Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 239

240glt · #**4761** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 12:45 PM**

It'll take a long time to erase all that blight downtown

rotten42 · #**4762** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by speedog

A bit off kilter because taken with my potato when I didn't have the SLR with me - a Calgary skyline view not often seen from SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Calgary) which has some of the most incredible views of downtown Calgary...

I agree. I always admire that view as I drive down the 14th street hill.

MolsonExport · #**4763** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 1:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by speedog

A bit off kilter because taken with my potato when I didn't have the SLR with me - a Calgary skyline view not often seen from SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Calgary) which has some of the most incredible views of downtown Calgary...

good one. I like the angle quite a bit, perhaps because the Bow does not overwhelm everything.

240glt · #**4764** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 2:27 PM**

I like how they maintain the grass berms and slopes along the roadways down there. Makes the city look very well kept. In Edmonton they just let them grow over with weeds and tall grass and it looks terrible

Calgarian · #**4765** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 2:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

https://twitter.com/kmoorephotos

This just screams Canada to me for some reason...

Calgarian · #**4766** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 2:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

I like how they maintain the grass berms and slopes along the roadways down there. Makes the city look very well kept. In Edmonton they just let them grow over with weeds and tall grass and it looks terrible

There were a lot of weeds and dandelions last year, seem to be doing better this year.

sparky212 · #**4767** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by ian.utilizemedia

Low res screen grab from a shot I took last night with the drone. Looking nice and tall now.

From the London thread

hipster duck · #**4768** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 4:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

This just screams Canada to me for some reason...

I like the eastern part of Edmonton's river valley more than the western part, since it feels more raw and undeveloped - as if a slice of the boreal forest was transplanted to the city (even though the boreal forest begins several hundred kilometers to the north). The western part is cut up with roads and golf courses.

I especially like the view from this street here.

FrankieFlowerpot · #**4769** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 4:09 PM**

The Trump name will soon be disappearing from the Toronto skyline

https://www.thestar.com/business/2017/06...-out-from-toronto-hotel-condo-tower.html

Rico Rommheim · #**4770** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 4:26 PM**

Good. Now let take out the entire tower from the skyline. That building is objectively terrible. The cladding and the spire are shite.

Calgarian · #**4771** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 5:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

I like the eastern part of Edmonton's river valley more than the western part, since it feels more raw and undeveloped - as if a slice of the boreal forest was transplanted to the city (even though the boreal forest begins several hundred kilometers to the north). The western part is cut up with roads and golf courses.

I especially like the view from this street here.

I think it's the city meets wilderness feel of that picture that I like.

speedog · #**4772** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 6:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

I like how they maintain the grass berms and slopes along the roadways down there. Makes the city look very well kept. In Edmonton they just let them grow over with weeds and tall grass and it looks terrible

Those grass berms and slopes are mostly on SAIT's campus and they do a wonderful job of keeping everything looking good.

craner · #**4773** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 6:55 PM**

Very nice shot of the London skyline

O-tacular · #**4774** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 7:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Edmonton's westend aka Oliver.

Downtown from the high-level bridge

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x164/...ge%20and%20bank/DSC_0093_zpsvrrmjrfu.jpg

Am I the only one who sees a creepy and unfortunate resemblance between that fencing and what was used in Dachau?

O-tacular · #**4775** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 7:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Image capture from the Champlain bridge construction webcam.

This is possibly the best skyline pic I've seen of Montreal. It actually shows the full scale of it and it is quite large.

Airboy · #**4776** Posted **Jun 27, 2017, 8:00 PM**

Interestingly there is a golf course just behind the trees on the right. and another just up river on the left side. This portion of the river is actually more built up than the western side, at least upstream of the fort.

In the Stantec Tower photo. it gives a nice perceptive with the current Stantec corporate offices in the distant centre left. word is the office portion will be closed up by fall and TI work going all in for move in a year later.