Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 585

niwell · #**11681** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 2:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Oh I thought that was another site. For central Toronto the area still has a lot of surface parking. Not to mention the increasingly out of place staples and car dealership.

Aside from what Whippersnapper mentioned, the area is also largely in the Don River floodplain. Well, was. The flood protection landform (not a berm!) where Corktown Common park is now ensured it's no longer under thread of flooding. Of course the channelization of the Don and hard right angle where it ends at Keating Channel is what caused most of the problem to begin with...

WhipperSnapper · #**11682** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 3:02 PM**

and Toronto is also going all Dubai to fix that hard right.

there's a blurry aerial of the area in this article from the late 1960s

https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/once...pressway-big-daddys-gift-to-toronto.html

TorontoDrew · #**11683** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 5:24 PM**

Source: https://cdn.skyrisecities.com

_Citizen_Dane_ · #**11684** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 8:53 PM**

Edmonton from the Low Level Bridge;

Calgarian · #**11685** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 9:27 PM**

That Funicular in Edmonton looks smaller than I expected...

WhipperSnapper · #**11686** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 9:58 PM**

Edmonton still planning an aerial tram?

Black Star · #**11687** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 11:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Edmonton still planning an aerial tram?

Yuppers.....

https://www.prairieskygondola.com/

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1312540

Black Star · #**11688** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 11:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Source: https://cdn.skyrisecities.com

Very cool.....

WhipperSnapper · #**11689** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 11:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Black Star

Yuppers.....

https://www.prairieskygondola.com/

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1312540

Affordable medium capacity rapid transit. Quick to erect. Minimal disruption to the surface environment. Hopefully It's successful leading to further expansion. Better suited for a compact and smaller city than a North American model city of a million.

Black Star · #**11690** Posted **Oct 4, 2019, 11:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Affordable medium capacity rapid transit. Quick to erect. Minimal disruption to the surface environment. Hopefully It's successful leading to further expansion. Better suited for a compact and smaller city than a North American model city of a million.

Good break down.....

Monolith · #**11691** Posted **Oct 5, 2019, 12:53 AM**

Vancouver by caleb haven, on Flickr

Good Evening, Dominion by Andrew Sommerfeld, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**11692** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 3:33 AM**

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QamnfnEmL/

#**11693** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 1:07 PM**

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TownGuy · #**11694** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 1:52 PM**

Hamilton's stereotype is showing.

ssiguy · #**11695** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 4:20 PM**

Great Vancouver and Toronto pics.

Martin Mtl · #**11696** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 5:20 PM**

Griffintown growing little skyline. A dozen towers are under construction within and outside the frame.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HYOV6oldc/

Maldive · #**11697** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 6:00 PM**

Thx Thomax for finding Joe's mind-boggling shot.

If you walk around Yonge/St. Clair it has a dense big city vibe (but invisible in the pano).

It wouldn't be welcome but maybe one 200m flagship tower here (giving Yonge/Eg the finger)... of course this is a tower fanboy comment ignoring all proper planning and neighbourhood concerns. ;-)

Just want to improve the mega pano posted by Joe.

ScreamingViking · #**11698** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 8:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by TownGuy

Hamilton's stereotype is showing.

It is. The eastern section of the industrial lands along the harbour. But even for a narrow-angled view of it, that image shows a diverse cross-section of the "Steel City."

Many of the green buildings belong to AM Dofasco, but among them are also a petrochemical storage/transfer facility (centre-left), a grain terminal (the taller grey silos), an asphalt company (tanks just right of the grain silos), a manufacturer of specialized industrial pressure vessels (the "L" shaped building right of the asphalt tanks), a fertilizer facility (conical dark green structures and white tanks), and a rail car plant (National Steel Car, below the fertilizer company with the Canadian flag and rainbow-coloured stacks). Numerous other businesses are mixed in there.

The retail strip in the foreground sits on what used to be the Centre Mall, one of the first malls in the country. It was built in the mid-1950s as an open-air plaza and later enclosed. Taken down and big-boxed in the mid-2000s.

Those homes along the very bottom are in some of what used to be strictly blue-collar neighbourhoods. They still are to an extent but that's been changing too.

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Originally Posted by thomax

Toronto Skyline from Hamilton Mountain | 10/5/2019 by Joe, on Flickr

rousseau · #**11699** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 9:48 PM**

You'd almost think that Toronto's skyline hugs the shoreline. I wonder, just for fun: How long is Chicago's skyline along the shore in those across the lake pictures, and how long is the stretch of highrises we're seeing here by comparison? Would anybody hazard a guess?

Brizzy82 · #**11700** Posted **Oct 6, 2019, 10:04 PM**

Wow, that shot is AMAZING!

And then there's Winnipeg

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