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Old Posted Feb 11, 2009, 11:05 PM
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Mary Hill is a disaster, at least the developments along the hills in Coquitlam have retained the waterways (you can see the green forest strips between the houses, those are all protected creeks) but Mary Hill was a true clearcut.

But i made this more of a thread for showing Suburban downtowns, not the suburban townhouses, so post pictures of some towers please in your suburban cores.
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yes mary hill is gross

somehow two people commented in the time it took me to reply

that mary hill pic is old though - there are houses along the river now
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Old Posted Feb 12, 2009, 1:37 AM
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Westfort, Thunder Bay's original downtown. This area is now pretty much a suburb, even though it's the oldest part of the city. There is a 6 storey "highrise" to the left.

Not quite what you wanted but there are no pictures online of Academy Heights.
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2009, 12:02 AM
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Keep them coming Vid, i didn't know Thunder Bay had suburbs.

More from Burnaby







A different angle of the western half of Metrotown and Joyce, the one station the city of Vancouver has developed properly, from a few weeks ago.



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Old Posted Feb 14, 2009, 1:34 AM
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Langford is a municipality in Victoria's western suburbs that gets a lot of heat for its big boxes, suburban sprawl, etc. However, on one particular street they seem to be making a legitimate effort to create something resembling an urban downtown. Here are some excerpts from the city of Langford's website:

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City Council has recognized that Langford lacks a vibrant and strong downtown core.
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Downtown Langford will display a more intimate relationship with street fronts, particularly Goldstream Avenue where buildings will be located close to the right-of-way edge. Streets will be landscaped, most will have a tree canopy and some may have boulevards. Overhead wiring will be a thing of the past. The pedestrian realm will have street furniture, wide sidewalks and outdoor cafes. Pedestrians will be encouraged to use the downtown and Goldstream Avenue and side streets will be pedestrian-friendly.
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Parking will be placed behind buildings, in underground parking lots and on Goldstream Avenue instead of between buildings and the street (i.e., strip malls).
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All primary buildings should be oriented to the street and should have a clear and positive pedestrian orientation such as direct entrances to the street;
I haven't been to Langford in ages but I understand there are some new buildings that jive with these guidelines. One of them is "Reflections":


Picture from www.realtor.ca

This next one is more traditionally suburban in its esthetics, but the shops on the ground floor and their proximity to the sidewalk are both in keeping with the city's vision for this suburban avenue:


Picture from www.victoriahousesforsale.com

Not all is good: there are some rather hokey new buildings (faux Victorian heritage that has no relevance in Langford, for example). Overall, the architectural esthetics are still predominately suburban. And there are no highrises at present, nor will there be in the foreseeable future.

But I still think Langford deserves a lot of credit for making a go of this. It's not a real downtown yet by any means and it probably never will be, but give it fifteen or twenty years to evolve and mature and develop some architectural variety and it might just turn out to be pretty nice.

No matter what happens, the streetscape itself will be very cozy and pedestrian-friendly. That alone is an accomplishment in a suburb such as this.
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Old Posted Feb 14, 2009, 4:17 AM
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Well it isn't really a suburb. It's kinda like New Westminster, in that it was settled first but soon overshadowed by a city down river. No separate municipalities things (Westfort has been part of Fort William from 1892) but we do have suburbs in the sense of noodly streets with low density single family homes and segregated land use. They don't really have downtowns.

And that was the only picture I could find. I'll get more when leaves start coming out. It's got a cute little mini-downtown thing going on.
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Here is the Scarborough City Centre(SCC) Skyline in Toronto. The SCC skyline is all the way to the right. You can see downtown Toronto to the left. And inbetween are some high-rises behind the water tower. I live in a house right near those buildings. The SCC skyline is really growing.

Photo thanks to gadicion on Flickr.


Office towers in SCC.

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Miketoronto's suburban skyline. My subdivision is right behind those towers.

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^Reminds me a bit of Richmond along Highway 99 just south of the Oak Street Bridge. Except even that stretch of Richmond is a little less depressing looking.
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scarbourough is pretty gross from what you see of it along the 401 - pretty much everything is gross from the 401
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I am sure the season and the weather those pictures are taken in (not to mention they are from speeding along a highway) do not add any slender either. Always remember that you can take two pictures of the same area from different times of the year and from different angles, one can come out beautiful and the other dire. Not to say this area looks beautiful, but these pictures don't help.
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i've been down that stretch in all seasons and it is always gross

outside of the GTA its not too bad but from whitby to missisauga its pretty gross
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Miketoronto's suburban skyline.
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^I've always wondered that as well.
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Vid never refers to himself in the third person.
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New Westminster from early fall 2008. (Not sure if i have posted these in the Canada section, sorry if i have before)












And one from the winter, the Lougheed Town center skytrain station area skyline emerging.



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Guess this Quebec town.

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Wow, New West has certainly gentrified since I lived in Vancouver in the 90s. I remember the Hotel Garfield and the Paramount, and the dankness of Columbia station.
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Guess this Quebec town.


Longueuil?
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no, it's Montreal-Nord !!!
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