Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[GreaterMontréal]

DSC_4249xx by Philippe Colin, sur Flickr

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

looks even dirtier than the concrete on Montreal's CIBC Tower

There's no concrete on the CIBC tower's facade. It's aluminium, glass and green slate stone. But yeah, it could use a wash. Or not. Looks fine to me. It needs a lighting scheme though.

[saffronleaf]

Montreal looks beautiful. Reminds me a bit of San Francisco with the bridges, water, hills and dense urban area. Also the creative sector.

Seems to be going through a building boom, too.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

There's no concrete on the CIBC tower's facade. It's aluminium, glass and green slate stone. But yeah, it could use a wash. Or not. Looks fine to me. It needs a lighting scheme though.

And, there's barely any concrete in the photo of City Hall. I don't know why it bothers me so. I guess it's because a facade of this quality is so few and far between nowadays that's it's almost sacrileges for so many to confuse the marble and steel here as an ordinary concrete wall. It's also pretty obvious in the dirty closeup.

[Rico Rommheim]

Nice mtl one.


[on the left] my god does Longueuil need to start exploiting its expansive land reserves. What a waste.

[GeneralLea]

A Generic view from Kensington Market, along with a little peep hole I found:
[IMG]TJ210285 by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]TJ210273 by Josh Kenn Photographics, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Pinion]

@ctvsarah

[Coldrsx]

https://twitter.com/FairmontMAC

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[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by saffronleaf

Montreal looks beautiful. Reminds me a bit of San Francisco with the bridges, water, hills and dense urban area. Also the creative sector.

It always reminds me of Pittsburgh.

[Martin Mtl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVdt8-JlGG7/?taken-by=jyclal

[TorontoDrew]

[IMG]Harmony of lights by Worrawat Engchuan, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Beyond reality by Worrawat Engchuan, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Storm approaching the city by Worrawat Engchuan, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Toronto skylines from Casa Loma by Worrawat Engchuan, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Toronto by Siva Subramanian Vasanth, on Flickr[/IMG]

[hipster duck]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Nice mtl one.


[on the left] my god does Longueuil need to start exploiting its expansive land reserves. What a waste.

What did the area around the Longueuil side of the Jacques Cartier bridge look like just after the bridge was built?

It always struck me as a bit weird that there was this grand, pre-war bridge that went from a dense old city to a postwar landscape of parking lots, towers in the park, and cloverleafs. If the bridge was built in the early 1960s, rather than the 1920s, that sort of environment would have made a lot more sense.

[Martin Mtl]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVpoUT2F6LB/?taken-by=knwilati


https://www.instagram.com/p/BVfMvI9FJll/?taken-by=knwilati


https://www.instagram.com/p/BVpnsPUhAM4/?taken-by=ay.ron.man

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

What did the area around the Longueuil side of the Jacques Cartier bridge look like just after the bridge was built?

It always struck me as a bit weird that there was this grand, pre-war bridge that went from a dense old city to a postwar landscape of parking lots, towers in the park, and cloverleafs. If the bridge was built in the early 1960s, rather than the 1920s, that sort of environment would have made a lot more sense.

Industrial?

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

What did the area around the Longueuil side of the Jacques Cartier bridge look like just after the bridge was built?

It always struck me as a bit weird that there was this grand, pre-war bridge that went from a dense old city to a postwar landscape of parking lots, towers in the park, and cloverleafs. If the bridge was built in the early 1960s, rather than the 1920s, that sort of environment would have made a lot more sense.

Farmland and Old Longueuil (tiny back then) not far. It's the bridge that started Longueuil's boom.


Source

[Martin Mtl]

Image capture from the Champlain bridge construction webcam.

[nephersir7]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

What did the area around the Longueuil side of the Jacques Cartier bridge look like just after the bridge was built?

http://montrealmosaic.com/article/remembering-town-montreal-south

[Monolith]

By larryt168, on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/59287526@N02/35311377686/



The morning rush hour is over by Rosey-Noelle, on Flickr


By PinKatArt Photography, on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkatart-photography/35396378955/


By PinKatArt Photography, on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkatart-photography/35328604281/in/dateposted/



Cloudy Sunset! by Rocks222, on Flickr


Brentwood Skyline by Orion Alexis, on Flickr

[SkahHigh]

U/C in this pic: Four Seasons Hotel (20 fl), Maison Manuvie (114m), O'Nessy Condos phase 2 (15 fl), Le Drummond (25 fl), Roccabella 2 (147m), YUL (120m), TDC 2 (170m)

DSC_4317xx by Philippe Colin, sur Flickr