Post some pictures of your city! II

[MolsonExport]

And outstanding Montreal set.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

WinningPeg shots.

When I saw that I was expecting to see some beautiful pictures of Peg Bundy.

[Ashok]

yeah Martin_mtl, that set is great - not the zombie one - the one before that.

[Hali87]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Uh oh. Official organizations in St. John's are just now discovering what I learned last year through SSP. Watch out, b'ys. They're likely to be angry about this in the end.

Angry about what? That the Canadian city most architecturally similar to St. John's has architecture that is similar to what you'd find in St. John's?

It's not a case of us copying you guys (as far as I'm aware). Those buildings have looked like that for years. Other parts of the city have looked like that since before I was born. To be honest I'm mostly just baffled that official organizations in St. John's would be so blindsided by this. It's one of THE defining features of Halifax's urban landscape, and is fairly well-known, nationally. It's as surprising and asymmetrical as hearing that you only meet someone from Halifax once a year or so (and that they tend to have a negative view of Newfoundland). Most people here view St. John's as an analogous (though more isolated) city, and know/expect it to look a lot like Halifax. The colourful rowhouses are one of the most obvious features that the cities have in common (Charlottetown also shares this feature to some extent, although it gets such little attention that I doubt many people know this). Most of my circle of Halifax-born friends have been to St. John's at least once, many of them multiple times (or have lived there). Is the reverse that much more uncommon?

Typical "North of Cogswell" streets:


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It would be like getting mad at Montreal for pedestrianizing Ste. Catherine street, because, isn't George Street the only place like that?

[Klazu]

Back in July I had the opportunity to take my camera up on the roof of the One Wall Centre hotel tower in Vancouver. Here are some warm summer day views of the complex and surrounding Downtown.

Hotel coctail/party room on the 35th floor.


Downtown South


Finally outside


Nice view of West End opens up.




The two churches at Nelson and Burrard.


Burrard Street urban canyon looks sweet.


One Wall Centre yard.


North Tower podium


Roof deck


View towards east over the third tower. Metrotown in the distance.


North Tower's characteristic notch.


Where old and new glass meet. The difference is not that obvious from this angle. Can you tell where they change?


Top of the North Tower. More photos from up there to follow later on.



And here's the landmark gem - One Wall Centre.









I hope you enjoyed.

[MolsonExport]

great wall centre tour.

[Chadillaccc]

Friggin amazing shots Klazu! As always, of course.

[uzi]

went to Van City on a school trip and we slept with Balugas at the Aquarium. it was so much fun!!!!!!


which one is the best?
skyline from Stanley park
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[1ajs]

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Hali87

Angry about what? That the Canadian city most architecturally similar to St. John's has architecture that is similar to what you'd find in St. John's?

It's not a case of us copying you guys (as far as I'm aware). Those buildings have looked like that for years. Other parts of the city have looked like that since before I was born. To be honest I'm mostly just baffled that official organizations in St. John's would be so blindsided by this. It's one of THE defining features of Halifax's urban landscape, and is fairly well-known, nationally. It's as surprising and asymmetrical as hearing that you only meet someone from Halifax once a year or so (and that they tend to have a negative view of Newfoundland). Most people here view St. John's as an analogous (though more isolated) city, and know/expect it to look a lot like Halifax. The colourful rowhouses are one of the most obvious features that the cities have in common (Charlottetown also shares this feature to some extent, although it gets such little attention that I doubt many people know this). Most of my circle of Halifax-born friends have been to St. John's at least once, many of them multiple times (or have lived there). Is the reverse that much more uncommon?

Typical "North of Cogswell" streets:


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It would be like getting mad at Montreal for pedestrianizing Ste. Catherine street, because, isn't George Street the only place like that?

Yeah. I'm surprised so many people apparently don't know they exist elsewhere.

As for who had it first, I'd assume somewhere in Europe.

Ours only changed from the traditional forest green, navy, burgundy, etc. to the bright colours of today since a beautification campaign in the 1960/70ss, Put on a Happy Face.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Bright coloured shacks, disintegrating asphalt, massive overhead wiring issues. Seems an understandable error, no?

Oh my.

But hey, our roads aren't generally that bad. But our wiring is usually worse.

[SignalHillHiker]

October 26

Joanne is still recovering so I had to pop by today to cut all her squash and scoop out the seeds.

We took a break to go for a little jaunt along Rennie's River.

The trail runs largely in between Old St. John's (south) and post-1949 construction north Empire Avenue. You can see the river here labelled Rennie's Mill River in blue:



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There are still some flowering bushes out.



And, with all the RDF we've been having, the river was a little higher than normal.



The fall colours are in full force. Some of the trees are already mostly bare. It won't last much longer now. Especially if we get more strong winds.



This portion of the river used to be a very popular public swimming area. In the same way they still do in Corner Brook, the river was dammed to make a proper swimming spot.



That's long gone now, but the stairs up out of the water are still there.





I'm so happy the city maintained public access along the waterways. It'd suck for all this to just be someone's private backyard.



Still lots of green around too.





I forget what these are called. They're not the real bamboo that you find in other parts of the city.



Some unusual litter.



We stopped at the Memorial Stadium Dominion for a quick snack beside Quidi Vidi Lake.



The loneliest seat in the house.





Run, missus, while ya still can...

Joanne thinks they're a lesbian couple because the penmanship is too nice for a straight guy.



This street is one of only a handful in the city that, if I didn't know better, I'd never guess was here. The style of homes is unusual for us.



I love whatever this type of tree is that has orange, red, yellow, and green all at the same time.





And then it was time to drive back to my place.

[Martin Mtl]

Urban by Night - 11
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[someone123]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Yeah. I'm surprised so many people apparently don't know they exist elsewhere.

As for who had it first, I'd assume somewhere in Europe.

Ours only changed from the traditional forest green, navy, burgundy, etc. to the bright colours of today since a beautification campaign in the 1960/70ss, Put on a Happy Face.

Here's a picture I took in San Francisco de Campeche in Mexico. This is pretty common throughout Latin America:



A little bit in Havana:

[SignalHillHiker]

Yeah, Brazil has some gorgeous examples too. Burano, Italy, is another one. Tirana, Albania, is a whole city of it.

I don't understand how people don't know they're common outside the province. I can understand not knowing Halifax has them, that's not the side of Halifax people see in the media - it's usually just Purdy's Wharf - but surely they've seen a picture of Lunenberg?

[lake of the nations]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I forget what these are called. They're not the real bamboo that you find in other parts of the city.

It's Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), which is probably the most invasive plant in the world. It's pretty common here.

[SignalHillHiker]

Oh, thank you, Lake! There are SO many people this has casually come up with over the past few weeks that I have to share your link with.

BTW, I don't know if you'd know this... but has it been here forever? Because it has a local slang term, and I don't recall what it is but I'm almost certain "sweet" is in the name.

[Nouvellecosse]

Halifax has a lot of different "jelly bean" colours for sure, but St. John's seems to be slightly more intense since they have more red whereas we tend to have more blue. Of course blue seems to be Halifax's official colour so that would make sense.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Urban by Night - 11
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Stunning!

[uzi]

one more from Vancouver trip.

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