Quebec city's skyline is never changing. And that, perhaps, is a really good thing.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
looks a bit like that infamous 1970s parking lot Houston shot
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell). Sweet Loretta fart thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan. (John Lennon)
Downtown Edmonton, especially the north side has got a LOT of work left to be done before it looks like a cohesive and pleasant neighbourhood. It's getting there though.
This picture reminded me of what the southern end of downtown Montreal looked like 20 years ago: large towers and sports arenas abruptly cut off by expansive former rail yards and light industrial urban blight.
Much of these lands were the former CN yard and industrial uses to the north.
Katz has a rezoning in for the a good portion north of Rogers and EPCOR Tower has 4-5 towers forthcoming next to the RAM.
That said, a very, very drab shot.
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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
Omg you guys are so mean! Not wrong, mind you, but jeez. Poor Edmonton.
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw Don't ask people not to debate a topic. Just stop making debatable assertions. Problem solved.
Another shot of the Little Italy skyline in Ottawa from last weekend. I love this angle because of how different it will look by the end of the decade.
Looking forward to seeing my hometown's skyline change in 5-10.
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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
Omg you guys are so mean! Not wrong, mind you, but jeez. Poor Edmonton.
After the way the Flames got screwed by the refs and the remaining hangover of the battle of Alberta I couldn’t help it. In fairness Calgary’s Victoria Park and sections along Macleod are still ugly surface parking lots. Same with much of the land adjacent to the CP tracks.
Edmonton is definite a prime example how a skyline shot can look amazing and a full downtown (as many of Edmonton skyline photos here have shown), but once you tilt the camera and make it more of an aerial, lots more comes to light. As people have said, it is a work in progress and is on the right track.
YVR skyline shots are kind of the reverse. From a distance and from most angles, it doesn't capture the scale of build-up downtown. But a good angled aerial shows how many individual buildings there are
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