The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[Dmajackson]

Grabbed these shots the other night in Hali;

[SekishikiMeikaiHa]

Halifax skyline taken on Canada Day

[lake of the nations]

Sherbrooke on January 23.


By sherbrooke at 2012-01-23


By sherbrooke at 2012-01-23


By sherbrooke at 2012-01-23

[J-MAN]

Minnedosa, Manitoba population: 2500

(source:www.Pin.ca)

[UrbanClimate]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Fredericton looks very nice and pristine. The University looks really nice too. I like when universities stick with one type of design asthetic and carry it through to newer buildings.


Here are a couple new ones of Regina with the current office tower under construction. A bit of a canyon effect forming. There are also rumours of a tower going up between the one being constructed now and the FCC tower on the right.

From the Regina Construction Thread:

I post these Regina photos again (some were inadvertantly deleted from a previous post).

[Symz]

Regina is soo metropolitan for it's size.

*jealous*

[J-MAN]

Brandon, Manitoba. Metro Population: 48,256


source:wily14u

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by Symz

Regina is soo metropolitan for it's size.

*jealous*

Compared to cities like Kingston and Victoria, I'm not sure that's entirely true.

[Chadillaccc]

Kingston is NOT metropolitan at all. And the Victoria CMA is over 100 000 people larger than the Regina CMA so it's not much of a fair comparison. Plus it's a coastal tourist city.

[north 42]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Kingston is NOT metropolitan at all. And the Victoria CMA is over 100 000 people larger than the Regina CMA so it's not much of a fair comparison. Plus it's a coastal tourist city.

That's what I was thinking about Kingston as well. Victoria? Sure, I can see that, but it is much bigger.

[Pavlov]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Kingston is NOT metropolitan at all. And the Victoria CMA is over 100 000 people larger than the Regina CMA so it's not much of a fair comparison. Plus it's a coastal tourist city.

To me, despite having no skyline, Kingston feels like a larger, more established city than Regina.

And yeah, perhaps comparisons with Victoria aren't totally fair (although in my defence it is only 50% larger).

[Hali87]

Regina looks a lot like Ottawa in those pics.

[someone123]

Kingston is a nice town. It's one of those places that used to be much more important than it is now, so it has a disproportionately large stock of impressive heritage buildings. Kingston City Hall for example was actually built to house the legislature for Ontario and Quebec at the time (the amalgamated Province of Canada in the 1840s).

The older cities also inherit a lot of subtle characteristics like narrower streets, shorter blocks, and fine-grained public space that make them a lot more pedestrian-friendly. That is a big advantage that is often overlooked.

[vid]

Originally Posted by Hali87

Regina looks a lot like Ottawa in those pics.

Poor Ottawa.

[lake of the nations]

By sherbrooke at 2012-01-28


By sherbrooke at 2012-01-28


By sherbrooke at 2012-01-28

[softee]

Kingston actually has a pretty good skyline now. There are several buildings between 15-20 storeys along the waterfront.

[vid]

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Originally Posted by lake of the nations

By sherbrooke at 2012-01-28

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Originally Posted by lake of the nations

By sherbrooke at 2012-01-28

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Originally Posted by lake of the nations

By sherbrooke at 2012-01-28

(This would have been funnier if I had photoshop.)

[Chadillaccc]

Those Sherbrooke pics are incredibly underwhelming... sorry.

[Chadillaccc]

LMFAO!!!!

[aastra]

Regina definitely trumps Victoria re: office towers.