Post some pictures of your city! II

[itom 987]

I find a snow covered beach unsettling. Brrr cold! Can't put swimsuit on...

[someone123]

A few photos of the main Dalhousie campus. It's kind of hard to photograph because the buildings are spread out but there are a lot of hidden gems. Someday I'll go and take a bunch of photos.


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King's

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Another one I like, the Forrest Building, not on the main campus (from 1887; a bit older than average for a university building of this scale in Canada):

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[rousseau]

Gorgeous Dalhousie buildings there, someone.

[Metro-One]

Really need to make my way to Halifax one day (and the Maritimes in general).

Guessing August would be the best time to do so.

[Hali87]

August/September is the best weather (although there are occasionally hurricanes). Fall colours tend to be at their peak mid-October and the weather is usually still decent then.

[Metro-One]

I think I would like to do more summer activites though. Walking / taking pictures in shorts and a t-shirt, going to the beaches / parks seems like it would be ideal.

[Hali87]

Summer would be my preferred option as well! Just met a lot of tourists this fall who were very enthusiastic about the leaves changing and all, I kind of forget that doesn't happen everywhere to the extent that it does here.

[Metro-One]

I am thinking summer for a first trip, then if i have another chance later in life, fall.

[Hali87]

Tobin Street by Hali87, on Flickr


It's no Frontenac, but by Hali87, on Flickr

[Hali87]

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A drone video showcasing Halifax's Northwest Arm. It's sort of our equivalent of False Creek (geographically, at least) and strangely a lot of people living here don't seem to know it exists, and most people have never seen the city from the Arm (ie. in a boat), which is a totally fresh perspective on the city. Lots of interesting waterfront homes with cool landscaping, marnias/watersports (sailing, rowing, canoeing, paddleboard, windsurfing), several public parks with beaches and impressive mounments/ruins. The city's topography keeps hidden from view at most vantage points, and Halifax Shopping Centre, Dalhousie's main campus, and SMU are all quite close to the Arm but somehow people still manage to not notice it. Definitely a part of town worth checking out if you're here during the summer. McNab's Island is another "hidden" (in plain sight) gem worth checking out:

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[Rico Rommheim]

Some random (phone) shots taken in the past 3 weeks or so.

View from the Westin Hotel.


20160109_121512 by Rommheim, on Flickr


20160109_121505 by Rommheim, on Flickr

Formerly Canada's tallest building in 1928. RBC's ol HQ before they moved to PVM, and then Toronto. RBC remaine a tenent but left for good 2 years ago.

20160109_121527 by Rommheim, on Flickr


20160109_121232 by Rommheim, on Flickr

Crane for new 34 storey tower visible.

20160109_121310 by Rommheim, on Flickr


20160109_121306 by Rommheim, on Flickr

20160109_121224 by Rommheim, on Flickr

Post-Christmas snow in the (aptly named) borough of cote-des-neiges:


20160103_082003 by Rommheim, on Flickr


20151230_083906 by Rommheim, on Flickr

University o Montreal

20151230_083255 by Rommheim, on Flickr


20151230_083235 by Rommheim, on Flickr



20151230_083149 by Rommheim, on Flickr


20151230_083116 by Rommheim, on Flickr

metro tunnel

20160103_075802 by Rommheim, on Flickr

[Hali87]

Current temperature: +6C
Current language: English



City Hall by Hali87, on Flickr


Incremental by Hali87, on Flickr


Financial District by Hali87, on Flickr


Financial District by Hali87, on Flickr


Upper Duke by Hali87, on Flickr


Convention Centres by Hali87, on Flickr


Foundation by Hali87, on Flickr


Scotia Square by Hali87, on Flickr


Gothic Block by Hali87, on Flickr


Adaptive by Hali87, on Flickr


Juxtapose by Hali87, on Flickr


The Middle by Hali87, on Flickr\


Province House by Hali87, on Flickr


Government House by Hali87, on Flickr


Crimean Arch by Hali87, on Flickr


Financial District and Boer Monument by Hali87, on Flickr


Granville Street by Hali87, on Flickr


Lower Duke by Hali87, on Flickr


Granville Mall by Hali87, on Flickr


NSCAD by Hali87, on Flickr


A Slice of Paris? by Hali87, on Flickr


Levels by Hali87, on Flickr


Morris Street by Hali87, on Flickr

[Nouvellecosse]

Nice pictures! Halifax may be small, but it seems to have a heavier, more substantial feeling downtown compared to some of the similar-sized cities in the country.

[1ajs]

from my morning commute

-25 bike ride anyone?




around the corner from where i work

[GreaterMontréal]

Bright Lights, Big City ~ Montréal, rue Ste-Catherine by Gloria, sur Flickr


Rue St-Denis, Montreal by Roberto Cruz, sur Flickr

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Nice pictures! Halifax may be small, but it seems to have a heavier, more substantial feeling downtown compared to some of the similar-sized cities in the country.

I think of it a stunted major city. Winnipeg might be a bit like this too. I'd expect Charleston and New Orleans to have a similar flavour.

The neat thing about the construction happening now is that there's more stuff to fill in the solid old bones the city always had. It used to be a lot shabbier than it looks today. Unless something goes off the rails I have a feeling the city in 2020 is going to be dramatically nicer than it was around 2000.

[Hali87]

^Winnipeg felt like an interesting analogue for Halifax where the urban form/building style is in many ways the opposite (as is the landscape, for that matter). In downtown Halifax, there are a lot of fine-grained streetscapes made up of narrow, largely "human scaled" buildings that are packed very tightly together (on a hill). In Winnipeg, there are a lot of large, monumental buildings that are a bit more spread out and there is consequently a lot more "open space"/less crowding, and it's very flat. Halifax does the eclectic and fine-grained very well but is missing the sense of "monumentalism", whereas Winnipeg has the monumental architecture but is missing the sense of "crowdedness". An analogy, that could be extended to the rest of the city, is to look at what the provincial legislatures in both cities are like, and what their surroundings are like. Obviously, you could find examples of "both" in each city, but each skews heavily one way or the other.

At least that was my impression, having only really spent a couple days in Winnipeg over 2 separate trips. Montreal and Victoria are both cities that seem more "balanced" in this regard (not that this is necessarily better or worse, just observably different).

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by someone123

I think of it a stunted major city. Winnipeg might be a bit like this too. I'd expect Charleston and New Orleans to have a similar flavour.

The neat thing about the construction happening now is that there's more stuff to fill in the solid old bones the city always had. It used to be a lot shabbier than it looks today. Unless something goes off the rails I have a feeling the city in 2020 is going to be dramatically nicer than it was around 2000.

Winnipeg didn't feel stunted to me, but then again maybe I've got odd standards.

[Hali87]

Originally Posted by Beedok

Winnipeg didn't feel stunted to me, but then again maybe I've got odd standards.

I've never been to Hamilton myself but my impression is that it would feel more "stunted" than Winnipeg (downtowns). Hamilton is kind of a unique case of its own, though.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by Hali87

I've never been to Hamilton myself but my impression is that it would feel more "stunted" than Winnipeg (downtowns). Hamilton is kind of a unique case of its own, though.

Thunder Bay definitely feels stunted. There's a number of urban buildings or boulevards tucked away in odd corners that you can tell they expected would eventually be part of the downtown or whatnot, but it never happened.