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Old Posted Mar 27, 2010, 4:08 AM
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This one still gets my vote as well. Just something about it. Montreal has some great canyons as well. And of course.....so do you Toronto! How could you not? You have Canada's largest skyline! At least let us bask in our glory now and then. We are not that bad here!
I agree it's an excellent shot. We need some more Toronto and Montreal shots from higher up though to compare. Plus the building on the left totally obscures that side and gives the impression that there's a thick wall on that side (maybe there is, I don't know Cgy well enough).
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omfg? Streetwall vs Canyon. RUFn Serious?

Streetwall on both sides is a canyon....

If I had a helicopter I could get a shot of Bay Street all the way down...

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The picture at groundlevel that Ramako posted is just as fine as the image from cowtown tim.
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Old Posted Mar 14, 2010, 11:45 PM
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From streetlevel, cause i don't know how to fly, ... yet.

ok, I'm gonna take a break for a bit, grab a big mack or a KFC

post the rest of my pictures later, or take some updated pictures from the air or something..




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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 3:58 AM
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One of my shots.
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 4:25 AM
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St-Jacques street could have been very Newyorkesque if the buildings were a little taller. Montreal has a couple of canyons, but none with 30+ buildings only, except maybe Maisonneuve. Maybe René-Lévesque could be considered too, but I'm not sure we can say it's a canyon.






Saint-Pierre could be Fulton street though!




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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 6:27 AM
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Dont let Traynor get in your head man... First he'll be like, ok you've posted a picture with tall buildings on both sides, but thats crap cause its not consistant like in Ottawa. Then when you post a solid streetwall like they have in Ottawa, he'll be thats too short.. then post a picture of Calgary for effect.

Those pictures of Montreal are CANYONS to me... no worries man. Im gonna do a wild photo tour of Montral in a second. Old Montreal...
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 4:29 PM
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Dont let Traynor get in your head man... First he'll be like, ok you've posted a picture with tall buildings on both sides, but thats crap cause its not consistant like in Ottawa. Then when you post a solid streetwall like they have in Ottawa, he'll be thats too short.. then post a picture of Calgary for effect.

Those pictures of Montreal are CANYONS to me... no worries man. Im gonna do a wild photo tour of Montral in a second. Old Montreal...


You're a great sport Cal.

I know I'm a bit persnickety, I'm sorry, but I have high standards for canyons!

All your hard work and photos are not going unnoticed. Keep it up! I'll let you know when you capture the ultimate Toronto canyon photograph.

(If it exists )
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 3:17 PM
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London Ontario is bereft of canyons...London has a small cliff on the right hand side of King Street (Facing west) near the JLC.

KW has one between the shoppers drug mart and money mart.
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Where's that epic shot along the King Street corridor that was apparently taken from 1 King West? I saw it posted ages ago.
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Maybe not quite canyons,

Dundas St. in London


Richmond St. in London
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Richmond St. in London
Wow, that photo is a few years old now. Club Phoenix, the black building with the disco ball on the right, is long gone and is now a Moxie's. I'm guessing February 2006 for this shot.

London's closest example to an urban canyon is Richmond between York and Dundas. I unfortunately don't have any photos, but here's a shot from Google Streetview...

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sourc...38.98,,1,-2.32
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 9:22 PM
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Halifax has a few that almost qualify.. Barrington, Granville, and Hollis. First photo by me, next two by Serge Lacasse:




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There are a few other candidates but I don't have good photos of them.
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 9:33 PM
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wow.. didn't know halifax rolled like that!!

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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 10:18 PM
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Those are all great attempts Cal, but I just don't think Toronto is a city of canyons. It's just my opinion but if Toronto had stuff like my quick redo of one of your bay street shots below, then I would agree.




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Those are all great attempts Cal, but I just don't think Toronto is a city of canyons. It's just my opinion but if Toronto had stuff like my quick redo of one of your bay street shots below, then I would agree.




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Once the Four Seasons, U Condos, 1000 Bay Street, 880 Bay Street, and Burano are all built, we'll have something very much like that.
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 10:30 PM
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thats impossible, outside of New York or Dubai, no city could really do that..
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Those are all great attempts Cal, but I just don't think Toronto is a city of canyons. It's just my opinion but if Toronto had stuff like my quick redo of one of your bay street shots below, then I would agree.




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That's awesome! Toronto should really build on a scale similar to that.
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thats impossible, outside of New York or Dubai, no city could really do that..
Only because the NIMBYs would be so mad that they'd work themselves into a frenzy and start dismantling structures brick by brick with their bare hands.
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2010, 10:52 PM
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bloor street, south to college next....
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Old Posted Mar 16, 2010, 2:50 AM
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OK I'll help caltrane74 a little bit with some of my (old) Toronto Pictures


June 29, 2008

Dundas Street looking west



June 30, 2008

Carlton looking east



Bay Street looking south



Adelaide Street looking west


Bay Street looking north


Wellington Street looking west


EXCLUSIVE: Bay Street canyon from the lake!





Don't worry, more Montreal canyons still coming...
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Old Posted Mar 16, 2010, 3:35 AM
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Nice shots Francely! I always find that an outsiders' eye captures a city best.
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