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Originally Posted by 905er
Ottawa's skyline is so tabletop it's practically non existent that is almost unflattering in any picture of it unless taken up close. The street experience is good, and quite attractive in fact.. but photos taken from a distance like that one make it look extremely underwhelming. looks like it could be any old Canadian suburb. I know the reasoning behind the height limits in the CBD but I really hope that one day we'll see one or two tall ones downtown.. and I don't mean incredibly tall either, just tall enough to break the flatline downtown.
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Over the next 10 years, hopefully, we should see a significant improvement. In that shot, Icon appears at the top, near the middle. It's relatively obvious that it is the tallest in the city. With several taller proposals around it, a few towers in the low to mid-30 range one station north at Corso Italia (Gladstone) and several towers in the 30s up to 65 floors at LeBreton Flats/Bayview, we should be adding three or four significant peaks from this angle.
One new tallest at 35 floors in the CBD might peak out slightly from this angle, but will have a significant impact from the north, west and south faces of the CBD (along with a slightly shorter 29 storey cousin within the same complex).
Some future skyline shots:
Dow's Lake area:
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9431221&postcount=5780
And future skyline graphics from
ericmacm:
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9457257&postcount=18
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