Post some pictures of your city! II

[zoomer]

Nice video - brought back fond memories from my visit a few years back. I know people complain about the parking lots, but it doesn't really interfere with the main strip downtown experience. Moncton has a really solid downtown with his restaurants and retail especially for its size. You can tell them business owners have pride in their city. It also feels like it can easily make the transition from a smaller to a mid sized Canadian city as it has a good foundation and things seem to continue to be headed in the right direction. It has the old Calgary "can-do” attitude but in a more low key way

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by zoomer

I know people complain about the parking lots, but it doesn't really interfere with the main strip downtown experience. Moncton has a really solid downtown with his restaurants and retail especially for its size. You can tell them business owners have pride in their city.

Completely agree about these points.

It appears to be quite clean too. Even the rail underpass(es). And I didn't notice any empty storefronts.

Perhaps Moncton has a grittier side, but it was not apparent from that video.

[davidivivid]

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[zoomer]

/\ wild photo Davidivivid! Looks dangerous even though I suppose it's not.

[zoomer]

Just a few more Victoria pictures from February to start the month:



939 Redfern Street - February 16, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




Rockland Modern Home - February 16, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




Rockland Modern Home - February 16, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




Cook at Fort Street - Victoria BC. February 22, 2024. by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr



Cook at Fort Street - Victoria BC. February 22, 2024. by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




The Beagle Pub - February 22, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




The Beagle Pub - February 22, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




Fairfield Home - February 22, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




Moss Street Home - February 22, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




Happy 90th - February 24, 2024. by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




Moss Street Home - February 22, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




1120 Burdett Avenue, Victoria. February 23, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr




Valentines Shrubbery - February 23, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr



Johnson at Douglas Street - February 26, 2024. by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr



Johnson at Broad Street - February 26, 2024. by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr



Acme Studios Barber - February 26, 2024. by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr

[TorontoDrew]

Really nice Victoria set. Some of the older homes remind me of Portland.

[Harley613]

I did a grey day walk around the (seemingly) abandoned concrete wastelands of Central Gatineau (Île de Hull) yesterday.

[zoomer]

Great fresh set Harley613!

You captured something colourful or slightly quirky in every single shot - very nice! What’s going on in the final picture - a reclad of a former office building into residential? I hope so that would be awesome with inset balconies like that.

TorontoDrew- thanks - and yes Pacific North West vibes no doubt. Portland is an interesting city in itself - long in Seattle’s shadow, but it emerged from that. I find it ‘weird’ that Portland purposely tries to be weird on purpose, which then negates true weirdness if that makes any sense, lol.

[Rico Rommheim]

Really nice Victoria February set Zoomer. Damn, that small city looks good.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by zoomer

Great fresh set Harley613!

You captured something colourful or slightly quirky in every single shot - very nice! What’s going on in the final picture - a reclad of a former office building into residential? I hope so that would be awesome with inset balconies like that.

TorontoDrew- thanks - and yes Pacific North West vibes no doubt. Portland is an interesting city in itself - long in Seattle’s shadow, but it emerged from that. I find it ‘weird’ that Portland purposely tries to be weird on purpose, which then negates true weirdness if that makes any sense, lol.

That's La Terrasses de la Chaudière, the second tallest building in Ottawa-Gatineau, but for only another couple of years until the Renaissance Marriott and Dream Lebreton overtake it. It probably won't be in the top ten in 5-7 years. The entire complex is being gutted to the concrete and getting a glassy reclad. It will remain federal offices. The floor plates are absolutely massive, so this one would be a difficult residential conversion.

[Rico Rommheim]

Nice and vibrant Ottawa set there too. Ottawa at ground level is also so lively.

[Rico Rommheim]

Random stroll on March 3

On Rene-Levesque boulevard

DSC01772 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01775 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

At Windsor station

DSC01776 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01777 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01778 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01779 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01780 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

Le 1000

DSC01785 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01786 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01787 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01789 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01790 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01794 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01795 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

The cheesegrater

DSC01796 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01797 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01799 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01801 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01803 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01800 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[Metro-One]

Always nice to see Victoria.

I though the Gatineau pics were St. John at first.

Really like that set of Montreal above. Some nice layers of architecture there!

[zoomer]

Thanks Metro-One

Rico Rommheim - what’s the story in this picture? I can’t believe I totally missed out knowing about this development.



DSC01772 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


First off, that’s the way to build on top of a heritage building - the physical separation, especially allowing the top of the original structure to breathe. It doesn’t look like a tacky facade restoration with an incompatible skyscraper crushing on it from above. Also love the new building on top of it. And what’s the grey office building right beside it? When was it built - before or after its neighbour? A 30 plus storey blank wall that looks interesting because of the window impressions - very interesting.

[Rico Rommheim]

Yeah the entity tower is surprisingly nice, and the faddism is top tier I'd say. The black tower next door was built almost at the same time as Enticy. I think a year or so beforeghand.

It's actually a 120m rental tower called apartments dorchester. I really like it, another case of a recent Montreal Neo-brutalist that looks good.


https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/apparte...s-2022/183/430




pics by sapino_1 on mtlurb

When viewed within the skyline, the dorchester looks like it's been there since the 1960's

DSC01768 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[Kilgore Trout]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

DSC01799 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

This stretch of de la Gauchetière is so awful. I don't mind the buildings along it, it's the actual layout of the street that is bad. Imagine if instead of an ocean of asphalt you had a street with nice paving stones, some public seating where you could appreciate the Brutalist architecture, and only a little bit of space for cars. At the moment it's an afterthought and yet it's the main access point to the city's central train station.

[whatnext]

I'm hoping McMinsen or Giallo got some shots today of the fresh snowfall on Vancouver's local mountains on a rare sunny day!

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Kilgore Trout

This stretch of de la Gauchetière is so awful.

It's not the nicest part of the city, I'd say.


DSC01821 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01822 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01823 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01825 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01827 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01828 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01836 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01841 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01843 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


DSC01842 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[Biff]

Originally Posted by zoomer

Thanks Metro-One

Rico Rommheim - what’s the story in this picture? I can’t believe I totally missed out knowing about this development.



DSC01772 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


First off, that’s the way to build on top of a heritage building - the physical separation, especially allowing the top of the original structure to breathe. It doesn’t look like a tacky facade restoration with an incompatible skyscraper crushing on it from above. Also love the new building on top of it. And what’s the grey office building right beside it? When was it built - before or after its neighbour? A 30 plus storey blank wall that looks interesting because of the window impressions - very interesting.

I'm with you on these. How did I miss them? What a great pair. I think you summed them up perfectly.

[FrAnKs]

My photos from today, downtown Québec City