Future Canadian Skylines

[caltrane74]

I still have my birth certificate... or I may have lost it.

who cares... don't need it for anything.


lol!

[caltrane74]

Very interesting glimpse into your mind.

[logan5]

No Eiffel Tower?

[Larch]

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[Dylan Leblanc]

Here's a still from a video showing Waterpark Place 3. Ice looks crazy tall!

http://www.arcestra.com/fileDl/fetch...20258974536474 (34 MB MP4)

[Traynor]

^ OK That is just wrong!!!

Waterpark III has no thematic ties to phases I and II. Architecturally it could be a whole other development.

I was hoping for something like Cesar Pelli's Three World Financial Center, in both design and scale.


(Three World Financial Center, center tower in image. Image from Wikipedia article found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Financial_Center )

[yaletown_fella]

Uggh more cheapest psf garbage

[steveve]

that is a sweet video! (just to see all the projects around it!)
as for the design, it is mediocre, it's bulky, but bulky kinda fits with the buildings just south of it.

I think i'd rather see 2 towers on that lot

and just looking at that photo of lower manhattan, i wish this was a Goldman Sachs WHQ.

EDIT:
I even saw L tower, Aura, and 1 bloor in that video! sweet! (look closely when the show the views from the offices)

[Vaillant]

From Ville de Montréal/City of Montreal

[caltrane74]

I'll be in Montreal next weekend, haven't been there for a few years. Will be nice to see what's going on there.

[caltrane74]

Did you guys realize Atlanta has 1 million more people than Montreal and the Worlds largest airport. It is also the financial capital of the US southeastern region with 30 million people there are as many people there as in all of Canada.

IMO Steveve was giving Montreal a compliment, no need to act like snobs, this is Canada and we have the same development timeline as The US.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Did you guys realize Atlanta has 1 million more people than Montreal and the Worlds largest airport. It is also the financial capital of the US southeastern region with 30 million people there are as many people there as in all of Canada.

IMO Steveve was giving Montreal a compliment, no need to act like snobs, this is Canada and we have the same development timeline as The US.

Of course I'm aware of Atlanta's airport, it's population, and importance to the US southeast, but comparing Montreal to Atlanta is an insult to Montreal on a monumental scale. Montreal is one of this continents great cities and was a fitting host to the Summer Olympics in 1976. People around the world were floored when Atlanta were awarded them 20 years later; many people still consider it shocking. I'm utterly speechless that you're attempting to compare these 2 cities. HOLY CRAP!!@!!###@@

It has nothing to do with snobbery and everything to do with reality and history. I'm stunned that a Canadian knows so little about how prominent and powerful Montreal once was. Next you're going to tell me that Las Vegas is on the same level as Vienna because it has more people and more airport passengers????

[whiteford]

very well done.

[caltrane74]

I dont think that belittling atlanta is anyway to pump up Montreal. Firstly Steveve was comparing skylines, which should have been obvious, but still excited the proto typical Canadian snob response visa via the united states.

If you guys need a history lesson in the civil rights struggle to which Atlanta played a preeminent role, you can go to the Martin Luther King foundation and they can tell you all about the fundamental change they began in the United States bases right out of Atlanta.

Instead of living in the past live in a present, in which Atlanta has added 2 million people to there population in the past 13 years, has 2 or 3 times as many head offices as Montreal and seems to be attracting more each day.


Do you guys wanna live in the past or the present? Can you compare New York to London or Paris?

If Montreal doesn't want to handle the competion with up and coming cities, Toronto would gladly take that challenge here.

Bring on your Dubai's, Atlanta's, and Calgary's, the competion and comparison with the Young upstarts excites us, and does not breed the contempt I see here.

Don't worry guys we'll dig up Ur and Babaylon for you guys to play with.

[WhipperSnapper]

Mississauga's skyline reminds me of Atlanta with the airport corporate centre standing in for Buckhead.

[Fog Ducker]

This thread is confusing as hell now.

[dtgeek]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Instead of living in the past live in a present, in which Atlanta has added 2 million people to there population in the past 13 years, has 2 or 3 times as many head offices as Montreal and seems to be attracting more each day.

Looking at satellite view on Google Maps/Earth, you would never know that Atlanta has added 2 million people the past 13 years, or that its metro area at over 5 million is almost as populous as the GTA. To me it looks like a city of 2-3 million total, so I'm always taken aback at the real population figures.

Perhaps their CMA stretches even further out than I think, or the density is just disguised somehow, but it's pretty amazing how even a few km outside of their downtown, which in itself we all know is nowhere near as densely populated as Toronto's or Montreal's, most of the housing is wooded suburban area (much less dense than Toronto suburbs too, I'm talking giant lots with dozens of mature trees).

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

I dont think that belittling atlanta is anyway to pump up Montreal.

Your comments are getting more absurd by the hour. It's like comparing Edmonton to Amsterdam and then saying someone's belittling Edmonton in an attempt to pump up Amsterdam when people are just pointing out the obvious. Atlanta is a city on the rise, but it needs another century before you can start making comparisons to cities like Montreal. Montreal doesn't need pumping up, period.

Now if you want to compare Philly or Boston to Montreal that would be more far better pairing.

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Montreal doesn't need pumping up, period. It's like comparing Edmonton to Amsterdam and then saying someone's belittling Edmonton in an attempt to pump up Amsterdam when people are just pointing out the obvious. This is getting more absurd by the hour.

What is your point, you've made none. You don't even know why your posting and what or who you're defending or why.

The question of comparing Montreal's skyline to Atlanta is valid, any other comparison is basically off topic. Comparing history and economic significance is not the question here.

[jetsbackincanada]

Okay, time to state some opinions....Atlanta's skyline is closer to Toronto than either Montreal or Calgary. Taken from the west side of Atlanta you'll see that the skyline stretches down Peachtree St. north to south much like the north south spread of Yonge St.
It has a northern hub ( Bloor), a midtown hub (Aura), and a main cluster to the south. (CBD) The largest chunk of towers is in the old part of downtown (south), and the new developments are filling in to the north.
Atlanta's height is also a good point of comparison to Toronto, with 1 000 ft, Nations bank (FCP) then about 7 or 8 700 ft+ towers much like Toronto. Toronto is far denser and has much more built up out lying areas but even there Buckhead would be comparable to the Hullmark/Gibson square area? taken from the west, and once Bloor and Aura are finished the two silhouetted outlines would be quite similar, and a skyline with 4 600 ft towers(Montreal), in one tiny area is a poor comparison. Toronto's skyline is better and with the rash of new condos....will leave Atlanta in the dust. But Atlanta does have 4 towers that kick ass, and would look great in Toronto.