Canadian Skyline Thread III

Xelebes · #1 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 5:00 PM**

This is a continuation of the previous thread. Please proceed.

MolsonExport · #2 Posted **Oct 22, 2023, 6:34 PM**

yeah, North Battleford, baby!!

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Martin Mtl · #3 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 3:25 AM**

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/jfsavariaphotographe

q12 · #4 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 2:05 PM**

Halifax by Madeleine St-Laurent, on Flickr

Sources: https://www.royallepage.ca/en/proper.../mls202319414/

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #5 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 2:52 PM**

Wow, the Alexander no longer dominates this part of downtown as much with that new building going up. Thanks for sharing these.

MolsonExport · #6 Posted **Oct 23, 2023, 2:53 PM**

Love the Gleneagles and Trafalgar apartment buildings (foreground) in Montreal. Our very own Dakota Apartments (NYC).

a look inside one of the apartments at Gleneagles: https://www.suttonquebec.com/en/insc...eInscription=1

Martin Mtl · #7 Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 2:21 PM**

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/MTLcentreville

TorontoDrew · #8 Posted **Oct 24, 2023, 4:21 PM**

Fog filled skyline by Phil Marion (219 million views), on Flickr

Coldrsx · #9 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 12:35 AM**

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...view=imagelist

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...view=imagelist

UofA and western skyline

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/2...view=imagelist

le calmar · #10 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 11:53 AM**

Great pics. The built form in the first Edmonton pic, so close to the skyline, is kinda surprising. Not so much the fact that there’s SFH there, because you’ll also find SFH in Westmount just outside those Mtl pics above. It’s more the built quality and overall aspect that I find surprising. Edmonton’s version of Calgary’s shacks? Looks like the kind of stuff you’d typically find very far out in the suburbs.

Great potential for intensification there however. I imagine in the future it’s eventually going to look more like the last picture.

J.OT13 · #11 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 12:34 PM**

Those sfh look more 70s as opposed to modern mcmansions of the far out suburbs. Kind of look like Vancouver Specials.

TimB09 · #12 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 1:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Those sfh look more 70s as opposed to modern mcmansions of the far out suburbs. Kind of look like Vancouver Specials.

Yeah, that's the Riverdale area of Edmonton. An established, older neighborhood in our city. With our new zoning bylaws passed, I expect this will be one of the neighborhoods changing it's look.

Hawrylyshyn · #13 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 1:37 PM**

Hamilton, ON

Posted by Lake Ontario on UT

le calmar · #14 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 2:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Those sfh look more 70s as opposed to modern mcmansions of the far out suburbs. Kind of look like Vancouver Specials.

Good point. I had an older part of Stittsville in mind when I typed this, but the area around Stittsville Main St. is quite mature and you’ll find similar built form closer to the core. It’s like an Alta Vista, only much closer to the downtown core. But it’s not quite Alta Vista either, it’s a little more eclectic.

Echoes · #15 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 3:16 PM**

Poor quality, but a good view overall. (And I can see my house!)

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...60702462918687

zoomer · #16 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 4:10 PM**

Really photogenic and fresh perspectives of Edmonton - nice! Lots to pour over there. Nice to see the newer towers making their presence known in Hamilton and I don’t think I haven’t seen such a wide perspective of Saskatoon in quite a while. Echoes how recent is that pic? I don’t see Baydo popping up unless I’m looking in the wrong spot. Rivers Landing also really stands out - great development. Also what’s the mid-rise neighbourhood across the bridge in the foreground, looks to be an up and coming area? Finally is it me or are the roads in the foreground insanely wide for what’s needed (yes the grassy median makes it wider)?

Echoes · #17 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 4:38 PM**

Hey Zoomer, that pic would be from earlier this fall. It's blurry but Baydo is there.

In the foreground is the Broadway District/Nutana neighbourhood. It is by most measures the more successful "urban" mixed-use area than Downtown, and a few of those buildings are new within the last 5 years. The majority of development proposals are in that area right now, so the Nutana "skyline" could really transform in the coming years.

Yes, those roads are wide! They were surveyed by the Temperance Colonists who established Saskatoon in the Broadway area in the 1880s. They had puritanical town planning ideas and believed that generous streets, access to light, greenery, and open space would prevent societal ills. The treed medians make for some really lovely and desirable streets today.

Acajack · #18 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 5:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Echoes

Poor quality, but a good view overall. (And I can see my house!)

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...60702462918687

Am I the only one who finds the city seems to "end" a fairly short distance from downtown?

I'd expect a North American metro of over 300,000 people to sprawl out a lot more, especially on the Prairies.

Echoes · #19 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 6:00 PM**

You may partially get that impression from the open land in the upper left of the photo, which is the airport.

zoomer · #20 Posted **Oct 25, 2023, 6:23 PM**

That photo got me looking at Google Earth and you can really see how much light industrial exists by the airport - I’m guessing it has to be right up there in terms of % of land devoted to light industrial. Makes sense considering the all the industries that require that land use from transportation, agriculture, mining, etc.

I tried using the measure tool in Google Earth, but the numbers shown on the yellow line are totally different from the menu results. It looks like Saskatoon is roughly 15 km by 15 km, yet the yellow line says about 21 by 21. Hmm.