, 2021, 3:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by itom 987

Only 7 rail cars for VIA, ouch.

You're shading a passenger train?

davidivivid · #**17955** Posted **Oct 9, 2021, 3:59 PM**

Crédit photo: https://www.instagram.com/francoisgig/

Nouvellecosse · #**17956** Posted **Oct 9, 2021, 4:42 PM**

^ Now that looks very cool. I'm guessing QC has the densest and most impressive city centre of any sub-million metro area north of Mexico.

Coldrsx · #**17957** Posted **Oct 9, 2021, 5:09 PM**

https://twitter.com/danschyk/status/1446646419285151744

https://twitter.com/uptown_one/status/1446834382262599687

isaidso · #**17958** Posted **Oct 9, 2021, 5:38 PM**

Nice autumn foliage.

G.S MTL · #**17959** Posted **Oct 10, 2021, 1:49 AM**

Uploade 2 days ago!!
Amazing video that showcases downtown Montreal !

https://youtu.be/NYVQnhcwDXA

Here are some screen shots

J.OT13 · #**17960** Posted **Oct 10, 2021, 12:08 PM**

Ottawa-Gatineau. From LeDroit, the region's French local newspaper. https://www.ledroit.com/opinions/deux-vi...-region-21846fd1b106c270725a3fdfd1f75fa6

From the east-end of Jacques-Cartier Park in Hull, looking west. A dozen towers or so, ranging from 30 to 65 floors, are proposed at LeBreton, Bayview and Dow's Lake in the centre of the image.

National Art Gallery in the ByWard Market, looking towards Hull and Gatineau Hills.