The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[Bcasey25raptor]

Originally Posted by coolcanadian

Surely not!


https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookedphotos/9449622323/

OK, I stand Corrected on the Toronto statement.

[Delirium]

vancouver definitely does. in fact, there's farmland in the city of vancouver

Photo http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AQJB1cgTpAw/VE...erve%2Bwith%2BRespect%2Bto%2BFarming.png

[Ashok]

I wish they would develop mid to high dense buildings around this highway system

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^I wish they'd rip it down. It's a really unpleasant entrance to the city.

[TownGuy]

Originally Posted by coolcanadian

Surely not!


https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookedphotos/9449622323/

Toronto is a beast, like 20 mini skylines here...in one direction!

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

^I wish they'd rip it down. It's a really unpleasant entrance to the city.

They will rip it down in the coming years.

[GreaterMontréal]

Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

^I wish they'd rip it down. It's a really unpleasant entrance to the city.

they already started, but the real start will be next year.
http://www.turcot.gouv.qc.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/Carte%20jaune%204.1.pdf

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^Yay! Great news.

[Ashok]

^ Yeah, that too (ripping it down.) But it seems like a large piece of land that is yet to be developed developed developed developed developed think first, they have to decontaminate the site.

[franktko]

Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

they already started, but the real start will be next year.
http://www.turcot.gouv.qc.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/Carte%20jaune%204.1.pdf

Not exactly ripping it down... just rebuilding it.

[middeljohn]

Originally Posted by Bcasey25raptor

From that far up in the air you can see farmland in Vancouver and probably Toronto as well.

Calgary is still a pretty large city by north american standards.

Calgary east-west is about 20-ish km and 45ish north-south, as the crow flies (that pic is facing east, so you're looking at 10km, which is only slightly longer than Toronto's skyline extends north along Yonge street). Edmonton is pretty much 30km in all directions.

Toronto is 45km north-south in the shorter parts but gets up to about 60 km north-south if you go up Yonge street. East-west is about 100, and then it loops around the lake for another 40km, which is continuous, just not part of the straight line.

Toronto is significantly.larger than any city in Western Canada. In fact the Golden horseshoe, of which 70+% is one contiguous urban area, has only a million less people than all of western Canada combined. All of those people take up a LOT of space.

[matt602]

The ridiculous highways and flyover exchanges are really detrimental to Montreal's skyline, a lot more so than Toronto's Gardiner Expressway. Even if they just got rid of the flyover's somehow, it would look a lot better. Even more so with some medium-density buildings popping up around it.

Even still, Montreal's skyline is definitely in the top 3 for me. So dense.

[Ashok]

Yeah, but we did good by making highways and railways dissappear when they come to the centre. So they do not split through.

This photo may have been posted before. One thing here is that you are seeing less and less parking lots. I remember a time when we would look @ the aerials of Montreal and all we complain about is the amount of parking lot there is.

[GreaterMontréal]

Originally Posted by franktko

Not exactly ripping it down... just rebuilding it.

they will destroy everything piece by piece. The interchange will have a new reconfiguration. The Turcot project also includes rebuilding interchanges Angrignon, De La Verendrye and Montreal West, and adjacent sections of Highways 15, 20 and 720.

now
http://www.turcot.gouv.qc.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/Carter%C3%A9seauexistant.pdf

after
http://www.turcot.gouv.qc.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/Carte%20jaune%204.1.pdf

[Brizzy82]

a few Bryan Scott beauties that I don't recall seeing on here before.

Winnipeg



Winnipeg From The Sky by bryanscott, on Flickr



Winter's Coming To Winnipeg by bryanscott, on Flickr



Winnipeg by bryanscott, on Flickr

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Ashok

Yeah, but we did good by making highways and railways dissappear when they come to the centre. So they do not split through.

This photo may have been posted before. One thing here is that you are seeing less and less parking lots. I remember a time when we would look @ the aerials of Montreal and all we complain about is the amount of parking lot there is.

Les Jardins Windsor is making a huge difference here though !

[Ashok]

JW is really out of place.

Though, that whole bottom left of that photo is going to have really great density in a few years, and probably with Griffintown, JW will (hopefully) camouflage.

[Ashok]

ps: Those Winnipeg shots are amazing. It would be great to see those parkings lots around that stadium developped.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Ashok

JW is really out of place.

Though, that whole bottom left of that photo is going to have really great density in a few years, and probably with Griffintown, JW will (hopefully) camouflage.

Don't get me wrong ; I'm not a fan of it aswell. I would have rather see this project in Laval !

I'm just saying that from this view, they're replacing some huge parking lots.

[Martin Mtl]

Very nice Winnipeg shots. Love the stadium. Jealous in fact.