The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Oh really? That is wicked! Try to find some good angles so we can actually get a "skyline" shot!

with a lil' Photoshop editing the possibilities these days are endless

[Chadillaccc]

The Waterloo Region forum hasn't had a post since like May. Unless this has changed within the last week. I proposed that the mods divest Waterloo region of having an SSP local page and give it to Windsor, as the Windsor page has vastly more posts and forumers.

[north 42]

That would be great to see happen, I would love to see a Windsor local page. We do have quite a few local forumers now, and hopefully we'll see more projects proposed soon as we'll.

[Symz]

Originally Posted by north 42

That would be great to see happen, I would love to see a Windsor local page. We do have quite a few local forumers now, and hopefully we'll see more projects proposed soon as we'll.

Here, here north42! We can dream!

[SignalHillHiker]

September 26, 2012


The Silver Whisper in St. John's by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Fortis Place, 351 Water Street, and the Silver Whisper by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

[roccerfeller]

St Johns is stunning, imo. One of the most beautiful cities in the country for sure


Here's a shot of the Peg, courtesy of the Free Press overlooking new Disraeli Fwy bridge construction

[flar]

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by flar

Not a bad skyline...too bad it hasn't changed one iota in a quarter century.

[UrbanClimate]

Regina city scape, helicopter view. Natalie Geddes/News Talk Radio

[SignalHillHiker]

Roccerfeller: I agree - if only our modern mid-rise buildings were more attractive. They're all so... yech.

A few of other cities:


Manitoba Hydro Building - The Long Walk Down... by Jim.J.H, on Flickr


IMG_4055 by Leo Kerner, on Flickr

[giallo]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Roccerfeller: I agree - if only our modern mid-rise buildings were more attractive. They're all so... yech.

I agree.
My hope is that St. John's will use this upcoming construction boom to really take advantage of its natural environment by complimenting it with some forward thinking architecture. No more giant stucco houses on a ridge.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by giallo

I agree.
My hope is that St. John's will use this upcoming construction boom to really take advantage of its natural environment by complimenting it with some forward thinking architecture. No more giant stucco houses on a ridge.

They'd be vinyl here, ha!

Serious question: Do you think, once some of our newer projects are completed - ones which I think are attractive, like 351 and Fortis - that it will lessen the visual impact of the yech buildings? I find with cities like, for example, Calgary... the hideous old concrete blocks are still there but you don't notice them at all, really, once there are gorgeous buildings peppered in among them.

I'm hoping with the addition of 351, Fortis, and Deacon - and the recladding of the TD Building and the old Fortis (the white building) - that the overall visual response to the skyline will improve.

Then the only complex that I believe would still significant detract from the skyline is Atlantic Place (the large brick building with the adjacent, harbour-front parking garage.

Fingers crossed!

[Copes]

Guys, come on! The giant house on the ridge is awesome!

[chrisallard5454]

Taken by me, last night, while out on the town.

[vid]

One of the best Winnipeg skyline shots we've seen in months.

[SignalHillHiker]

Oh, he meant the rooms! I thought he meant the random house from my last pano, ha!

I'm so used to The Rooms now I keep forgetting that other people are still having the same reaction to it that we did when it was first built.

[isaidso]

That's a great skyline for such a small metro. Are those potash mines in the distance?

[SignalHillHiker]

Regina looks amazing. After the discussion about why people think Edmonton is smaller than it is yesterday, I Bird Viewed Saskatoon on Bing and it looked like a giant parking lot with concrete cubes on it. So I checked Flickr to see if it was that bad - and there were some nice pictures there so it was O.K. But Regina looked good even from the air. Very pretty little city, especially for the prairies, which I find it typically utilitarian. A good model, along with Calgary, for the others to follow. Mix in some glass, etc.

September 29, 2012


St. John's Skyline by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr


Salt for Winter by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

Stay Gold In Halifax by earthskync, on Flickr


Halifax Central Library (1), 2012-09-28 by sekishikimeikaiha005, on Flickr


RBC Waterside Centre (1), 2012-09-28 by sekishikimeikaiha005, on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

A panorama of Newfoundland's fourth city, Corner Brook. Almost typed our terms without thinking, ha! For us, Grand Falls-Windsor is "Central", Corner Brook is "the West" or "West Coast". But, in a Canadian context, those terms mean something else.

Anyhow, it's 691 km (7 hours, 54 mins) from St. John's.


Corner Brook Panorama summer 2011 by Shears Gallery, on Flickr

They even have a Pride!