The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[MolsonExport]

^that last shot looks a lot like Yellowknife. It has been years since I have been to Sudbury...I hear that it is much cleaned up since the 80s.

[vincefort]

3 other shots from Sherbrooke, Québec. I'm moving in an appartment with a great view on the city next July so hopefuly I can come up with some other interesting shots.

Downtown by night from mont Bellevue, view from the West.



The cathedrale Saint-Michel.



View from the East. The city looked pretty mystic on that day.

[SignalHillHiker]

Beautiful. Love the illumination in the first and everything in the second.

[vid]

What's interesting about Sudbury is that every tall office building downtown was built by and for the government. In Thunder Bay, it's almost the opposite. Excluding social housing, only four buildings with more than four storeys have ever been built by and for the government here; one is still under construction and one is not located downtown. Of the two that are downtown, one has been sold and the other is likely to be for sale soon.

Both our skylines are coming together, the south end's new tallest (a courthouse) is nearly complete and the north end is going to have at least 4 new 6 storey buildings over the next 5 years—likely more—and they're all private sector.

Sadly, no pictures because the air hurts my face.

[Beedok]

I took no pictures last time I was up because I was worried the camera would freeze.(I think a cheap digital camera has issues below -10?)

[vid]

I used a cheap digital camera in -30 temperatures for an hour to photograph a fire a few years ago, it did just fine.

[flar]

The main problem with digital cameras in the cold is the battery runs down quickly. And the lenses cloud up if you go into a building, and then the fog on the lens freezes when you go back outside. Really have to watch the condensation, it can kill the electronics (keep it in the bag until it warms up when you get back indoors). Cameras with mechanical shutters are usually the ones that freeze. But even they are pretty robust at -30. I've done some two or three hour photo tours in -25 to -30 temps with my Nikon D90.

[Beedok]

Ah, well then expect more photoshoots from me this winter. I was worried about my camera dying.

[Wigs]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

I just wish that if people are going to come up with nicknames for a city that they come up with something that:

a) Is unique (not shared with a bunch of other places)

b) Means something (has some meaning behind it that preferably isn't something stupid or trite).

Actually, I would be happy to see even one condition of the two met...

oh Buffalo does have 2 other unique nicknames

Buffalonians are some of the friendliest "salt of the earth" people around. similar to the reputation Newfoundlanders or Maritimers have in Canada.

Buffalo knows it's no longer the important American city it once was, and it's ok with that.

[UrbanClimate]

View from the Regina CTV Skycam:


http://regina.ctvnews.ca/local-weather

[middeljohn]

Cell phone pic, but an awesome view regardless.
Hamilton:

[SignalHillHiker]

Our official nickname is City of Legends. I'm not sure if it's unique or not, but it's been that for many years.

It's also normal in Newfoundland English to speak affectionately of the city and province in feminine terms. "She's a beautiful, old girl" or, just as likely, "She's a dirty ol' s**t, hey b'y". Although the tone of the latter is reserved exclusively for the city, not the province. Unless in reference to being too chummy with Ottawa. But it usually just means she likes a good time.

That, too, goes back years.

From July 9, 1892, after the Great Fire:

"Of the whole easterly section, scarcely a building remained. Of the costly and imposing structures and public buildings which were the pride and glory of the people, scarcely a vestige remained; and St. John's lay in the morning as a city despoiled of her beauty, her choicest ornaments, presenting a picture of utter desolation and woe."

And then she got back on her corner, entertained visitors from London and Boston, and saved enough to get back on her feet.

[thomax]

Hamilton from today:


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[Beedok]

I want to go home.

[middeljohn]

MeIsThomas and I must've just missed each other, cause I went to Ridge Rd/Devils Punch Bowl as well at around 2 today lol.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by middeljohn

Cell phone pic, but an awesome view regardless.
Hamilton:

I love Hamilton's chunky skyline. I'm not even sure what chunky means in this context but it seems apt.

[Chadillaccc]

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[middeljohn]

Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

I love Hamilton's chunky skyline. I'm not even sure what chunky means in this context but it seems apt.

Because of all the commie blocks?

I took that at Upper Paradise lookout, and in my opinion that is the second best angle. The best angle is on the Queen St access road, but unfortunately it's rather unsafe to stand there and take a picture due to the cars, and the stairs have trees in the way. But from that angle the skyline looks massive.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by middeljohn

Because of all the commie blocks?

Exactly! We need something shiny and pointy squeezed into the skyline. I wonder how tall it would have to be to actually make a difference.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by middeljohn

MeIsThomas and I must've just missed each other, cause I went to Ridge Rd/Devils Punch Bowl as well at around 2 today lol.

Those three pictures of his look like they were taken from just east of Upper Wentworth.

Your skyline shot looks like it was taken from Scenic Drive? Where else did you visit?

EDIT: Ah... just saw this. I like that angle too. #2 would have to be from the top of Sydenham Rd. and I like the one from Old Guelph Rd. and York Rd. in Dundas too.

Originally Posted by middeljohn

I took that at Upper Paradise lookout, and in my opinion that is the second best angle. The best angle is on the Queen St access road, but unfortunately it's rather unsafe to stand there and take a picture due to the cars, and the stairs have trees in the way. But from that angle the skyline looks massive.