Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[coastalkid]

Couple cool shots of Downtown Halifax from a condo listing. They give a good sense of the density in that area.





Source:https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25067443/904-1650-granville-street-halifax-halifax

[MonkeyRonin]

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[Harley613]

Originally Posted by coastalkid

Couple cool shots of Downtown Halifax from a condo listing. They give a good sense of the density in that area.





Source:https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25067443/904-1650-granville-street-halifax-halifax

Halifax is starting to look like a Mini-Ottawa, with a dense tabletop skyline.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

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The footage in this video is over 3 years old, Late Jul 2019 to be exact

[ue]

Originally Posted by Nite

This footage in this video is over 3 years old, Late Jul 2019 to be exact

Who gives a shit? They're still great photos.

[WhipperSnapper]

This ... is ... Skyscrpaerpage! (in Leonidas' (played by Butler) voice)

We aren't some random plebes walking the streets of Toronto that may confuse CIBC Square for Commerce Court. We know it's the new diagrid tower next to Air Canada Centre (intentional ) and it's complete and beautiful

[Maldive]

From the 10 Tallest u/c ghost thread, some nice kotsy waterfront shots... though I can't find his signature photo tag anywhere on these (checks glasses).

SkyTower (105s - 344.58m) will rise just left of Phase 1 (right of centre in the photo). The gap between One Yonge and the 2 towers of Sugar Wharf Phase 1 (right of centre) will be filled one day by the 3 towers of Sugar Wharf Phase 2
(now in demolition-retention/site prep @ 299 metres).


kotsy

kotsy


kotsy

[Monolith]

Vancouver - A Skyline view with the Autumn colors, Canada by Sebastiao Pereira-Nunes, on Flickr

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Maldive

kotsy

Great shot.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by ue

Who gives a shit? They're still great photos.

Just giving context. When I come to this thread, I assume the photos are relatively recent. For a city like Toronto whose cityscape changes every year an old photo, or video wouldn't be representative of the current cityscape. Dozens of more highrises dot the Toronto skyline now than in 2019

[WhipperSnapper]

I see the kotsy on the first one. I think I see it in the same spot on the other two. It's 20 storeys tall

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I see the kotsy on the first one. I think I see it in the same spot on the other two. It's 20 storeys tall

Second one is "heavenly"

I don't see it on a building, unless it's in two places.

[WhipperSnapper]

I was just guessing .

Ah, it's too small for my screen. Had to copy and zoom in to see it unlike the first one.

3rd is the same as 1

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Harley613

Halifax is starting to look like a Mini-Ottawa, with a dense tabletop skyline.

The ramparts bylaw in Halifax is similar to the parliament related height limits in Ottawa and I have similar criticisms of each. However Halifax has viewplanes cutting through downtown so it can't be developed into one blob. The viewplanes don't make the skyline look better and aren't designed for that.

They're also similar in that they have relatively tall or even the tallest buildings randomly scattered around.

On the ground they don't feel alike (at least within a Canada or NA context; Ottawa probably closer to Calgary than Halifax) and a lot of the "downtown skyline" feel in Halifax is the harbour with towers in the distance, suspension bridges, port facilities, etc.

What that shot above doesn't show is the awful Skye site and how it really cuts up that area. Also CLC Ralston development still has not started years after the federal government vacated and allowed demolition of the old office building that they registered as heritage.

[Hali87]

There's also a lot of federally-controlled lands in Downtown Halifax and directly adjacent to it, including the Citadel and Armouries, the various military/DND properties, the various port facilities, and the Seaport District/Pier 21 area. Everything to do with the Harbour itself - and with watercraft - is also tightly regulated by a bunch of different federal departments, but all of the Downtown waterfront land +boardwalk between the Navy Dockyards (federal) and Seaport (federal) is managed by the province. So development and downtown plans tend to reflect not only the City's priorities, but also the priorities/whims of various non-municipal government departments. Other than Ottawa I don't think there are many other cities in Canada that are like this.

There are strong similarities on the other side of the water: I found that Gatineau was highly reminiscent of Dartmouth, both in the central areas as well as the larger city and how it relates to its surroundings. I was last there about 10 years ago but I think that would still hold true now. Looking back, I think we even ordered donairs from a Lebanese pizza place, but in French.

I tend to associate Ottawa's urban form/image more with its trademark "city-in-a-park" style developments than its skyline per se. In Halifax there are hints of this style in the Commons/QEII area (Citadel High being a good example of what I'm thinking of) and the Mainland Common (Keshen Goodman Library, etc). I've always found views like this up the river to be more representative of Ottawa's image than its conventional skyline is. It feels very "integrated into nature" and quintessentially Canadian.

[Coldrsx]

https://twitter.com/ExploreEdmonton/stat...reads%2Fedmonton-skyline.23898%2Fpage-58

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by Hali87

.....I've always found views like this up the river to be more representative of Ottawa's image than its conventional skyline is. It feels very "integrated into nature" and quintessentially Canadian.

I really appreciate this take on Ottawa, as an Ottawa-Gatineau resident born and raised in Calgary. Ottawa's skyline is growing like a weed outside of the CBD tabletop, but the area within the protected viewplanes really does feel natural, integrated into nature, and quintessentially Canadian. The image of Ottawa might be twofold soon, with images like you shared of the protected core, competing with images of the bowl of highrises going up surrounding the core.... but that's ok! It's going to be a very unique skyline in the coming years.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

It's the light, right? These two are dreamy.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I was just guessing .

Ah, it's too small for my screen. Had to copy and zoom in to see it unlike the first one.

3rd is the same as 1

kotsy in the sky, no diamonds.
(I do love how creatively the name is put onto the images... much better than a watermark!)

[TorontoDrew]

Davisville Station is Next, Davisville by A Great Capture, on Flickr