Canadian Skyline Thread III

[AuxTown]

Originally Posted by 905er

the variety, in terms of height makes Gatineau's skyline silhouette, dare I say it, somewhat more appealing than Ottawa's strickly in the literal sense of the word "skyline". ...at least in that pano shot. Ottawa's saving grace are the parliament buildings.

We will soon be getting the "great clump breaker" we have so eagerly waited for. There will be a tower (118m) just between those two tall cranes on the edge of the CBD that will be our new tallest for downtown. It's only 6m taller than PDV C but will be closer and on slightly higher ground so it will be the first to break the great wall that is our western CBD, particularly visually from this angle. Here's hoping for 1-2 more and maybe 140m plus to really break the plane!


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[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

An interesting skyline including forecast projects that never happened from back in 2016:





These were supposed to be Calgary in 2024.

I'd love to see 2016 and actual 2024 Calgary with these in the middle.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by 905er

the variety, in terms of height makes Gatineau's skyline silhouette, dare I say it, somewhat more appealing than Ottawa's strickly in the literal sense of the word "skyline". ...at least in that pano shot. Ottawa's saving grace are the parliament buildings.

True. Gatineau silhouette has good variety that Ottawa is missing. Hopefully the the curvy and tall-ish Relevé+Renaissance Marriott currently u/c are completed in the CBD, that will at least help the Ottawa side. And LeBreton.

EDIT - AuxTown already covered it.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

I'd love to see 2016 and actual 2024 Calgary with these in the middle.

From Alex YYC on Skyrise Cities:



https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/fo....24432/page-51

[Harley613]

Tunney's Pasture Skyline in Ottawa, with Westboro behind.

This view will be wildly different in 5-7 years, because the West end of Ottawa has no height restrictions and there are dozens of towers up to 40 floors proposed and approved.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

From Alex YYC on Skyrise Cities:



https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/fo....24432/page-51

Pretty close match. Eau Claire seems to be the most obvious omission. The maybe tallest step tower, couple others to the right. That's pretty good.

If it wasn't for Covid, Calgary might have achieved most of what's missing as well.

[Martin Mtl]

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1519...ser/700496865/

[TorontoDrew]

Nice shot Martin, when did you take that? I'm surprised to see the water has ice on it.

[O-tacular]

Some different angles of Calgary's skyline:



From Whatchyyc

https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/fo...4#post-2048800





From BeltlineB

https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/fo...4#post-2048800

[Harley613]

Ottawa's new central library is really transforming the butt end of the old tabletop downtown skyline.

[zoomer]

/\ looking good, but curious to see if the horizontal banding gives it a heavy institutional look when construction is complete.

Also the Calgary shots are interesting for the juxtaposition of camera angle/perspective/zoom - giving the impression of a claustrophobic skyline versus one that is generously spaced out.

I assume this photographer is not on SSP, if so my apologies. Downtown shot with some Metrotown (and Mount Baker) in the background.



Downtown Mountain by Thomas Wilczynski, on Flickr

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Beautiful images of Calgary. I miss seeing more posts about the city, and it's construction. That being said, those were some really interesting angles. Thanks for sharing them.

Vancouver looks incredible in that last angle. Almost like a carte-des-vite.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

Vancouver looks incredible in that last angle. Almost like a carte-des-vite.

too bad that it looks nothing like this. Mount Baker is there, and you can see it if you are out in the Straights of Georgia, or atop Grouse Mountain...but it never looms like that over the city.

From Grouse Mountain:

[ssiguy]

That Vancouver shot is wonderful.

As for Calgary, I have always been a lover of it's skyline and still think it vies with Toronto for the nation's best. It doesn't have the massive size and expanse of Toronto's but its buildings are distinct from one another as opposed to Toronto {and Vancouver's} blue glass menagerie. In Calgary you can distinctively see each building as opposed to being a solid blob. The growth in the city's Beltline and Eastern Village has been very impressive.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Nice shot Martin, when did you take that? I'm surprised to see the water has ice on it.

It's not my picture (see the link).

As for the ice, it's early February in Montreal. There is ice and snow everywhere.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

too bad that it looks nothing like this. Mount Baker is there, and you can see it if you are out in the Straights of Georgia, or atop Grouse Mountain...but it never looms like that over the city.

From Grouse Mountain:

Oh for sure, there's some lens and field of focus work going on here, but still, it's set up almost like a theatrical composition, with a whimsical background and the city as the main subject.

[Rico Rommheim]

That wonderful Vancouver pic was taken with a 250mm lens. That's a huge amount of perspective flattening.

For comparaison, this is the best I could do with a 70mmm lens a couple years ago.

Bathing in Gold by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Originally Posted by ssiguy

That Vancouver shot is wonderful.

As for Calgary, I have always been a lover of it's skyline and still think it vies with Toronto for the nation's best. It doesn't have the massive size and expanse of Toronto's but its buildings are distinct from one another as opposed to Toronto {and Vancouver's} blue glass menagerie. In Calgary you can distinctively see each building as opposed to being a solid blob. The growth in the city's Beltline and Eastern Village has been very impressive.

I fully agree. I think the downtown is set up in a way where it could really be vibrant and notable in just a few (well, ten or more) years. The pandemic took a lot of steam out of our cities nationwide, but with investments in transit and other services, I think we can see this pick up more. Of course a massive push with immigration helps too.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS

I fully agree. I think the downtown is set up in a way where it could really be vibrant and notable in just a few (well, ten or more) years. The pandemic took a lot of steam out of our cities nationwide, but with investments in transit and other services, I think we can see this pick up more. Of course a massive push with immigration helps too.

Transit isn't an issue for DT Calgary. Crime has been a large problem with the 30% vacancy rate leaving swaths of the core empty. We'll see how much the office to residential conversions help as they start to come on line in the next couple years. There's also some revitalization happening with a massive reno of the Glenbow museum and a soon to be unveiled revamp of the performing arts centre. East Village has slightly stagnated with only minor new projects happening. The Drop In Centre has been creating problems for new residents in condos across the street, and also for the urban Superstore in the podium of Arris.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

That wonderful Vancouver pic was taken with a 250mm lens. That's a huge amount of perspective flattening.

For comparaison, this is the best I could do with a 70mmm lens a couple years ago.

Bathing in Gold by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

Was that from this summer with the wildfire smoke?