Post some pictures of your city! II - Page 421

Nouvellecosse · #**8401** Posted **Dec 23, 2020, 1:20 PM**

That's gotta be one of the coolest skyline shots ever.

MolsonExport · #**8402** Posted **Dec 23, 2020, 4:06 PM**

very nice.

BillM · #**8403** Posted **Dec 23, 2020, 4:12 PM**

[QUOTE=Martin Mtl;9138068]Montreal on Instagram - 3rd week of December 2020 - part one - HERE

This might have been the first view I had as I stepped out onto the streets of Montreal for the very first time on a snowy day in January 1970.

Looks the same!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6EcyupLSC/

Martin Mtl · #**8404** Posted **Dec 25, 2020, 1:31 AM**

Montreal on Instagram - Fourth week of December 2020 - PART ONE

Marshal · #**8405** Posted **Dec 25, 2020, 9:23 PM**

I really like your new 'format:' much more approachable and presents the volume better.

Peggerino · #**8406** Posted **Dec 25, 2020, 10:58 PM**

Ditto

Kilgore Trout · #**8407** Posted **Dec 25, 2020, 11:42 PM**

Great set as usual.

Christmas feels like even more of a climax this year since we're now back in (full) lockdown.

Rico Rommheim · #**8408** Posted **Dec 26, 2020, 8:02 PM**

Fantastic presentation Martin. Count me in as someone who loves the new format as well.

Rico Rommheim · #**8409** Posted **Dec 26, 2020, 8:08 PM**

Bank of Montreal from Place d'armes

2020-12-26_03-01-24 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

Gleneagles apartment

Flying_Castle_2020_11_11 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

Wpg_Guy · #**8410** Posted **Dec 26, 2020, 9:14 PM**

More from Winnipeg in the My City Photos section: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=245200

isaidso · #**8411** Posted **Dec 27, 2020, 8:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by peggerino

ditto

+3

Rico Rommheim · #**8412** Posted **Dec 28, 2020, 9:35 PM**

The famous parking bunker of Montreal's central station. Here's hoping that the rumblings I'm hearing about it's redevelopment into a 200m tower (or two) will come to fruition in 2020...

Perspective_on_Parking_Bunker_2020_11_16 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

Those who know me know just how much I hate that parking bunker. I just don't understand how CN thought it was a good idea to build such a monstrosity, especially one that would go on to become the 'entrance' to the station.

https://garecentrale.ca/assets/media..._2000x1160.jpg

MTLskyline · #**8413** Posted **Dec 28, 2020, 10:26 PM**

That lot needs to be redeveloped, but the city really needs to be strict about accepting only a quality project on this location. And at max buildable height. It is such a prominent and highly visible spot in the middle of the skyline that we really need to hold out for a signature type building.

"OK" or "Mostly good" wouldn't cut it here, and I would rather this remains as is for another 10 years if it means the project is a great one.

SignalHillHiker · #**8414** Posted **Dec 28, 2020, 11:07 PM**

A few from the past few days here.

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Tibb's Eve (December 23; traditionally the first day of Lent when it was acceptable to drink; today it's the day you spend going out with your friends before spending the rest of the holidays with your family).

Christmas Eve.

Christmas/Boxing Day/Yesterday/Today lol.

Martin Mtl · #**8415** Posted **Dec 29, 2020, 12:58 AM**

/\. Very nice. Looks like you're having a nice gentle start to winter.

Montreal on Instagram - 4rth week of December - PART TWO

isaidso · #**8416** Posted **Dec 29, 2020, 5:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I love the commercial zones of big cities. I was hoping for something better, though. Picadilly, Times Square....and then there is Tokyo, to which no other city compares. Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ginza, Akihabara, Ikebukuro, ...

not signs for lame-o restaurants like the Keg and Milestones.

Like most things in Toronto, it doesn't get built right the first time around. Dundas Square will be no different. Like you, I see the shortcomings of it but it's important to acknowledge that it's a process of incremental improvement. It's already better than it was when the area was rebuilt.

We'll see upgrades, more investment, better quality built into Dundas Square over the next 20 years. They'll eventually have to re-work that awful building on the northeast corner too. Dundas Square will get where it needs to be. Till then I'll appreciate it for the sensory overload that it already is. I'm glad that it's not just another block of city that makes little impression whatsoever. Love it or hate it, it's certainly not boring. And that's a label people love to pin on Toronto (and Canada).

isaidso · #**8417** Posted **Dec 29, 2020, 5:55 AM**

I don't think it suits Montreal but I can't imagine Toronto without it. Tacky? Certainly, but I'm fine with a few blocks of downtown devoted to this sort of thing. Psychologically, Dundas Square has become the centre of the city. It's already one of the most photographed spots in the country.

Dundas Square

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Hali87 · #**8418** Posted **Dec 29, 2020, 6:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

not signs for lame-o restaurants like the Keg and Milestones.

It's one of the weird contradictions that kind of defines contemporary Toronto for me. Canada's flashiest intersection, showcasing Canada's most mainstream and unremarkable brands (I guess there's an argument to be made that they're some of Canada's most nationally successful brands, inherently making them seem more mainstream and unremarkable). Only the medium itself is special - the content is just normal ads for normal brands that you'd find at a mall. I've described Ontario as "aggressively normal" before and this is a big-time manifestation of that. I guess a big part of it is probably that it's intrinsically connected to the Eaton Centre.

Once in a while they seem to coordinate the screens (to honour local celebrities etc) and that's pretty cool.

kwoldtimer · #**8419** Posted **Dec 29, 2020, 1:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hali87

It's one of the weird contradictions that kind of defines contemporary Toronto for me. Canada's flashiest intersection, showcasing Canada's most mainstream and unremarkable brands (I guess there's an argument to be made that they're some of Canada's most nationally successful brands, inherently making them seem more mainstream and unremarkable). Only the medium itself is special - the content is just normal ads for normal brands that you'd find at a mall. I've described Ontario as "aggressively normal" before and this is a big-time manifestation of that. I guess a big part of it is probably that it's intrinsically connected to the Eaton Centre.

Once in a while they seem to coordinate the screens (to honour local celebrities etc) and that's pretty cool.

Private sector vs public sector, no?

hipster duck · #**8420** Posted **Dec 29, 2020, 2:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hali87

It's one of the weird contradictions that kind of defines contemporary Toronto for me. Canada's flashiest intersection, showcasing Canada's most mainstream and unremarkable brands (I guess there's an argument to be made that they're some of Canada's most nationally successful brands, inherently making them seem more mainstream and unremarkable). Only the medium itself is special - the content is just normal ads for normal brands that you'd find at a mall. I've described Ontario as "aggressively normal" before and this is a big-time manifestation of that. I guess a big part of it is probably that it's intrinsically connected to the Eaton Centre.

Once in a while they seem to coordinate the screens (to honour local celebrities etc) and that's pretty cool.

What kind of ads are you expecting? The restaurants and retailers that have the money to buy 40 foot flashing advertisements don't tend to be independent or edgy.

And what is this "aggressive normal" that you speak of? Surely you realize that Ontarians have more dining options than Vancouver-based The Keg or Edmonton-based Boston Pizza.