Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 931

WhipperSnapper · #**18601** Posted **Dec 14, 2021, 5:05 AM**

I don't know either city which has made the last page and a half even more enjoyable.

The Great Scaper · #**18602** Posted **Dec 14, 2021, 7:21 AM**

Zoomer... what a gem of a video. Thanks for sharing that. My Great Uncle Wilf Tyson was one of the last street car drivers here in Victoria. My Grandmother on my mom's side, her grandparents had a farm in Saanich in the 1800's. I always wonder what they'd think of the city today?

I thought I'd also add that there's more municipalities and townships than just Oakbay that have cores. There's the town of Sidney which is across the highway from the international airport that has a great downtown area. Then there's Brentwood Bay in Central Saanich and the Municipality of Esquimalt home to the Navy Base which has a great commercial strip. Lastly the city of Langford which is the fastest growing city in Canada is developing a high density core. They just approved several 24 story high rises. It's Victoria's 3rd largest municipality at over 50,000 people.

zoomer · #**18603** Posted **Dec 14, 2021, 7:42 AM**

Your family has a great history in Victoria! I think you have another relative that was in the local paper during WW II as well, having survived a German attack at sea.

Denscity · #**18604** Posted **Dec 14, 2021, 5:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Great Scaper

Zoomer... what a gem of a video. Thanks for sharing that. My Great Uncle Wilf Tyson was one of the last street car drivers here in Victoria. My Grandmother on my mom's side, her grandparents had a farm in Saanich in the 1800's. I always wonder what they'd think of the city today?

I thought I'd also add that there's more municipalities and townships than just Oakbay that have cores. There's the town of Sidney which is across the highway from the international airport that has a great downtown area. Then there's Brentwood Bay in Central Saanich and the Municipality of Esquimalt home to the Navy Base which has a great commercial strip. Lastly the city of Langford which is the fastest growing city in Canada is developing a high density core. They just approved several 24 story high rises. It's Victoria's 3rd largest municipality at over 50,000 people.

Thanks for the info on all the other Victoria municipalities and their core details. Us out of towers wouldn't know.

TorontoDrew · #**18605** Posted **Dec 14, 2021, 5:52 PM**

Victoria seems like the perfect city to bring back a streetcar network.

ue · #**18606** Posted **Dec 14, 2021, 8:21 PM**

^ I agree. Which is something it also shares in common with Halifax. I could also see a streetcar being successful in Guelph, Kingston, Saskatoon, Trois-Rivieres, Sherbrooke, and maybe Saint John.

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Originally Posted by The Great Scaper

Zoomer... what a gem of a video. Thanks for sharing that. My Great Uncle Wilf Tyson was one of the last street car drivers here in Victoria. My Grandmother on my mom's side, her grandparents had a farm in Saanich in the 1800's. I always wonder what they'd think of the city today?

I thought I'd also add that there's more municipalities and townships than just Oakbay that have cores. There's the town of Sidney which is across the highway from the international airport that has a great downtown area. Then there's Brentwood Bay in Central Saanich and the Municipality of Esquimalt home to the Navy Base which has a great commercial strip. Lastly the city of Langford which is the fastest growing city in Canada is developing a high density core. They just approved several 24 story high rises. It's Victoria's 3rd largest municipality at over 50,000 people.

Not sure if you were targeting me with this, but separate cores wasn't what I was necessarily meaning when it came to walkable commercial districts in Victoria. You're right about Sidney - but it is at the other end of the metro area. I'm more talking about main streets within the contiguous urban fabric of pre-war Victoria, for which Oak Bay only qualifies due to proximity. Using Sidney as an example is like using Oakville's old core as evidence of walkable commercial areas for Toronto. It's not wrong per se, but it's different from speaking about places like Parkdale, the Annex, or Riverside.

#**18607** Posted **Dec 14, 2021, 9:10 PM**

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Nouvellecosse · #**18608** Posted **Dec 14, 2021, 9:31 PM**

^ Those are absolutely gorgeous! They just exude such a moody atmosphere. I can feel the wind and hear the waves spalshing.

Coldrsx · #**18609** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 1:17 AM**

Interesting perspective.

https://omada-cre.com/listings/trinity-site/#

905er · #**18610** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 2:13 AM**

That has got to be the worst angle of Edmonton I have ever seen.. it's just awful. CTRL ALT Delete

Sorry... it does no justice to Edmonton.

Coldrsx · #**18611** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 2:17 AM**

Back-of-house and bunch of potential.

Hali87 · #**18612** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 2:20 AM**

Quite an abrupt contrast. Are the cleared areas part of the old airport lands?

zoomer · #**18613** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 2:22 AM**

Yah, that’s a real interesting Edmonton picture, lots to chew on. Also lots of good flat land to develop/re-develop.

Coldrsx · #**18614** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 2:33 AM**

^^Nope. Those 'Blatchford' Lands are about 5-7 blocks to the right.

There is a lot of mid-rise being built to the west (upper right) but this area is a very challenging (*most) area.

The Great Scaper · #**18615** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 4:17 AM**

Zoomer. Yes my grandfather's ship was sunk by a German Uboat. I'll share the photo and story a little later tonight... if it's okay to do that. Kind of off topic but an amazing story.

At first I really liked that Edmonton photo as there's so many newer and taller modern looking buildings. I didn't take in all the large surface parking lots. It looks like a lot of those parking lots use to have buildings too. I agree with Zoomer though, there's a lot of potential and properties worth developing. One thing I've really liked what Victoria's done over the past 20 years is developing old surface parking lots.

The Great Scaper · #**18616** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 4:24 AM**

I would also love if Victoria brought back the street car. Back in the 90's there was a crown corporation called BCBC They had a really large proposal for the lands and parking lots around the Parliament Buildings included in those plans was a street car service. It was a cool proposal but BCBC was dismantled and doesn't exist any longer. The only two office buildings they built were the Jack Davis Building and the Sussex Hotel Office complex. BCBC also had another ambitious proposal for the Y lot behind the Empress but the lands were sold and now developed with Condos and the Marriott Hotel.

WhipperSnapper · #**18617** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 4:32 AM**

My one grandfather shot himself and avoided the draft.

WhipperSnapper · #**18618** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 4:36 AM**

Be awesome to have a Canadian version of La Paz gondolas

ScreamingViking · #**18619** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 7:26 AM**

We usually see images of the Hamilton skyline from the escarpment (especially from Sam Lawrence Park) or from the west end... from the north shore of the harbour is rarer, and very pretty at night (even the steel mills look attractive!

). For boat nerds, there are often several vessels at anchor.

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Hamilton Skyline | 12/11/2021 by Joe, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**18620** Posted **Dec 15, 2021, 1:20 PM**

Photo: @ thestr8fakts