The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[Hali87]

Originally Posted by mousquet

But Montreal's still more stylish. The thing is it doesn't have anything like the CN tower to spoil its skyline. One of their towers, I forget the name, looks like a penis with a glans at the top to me. I swear. What's the name of that one?... Yeah, 1000 de La Gauchetière, their tallest at the moment! Lol, I even like that one of theirs, cause it's funny and actually not ugly at all. Nothing looks ugly in Montreal. It's just slowly developing as time goes by, inspiring balance, time and elegance.

As a Canadian, I guess you know it better than myself anyway.

I, for one, thought this was an excellent use of the word "glans"

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Taken by: Peter Niu
https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterniu/

best TO skyline shot ever.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Good post overall but not sure about the language barrier people are talking about. Penis is penis in French except with an accent aigu.

It was more the rest of the comment around it. That usually short and to the point system people use in their second language that comes across as a bit confrontational when typing. You have to make typed english a little bit flowery to avoid seeming like you're on the offensive since tone is absent.

[Laceoflight]

Toronto is AWESOME!

Here's Québec, from Sainte-Pétronille (on Orléans island)

Quebec city by William Bouffard, on 500px

[Rico Rommheim]

Easily the most underrated skyline in Canada.

[Laceoflight]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Easily the most underrated skyline in Canada.

I think so, too. From certain angles, it almost looks like an island. It's also easily recognizable! I actually love the mix of industry, nature, heritage and somewhat awfully ordinary towers...

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Laceoflight

I think so, too. From certain angles, it almost looks like an island. It's also easily recognizable! I actually love the mix of industry, nature, heritage and somewhat awfully ordinary towers...

From certain angles, we seems to have a double skyline ( Downtown + Ste-foy ) all up there on the Quebec hill.

[FrAnKs]

Quebec city by me :




Notice that the city second tallest was still under-construction in Ste-foy when I took that picture in 2011.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

It's important to point out that just because people interpret something it into situations where it doesn't exist, doesn't mean there are no situations in which it does exist. It just means it's often going to come up in situations when it shouldn't.

Have you travelled internationally a lot? Or spent time abroad? It's definitely a ''thing''.

I mean, this anecdote from this article rings so true for me:
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-ugly-canadian-mindset

I once witnessed a guy from Brampton, Ontario, in a New York City hotel bar, actually go and get his laptop from the room in order to show a bunch of dudes from Texas that not only do we have Taco Bell in Canada, but that we actually have a shitload of them. You know, using Google Maps. So there.

But, it's not so bad.

Some countries are viscerally hated by people for bombing the crap out their village and killing their entire family. Or for trying to commit genocide against them.

So, I wouldn't sweat it too much.

[kool maudit]

Quebec really is a beautiful city. Whenever my girlfriend and I sort of idly speculate about "what if we went back to Canada one day?", it's always Quebec that ends up being the focus.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Have you travelled internationally a lot? Or spent time abroad? It's definitely a ''thing''.

I mean, this anecdote from this article rings so true for me:
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-ugly-canadian-mindset

I once witnessed a guy from Brampton, Ontario, in a New York City hotel bar, actually go and get his laptop from the room in order to show a bunch of dudes from Texas that not only do we have Taco Bell in Canada, but that we actually have a shitload of them. You know, using Google Maps. So there.

But, it's not so bad.

Some countries are viscerally hated by people for bombing the crap out their village and killing their entire family. Or for trying to commit genocide against them.

So, I wouldn't sweat it too much.

The comments I've made were solely to refute people's knee jerk suggestion that this played into the mousquet exchanges in this thread, a suggestion I vehemently disagree with.

[dreambrother808]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Have you travelled internationally a lot? Or spent time abroad? It's definitely a ''thing''.

I mean, this anecdote from this article rings so true for me:
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-ugly-canadian-mindset

That's an amazing article, and of course entirely true. I've done it in the past to a hopefully not-too-embarrassing degree but try to curb that tendency nowadays.

My last cringeworthy experience was listening to Calgarians in Brazil get upset with Americans and Brits for not having heard of their fine city.

I always want to give the offending Canadian a hug and a healthy dose of self-esteem.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by dreambrother808

That's an amazing article, and of course entirely true. I've done it in the past to a hopefully not-too-embarrassing degree but try to curb that tendency nowadays.

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I used to do it too. But I am reformed now.

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[SkahHigh]

_AG_5317.jpg by Richard Gingras, sur Flickr

[FrAnKs]

Wonderful picture !

Notice how Quebecers seems to clear the left lane except to pass.
It's another story in Wintario.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Wonderful picture !

Notice how Quebecers seems to clear the left lane except to pass.
It's another story in Wintario.

Hehehehe

[koops65]

I made a trip to Niagara Falls today, and the air quality was pretty good for taking pix from across the lake. Crappy camera quality, sorry...

Mississauga from Jordan Station: (approx. 48 km)
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Toronto From Niagara-On-The-Lake: (approx. 60 km)
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Pix by me.

[MTLskyline]

(my photo)

[FrAnKs]

Combien d'étages il reste à monter aux différents grattes-ciels en construction dans la photo ?