Canadian Skyline Thread III

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by whatnext

The size of "other people's homes is absolutely all our business when larger units are destroyed to make tiny SHOEBOXES that cater to investors.

Not if you aren't in the market for one of the homes it isn't. If you are then it's a concern if you can't find a home that you want, but we're talking about people who already have homes complaining about development in the area. So no, it isn't any of their business if a home they don't own and weren't in the process of buying is replaced with another home they don't own and also weren't in the process of buying.

And of course that's setting aside the whole, "let's pretend that all the people who need homes don't exist and that the demand is all investors" thing. But I realize that obsessing about investors is necessary to justify hostility toward development.

[Rico Rommheim]

CN 4807 lead by Michael Berry, on Flickr


CN 322 by Michael Berry, on Flickr


Yarding by Michael Berry, on Flickr

[MolsonExport]

Those first two shots show a lot of the mountain. Wonderfully muscular Montreal with its trains.

[craner]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/adrian.niculcea


Photo: https://www.facebook.com/adrian.niculcea

I’m liking the recent additions to the Montreal skyline

[Wigs]

Loving all the Montréal photos, guys

[LikesBikes]

If Montreal was a girl it'd be so out of all of Canada's other cities leagues

[Maldive]

kris (from https://www.flickr.com/photos/triston_ni/)

[GeneralLea]

From Centennial Park, Oct 27th:
Mississauga by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr
City View by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr
City View by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by LikesBikes

If Montreal was a girl it'd be so out of all of Canada's other cities leagues

Except the other cities wouldn't even notice her because they're into other boys.

An equally odd remark but rings true.

[WhipperSnapper]

Easy between Montreal and Toronto. It's a little more convoluted including all of Canada. Some prefer an Asian sweetheart, a head strong cowgirl, a kind ginger over a high maintenance beaut. There are dudes among them too.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by LikesBikes

If Montreal was a girl it'd be so out of all of Canada's other cities leagues

But dating a "loser" because all the good ones go for them.

[Rico Rommheim]

Taken from the pont Champlain

DSC03656 copy by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC03639 copy by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC03635 copy by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[905er]

[QUOTE=GeneralLeeTPHLS;10312471]From Centennial Park, Oct 27th:
Mississauga by Josh Kennington Photographics,

Amazing skyline shot of Mississauga!! looks very impressive.

[zoomer]

Some tremendous photos of Montreal lately! I really like this wharf and its public space at the end, but what’s the deal with the wide ‘highway’ in the middle? Surely they could shrink that in half?



This TO shot Maldive shared is everything - warmth, sun glow, sparkling skyline, water and a cat thrown in for good measure. One of the best skyline shots I’ve seen in a long time

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by zoomer

Some tremendous photos of Montreal lately! I really like this wharf and its public space at the end, but what’s the deal with the wide ‘highway’ in the middle? Surely they could shrink that in half?

The Quai Alexandra is the city's cruise ship terminal and as such a service road is needed to accommodate cars, trucks and large passenger coaches.

[zoomer]

Makes sense, and it would be overkill for 50,000 cruise ship passengers per year (source) and not economical to have some of that access underneath the buildings like in Vancouver.

Still a great looking wharf facility, it’s just in my nature and work history to look at optimization, logistics and processes. I attended a presentation by the Port of Vancouver where they outlined how they computer model every single possible movement/process to get the greatest efficiencies. As they have very limited space and 1.3 million passengers in 2024 (source) the modelling includes movement of people, goods, services, taxis, buses, rental bikes, etc, etc. not only in the terminal but the adjacent streets. All this is necessary to avoid chaos in and around the terminal.

As for Victoria we had 970,000 cruise ship passengers this year (source) but the terminal is about 1 km from downtown and they have a large parking lot to accommodate buses, taxis, etc. There have been proposals in the past to run street cars and even a gondola through the James Bay neighbourhood to reduce the traffic, but nothing has come to pass. Here’s an old story from 2013 about the gondola proposal.

[MolsonExport]

[QUOTE=905er;10312529]

Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

From Centennial Park, Oct 27th:
Mississauga by Josh Kennington Photographics,

Amazing skyline shot of Mississauga!! looks very impressive.

WOW from a distance, that looks extremely bulky. At the ground level, not so much, but it is changing for the better, and fast.

[lio45]

I wonder if I’ll ever be able to see pictures of Mtl’s quays on this forum without automatically thinking of Chad’s “landlocked” tantrum. Clearly not enough time has passed yet in my case (how about you, Molson?)

[MolsonExport]

It still resonates when I see the quays. Along with "stagnant", and on the heels of that "Can-Do" and "Woot woot!"

Permanently ironed into my brain.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

It still resonates when I see the quays. Along with "stagnant", and on the heels of that "Can-Do" and "Woot woot!"

Permanently ironed into my brain.

I'm sure Acajack (being from Gatineau) will also recall when Chad declared that Old Hull was way too exurban within the greater Ottawa-Gatineau metro to be considered a "core" neighborhood. (Hint: chicken kebabs and Greek-style potatoes.)