Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[lio45]

Originally Posted by craner

Well “downtown Calgary” is well defined by the line of wooden shacks surrounding it.
(This is meant in good-natured fun - please don’t let it cause five pages with no skyline photos in the “Canadian Skylines” thread).

That did make me laugh

On a serious note, I assume the Bow River on that side does define "downtown" pretty well.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

I love those stairs! Really nice building.

Yeah, I wanted to mention that I was very impressed too upon learning it was designed by a member of this forum

[PortaPetee]

Originally Posted by lio45

This forum would be a more civil place if Chad followed that advice and never argued (i.e. always conceded points) with me, MolsonExport and rousseau ever again

Dammit I laughed out loud at this one. *hangs head in shame*

[lio45]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

I agree we can occasionally have semi constructive conversations. I also don’t think that Chad is totally innocent. Your penchant for bullying vulnerable people really makes me question your motives though. Particularly your attacks and gaslighting of forumers in the Trump thread. I think you get off on mocking people’s pain. Hence my earlier comment. But really I am not qualified to make such diagnoses. All I can do is see the pattern of your behaviour.

I assure you, I'm a very compassionate and kind person in person, and the thought that I would enjoy others' discomfort is frankly really weird (to anyone who knows me).

Chad can't have it both ways - he can't claim he's a "vulnerable" person (your own word) that should get special treatment, while also dishing it out liberally and openly bragging he's now able to take it. It's one or the other. I tried to treat him like a normal fellow SSPer - but he managed to turn my candid conversation-generating question about why the Bow nearly always looks the tallest in most of the typical views of Calgary into a shitstorm too. There are two paths at this point - he can ignore all the users he has a problem with, or else he can choose to interact with them... but without guarantees that everyone will always take his insults without reaction.

[J.OT13]

There was a short conversation a few pages ago about the "Bow" and how the Winter Garden was removed and the height was cut in a weird way, along with the public space (the National Portrait Gallery approved for Ottawa by Chretien was moved to Calgary's proposed "Bow" by Harper without competition, but then the Government held a competition and when Calgary dropped out, the competition was canceled).

Anyway, so after that comment, I Googled the original design. A few days later, I watched a video on the London, UK skyline and they showed the original design for the Gherkin. Turns out it was strikingly similar to the Bow's original deigns. It's like Norman Foster was desperately trying to build this vision anywhere.

The Gherkin:


https://londonist.com/2011/11/unbuilt-london-tall-towers-and-strange-skyscrapers

The Bow:


https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/news/2...igns-calgarys-foster-designed-skyscraper

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by lio45

This forum would be a more civil place if Chad followed that advice and never argued (i.e. always conceded points) with me, MolsonExport and rousseau ever again

But seriously, that's what it comes down to isn't it? chad seems to feel that if someone says something he considers to be incorrect or uncharitable, he is obligated to correct them and, if they push back, to continue correcting them (arguing) with ever increasing forcefulness, more or less indefinitely. But that isn't an obligation; that is a choice.

Personally, while I've participated in countless arguments there have been hundreds of times over the years when people have said things that I disagreed with and I **made the choice** not to reply or make follow-up replies after a point because I either didn't have time or I didn't think it was a good/enjoyable use of my time. I realised that someone saying something incorrect online did not obligate me to respond or to respond in any particular way. I also realized that if I chose to take part in an argument - regardless of how it started - both I and the other participant(s) are equally responsible for it. I'm not trying to attack chad as i see nothing wrong with getting into spicy debates. It's just a matter of taking responsibility. Blaming someone else for "starting it' is completely relinquishing one's own agency.

[esquire]

I think The Bow is better off not having those bat ears up on top...

[Peggerino]

Originally Posted by esquire

I think The Bow is better off not having those bat ears up on top...

I agree 100%. The rendering reminds me of the Eye of Sauron building

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by esquire

I think The Bow is better off not having those bat ears up on top...

I used to wish they had been included as it made a more interesting silhouette and rooftop but now that crown design reminds me of the two towers from LOTR.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

There was a short conversation a few pages ago about the "Bow" and how the Winter Garden was removed and the height was cut in a weird way, along with the public space (the National Portrait Gallery approved for Ottawa by Chretien was moved to Calgary's proposed "Bow" by Harper without competition, but then the Government held a competition and when Calgary dropped out, the competition was canceled).

Anyway, so after that comment, I Googled the original design. A few days later, I watched a video on the London, UK skyline and they showed the original design for the Gherkin. Turns out it was strikingly similar to the Bow's original deigns. It's like Norman Foster was desperately trying to build this vision anywhere.

The Gherkin:


https://londonist.com/2011/11/unbuilt-london-tall-towers-and-strange-skyscrapers

The Bow:


https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/news/2...igns-calgarys-foster-designed-skyscraper

Nice find. I forgot about the old Gherkin design but I do recall seeing that many years ago. Not the first recycled design we’ve gotten. Eighth Avenue Place was also based on a virtually identical tower that Picard Chilton was going to build in Atlanta iirc.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Peggerino

I agree 100%. The rendering reminds me of the Eye of Sauron building

Yes! Just read that after my post.

[Chadillaccc]

This unending Lio-inspired septic tank party, along with Razor's comments about my faux Marilyn Monroe pinups has inspired me Every page for the next X days will feature either a shirtless or flexing photo of me in front of various skylines

Time to bring some beauty to this barf stained shithole.

[O-tacular]

You’re not helping Chad.

[lio45]

Well, I'm tempted to bite next time I'm in a decent skyline location, I could get a shirtless pic of me too.

[lio45]

I'm on the minority side regarding the "ears" of the Bow, I think they would add to the design. I would strongly want them to be of uneven heights though - looks much better that way than with even ears.

The Bow's main flaw to me is that it looks like a giant rectangle (that feels too wide for its height) from a certain angle. This design modification would totally fix it.

The London proposal looks very good, IMO.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

You’re not helping Chad.

I haven't posted all day, and they've barfed another two pages of their bile all over this forum, now with another joining in and supporting their bullshit. I'm through with helping.

[lio45]

It's not "bile", it's a discussion that apparently needs to be had regarding what should be this community's policy towards toxic behavior when it happens to be coming from someone who openly has mental health issues. (Last time we had an autistic SSPer, the staff of this forum eventually banned him - his admittedly often toxic behavior just wasn't considered okay when judged by the neurotypical forum appropriate behavior guidelines.)

Your fellow Calgarian Tosin007 got banned too - and it's pretty obvious he also was... "special". (Not intended in an insulting way, just a factual one.)

So, at this point, you can choose to be treated like a normal user - in which case, stop invoking your mental health issues all the time when playing victim.

Otherwise, the conversation about how the community should handle you when you're having a hissy fit is relevant. I would honestly not want you to end up with the same fate as Stryker and Tosin007. (Saying this sincerely.) I might be willing to compromise a bit on this. (Still think you owe some people some apologies, though.)

[PortaPetee]

Y'all are hopeless. Hopeless.

Found this cool shot of Halifax from George's Island in the harbour.

Source

It contains no shirtless men.

EDIT: I don't know why it won't display the image inline. So just click on the source I guess.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by PortaPetee

Found this cool shot of Halifax from George's Island in the harbour.

It contains no shirtless men. Y'all are hopeless. Hopeless.

Some of us aren't gay; how about skyline shots with shirtless women in the foreground?

[PortaPetee]

Originally Posted by lio45

Some of us aren't gay; how about skyline shots with shirtless women in the foreground?

Here you go:

https://static.vix.com/en/sites/default/...n_skyline_for_an_empowering_reason_1.jpg

NSFWish for comic body part