Post some pictures of your city! II

[SignalHillHiker]

Quidi Vidi Village (Kwye-da Vye-da, if you're local; Kiddie Viddie if you're from anywhere else in St. John's), October 6, 2013.

[someone123]

Thought this was a nice aerial photo of Halifax. Too bad it is so small.

It was part of a post about the history of the Commons, the open green space in the foreground. This land was granted to the public by King George III in 1763, so it's the park's 250th anniversary:


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A different angle, 1931:


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[davidivivid]

Quebec City par joeri-c, sur Flickr



Chateau Frontenac in the Early Evening par Dave Aragona, sur Flickr



Panorama de Québec par Jacques Trempe (Merci -Thank you 300,000 hits), sur Flickr

[Architype]

Here are a couple random St. John's pictures by me;
sorry that the quality is not quite what we are now used to :

[Chadillaccc]

Red Deer, a surprisingly lovely city. It is too bad that the downtown is so dead on Sundays but it is a beautiful and well-kept downtown core for sure. Hopefully this is sufficient recompense for my hubris













By Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

Did they send you there as penance?

[SignalHillHiker]

It's another miserable day in St. John's - but the clouds did part just enough to give me a nice shot of the Carnival Queen and God's preference for Roman Catholics. Or maybe the Irish. Or perhaps the Anglicans. Those three buildings are all in a line so it's hard to know where the rainbow ends.

[Martin Mtl]

Aida by Quabit on Flickr

[Surrealplaces]

Calgary in Black and White by BWCalgary, on Flickr


Calgary in Black and White by BWCalgary, on Flickr


Calgary in Black and White by BWCalgary, on Flickr


Calgary in Black and White by BWCalgary, on Flickr

[kw5150]

Cool shots all around.

Thanks

[Chadillaccc]

a dash of history by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[lio45]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

... and God's preference for Roman Catholics. Or maybe the Irish. Or perhaps the Anglicans. Those three buildings are all in a line so it's hard to know where the rainbow ends.

Three buildings, not two? There's an Irish church separate from the Catholic one (pale grey stone with the two towers, the topmost one)? I can see the Anglican one lower down the hill in line with it, but that's only two. (I thought Quebec was the only place where the towns and cities had separate churches for English-language Catholics and French-language Catholics.)

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by lio45

Three buildings, not two? There's an Irish church separate from the Catholic one (pale grey stone with the two towers, the topmost one)? I can see the Anglican one lower down the hill in line with it, but that's only two. (I thought Quebec was the only place where the towns and cities had separate churches for English-language Catholics and French-language Catholics.)

Parts of the ROC where there are lots of francophones tend to have that too.

[SignalHillHiker]

Oh, no.

There's the grey Roman Catholic Basilica on top of the hill (which was the inspiration for St. Pat's in NYC, and is still the second-largest Irish-built church in North America).

That's followed by the beige, single-tower Irish Benevolent Society Building (it's the oldest philanthropic organization in North America, with membership open to anyone born in Newfoundland of Irish ancestry). It's probably the most expensive condo building in the city today.

Then, finally, is the Anglican Cathedral.

[Coldrsx]

All by Idealist Pragmatist on C2E, wow!


(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/1...fa8bd43b_c.jpg)


(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5444/1...99b36835_c.jpg)

[lio45]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Oh, no.

There's the grey Roman Catholic Basilica on top of the hill (which was the inspiration for St. Pat's in NYC, and is still the second-largest Irish-built church in North America).

That's followed by the beige, single-tower Irish Benevolent Society Building (it's the oldest philanthropic organization in North America, with membership open to anyone born in Newfoundland of Irish ancestry). It's probably the most expensive condo building in the city today.

Then, finally, is the Anglican Cathedral.

So, the rainbow ending on the Irish Basilica or ending on the IBSB is "God's preference for the Irish" in both cases. (As I thought. )

(Or maybe, in the latter case, "God's preference for people who choose to buy a condo in a converted heritage building instead of in a bland, sparkling new glass box".)

[MonkeyRonin]

Nuit Blanche 2013, this past weekend in Toronto.



Nuit Blanche 2013 by Paul Hillier Photography, on Flickr


The Light Tree by Ben Roffelsen, on Flickr


The Photogenic Bridge by Ben Roffelsen, on Flickr


Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2013 by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Through the Looking Glass by Sara Collaton, on Flickr


Nuit Blanche Shenanigans by Elie Dahdouh, on Flickr


_DSC0882 by ChrisVP Photography, on Flickr


Nuit Blanche 2013: "The rose is without why" by Boris Achour by Jackman Chiu, on Flickr


A Quack Cure by kilowa, on Flickr


Nuit Blanche 2013: "Garden Tower in Toronto" by Tadashi Kawamata by Jackman Chiu, on Flickr


Untitled by francisfugle, on Flickr


Noche Blanca (VI) by Jack Landau, on Flickr


Garden Tower in Toronto, 2013 Tadashi Kawamata by meoko, on Flickr


Untitled by francisfugle, on Flickr


post-rain and bicycles. by Javin Lau, on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by lio45

So, the rainbow ending on the Irish Basilica or ending on the IBSB is "God's preference for the Irish" in both cases. (As I thought. )

(Or maybe, in the latter case, "God's preference for people who choose to buy a condo in a converted heritage building instead of in a bland, sparkling new glass box".)

Exactly.

But, of course, not all the Catholics are Irish (never were, and certainly not today. We have a relatively significant Central/South American population) - and the IBS is open to people of Irish heritage of all faiths. Granted, it's mostly Catholic... but there are some Protestant members from the north.

[trueviking]

A video of a building I designed in Assiniboine park in Winnipeg.

https://vimeo.com/76465380

[Jimby]

Originally Posted by trueviking

A video of a building I designed in Assiniboine park in Winnipeg.

https://vimeo.com/76465380

Kudos! I like!