Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 935

Martin Mtl · #**18681** Posted **Dec 28, 2021, 4:11 AM**

/\ Very nice.

The Great Scaper · #**18682** Posted **Dec 28, 2021, 5:31 AM**

A photo I took last week of Victoria from the Songhees walkway. What a difference a week makes. Very cold and snowing right now.

The Empress Hotel by thegreatscaper, on Flickr

giallo · #**18683** Posted **Dec 28, 2021, 6:36 AM**

Vancouver Christmas Day 2021 by Anthony Maw, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**18684** Posted **Dec 28, 2021, 12:08 PM**

Wow, doesn’t that make you wish Vancouver would get snow more often ?

Rico Rommheim · #**18685** Posted **Dec 28, 2021, 4:09 PM**

Fantastic Vancouver snow!

I took this one a month ago sadly, but this view has got one of the most interesting views of the skyline.

Montreal Skyline from Hospital by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

Metro-One · #**18686** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 3:23 AM**

Here are a couple pics I took yesterday in Takamatsu (the nearest bigger city to me). It was a nice day, high around 10 and a mix of sun and cloud.

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Takamatsu, Japan by Ian, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Takamatsu, Japan by Ian, on Flickr[/IMG]

Pavlov · #**18687** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 1:54 PM**

It's so depressing comparing the urbanity of Canadian cities to Asian cities. Takamatsu has a metro population of what? 500,000?

Great photos though. Thanks for posting.

Martin Mtl · #**18688** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 4:11 PM**

Photo:https://www.instagram.com/krizgeorge/

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/birglylmz/

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/lifebynicolas/

Monolith · #**18689** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 7:09 PM**

Vancouver City Scape with Snow Cap Mountain by Ted Ng, on Flickr

someone123 · #**18690** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 7:54 PM**

Halifax seen from Dartmouth:

Source

TorontoDrew · #**18691** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 8:12 PM**

That's an amazing shot! Nice housing stock.

Rico Rommheim · #**18692** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 9:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Photo:https://www.instagram.com/krizgeorge/

Wow!

logan5 · #**18693** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 9:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Pavlov

It's so depressing comparing the urbanity of Canadian cities to Asian cities. Takamatsu has a metro population of what? 500,000?

Great photos though. Thanks for posting.

Lots of density, but I find Japanese cities don't look super nice and inviting at street level. A lot of the storefronts are plain or ugly looking, and you got wires running everywhere.

Rico Rommheim · #**18694** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 9:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

Lots of density, but I find Japanese cities don't look super nice and inviting at street level. A lot of the storefronts are plain or ugly looking, and you got wires running everywhere.

Yeah, not exactly the urban type I'd like to have over here.

We should have more (central) Montreal urban types across Canada.

whatnext · #**18695** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 9:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

Lots of density, but I find Japanese cities don't look super nice and inviting at street level. A lot of the storefronts are plain or ugly looking, and you got wires running everywhere.

Yep, no offense to Metro-One's pics, which are great, but in general Japan's built urban form has never struck me as that great. Lots of low, forgettable midrises and not much greenery outside of the parks.

FrAnKs · #**18696** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 9:29 PM**

I like Japan for a number of things, but their architecture is not one of them. It looks utilitarian more than anything else.

rousseau · #**18697** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 10:01 PM**

Humourist Dave Barry nailed it about Tokyo (and essentially, Japan) with his observation of the built environment:

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I'll get the bad news out of the way right up front: Tokyo is ugly. It looks like it was hit by an anti-charm missile. It had the bad fortune of being almost entirely rebuilt after World War II, during what architectural historians refer to as the "Age of Making Everything Look Like a Municipal Parking Garage, But Without the Warmth."

https://www.deseret.com/1992/9/23/19006302/at-least-americans-can-see-over-crowd-when-lost-in-japan

esquire · #**18698** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 10:15 PM**

Man, Dave Barry, blast from the past. He's not wrong, but somehow Japanese urbanism adds up to way more than the sum of its parts.

JHikka · #**18699** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 10:19 PM**

I seem to recall something about the Americans in the 50s moving Japanese restructuring funding away from Tokyo proper and towards infrastructure projects, but I could be wrong.

Weird to jokingly refer to Tokyo as being hit by an anti-charm missile when in reality thousands were killed and the entire city was decimated by the US's firebombing campaigns in the 40s.

Tokyo might not have the prettiest buildings but i'd wager that its urban form beats just about most any other place in the world.

Kilgore Trout · #**18700** Posted **Dec 29, 2021, 10:47 PM**

The thing about Tokyo is that, despite almost every building being utilitarian and ugly, it is full of charming neighbourhoods because the scale is very intimate. Many parts of the city are warrens of little one-lane streets lined by interesting businesses, with quirky details that change from one area to the next. It's like Kensington Market without as many cars and spread out over dozens of square kilometres.

Other Japanese cities can be a little bland because they lack the density and heterogeneity of Tokyo.