Canadian Skyline Thread III

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Megadude, what is at the top of the Scotia Plaza? Restaurant?

I though the building went up only 68 floors.

A lot of highrises skip certain numbers due to cultural superstitions when labeling floor counts.

[craner]

^so stupid.

[Vantage]

They made that illegal over 10 years ago in Vancouver. For fire safety reasons. Turns out firefighters would like to know what floor they are actually on, not some made up number so some owners don't feel unlucky having a 4 in their floor number.

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photobro2020

I absolutely love the street level urban form of Montreal and there are many many individual towers I love, but… I might get crucified for this, I feel as a skyline it’s starting to remind me a bit of late 90s early 2000s Vancouver tabletop. At least from some angles now.

[TorontoDrew]

I think you’re right from certain perspectives. Montreal has seen a surge of new high-rises, but from other vantage points the skyline still has a more unique look, with a more irregular mix of building heights.

[TorontoDrew]

Was looking up some info on the history of the Montreal height limit, and this image popped up.

Sorry it's so big.


Source:https://images.openai.com


I love Montreal, I've never had a bad time in that city, even when I was almost mugged at "knife point".

same source

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

I absolutely love the street level urban form of Montreal and there are many many individual towers I love, but… I might get crucified for this, I feel as a skyline it’s starting to remind me a bit of late 90s early 2000s Vancouver tabletop. At least from some angles now.

"Starting" perhaps. But it's a ways off imo since the tallest buildings still have enough space between them as to show their individual height. But it could certainly get to that point if it keeps adding towers in that same 200ish metre height range.

[Rico Rommheim]

DSC00422 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC00427 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC00428 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[Architype]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

A lot of highrises skip certain numbers due to cultural superstitions when labeling floor counts.

Capitalist superstitions; properties would be harder to sell or rent on floor 13 or 44, etc., but as someone noted, it's now illegal to skip floor numbers in Vancouver. This is to avoid confusion for firefighters etc..

[The Great Scaper]

My last decent photo of Victoria's skyline from over 2 years ago... I'll get some new ones this coming spring.

Victoria B.C. Canada by thegreatscaper, on Flickr