Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 1061

Hawrylyshyn · #**21201** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 4:37 PM**

Love those Winnipeg shots!

O-tacular · #**21202** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 4:48 PM**

It's funny, for a minute I looked at those Winnipeg shots and imagined a scenario where I would live there. The answer is still no, but it looks pretty enticing if still a step down from a bigger city. Of the big 3 cities the only one I would consider living in would be Montreal. For a city of similar size to Winnipeg the other contender would be Victoria. But it's much more expensive.

Coldrsx · #**21203** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 4:50 PM**

^Don't underestimate Winnipeg and its offerings. It's a fine city and would be easy to live there; just needs to better address violence and underlying social issues.

thewave46 · #**21204** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 4:56 PM**

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^Don't underestimate Winnipeg and its offerings.

Winnipeg!

O-tacular · #**21205** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 5:14 PM**

I hope one day to visit Winnipeg. Seems like a place worth exploring.

Harrison · #**21206** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 5:16 PM**

Winnipeg has by far the best bones of any of the major Prairie cities and, arguably, Vancouver even.

Martin Mtl · #**21207** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 6:02 PM**

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/Montreal/

Maldive · #**21208** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by thewave46

Winnipeg!

It says The Peg on my birth certificate and the fine print says "music history would be very different without Winnipeg"

(and then there's the echoes heard 'round the world from Saskatoon... courtesy of Joni* and Gordie.

*sorry Fort Macleod and North Battleford

MolsonExport · #**21209** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/Montreal/

Speaking of (good) bones, nobody beats Montreal. Well, maybe Quebec City comes close.

O-tacular · #**21210** Posted **Sep 27, 2022, 7:59 PM**

I never get tired of photos of the Aldred building. The combo with the cathedral across the street is unparalleled in Canada. The most Gotham architecture we have.

Brizzy82 · #**21211** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 3:02 AM**

Winnipeg

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Portage & Main

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Shaw Park

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Main St

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View from St Boniface

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West Exchange District

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logan5 · #**21212** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 4:24 AM**

Just a gold mine of historic buildings in Winnipeg. I guess Winnipegers haven't embraced high density living. Too bad because they could have a downtown neighbourhood similar to Victoria's. Or even greater.

Maldive · #**21213** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 8:15 AM**

Somewhere in Ontario.

A very long lens shot across Lake Ontario on a hazy day. Photographed from “Brock’s Monument” in Queenston, Ontario (near Niagara Falls).

mburrrrr

kool maudit · #**21214** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 10:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

I never get tired of photos of the Aldred building. The combo with the cathedral across the street is unparalleled in Canada. The most Gotham architecture we have.

Just before leaving Canada, I rented a loft on Notre-Dame across from the Aldred Building, maybe four doors east.

I nearly crossed the line out of being a mere social smoker just because lighting up in that fifth-floor window felt so cinematic, you could kind of nestle under the arch with a glass of wine and a Marlboro and reflect under that ziggurat.

Luckily I soon moved to Pristina, where the whole cigarettes thing felt less film noir and more "bus station in 1976".

J.OT13 · #**21215** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 11:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Maldive

Somewhere in Ontario.

A very long lens shot across Lake Ontario on a hazy day. Photographed from “Brock’s Monument” in Queenston, Ontario (near Niagara Falls).

mburrrrr

You can really see the earth's curvature on this one, with the first 40 meters or so of the TO skyline "under" water. Should post this on flat earther forums.

Hawrylyshyn · #**21216** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

You can really see the earth's curvature on this one, with the first 40 meters or so of the TO skyline "under" water. Should post this on flat earther forums.

FAKE NEWS. How DARE you spread these lies.

/s

J.OT13 · #**21217** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 1:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by hawrylyshyn

fake news. How dare you spread these lies.

/s

905er · #**21218** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 1:22 PM**

magnificent Winnipeg set!!! love those shots. the inventory of heritage buildings in the exchange district is truly impressive!! I wish more Canadian cities had such beautifully preserved buildings like that.

J.OT13 · #**21219** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 1:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by 905er

magnificent Winnipeg set!!! love those shots. the inventory of heritage buildings in the exchange district is truly impressive!! I wish more Canadian cities had such beautifully preserved buildings like that.

As I always say, Winnipeg and Montreal are in a league of their own, having their heritage downtown preserved in near mint condition juxtaposed to the modern towers of the post-WWII to today.

MolsonExport · #**21220** Posted **Sep 28, 2022, 1:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

You can really see the earth's curvature on this one, with the first 40 meters or so of the TO skyline "under" water. Should post this on flat earther forums.

Lies. All lies.

Here is utter lunacy:

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