Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 296

Acajack · #**5901** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 12:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkahHigh

It’s kinda tacky indeed.

Hopefully it won’t be included on TDC 2 and 3... on the renders it is.

It would have been better had they used a more subtle stylized version of it that went more with the look of the building.

WhipperSnapper · #**5902** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 3:17 PM**

The sign is ridiculous when you really think about it. It's a third party advertisement to its core. The condo board should be getting minimum hundreds of thousands in rent for it. I'm assuming they aren't as I also suspect bylaws against third party advertisement would than kick in. It's win win for the Canadiens.

MolsonExport · #**5903** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 3:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

It would have been better had they used a more subtle stylized version of it that went more with the look of the building.

agreed.

At least it isn't Rogers or some other wretched telecom logo.

Martin Mtl · #**5904** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 3:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

The sign is ridiculous when you really think about it. It's a third party advertisement to its core. The condo board should be getting minimum hundreds of thousands in rent for it. I'm assuming they aren't as I also suspect bylaws against third party advertisement would than kick in. It's win win for the Canadiens.

The whole "Canadien" branding for selling condos is ridiculous, but it seems to be working. For me, it is a deterrent. I would never buy or rent in TDC because of that. I find it vulgar. Of course, I'm not a fan of hockey or the Canadien, so in that respect I'm probably the exception to the rule.

le calmar · #**5905** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 3:39 PM**

I agree with you guys, I always thought that the logo on the building was tacky and out of place. What are the residents gaining from it? The building would simply look better without it. An outsider would probably think this is the organization's HQ. Either that or that the residents are somewhat related to the organization/the building is used to house people with specific needs and is sponsored by the Canadiens (similarily to Ronald McDonald Houses)

suburbanite · #**5906** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 3:50 PM**

It was so they could market it to the Nicko999's of the city (before Subban left).

TorontoDrew · #**5907** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 3:58 PM**

The logo doesn't bother me.

esquire · #**5908** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 4:01 PM**

I wouldn't avoid the building solely because of it, but I think it's tacky. I can accept a corporate logo on an office building, but it looks dumb on a condo, especially when as WhipperSnapper pointed out, it's basically free advertising for a company.

TorontoDrew · #**5909** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 4:16 PM**

If it wasn't right next door to the Bell Centre then it might seem a bit strange but given it's location it doesn't feel out of place. As for it being free advertising I doubt anybody in that building cares and a team like the Habs don't even need advertising. It's not as though that logo will sell anything other then the condo units in that building.

Calgarian · #**5910** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 6:33 PM**

Couple nice aerials of cold Calgary.

https://twitter.com/DuchaineChris

Martin Mtl · #**5911** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 7:32 PM**

/\ Great stuff. It never ceases to amaze me how much dense, compact and spectacular the downtown core of Calgary is, and then how it drops abruptly to Sherbrooke-level urbanity. I can't think of any other exemple of such extreme contrast.

Calgarian · #**5912** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 7:33 PM**

The inner city is building up quickly, but it still has a long way to go.

WhipperSnapper · #**5913** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 8:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

If it wasn't right next door to the Bell Centre then it might seem a bit strange but given it's location it doesn't feel out of place. As for it being free advertising I doubt anybody in that building cares and a team like the Habs don't even need advertising. It's not as though that logo will sell anything other then the condo units in that building.

Jeez. What does it matter? It's a corporate logo on the top of a building which Cadillac Fairview charges big bucks for on any of their buildings. It's lost revenue that could go to lower fees if the condo isn't making anything from it. I think the majority of residents would warm up to caring if they realized this.

craner · #**5914** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 8:05 PM**

Love those Calgary aerials - give me a warm cozy feeling - ha.

Montreal & Halifax looking good too.
FWIW - I don't have any problem with the Habs logo on TDC.

TorontoDrew · #**5915** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Jeez. What does it matter?

Jeez Wally, it doesn't matter.

ainvan · #**5916** Posted **Nov 17, 2017, 11:37 PM**

Sauga in Autumn by Empty Quarter, on Flickr

Supermoon? [Explored] by Empty Quarter, on Flickr

Toronto is in love by Worrawat Engchuan, on Flickr

905er · #**5917** Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 3:07 AM**

Great Mississauga skyline pic!!

MolsonExport · #**5918** Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 3:44 AM**

yeah, possibly the best ever Mississauga shots.

KnoxfordGuy · #**5919** Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 3:45 AM**

Stunning Calgary shots!

GeneralLea · #**5920** Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 3:52 AM**

Mississauga looks meh as ever.......the photos are fine, but nothing I enjoy, considering how the area around Mississauga's "downtown" is. In 10 years it might be a better place to live.....

The last Toronto photo makes me wonder how the new Courthouse will look in this view. I'm guessing it won't be very intriguingly designed, but it'll be surely interesting to see under construction so close to City Hall.