Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Umm, who's going to tell them they got the wrong Sudbury there?

Sudbury, Suffolk, England:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury,_Suffolk

[OTSkyline]

Victoria Sur Le Parc (The tall glass tower in Montreal with the tilted roofline) is gorgeous, and definitely bringing a tall, modern edge to Montreal's skyline

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Sudbury, Suffolk, England:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury,_Suffolk

From a Canadian government organization, that actually borders on an inexcusable error.

[Martin Mtl]

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/hotflash2014/


Photo: https://www.instagram.com/maltibabana/


Photo: https://www.instagram.com/janmejay0922/


Photo: https://www.instagram.com/mamzelle_z_voyage/

[Denscity]

Originally Posted by Acajack

From a Canadian government organization, that actually borders on an inexcusable error.

And even worse if they're from Ontario lol.

[RHINO]

Shows the masterful ability of our government. It was likely outsourced to McKinsey to do lololololol

[cranes]

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/investors-own-77-per-cent-of-new-condos-in-waterloo-region-1.6273766

"Investors own 77 per cent of new condos in Waterloo region"

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Umm, who's going to tell them they got the wrong Sudbury there?

You guys are being too hard on them. I mean, at least they showed the actual fake London instead of the real London. We could easily have gotten one with St. Paul's dome in the background.

Besides, I doubt anyone other than us will notice the Sudbury thing anyway. Who even knows what our version looks like?

[Rico Rommheim]

Quick skyline / construction update



DSC_2643 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


Pine Avenue by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


2023-02-15_09-54-35 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

The Maestrias popping out

2023-02-15_09-55-23 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


2023-02-15_09-55-46 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


2023-02-15_10-02-28 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


From McTavish Reservoir by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


2023-02-15_10-17-10 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


2023-02-15_10-40-20 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


2023-02-15_10-40-06 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


2023-02-15_10-39-58 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[Maldive]

The Core + Southcore.

Centre of the photo are the cranes of 160 Front West (TD) and just to the right, the cranes of CIBC Square Phase 2 can be glimpsed... eventually adding even more CIBC diamonds to the skyline.


ADRM

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/mamzelle_z_voyage/

1000 de la Montagne is turning out nicely! Reminds me of a much better version of Calgary's Nuera.

[TorontoDrew]

Nice pics Rico, damn you guys have so much snow compared with us.

[scrapin]

Amazing pics as always everybody.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by Maldive

The Core + Southcore.

Centre of the photo are the cranes of 160 Front West (TD) and just to the right, the cranes of CIBC Square Phase 2 can be glimpsed... eventually adding even more CIBC diamonds to the skyline.


ADRM

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The whole is pretty cool looking, but to me the parts consist of a disheartening amount of seafoam green glass peppered by uninspired relics of the previous century.

I think the only individual standout from this angle is CIBC Square.

[TorontoDrew]

The downfalls of going through such a crazy building boom over a short amount of time. Lets hope we can continue this boom for at least another 10 years because we are finaling getting some colour in our proposals.

[logan5]

The area behind the CN Tower is especially bad. Just a massive green featureless wall of glass.

[samne]

Originally Posted by rousseau

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The whole is pretty cool looking, but to me the parts consist of a disheartening amount of seafoam green glass peppered by uninspired relics of the previous century.

I think the only individual standout from this angle is CIBC Square.

I wouldn’t disagree with that, but we could’ve probably said the same thing in the 70s boom of all the concrete boxes built. Just reflects the influences of the time. Appears like we’re creeping out of the sea foam green glass into something else now.

[Nouvellecosse]

Glass is definitely at its best when it stands out in contrast to other dissimilar materials, but when everything is glass the effect is lost. Like how an oasis is an amazing sight when surrounded by desert but not when surrounded by marshes. But for me it's not just an issue with a lack of colour variation. It's also the specific colour/texture palate. Having a lot of earth tones from the use of masonry tends to work better with monotone cityscapes because tans, reddish browns, and greys look timeless as if the city is almost an extension of the earth whereas glass completely lacks that.

[samne]

The right type of masonry looks great, but it really comes down to what the market wants. For a 1 and 1/2 bdrm condo, which most of these tend to be, glass walls give the biggest sense of space and light to otherwise claustrophobic units.

[Zeej]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Nice pics Rico, damn you guys have so much snow compared with us.

I'd venture those pics are a few days to a week old - snow is almost gone today.