Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Nice perspective in that first pic. The second reminds me of when I used to go out to Ward's Island to sit and listen to the city - there's a constant "thrum" that used to fascinate me (city as a living thing and all that).

New Ontario Place park. I think we'll be sick of the perspective soon.( I was shock how busy the park was. )

[Beedok]

That top Toronto shot really shows the CN Tower's height.

[ainvan]

Originally Posted by Laceoflight

Thank you very much, Ainvan, for all those pictures of Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and the others. I always appreciate your posts here.

You're welcome, but I'm just a messenger.

There are so many talented urban photographers in Canada. Thanks to them, we see the beauty of our cities from different angles

[koops65]

Originally Posted by Beedok

That top Toronto shot really shows the CN Tower's height.

From that perspective, CN is closer to the camera than all the other tall towers... makes it really dominate its surroundings...

[itom 987]

Edmonton

Danger City by Kurt Bauschardt, on Flickr

[yorktonite]

Vancouver

[Coldrsx]

Photo: mthiessen on IG!

[Martin Mtl]

Credit: @Dom_4good

[Skyisnolimit]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I agree. Stupid government already spent enough money to tow it in.

Maybe they were smoking quack when they made the decision to tow the Duck

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by itom 987

Edmonton

Danger City by Kurt Bauschardt, on Flickr

Rise of the Dragon like!

[Calgarian]

That new bridge in Edmonton looks great!

Originally Posted by yorktonite

Vancouver

Vancouver always looks so much more interesting inside the downtown core than other cities.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by ainvan

Canada Day Fireworks by Jonathan Ichikawa, on Flickr

Love that the cruise ship decided to stick around for the fireworks. Nice touch for the passengers.

[nephersir7]

[LeftCoaster]

Love that first pic.

[J.OT13]

Please help save Ottawa's skyline!!!

The National Capital Commission (NCC) wants to shut off the lights in our downtown hotels, office towers and condo buildings so that only a select few of the city's landmarks are visible at night.

Ottawa already has an inferiority complex when it comes to our mediocre skyline.We can't allow the NCC to make it worse by erasing the towers from our downtown. We can't allow Ottawa to become nothing more than a sterile "museum" piece with a select few institutional buildings.

We're more than just the capital, we are a real city of a million people. Our skyline must be visible in all its (pedestrian) glory.

Please complete the survey and tell the NCC that you want Ottawa to look like a true and complete urban centre, not just a post card from the 1920s.

Originally Posted by rocketphish

NCC wants your feedback on its Capital Illumination Plan
Online public consultation on the plan closes Sunday

By: Alex Abdelwahab, Metro
Published on Mon Jul 03 2017


An illustration of the current lighting in downtown Ottawa (above) and the proposed lighting (below) in the NCC's Capital Illumination Plan

It’s time to have your say on the NCC’S Capital Illumination Plan 2017-2027, which is scheduled to launch this year.

The NCC is asking the public’s input on its newly released plan, through a questionnaire on its website, until Sunday, July 9.

The 121-page plan focuses on the downtown core of both Ottawa and Gatineau, but also extends from Metcalfe to the Canadian Museum of Nature, on the Ottawa side.

The plan aims to improve the “nighttime beauty of the Capital” by doing a better job of lighting iconic buildings and monuments on both sides of the river, including the Parliament buildings and Canadian Museum of History, while also reducing energy use.

It divides the type of lighting into six categories, including permanent functional lighting, illumination lighting, and dark-zone lighting. The plan includes parameters for when the specific lighting should be turned on or off and its intensity.

Among the guidelines are to “turn off indoor lighting of office buildings no later than one hour after they are no longer in use and until regular occupancy begins.”

The final plan will be presented to the NCC board of directors this fall.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/ottawa/2017...ck-on-its-capital-illumination-plan.html

[Coldrsx]

www.edmonton.ca

[kwoldtimer]

Re the Ottawa Illumination Plan (121 pages - gotta love the NCC!). "Town" can only benefit from less illumination. With very few exceptions.

[giallo]

Kelowna's little downtown skyline.

surburban edge 4 by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr


A little wider

kelowna span by Andrew Rochfort, on Flickr

[Coldrsx]

An incredible setting, so 'un-Canada'.

[craner]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

Vancouver always looks so much more interesting inside the downtown core than other cities.

I agree.
I don't know if it's the bend in the streets or what.