Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Coldrsx]

Toontown has a wonderful river valley and this new cluster is a great next iteration and foundation for a new entertainment/arena/corporate centre just to the upper left.

[esquire]

Nice Saskatoon pics. I was there last month for the first time in nearly 25 years other than driving through a few times during the intervening years. I was impressed by how much the city has glowed up, especially downtown and in the surrounding area.

River Landing has made a major impact in that regard, it has given the skyline a fresh new focal point. I liked it a lot.

[B.ike]

Agreed about the Saskatoon photos. Drove through last fall - small city but had really warm vibes

Some more edmonton ones I found online:


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this one is from an MLS listing but the drone shot provides a unique vantage:

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(likely to go down - MLS E4291511 Listing is by Aldo Esposito of Century 21)

[esquire]

That second one has Manhattan from across the Hudson River vibes.

[WhipperSnapper]

reminds me of a bigger, thicker, flashier York of the North kind

[giallo]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

reminds me of a bigger, thicker, flashier York of the North kind

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[Coldrsx]

One of the few angles that somewhat captures the Oliver/West skyline and its density.

[Airboy]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Toontown has a wonderful river valley and this new cluster is a great next iteration and foundation for a new entertainment/arena/corporate centre just to the upper left.

That section of River in Toon has changed a lot from the last time I rowed on it. But always loved going to Saskatoon for work and rowing. Hell of a lot better than Regina.

[canucklehead2]

The best views of the Edmonton skyline are from the Southeastern parks like Forest Heights, Strathern, Cloverdale because they can typically capture that now wave in the skyline that the ICE district added. Plus the full wider sides of the mostly all glass towers downtown that glint well in all the best sunrise and sunset shots...

[someone123]

Brunswick/Gottingen area in the North End of Halifax, looking south. This area had declined a lot by the 80's or so and it has a lot of gaps and not so nice 70's/80's architecture but also many historical architectural gems.

You can see the downtown tabletop effect clearly. These buildings are built up to the height limit (ramparts) and then some further limits are imposed (viewplanes).


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[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by B.ike

this one is from an MLS listing but the drone shot provides a unique vantage:

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(likely to go down - MLS E4291511 Listing is by Aldo Esposito of Century 21)

Great Angle.

Also, isn't this the ultimate SSP skyline aesthetic? Not a table top, but a large skyline accented by one or two really tall shiny glass building?

[esquire]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Great Angle.

Also, isn't this the ultimate SSP skyline aesthetic? Not a table top, but a large skyline accented by one or two really tall shiny glass building?

I would agree. It certainly made my eyes light up. The continuity is also awesome too, there are no gaps in that cluster, there is impressive depth.

That is getting close to the SSP Canada skyline ideal.

[Coldrsx]

Length, but actually not depth... yet.

Edmonton is honestly about 2-5 blocks deep for most of that... with a lot at 2-3 blocks.

[esquire]

Sure, but looking at the picture you don't really know that. You just see an uninterrupted string of skyscrapers.

[Coldrsx]

I don't disagree... for this is a very unique angle and it does give that impression.

[esquire]

^ Incidentally, that would be a gorgeous view to have. Not many houses in Canada will offer a view like that for under one million.

[jammer139]

London, ON downtown live webcam view looking north.


http://londonweather.ddns.net/

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Great Angle.

Also, isn't this the ultimate SSP skyline aesthetic? Not a table top, but a large skyline accented by one or two really tall shiny glass building?

Dunno about that. As long as I've been here the most idealized traits have been:

- Layering (like how shorter historic buildings in old Montreal can be seen in front of the modern skyline from some views)
- Landmark buildings (venerated individual elements like ESB building, CN Tower, Trans Am in SF etc. standing out among the pack)
- Variety (a mix of building ages, shapes, colours and styles)

While the most bemoaned downfalls and faux-pas are:

- Blue/green/clear glass (its ubiquity and unimaginative designs often lead to monotony)
- Table tops (lack of visual interest, impression of less height)
- Boxiness (too many flat-topped buildings, particularly those with square/rectangular foot prints which causes banality)

The Edmonton shot mostly lacks two of the three positives and only fully avoids one of the three negatives. There's more variety than in some cities but less than others, there's a little layering visible with the hotel McDonald but much less some cities. Stantec is an SSP landmark, but not that famous or distinctive more broadly, and the tallest building is a blue glass box. So I'd say it's SSP decent but far from the ideal.

[Martin Mtl]

That’s a good post.

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Dunno about that. As long as I've been here the most idealized traits have been:

- Layering (like how shorter historic buildings in old Montreal can be seen in front of the modern skyline from some views)
- Landmark buildings (venerated individual elements like ESB building, CN Tower, Trans Am in SF etc. standing out among the pack)
- Variety (a mix of building ages, shapes, colours and styles)

While the most bemoaned downfalls and faux-pas are:

- Blue/green/clear glass (its ubiquity and unimaginative designs often lead to monotony)
- Table tops (lack of visual interest, impression of less height)
- Boxiness (too many flat-topped buildings, particularly those with square/rectangular foot prints which causes banality)

The Edmonton shot mostly lacks two of the three positives and only fully avoids one of the three negatives. There's more variety than in some cities but less than others, there's a little layering visible with the hotel McDonald but much less some cities. Stantec is an SSP landmark, but not that famous or distinctive more broadly, and the tallest building is a blue glass box. So I'd say it's SSP decent but far from the ideal.

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Dunno about that. As long as I've been here the most idealized traits have been:

- Layering (like how shorter historic buildings in old Montreal can be seen in front of the modern skyline from some views)
- Landmark buildings (venerated individual elements like ESB building, CN Tower, Trans Am in SF etc. standing out among the pack)
- Variety (a mix of building ages, shapes, colours and styles)

While the most bemoaned downfalls and faux-pas are:

- Blue/green/clear glass (its ubiquity and unimaginative designs often lead to monotony)
- Table tops (lack of visual interest, impression of less height)
- Boxiness (too many flat-topped buildings, particularly those with square/rectangular foot prints which causes banality)

The Edmonton shot mostly lacks two of the three positives and only fully avoids one of the three negatives. There's more variety than in some cities but less than others, there's a little layering visible with the hotel McDonald but much less some cities. Stantec is an SSP landmark, but not that famous or distinctive more broadly, and the tallest building is a blue glass box. So I'd say it's SSP decent but far from the ideal.

While I agree with you, I don't think that SSP's consensus aligns with your point about depth and layers.

The depth and layers (as seen prominently in Montreal) seem to be more a niche preference here on SSP. As far as I know, the dominant discourse here is the more towers the better, and table tops are evil and must be punched through. Towers' architecture and position in the skyline are far behind in the discussion of most cities on here.