Canadian Urban Canyons

[RoshanMcG]

Mini Hali canyon

[Nouvellecosse]

What do you guys think of this?

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I was well aware of the wind issues but less aware of the heat island effect and I was totally ignorant of the pollution aspect.

[TorontoDrew]

Bay Street Canyon by Jack Landau, on Flickr

[MonkeyRonin]

Hamilton


things are looking up by Jeff Hayward, on Flickr

[rousseau]

Ramshackle!

That walk up James and onward up the stairs to the mountain (i.e. upper part of the city) is a decent lung buster.

[TorontoDrew]

That view always reminds me of this.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.50064...7i13312!8i6656

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

That view always reminds me of this.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.50064...7i13312!8i6656

You may say that, but it really, really, doesn't actually look or feel the same when you're there. At all.

Sadly.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

That view always reminds me of this.

https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.50064...7i13312!8i6656

I actually did think it was Montréal when I initially saw the pic.

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

I actually did think it was Montréal when I initially saw the pic.

I did not. The agressive yellow trafic lights is the first obvious clue that this could never be in Montreal.

[isotack]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

I did not. The agressive yellow trafic lights is the first obvious clue that this could never be in Montreal.

Aggressive? You're joking right? Now traffic lights (thinks safety) are aggressive? WOW!

[isaidso]

I'd take Hamilton over most cities in Canada. Hamilton just needs a little TLC. Ok... a lot of TLC but I've always loved going there. I always feel more anchored there than when I'm in Toronto.

[megadude]

Speaking of traffic lights. A major complaint of mine when driving in Montreal is the low, sideways black traffic lights on some of the streets. They were so hard to notice as a non-native that is not used to those lights, especially when on unfamiliar streets.

So why are some black, some yellow, some sideways and some standing up? Isn't the purpose of traffic lights to be noticeable?

[isotack]

Originally Posted by megadude

Speaking of traffic lights. A major complaint of mine when driving in Montreal is the low, sideways black traffic lights on some of the streets. They were so hard to notice as a non-native that is not used to those lights, especially when on unfamiliar streets.

So why are some black, some yellow, some sideways and some standing up? Isn't the purpose of traffic lights to be noticeable?

Montreal wants to be Paris in the worst way. They pattern those stupid lights after those in Europe

[Martin Mtl]

Montreal wants to be Paris, Toronto wants to be New York... dated clichés. They don’t.

As an active montrealer driver, I never have problem seeing the trafic lights. It’s not that complicated.

[isotack]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Montreal wants to be Paris, Toronto wants to be New York... dated clichés. They don’t.

As an active montrealer driver, I never have problem seeing the trafic lights. It’s not that complicated.

so says the guy who called a traffic light "aggressive"...lol

[Martin Mtl]

Originally Posted by isotack

so says the guy who called a traffic light "aggressive"...lol

???

[Jamaican-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Montreal wants to be Paris, Toronto wants to be New York... dated clichés. They don’t.

As an active montrealer driver, I never have problem seeing the trafic lights. It’s not that complicated.

Real talk though, I get far more of a New York vibe from Montreal than I do Toronto.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Jamaican-Phoenix

Real talk though, I get far more of a New York vibe from Montreal than I do Toronto.

Halifax = Boston
Montreal = New York
Ottawa = Washington
Toronto = Chicago
Winnipeg = Minneapolis
Calgary = Denver
Edmonton = Houston
Vancouver = Seattle

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Toronto = Chicago

No. This seems to come up on SSP now and then for some reason. And every time pedants like me come out of the woodwork to quash the lazy comparison.

The only similarities Toronto and Chicago share are that they're on Great Lakes and their skylines look similar from certain far-away angles.

Nothing else.

[Acajack]

From the "You-can't-make-this-up" file, Westmount used to have an Ontario-style yellow traffic light housing they'd use, but looking at Google Streetview it seems like they may have phased it out.

I only see very dark green or black - similar to what you have in the rest of Montreal.