The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! - Page 442

ssiguy · #**8821** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 7:21 AM**

I LOVE Vancouver's City Hall. It's a beautiful building and the view from it is to die for.

Unfortunately it is the antithesis of what one may think a City Hall should be. It is set apart from the city, has absolutely no social interaction, is very user unfriendly, and the grounds themselves are completely devoid of life or vitality. There are no social events held there at all or even any cultural ones. Unless you have to pay a bill or get some specific government document, you could happily live in Vancouver for 20 years and not even know what the building is.

Is it a lovely building but as much character as your standard black high rise TD Bank building that every other city in the country has. It really is a beautiful rendition of a suburban office building.............a functional 9 to 5 building and absolutely nothing more than that.

csbvan · #**8822** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 7:26 AM**

People usually go to City Halls for their cultural fix?

koops65 · #**8823** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 12:16 PM**

Kitchener's City Hall is the setting for the opening ceremonies of Oktoberfest.

MolsonExport · #**8824** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 2:16 PM**

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IMG_2764 by Zvi Leve, sur Flickr

fantastic. An angle that flatters the construction. Plus the Bar-B-Barn (ribs

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Acajack · #**8825** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 2:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

fantastic. An angle that flatters the construction. Plus the Bar-B-Barn (ribs

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I betcha that was the main point of the photo!

SkahHigh · #**8826** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 2:33 PM**

_SWZ3457 by Shaowan Zhang, sur Flickr

MolsonExport · #**8827** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 4:01 PM**

I feel all woot-wooty looking at all those cranes rising above Montreal.

Calgarian · #**8828** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 4:13 PM**

Love the modern touch those new buildings add to Montreals skyline, before that it looked like the city hit the '90s and then just stopped.

Beedok · #**8829** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 4:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by csbvan

People usually go to City Halls for their cultural fix?

Hamilton's has a clock that might work sometimes. (Unless they got rid of it while renovating.)

Ottawa's has a few parks around it with the occasional festival.

Acajack · #**8830** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

Hamilton's has a clock that might work sometimes. (Unless they got rid of it while renovating.)

Ottawa's has a few parks around it with the occasional festival.

Gatineau's has a small theatre where musical concerts and plays are often performed.

MolsonExport · #**8831** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 5:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Love the modern touch those new buildings add to Montreals skyline, before that it looked like the city hit the '90s and then just stopped.

With 3 tall towers finished within months of each other (1250 Rene Levesque (second tallest), 1000 de la Gauchetiere (tallest), and 1501 McGill College (6th tallest); all completed in 1992), Montreal was overbuilt with office space, just as the prolonged recession (and concomitant political uncertainty) of the nineties took hold. Very little went up during the remainder of the decade. A substantial lot of 15-30 storey condo towers were erected since 2000, but most were built north/west of the main skyline, so they are not really apparent from afar.

coolcanadian · #**8832** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 5:59 PM**

Toronto City Hall always holds cultural events! Festivals, fireworks, concerts, skating, public art, etc.

jmt18325 · #**8833** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 6:01 PM**

They should make a permanent version of that sign.

MolsonExport · #**8834** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 6:14 PM**

just in case people forget where they are.

jmt18325 · #**8835** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 6:22 PM**

Personally, I think it adds something to the space.

Beedok · #**8836** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 6:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

just in case people forget where they are.

Almost as silly as the Hollywood sign.

Calgarian · #**8837** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by jmt18325

Personally, I think it adds something to the space.

Agreed.

Nouvellecosse · #**8838** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

Almost as silly as the Hollywood sign.

You mean the incredibly iconic, global landmark Hollywood sign? What about the LOVE sculpture in Philadelphia? Is it as silly as that? Or the ridiculous I♥NY graphic? Yeah, we don't want any such silliness in Toronto.

Beedok · #**8839** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 7:42 PM**

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You mean the incredibly iconic, global landmark Hollywood sign? What about the LOVE sculpture in Philadelphia? Is it as silly as that? Or the ridiculous I♥NY graphic? Yeah, we don't want any such silliness in Toronto.

Yeah, that was my point.

OTSkyline · #**8840** Posted **Dec 10, 2015, 8:32 PM**

^ I love it... It's all about branding. About time Toronto markets itself more into a destination