Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Martin Mtl]

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

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Wowzers!

[O-tacular]

That office tower is one of the beefiest in the country. Too bad they couldn't stretch it upwards a bit more.

[giallo]

Interesting colour treatment to the photo. Montreal is looking nice and chunky these days.

North Vancouver's skyline

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

That office tower is one of the beefiest in the country. Too bad they couldn't stretch it upwards a bit more.

Agreed. The west and east facades are too fat.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Agreed. The west and east facades are too fat.

It's almost approaching the girth of the north side of the Bow.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

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

Love this shot.

[Rico Rommheim]

Vancouver looking good already. I'll be there in a couple weeks, excited!

[craner]

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 think the original big 5 bank towers are still standouts, granted you can really only see BMO & TD in that shot.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

It's almost approaching the girth of the north side of the Bow.

The new tower looks like a runway model compared to PVM in the background LOL

doesn't seem particularly girthier than the typical office tower.

[craner]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Montreal is finally losing the gaps that long defined its skyline. Heading towards Vancouver-style table-top density.

Indeed. Just as Vancouver is punching peaks above it’s table-top.

[craner]

Originally Posted by Maldive

Toronto Future Model showing the progression of the classic waterfront skyline view, looking north. GREY buildings are built.

The largest skyline in the city actually runs south to north from the lake, much of it hidden behind these waterfront 'scrapers. Even the towering financial district is slowly being obscured from the waterfront POV. SCROLL a little bit >>>


steveve

NOTE: a number of towers over 200 metres (up to 299 metres) that are coded in pink as 'Proposed" are actually in progress (site demolition and/or site prep).

Hell yeah - lets do this!
All except that Foster building with the stepped roofline. That thing is just an extra wide slab that obliterates everything behind it. Talk about being too girthy and needing to go on a diet.

Edit: I have no idea how that red thumbs down got there and I have no idea how to remove it.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by craner

Indeed. Just as Vancouver is punching peaks above it’s table-top.

So Glad Vancouver has done that, but to be fair the topology of Vancouver never really made it look too table toppy. Remember when One Wall Centre became the new tallest? Now it looks so small.

[Maldive]

Originally Posted by craner

Hell yeah - lets do this!
All except that Foster building with the stepped roofline. That thing is just an extra wide slab that obliterates everything behind it. Talk about being too girthy and needing to go on a diet.

That's actually not a Foster... it's BIG's Union Centre... but it is indeed a girthy beast (though exaggerated in the model which has no detailing).

Interesting roof/crown though (sorta like BIG's KING Toronto... only 300 metres up in the sky ;-).


UT

[giallo]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Vancouver looking good already. I'll be there in a couple weeks, excited!

Next week looks to be pretty brutal here, so you'll miss it, luckily.


Here's a recent wide angle shot.

[Coldrsx]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/janellejanis/

[craner]

BIG, not Foster - my bad.

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

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

This is a great picture, very moody. I love what ever filter was used.

[logan5]

I want to see Vancouver in that same style

[TorontoDrew]

I've seen a few like that of Vancouver and I recall at least one of Toronto. Vancouver it would be the easiest of the major Canadian centre because it's weather is the moodiest.