Canadian Urban Canyons

[caltrane74]

Those Bay/King Street shots Are Schoolin'em, son!!



Here is me on Wellington!!!


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[Jeff]

the exchange district in winnipeg has a few "mini" canyons.. or let's say gullies maybe?

[all photos by myself]

rorie street:


king street:


portage ave. can be canyon-esque at moments:




south down main street:

[Deepstar]

Even Calgary's Beltline district (south of downtown) has canyons forming. Half of these buildings weren't in this view 3 years ago.

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Beltline Canyon Think of how different this view would have looked 5 years ago.

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[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by Jeff

the exchange district in winnipeg has a few "mini" canyons.. or let's say gullies maybe?

[all photos by myself]

rorie street:


king street:


portage ave. can be canyon-esque at moments:




south down main street:

Our downtown is just too dispersed for canyons, and we dont have the height (unfortunately, and to a small degree, puzzlingly). The footprint is too big given the buildings. Its like...half buildings, half parking lots.


Calgary I think is underrated here...they have a dense downtown core, with tall structures. Makes Calgary look 3x larger than it is (and its already a pretty big Canadian city), and they have nice straight streets.

Obviously Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver will run this thread. But Ottawa has some nice ones, as does Edmonton. Nothing really in the Peg unfortunately. Give us 10 years.

[RTD]

Originally Posted by roccerfeller

Our downtown is just too dispersed for canyons, and we dont have the height (unfortunately, and to a small degree, puzzlingly). The footprint is too big given the buildings. Its like...half buildings, half parking lots.
Nothing really in the Peg unfortunately. Give us 10 years.

I wouldn't completely write off what we do have like you just did. Those pics that Jeff posts obviously shows that we have our own smaller pockets of canyons, and I quite enjoy them. And no need to put the after 10 years, because it will happen, and is currently happening (no need for sarcasm, thanks).

[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by RTD

I wouldn't completely write off what we do have like you just did. Those pics that Jeff posts obviously shows that we have our own smaller pockets of canyons, and I quite enjoy them. And no need to put the after 10 years, because it will happen, and is currently happening (no need for sarcasm, thanks).

chill out man!

didn't mean to offend you...its an internet forum dude...

I guess we do have mini-canyons in the Exchange, but as far as "Canyons" go, currently, I dont think we have them...it will happen yes, but not in a week. However...you're right about not completely writing it off...Jeff's pics do have those Canyon shots. I meant in the same sense as somewhere like Ottawa.

I think our downtown is way too spread out...it has a large footprint. Our city is smaller than say Calgary, or Ottawa but our "Downtown" boundary is larger, for instance...that's a part of what I was getting at (at least of what I have seen being there physically).

And seriously, relax lol.

And Jeff, didnt mean to come across as banging on your pics. They are some fine shots...and very canyon-esque

[Darkoshvilli]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djipibi/2341239771/

[Ramako]

Bay Street looking north. Note that the building on the right of the frame has been replaced by the Bay-Adelaide Centre, and Trump is currently rising in the gap in the immediate foreground.


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[Ramako]

Looking south on Yonge Street's famous low-rise streetwall.


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[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Darkoshvilli

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djipibi/2341239771/

ah, I miss St paddy's day parades in Mtl.

[Vaillant]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

ah, I miss St paddy's day parades in Mtl.

me too i was in Toronto

[vid]

It was even more impressive before suburbs happened:



That's looking in the other direction.

[le calmar]

University

wander4 flickr

[trueviking]

love that 2 building winnipeg canyon....

calgary has great canyons not only because of the number and height of the buildings but also because of the layout of downtown....its a small number of long very straight streets running parallel to each other...it makes for great vistas.

[caltrane74]

My first picture in contribution of this thread...

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[entheosfog]

Okay, I'm an no expert on 'canyons', but here's a few examples of what I think constitutes urban canyon in Vancouver (ALL TAKEN BY ME!) after looking through my vaults:

Perhaps Georgia Street is the best example I have:
Looking west up Georgia:


Twilight shot:


Fog shot, looking east:


Hastings Street, looking east:


Granville Street, though I'm not sure if this would count:


And again, at night:


One-sided apartment tower canyon...?

[francely57]

Originally Posted by entheosfog

One-sided apartment tower canyon...?

That's a nice "cliff"!



Here's a little preview for Montreal, with some of my recent pictures (2010).
I'll post more later (and more pics of MAJOR canyons) once I find my older pictures.


St-Mathieu Street looking north, February 26, 2010


St-Jacques Street looking west (from the east end of the street), February 26, 2010


Notre-Dame Street looking west, February 26, 2010


Sherbrooke Street looking west, January 8, 2010

[raggedy13]

A few of my Vancouver shots:

[raggedy13]

And a few more of mine, plus one from Locked In:













And a pic by Locked In:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175928

[Darkoshvilli]

The definition of canyon is really being stretched