Your city's best angle?

harls · #1 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:11 PM**

From which angle does your city's skyline look the best? Post a pic if you got it.

For Ottawa there's not much of a choice. Our skyline sucks from all directions, but downtown looks the best coming in from the North on Autoroute 5, just out of the Gatineau hills..

..or up close, it's best viewed at a vantage point just west of downtown, looking East..

(pics - me)

Now show us yours.

1ajs · #2 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:17 PM**

harls · #3 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:21 PM**

^ I agree, 1ajs. There are people I know in Winnipeg that didn't even know about that view, and once I showed them, they were sincerely impressed!

1ajs · #4 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:24 PM**

people like only_the_lonly get to injoy the view on the way to work

and thus that bridge will be shut down soon for replacement and a ped bridge will be going up beside it lol

and i live just a couple blocks over from that view

Only The Lonely.. · #5 Posted **Oct 14, 2008, 3:41 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1ajs

people like only_the_lonly get to injoy the view on the way to work

and thus that bridge will be shut down soon for replacement and a ped bridge will be going up beside it lol

and i live just a couple blocks over from that view

Yaa, it is pretty sweet driving into the skyline everyday for work and school.

There's actually many more high rise buildings not included in that shot. For the most part, the Hydro building is hidden behind the Portage & Main towers.

Nice work, 1ajs.

I can't wait to see the museum go up in the foreground.

Only The Lonely.. · #6 Posted **Oct 14, 2008, 10:30 PM**

. Double Post

someone123 · #7 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:31 PM**

Views from the southeast are best for Halifax. There are lots of good views from Dartmouth, Eastern Passage, the islands, or if you're on ships. When you are actually walking around the city normally you don't see much of it at once because of the hills.

Here is one view from George's Island, by Antonkolbo on Flickr (can't find any panoramas unfortunately):

View from Eastern Passage, by Nancy Rose on Flickr:

The best vantage point that is easy to get to is the Woodside ferry terminal (taken by me a couple of years ago, scroll ---->):

For Vancouver my favourite skyline views are along various beaches west of the downtown:

le calmar · #8 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:33 PM**

Montreal from Champlain bridge.

pic from lacasse on flickr

Nicko999 · #9 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:45 PM**

nice pano!

Rico Rommheim · #10 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:50 PM**

Its not just a pano, Its Serge's greatest single contribution (among many) to this forum, back in the good old days.

1ajs · #11 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:51 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Its not just a pano, Its Serge's greatest single contribution (among many) to this forum, back in the good old days.

indeed

Winnipegger · #12 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 8:53 PM**

The view from the disraeli bridge is nice, but I also like these ones:

I believe they were taken from the evergreen towers or 55 Nassau. This angle makes downtown Winnipeg look really dense.
Also, I take no credit for these pictures It was posted on the forum quite some months ago, and I forget who put them up. The credit goes to them. If you know who it was, please let me know. I really like these shots. Just thought I'd share them.

newflyer · #13 Posted **Oct 13, 2008, 12:27 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Winnipegger

The view from the disraeli bridge is nice, but I also like these ones:

I believe they were taken from the evergreen towers or 55 Nassau. This angle makes downtown Winnipeg look really dense.
Also, I take no credit for these pictures It was posted on the forum quite some months ago, and I forget who put them up. The credit goes to them. If you know who it was, please let me know. I really like these shots. Just thought I'd share them.

Those were from WPGGUY .... and can also be seen on www.allwinnipeg.com

I like the top one the most, because you can see my old apartment.

patboy · #14 Posted **Oct 12, 2008, 11:35 PM**

This is my hometown and the city I live again !

Rimouski from the dock.
Twins towers of 12 floors are proposed in front of the yellow tower.

newflyer · #15 Posted **Oct 13, 2008, 12:13 AM**

Trueviking posted a great picture of Winnipeg's skyline from the south.

It shows off the size off Winnipeg's downtown.

someone123 · #16 Posted **Oct 13, 2008, 12:21 AM**

Here's a nicer panorama of Halifax I just put together from photos taken in August. Unfortunately, it's not very clear because I was too lazy/jetlagged to get out there early enough for good light:

harls · #17 Posted **Mar 13, 2014, 4:18 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by newflyer

Trueviking posted a great picture of Winnipeg's skyline from the south.

It shows off the size off Winnipeg's downtown.

I'm bumping this thread, with this excellent photo.

Now add to it.

UrbanClimate · #18 Posted **Mar 13, 2014, 9:11 PM**

A few good angles of Regina:

Skyline from the north:

...from the southwest:

...Scarth Street downtown:

...City Plaza on a summer night:

Photos by me.

Wooster · #19 Posted **Oct 13, 2008, 1:48 AM**

Calgary - from the North or slightly to the NW (basically anywhere from Crescent Heights). Runners up - Edworthy Park and from Around Rideau.

From Regulator75

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From Boris

From Habanero

my least favourite is directly to the west (like from around the Bow-Crow area) or actually from Scotchman's hill, although that view is improving quite a bit now.

Toronto - from Casa Loma - runner up from across the Don Valley.

from Shappy

yyzer · #20 Posted **Oct 13, 2008, 3:09 AM**

awesome panos of Calgary, especially the nighttime one from Boris...