Post some pictures of your city! II - Page 202

Chadillaccc · #**4021** Posted **Feb 17, 2015, 7:16 AM**

Some of my own from a couple weeks ago...

Dancing by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

U of C by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Naptime by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Fina by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Walkin by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Barron by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

8th Underpass by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Seventh Avenue by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Borthers and Sisters by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Mark by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Normal School by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Canterra Tower by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Courthouse by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Fourth Street Station by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Centrium by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Layers by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Grand Atrium by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Sixth by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Globe by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

City Hall Station by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Seventh by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Olympic Plaza by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Gateway by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

First by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Arcade by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Crane Giants by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Hudson Block by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

kwoldtimer · #**4022** Posted **Feb 17, 2015, 11:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by ehlow

Thanks for the photos of KW, they brought back good memories. I'm a big fan of the region and obviously the amazing tech scene there.

I do have to say though, downtown Cambridge is much nicer in terms of the way it treats, presents and integrates the Grand River. Same with smaller towns like Paris, Elora/Fergus, they make the river a feature of the city and provide some great views. The Grand River in Kitchener/Waterloo however is rarely seen and doesn't have much around it.

Having said that Downtown Kitchener is getting better every year.

I have wondered what if the tech & University boom in Waterloo had happened in a place like Hamilton, which seems to have more historical architecture & neighbourhoods, is beside the lake resulting in beaches and (slightly) more moderate weather, and interesting terrain (waterfalls, escarpment lookouts), closer to the wine region, and likely better access to the GO train to Toronto when the new station is built. If Hamilton had the economic prowess of Waterloo, it seems like it could've been an amazing city.

Just to note that neither Kitchener nor Waterloo were founded on the Grand River, but rather on small creeks that provided enough water to power the pioneer mills. They only expanded eastward to the Grand River in the 1970s, so that the river constitutes the outer edge of both towns, rather than a feature in the centre. Among all major Canadian cities, I think K-W is least influenced by a natural water feature (ocean, lake or river). By comparison, the Grand River and the legacy of stone architecture of its Scots founders make the Galt section of Cambridge much more esthetically pleasing.

MonkeyRonin · #**4023** Posted **Feb 17, 2015, 4:27 PM**

LightSpeed. by ashtontekno, on Flickr

Garter2Snake. by ashtontekno, on Flickr

PSX_20150107_174059 by brainfit88, on Flickr

Grange Park by AshtonPal, on Flickr

The Colour of Yonge by Ben Roffelsen Photography, on Flickr

No Loitering by Yewbert The Omnipotent, on Flickr

Bright Street by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Toronto Queen West by jonathan ponce, on Flickr

The more a society is wealthy the more poverty it produces by Johnny [Shakedown], on Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ldejong/

Canary District by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Acajack · #**4024** Posted **Feb 17, 2015, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

LightSpeed. by ashtontekno, on Flickr

I love those gates. Any progress made on making them more of a people place outside of the CNE period?

ehlow · #**4025** Posted **Feb 17, 2015, 6:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Just to note that neither Kitchener nor Waterloo were founded on the Grand River, but rather on small creeks that provided enough water to power the pioneer mills. They only expanded eastward to the Grand River in the 1970s, so that the river constitutes the outer edge of both towns, rather than a feature in the centre. Among all major Canadian cities, I think K-W is least influenced by a natural water feature (ocean, lake or river). By comparison, the Grand River and the legacy of stone architecture of its Scots founders make the Galt section of Cambridge much more esthetically pleasing.

That's too bad. That's probably one of my biggest criticisms of KW.. Most cities you'd either have an ocean, lake or river feature fairly prominently. You can see how important it is when you look at photos of the Galt part of Cambridge or Toronto's skyline from the lake, or Ottawa, Montreal etc.

In Toronto I really enjoy having urban beaches (both real & fake), parks that protrude into the lake like Leslie Spit and the Islands. The bonus is that it moderates temperature: on a super hot day you can go to the Islands and enjoy the view of the skyline.

shappy · #**4026** Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 6:54 PM**

google

rousseau · #**4027** Posted **Feb 19, 2015, 7:53 PM**

That was nice. This thread needed a good dose of Toronto (especially without the phreakin' snow).

Spadina is one of the great streets of North America.

You take the Spadina turnoff from the Gardiner and immediately the traffic is terrible. Which is the way it should be. Lends an epic quality to your journey (in this case, by car).

So you spend twenty minutes inching over the bridge while young Chinese newcomers crowd the sidewalks on the way to their new condos. Then it gets wide, and you get the old shop houses of the garment district, followed by hipster Queen West, Chinatown and finally College. Spadina hits so many terrific notes, has the streetcar running the length of it, and has a great name, to boot.

And there's a magical quality to it in the summer. The crowds, the heavy scent of rotting fruit in the humidity, the streetcar wires overhead...it's a great street.

Prometheus · #**4028** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 12:43 AM**

How do you embed static google street view images? After I find the street view image I want to share and I click on the "gear" icon and select embed, what do I do with that code?

SignalHillHiker · #**4029** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 1:56 AM**

The beautiful, and likely soon to be lost, Roman Catholic church of Harbour Grace.

picture29 by allan.pelley, on Flickr

The town was permanently settled in 1583, its first year-round resident recorded as Robert Tossey of Dartmouth, England. It was sacked by the French in 1611, 1697, 1700, and 1762. Its population dwindled to as low as a few dozen as a result of some of these attacks.

Its population peak was 11,458 in 1921.

Two cute facts:

The town was unconstitutionally forbidden to a vote in a national election in Newfoundland in the 1800s because its population had become too Catholic (though that percentage never exceeded 40%).

It was very nearly our capital, having been the dominant community on the island for most of its history.

And one other... the House of Assembly in the Confederation Building.

Learned something new the other day: virtually everything in it was a gift from one of the 9 other provinces to welcome us into Canada.

Quebec, for example, gave us the Speaker's Chair. Manitoba gave us a dinky little clock.

013 by djfancey, on Flickr

As I believe is also the practice in other provinces, we do not differentiate between our time as a Colony, Dominion, or Province in naming each session. The 1st General Assembly was in 1833. We're currently in the 47th General Assembly. The portraits hanging around the room include every single Prime Minister, Premier, and whatever other titles they held in different eras.

We're also the only province in the country where the Government side sits to the speaker's left. That's because the left was the side with heating in the old Parliament and the practice continued even in a modern building.

The provincial motto, above the speaker's chair, is "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God". It was granted, along with the coat of arms pictured, to us by King Charles in 1638.

The coat of arms combines English and Scottish symbols in equal measure. It is also heavily influenced by Beothuk (our now-extinct indigenous people) motifs, which I think is kind of unusual for that era? There are no Irish symbols.

lio45 · #**4030** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 2:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

I found the GMT900 really ugly at first (esp. the crew cab) but it's slowly grown on me since... and now I am noting that it strikes me as good-looking. It's really aged well IMO!

franktko · #**4031** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

How do you embed static google street view images? After I find the street view image I want to share and I click on the "gear" icon and select embed, what do I do with that code?

Take a screen shot and upload like any other image.

Prometheus · #**4032** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 6:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by franktko

Take a screen shot and upload like any other image.

Okay, thank you. But what then is the purpose of the embed feature on google street view?

kwoldtimer · #**4033** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 11:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

The beautiful, and likely soon to be lost, Roman Catholic church of Harbour Grace.

picture29 by allan.pelley, on Flickr

....

How does one lose something that size? Seems terribly careless.

SignalHillHiker · #**4034** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 11:57 AM**

The Church just can't afford it. Even if every Catholic left in that town actually went, it's far too big.

lio45 · #**4035** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 3:15 PM**

There are ways to easily recycle a church... The city doesn't need a big multipurpose hall?

franktko · #**4036** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 4:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

Okay, thank you. But what then is the purpose of the embed feature on google street view?

If you had a web site or a blog or something where you can actually add HTML code in your publishing, then you could have an active street view on your page where the users can interact with it (ex. move around). On this forum, you can't add code to your posts.

SignalHillHiker · #**4037** Posted **Feb 20, 2015, 10:40 PM**

Went to Wade In - a simultaneous screening of art films in St. John's, Reykjavik, etc.

The final screening (they've been going on for months) was in everyone's favourite building.

(BTW, far and away the best film was by a guy from TO - they were all short. About 8 films in 1.5 hours. There was another one from Ireland - Breaking Bad: The Bittorrent Edition. It was WAY too long for the same one joke over and over, but enjoyable. And there was another one that made me feel like I imagine the aliens felt in that Spielberg movie where we tried to communicate with them using Simon Says on the big screen. Only it was cooler. LOL'd a couple of times, which is weird to successfully do for an art film, I guess? The two ones I know for sure were from here were both awful... a girl wearing nylons pulled her pubic hair out through them and a super hot girl piling stuff on her head like she was a cat, silently).

someone123 · #**4038** Posted **Feb 21, 2015, 6:46 PM**

Here's a nice shot of the Roy Building excavation on Barrington Street in Halifax. Excavation is going to be done by March 31, so there should be a crane here pretty soon. It's surrounded by interesting heritage buildings:

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Lots of snow. Many streets on the western side of the peninsula have houses like this, with bay windows and little front gardens. Sometimes the houses are rowhouses, and sometimes they're detached. A few are brick or stone.

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A nice stretch of brick rowhouses along Jubilee Road

(google streetview)

Another grouping nearby. The one on the right is built out of a concrete block (probably hydrostone?) that was popular around WWI.

(google streetview)

While I'm on the subject of random Halifax housing, here's a "garden-style" apartment from circa 1910. It used to look a lot nicer when it was blue; a developer painted it grey for some reason when they built a condo tower in behind.

(google streetview)

A shot of the Dartmouth ferry:

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I liked this one too (even if it is a little underexposed):

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Click to see an elevation drawing of the building being restored on the left:

YOWflier · #**4039** Posted **Feb 21, 2015, 6:46 PM**

Ottawa (part of it)

Razor · #**4040** Posted **Feb 21, 2015, 7:10 PM**

^ very cool Halifax shots!