Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[905er]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

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Despite the lack of height, Ottawa is really breathtaking from that angle. It's dense and it's beauty is truly revealed here. A couple of towers in that cluster that break the table top is all it's missing. And the grounds of Parliament Hill.. need to be beautified. I know they're doing a lot of work still but the actual approach to the parliament buildings need more.

Sorry, just being critical.. nevertheless, gorgeous Ottawa pic!!

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

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Nice. Gothic instead of Roman suits me just fine.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by 905er

And the grounds of Parliament Hill.. need to be beautified. I know they're doing a lot of work still but the actual approach to the parliament buildings need more.

Hopefully landscaping is part of the plan (unless they're keeping the open area as gathering space?)

Our parliament buildings are in a beautiful setting though. I don't know how that compares to too many places globally, but they're quite a sight from many angles especially from across the river.

[TorontoDrew]

Fred Flinestone had jeans on!

That warm morning glow by frames from HY, on Flickr

[TorontoDrew]

Good Morning by A Great Capture, on Flickr

[TorontoDrew]

🇨🇦 Frozen Humber Bay by Dave Wong, on Flickr

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by giallo

Downtown Kelowna from Trader's Cove

Nice shot! The next set of towers to go up will completely change this view again over the next five years.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

Hopefully landscaping is part of the plan (unless they're keeping the open area as gathering space?)

Our parliament buildings are in a beautiful setting though. I don't know how that compares to too many places globally, but they're quite a sight from many angles especially from across the river.

The actual grounds don't bother me that much. (surely there are now fewer statues around lol) It's mainly the street entrance for me. The pink granite pavers installed 25ish years ago need more than a scrubbing. The landscaping is outdated. The little gap for street trees and precast planter boxes is not modern or heritage worthy. Refreshing the plaza on one side and doing something else with the private parking lot on the other side of the new Indigenous Museum is as important as the hill to the feel of the area.

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Kelowna has changed a lot since I lived there in the early 90s (and way much more so than it was in the early 70s when I would visit my grandparents who lived out there...I think there were only about 25K people in the city back then). I bet Harvey Avenue is still a wretchedly horrible drive.



Bedrock city was the highlight of my 1973/1975 visits.

Three things:

Kelowna seriously looks like Osoyoos does now back in those days, what an insane change.

There was a Flinstone Park near Chilliwack as well that I went to with my grandparents as a child, really good memories!

Harvey Ave will forever be a stroad unless the province starts to give a shit about the area and constructs a second crossing and a proper backbone trans regional 97 highway, allowing Harvey Ave to be traffic calmed and reclaimed.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

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What I like about this shot is how different it will (should) be in 5-7 years. In the background next to the current tallest building will be a 60 story tower, at the extreme right there will be 65 and 56 story towers. On the right side of the Central Business District will be a new tallest tower in that dense clump, slightly higher than the brown building (Place de Ville) that is currently the tallest in that area. Out of frame will be 40/38/36 story towers down the river, and across the river from Parliament there might be a 60+ story tower in Gatineau.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

Hopefully landscaping is part of the plan (unless they're keeping the open area as gathering space?)

Our parliament buildings are in a beautiful setting though. I don't know how that compares to too many places globally, but they're quite a sight from many angles especially from across the river.

I have been to 35 countries and hundreds of cities in my life and the view of Ottawa from the Alexandra Bridge at sunset is as good as any view I have ever seen of a city!

[ue]

People boasting about that Ottawa pic because it shows the density of the core. Like, yeah, it's dense, in the blandest way possible. Aim higher Ottawa. If you're going to do medium density, human scale density, look to Montreal and Brooklyn, not Tunney's Pasture.

[AuxTown]

Originally Posted by ue

People boasting about that Ottawa pic because it shows the density of the core. Like, yeah, it's dense, in the blandest way possible. Aim higher Ottawa. If you're going to do medium density, human scale density, look to Montreal and Brooklyn, not Tunney's Pasture.

Hey look at the amazing human-scale and buzz of activity in our core!

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by ue

People boasting about that Ottawa pic because it shows the density of the core. Like, yeah, it's dense, in the blandest way possible. Aim higher Ottawa. If you're going to do medium density, human scale density, look to Montreal and Brooklyn, not Tunney's Pasture.

I don't think anyone is boasting here. Ottawa has the most notoriously bland skyline of any 1m+ city in Canada. For my part I am simply highlighting that it's about to get a lot spicier and it has a good framework to work with. A few tall buildings will go a long way. Take a look at how Edmonton has gone from something barely more interesting than Ottawa to having a very picturesque skyline in the last five years because of a handful of new buildings.

Edit: Hamilton is another good example of a dense but boring skyline that has the potential to be very interesting with some of the current proposals.

[ue]

Originally Posted by Harley613

I don't think anyone is boasting here. Ottawa has the most notoriously bland skyline of any 1m+ city in Canada. For my part I am simply highlighting that it's about to get a lot spicier and it has a good framework to work with. A few tall buildings will go a long way. Take a look at how Edmonton has gone from something barely more interesting than Ottawa to having a very picturesque skyline in the last five years because of a handful of new buildings.

Edit: Hamilton is another good example of a dense but boring skyline that has the potential to be very interesting with some of the current proposals.

Edmonton had more height and never had Ottawa's table-top, but yeah, it really upped its game in recent years. That's about to happen in Ottawa, but not at all in the area pictured. It's going to be on what has until recently been a pointless O-Train line (aside from Carleton access) because Canadian cities love to have stupid height limits that do nothing useful (Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver).

Hamilton at least has a few interesting stand out buildings and no tabletop, and the drama of the escarpment, lake, and industry. If not for Parliament Hill and the Chateau, Kelowna would have a better skyline than Ottawa at this point in history. That's pretty pathetic for a city obviously trying to go the DC route and half-assing it in typical Canadian fashion.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by ue

Edmonton had more height and never had Ottawa's table-top, but yeah, it really upped its game in recent years. That's about to happen in Ottawa, but not at all in the area pictured. It's going to be on what has until recently been a pointless O-Train line (aside from Carleton access) because Canadian cities love to have stupid height limits that do nothing useful (Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver).

Hamilton at least has a few interesting stand out buildings and no tabletop, and the drama of the escarpment, lake, and industry. If not for Parliament Hill and the Chateau, Kelowna would have a better skyline than Ottawa at this point in history. That's pretty pathetic for a city obviously trying to go the DC route and half-assing it in typical Canadian fashion.

I'm not sure if you are being melodramatic, or facetious or you just haven't been to Ottawa. Ottawa's legacy skyline (Google is about 5 years behind) vs. Kelowna's legacy skyline don't even compare. If you compare current and future developments the disparity is even more dramatic. The screencap here of Ottawa doesn't even include new TOD in Little Italy and the countless highrises dotting the inner greenbelt like Westboro, Tunney's Pasture, Lees Avenue and Riverside. Also, Ottawa doesn't have hard height limits outside of specific narrow viewplanes protected by the NCC and is in no way comparable to DC.

Ottawa by harley613, on Flickr

Kelowna by harley613, on Flickr

[Denscity]

Out of date Kelowna shot.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by Denscity

Out of date Kelowna shot.

Out of date Ottawa shot too. I mentioned that in my post.

[le calmar]

Are we really comparing Kelowna to Ottawa now? That’s a new one.

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by le calmar

Are we really comparing Kelowna to Ottawa now? That’s a new one.

Man, Kelowna gets no breaks, it suddenly went from being thought of as a nothing of interest town to being disparaged for not being as urban as Spokane (an urban area nearly three times in size) and now Ottawa! (an urban area five times it’s size!!!)