[AndrewJ3D]

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[240glt]

by me

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[ErickMontreal]

Montreal,Québec

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/wh219/2956187856/

[Jimby]

The Device to Root Out Evil

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[danby]

isn't that the upside down church from vancouver? where did they move it too?

[ReginaGuy]

Why did they move it?

[Jimby]

Yes, it was blocking the view for the NIMBYs in Coal Harbour so it was moved to Calgary for the next 5 years. Not sure where it goes after that.
It is located at the former Dominion Bridge industrial site (SE of downtown and the Stampede grounds) which is being transformed into offices, retail and eventually condos.

[Jimby]

I must have clicked twice out of frustration...

[entheosfog]

Yes, it was blocking the view for the NIMBYs in Coal Harbour so it was moved to Calgary for the next 5 years.

Stupid NIMBYs :hell:

[vanman]

It is located at the former Dominion Bridge industrial site (SE of downtown and the Stampede grounds) which is being transformed into offices, retail and eventually condos.

So those warehouses in the background will be redeveloped? As of now it looks like a highly craptacular location.

[Migs]

Check the sig! :cheers:

[Jimby]

So those warehouses in the background will be redeveloped? As of now it looks like a highly craptacular location.

Yes eventually they will be redeveloped. The "blue whale" building is staying while the other one in the background will get knocked down.
From other angles, the background is better looking but I wanted the sun to light up the red glass which is why I shot into the sun with the craptacular background.
I was hoping the church would be placed at a more prominent place like on top of a high hill or downtown somewhere, but Torode the developer is paying so he can place it where he wants.

Here is the website for the project:
http://www.ramsayexchange.com

and about the art:
http://www.glenbow.org/exhibitions/exhibitions_oppenheim.cfm


another perspective:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/2965033197_e83ff31fd6.jpg

[Wooster]

Ramsay Exchange is a GREAT brownfield redevelopment (including warehouse conversion) in a very interesting inner city neighbourhood. I love this piece of art. The developer is spending heavily on public art in many of its developments. Notably, about a million dollars on a piece called "Half K" but better known as "the scribble" at the Arriva project. The device to root out evil is an a little park along 24th ave.

A few views of the proposal:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/ramsay1.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/ramsay6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/ramsay8.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/ramsay5.jpg

what the blue warehouse will become:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/ramsay7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/ramsay11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/ramsay13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/development/ramsay12.jpg

[Cambridgite]

^ Whoa, that's massive! :eek:

How long is that supposed to be built over and how many phases? Is this possibly the largest proposal in the country?




Some nighttime pics of Kitchener. Not really showing any sort of skyline or streetlife, but nice nevertheless.

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/294785861_ed7619aecc.jpg

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/355451293_61514fb87f.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kitchener-waterloo-real-estate-investments.com/&h=369&w=500&sz=150&hl=en&start=3&usg=__EPHj0qGTYfULuG9v-8fP-R_k48I=&tbnid=Ni5PFWsTInkxUM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bwe%2527ve%2Bgrown%2Band%2Bregion%2Bof%2Bwaterloo%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

[entheosfog]

A couple from Van taken by myself today:

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7907.jpg?t=1224979543

One of the few alleys in Van that aren't paved:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7906.jpg?t=1224979707

A couple cats just doing what cats do best:
http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7901.jpg?t=1224979731

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7881.jpg?t=1224979775

[Boris2k7]

Flickr find!

Thanks to Tobyoby for finding and posting in the Calgary Construction Thread


http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2711/29728723903bbeaf37b7oqknd9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52241138@N00/2972872390/)
Courtesy of CatCalls (http://www.flickr.com/photos/52241138@N00/)

This pic is really only a few weeks old at most, though not as recent as the previous week due to the fact that the q-decking is now in place on most of The Bow's footprint.

[agrant]

A couple from Van taken by myself today:
This looks suspiciously like Kits.

[caltrane74]

From tomms at UT

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2970968575_09cb55ed79_o.jpg

[entheosfog]

This looks suspiciously like Kits.

Actually Grandview and the last from Strathcona.

[entheosfog]

Some more pictures from Vancouver from today:

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7937.jpg?t=1225093207

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/entheos1977/DSCF7940.jpg?t=1225093220

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[SpongeG]

some random pics all taken by me - last weekend

i've always wondered what they do up there...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01009.jpg

west 4th getting a little more robson like each season as more chains move in and bump out the smaller places...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01024.jpg

made me think i was in LA for a second

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i always take this pic - lol

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a new development on canada way just east of boundary road - previously a crappy single story strip restaurant thing

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this is further down canada way near that office park

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC00977.jpg

the new "lifestyle" mall in south surrey - its about 20% open? maybe less - something like 5 of 60 stores are open

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[Cambridgite]

That lifestyle mall is a different retail design than what I'm used to seeing. Are there any others like that elsewhere in Canada?

[LeftCoaster]

There's another one in West Vancouver, "The Village at Park Royal"... dont know about the rest of Canada though.

As far as malls go they are pretty decent, gets people outside and creates a sense of streetlife... it is just a glorified mall though so the whole atmosphere seems quite contrived.

Streetfront retail > Lifestyle mall> Traditional mall> Shitty strip mall/Riocan Centre

[mylesmalley]

There's another one in West Vancouver, "The Village at Park Royal"... dont know about the rest of Canada though.

As far as malls go they are pretty decent, gets people outside and creates a sense of streetlife... it is just a glorified mall though so the whole atmosphere seems quite contrived.

Streetfront retail > Lifestyle mall> Traditional mall> Shitty strip mall/Riocan Centre

There are a few that look similar here on the east coast. The biggest I know of is a $100 million mixed residential/retail project in Dieppe, NB. As far as malls go, they have a much better urban feel. Having housing on site also gives it some much needed density.

Still a mall though.

[Nicko999]

Well, it's not my city but...
Quebec City
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[Cambridgite]

^ I never knew Quebec City was so built up. We really need to see more of that place on this forum.

[PhilippeMtl]

Not my city but I went to Quebec City last week end...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2975872597_558bec956b_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2975704349_364e771fe8_b.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2975729505_671c6094cd_b.jpg

For the complete set: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159898

[Jimby]

Sandy Beach is a park downstream from the Glenmore Dam on the Elbow River. There is no sandy beach! But it is a beautiful park. There are 2 or 3 private houses with huge lots on the west side of the river next to the park, those properties never come on the market. Upstream is the Calgary Golf and Country Club, so although Bankers Hall, PetroCan and the Tower are visible to the north, it is like being out of the city. Quiet and serene.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2979948012_1a7136b261.jpg


still some green leaves left

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/2980053210_9c99279a0a.jpg


the trail to the neighbourhood of Britannia which is on top of the Elbow valley escarpment

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2979178905_3d85be2dee_b.jpg


footbridge across the Elbow at Sandy Beach

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at an elbow in the Elbow

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2979739905_12a8d5e72a_b.jpg


It was a warm sunny afternoon in the park!

[raggedy13]

A few random pics I took yesterday while taking a break from studying at the library:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2983534410_2fd7484e9b_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/2982677403_010ef1eca9_b.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2983534182_c160085153_b.jpg

[Jeff]

long forgotten restaurant sign on sherbrook st. in winnipeg's west end [preview to oncoming wolseley neighbourhood winnipeg thread]:
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v363/204/94/509981422/n509981422_1427057_8446.jpg

[PhilippeMtl]

some random pics all taken by me - last weekend

i've always wondered what they do up there...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01009.jpg



Cossette is a advertising agency based in Quebec City. Maybe they have a brench in Vancouver...

http://www.cossette.com/www/default.php

Edit: yes they have : Vancouver
1085 Homer Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 1J4
Tel.: 604-669-2727
Fax: 604-687-1243

[SpongeG]

Cossette is a advertising agency based in Quebec City. Maybe they have a brench in Vancouver...

http://www.cossette.com/www/default.php

Edit: yes they have : Vancouver
1085 Homer Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 1J4
Tel.: 604-669-2727
Fax: 604-687-1243

ah thx

i've always meant to look it up - it sounded french to me

[Jimby]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2985318715_d4b44aa915_b.jpg

[Aylmer]

Wasting energy is a sin.

:)

[ScottFromCalgary]

Wasting energy is a sin.

:)

Don't forget to crank up your furnace this winter so we can build more shiny buildings! Don't walk anywhere either, driving is easier.

[Jimby]

Wasting energy is a sin.

:)

So, you're saying the office cleaners should use those flashlights that you shake to make them work while they are cleaning in the evening in the dark?

[LeftCoaster]

Jimby i think it was a joke...

[Jimby]

I have no sense of humour today! :hell: :whip:

[Jimby]

looking south down First Street SE

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[1ajs]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/3000907976_52e2cc3845_o.jpg

old market square getting a facelift.....
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3000067441_f95dd24c49_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3000993136_b99b873483_o.jpg

albert st
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mcdermot ave
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/3000143399_2163e2a64d_o.jpg

[LeftCoaster]

albert st
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/3000347887_2f1ce7196c_o.jpg



Wow nice shot, that street looks remarkably like Paris from that vantage.

[1ajs]

aww crap page changed lol i hate when that happens cause people miss stuff...

realy never thought of it i always thought of albert st as winnipeg

[Phil McAvity]

You are completely full of shit.

There are no people with doctorates "homeless on Main." And even you must know that having a PhD is VERY different from "post secondary education of some sort." "Post secondary" might mean a semester at a trade school. A PhD is the highest degree that a person can receive and entails at least eight years of "post secondary." There are underemployed PhDs to be sure but none of them are homeless any more than are MDs homeless. If there is even ONE PhD on your trashy Main St I would be completely shocked.

Well said.

I concur.

It sounds like they bullshitted him into believing they all had PhD's and he was naive enough to believe them.

[entheosfog]

From Van last weekend, by me:

Kitsilano:
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7996.jpg?t=1225786416

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7995.jpg?t=1225786782

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7994.jpg?t=1225786795

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7991.jpg?t=1225786812

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7986.jpg?t=1225786824

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7984.jpg?t=1225786836

Just outside the Ovaltine Cafe on Hastings, where I had brunch:
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7978.jpg?t=1225786852

Here's an interior shot of the diner. The place is from another era!:
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7976.jpg?t=1225786893

[LeftCoaster]

http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7994.jpg?t=1225786795

Cool tree, where is that?

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by furrycanuck
You are completely full of shit.

There are no people with doctorates "homeless on Main." And even you must know that having a PhD is VERY different from "post secondary education of some sort." "Post secondary" might mean a semester at a trade school. A PhD is the highest degree that a person can receive and entails at least eight years of "post secondary." There are underemployed PhDs to be sure but none of them are homeless any more than are MDs homeless. If there is even ONE PhD on your trashy Main St I would be completely shocked.

Actually while the % of homeless with a PHD would be insanely small, to rule it out entirely is also foolish. Many people with a PhD are highly intelligent, and highly intelligent individuals also have a higher rate of mental illness, such as schizophrenia. So it is very likely that a gifted individual obtained a PhD through scholarships but as they aged their schizophrenia could have become more severe or they stopped taking medication etc... disabling their ability to keep a job and properly function in society. So yes, seeing how little Canadian Governments care about the mentally ill these days i would not be surprised if there were 1 or 2 PhD homeless people on Main St.

Would it be the nor of course not! But to say "bullshit" all together is also wrong.

[le calmar]

So, I was just a genius after all!

[Metro-One]

:previous: I had no idea you were homeless, hehe. Good thing for internet cafes!

[agrant]

Cool tree, where is that?That would be the north side of Broadway, somewhere between MacDonald and Alma. I can't remember the cross street. Is that close entheosfog?

[agrant]

Here's an interior shot of the diner. The place is from another era!:
http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp350/whereismyentheos/DSCF7976.jpg?t=1225786893I've was there once to have lunch, when my Grade 11/12 law class (back during the 18th century ;)) toured the jail and law courts near there. I heard it's a police hangout.

[entheosfog]

I've was there once to have lunch, when my Grade 11/12 law class (back during the 18th century ;)) toured the jail and law courts near there. I heard it's a police hangout.

No police when I was in there, but I heard there usually is. It's been used for X-Files and D'Vinci's inquest in the past. The food is actually pretty decent.

[entheosfog]

That would be the north side of Broadway, somewhere between MacDonald and Alma. I can't remember the cross street. Is that close entheosfog?

Bingo! It's a couple blocks from MacDonald, maybe Balaclava. I can't quite remember the cross street, either.

[raggedy13]

No police when I was in there, but I heard there usually is. It's been used for X-Files and D'Vinci's inquest in the past. The food is actually pretty decent.

Also 'The Butterfly Effect', I believe - I just watched that recently. I've always wanted to check that place out.

[Jimby]

The guy in the pic sang as he walked through the tunnel and his voice reverberated and echoed off the walls and floor and ceiling. It was beautiful, African sounding.
The tunnel lights are on a timer.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/3006681948_951e9abd47_b.jpg

[entheosfog]

The guy in the pic sang as he walked through the tunnel and his voice reverberated and echoed off the walls and floor and ceiling. It was beautiful, African sounding.
The tunnel lights are on a timer.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/3006681948_951e9abd47_b.jpg

Nice shot! Is that the light at the end of tunnel they're always talking about? ;)

[Rico Rommheim]

A city of construction, la place du quartier des spectacles or, the entertainment district square...

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e24/francely57/UC/IMG_1385.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e24/francely57/UC/IMG_1414.jpg

the u/c square with the u/c hilton in the background.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e24/francely57/UC/IMG_1384.jpg

copyright francely

[Jimby]

Nice shot! Is that the light at the end of tunnel they're always talking about? ;)

Thanks EF! Yes, shopping heaven at Chinook Centre when one goes to the light at the end of the tunnel!

[raggedy13]

Some pics from my latest photo thread (though the pics themselves are months old):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/3004300259_9e08bfd1cd_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/3004301121_c9238aa739_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/3004301893_2fa059b915_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/3004303261_d77d8a3f66_b.jpg

[LeftCoaster]

Nice Shots raggedy, looks to be about August considering the crane on SL is still up.

And Jimby, thanks for clarifying that the lights were on a timer... wouldnt want anyone accusing you of being a wasteful albertan! :tup:

[raggedy13]

^I didn't remember when I took these when I came across them recently but I would've guessed August as well. It basically looks like the peak of summer in them but I actual took them in mid-June.

Here is the link to my photo thread if interested in seeing more:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160356 :tup:

[newflyer]

Wow nice shot, that street looks remarkably like Paris from that vantage.

Yeah I could see that. The Exchange Distrcit has a great look.... and Albert Street is among my favorite, just need to add more streetside cafes.

[someone123]

I like this aerial from Flickr.. too bad there aren't many photos like this that show more of the city:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/2973321336_5f68757061.jpg
Halifax by ~dogma~, on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsdogs/2973321336/)

[Boris2k7]

Some Flickr finds!

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5731/3000062528cb30ed42ddbec0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/royshearer/3000062528/sizes/l/)
Courtesy of Spherical Roy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/royshearer/)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1013/2987498332c64642331doxr3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24925657@N05/2987498332/)
Courtesy of sminky pinky100 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24925657@N05/)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8483/29751974835db75282bcbpx1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillbrowne/2975197483/)
Courtesy of Jill Browne (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillbrowne/)

(This one below is a rather old image -- about 2 years -- but I like it nonetheless!)
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4108/2958043113e90e9aeab0ogt4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zawaski/2958043113/)
Courtesy of zawaski (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zawaski/)

[softee]

I took a stroll downtown today and took some new pics.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/IMG_0648.jpg

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[Jimby]

And Jimby, thanks for clarifying that the lights were on a timer... wouldnt want anyone accusing you of being a wasteful albertan! :tup:

:haha: :jester: :haha:

[harls]

This morning at 7am on my way to work.

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..and 45 minutes later, downtown. Fog pretty much burned off.

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[Wooster]

This is a very cool shot.




http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8483/29751974835db75282bcbpx1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillbrowne/2975197483/)
Courtesy of Jill Browne (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillbrowne/)

[davee930]

Some pics from my latest photo thread (though the pics themselves are months old):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/3004300259_9e08bfd1cd_b.jpg



I bet you could surprise Americans with that picture.

[caltrane74]

Is that San Diego?

[Aylmer]

Try Vancouver!

:D

[Jimby]

The light in the church is on a timer because after all Calgary was founded by thrifty Scots who know that waste is a sin. :)


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[Jimby]

The City of Calgary Water Centre turns purple (and red and green and blue and yellow).
That is the top of a bike rack at the bottom of the pic.
The staff have bikes to ride to city hall if they have to go downtown on business.

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[Jamaican-Phoenix]

I took a stroll downtown today and took some new pics.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/IMG_0648.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/IMG_0660.jpg

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I'm currently attending Canadore College, adn it's been my first time in North Bay, and this is a nice little city. It's got a good downtown. :)

[Aylmer]

Oh, and today is my one year anniversary on SSP!

:5:

[SpongeG]

some pics from last weekend

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/spongeg/DSC01033.jpg

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the winter garden was just planted ;)

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[Nicko999]

Quebec City


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[softee]

I'm currently attending Canadore College, adn it's been my first time in North Bay, and this is a nice little city. It's got a good downtown. :)

Sweet, welcome to The Bay! What program are you taking at Canadore?

[Metro-One]

Here are some night pictures of the Metrotown skyline in Burnaby, which is a suburb of Vancouver.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/3022048860_451118a1e6_b.jpg


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And this is a new casino that just opened this week in Burnaby


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All pictures are my own

[harls]

Ottawa, Nov. 12 (pics - me)

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[Jimby]

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[le calmar]

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I bet you could surprise Americans with that picture.

I'm sort of surprise myself. Are these palm trees actually in place all year long? I knew you had palm trees on west coast, but that big?

[Metro-One]

:previous: of course they are! There a bunch more (taller) ones just across the street from there. If you look for them there are palm trees all around metro-Vancouver, in the middle of roundabouts, in-front of shopping malls, peoples houses, etc... Victoria and Nanaimo have even more. there are also a lot of banana trees planted around the city too. All of which stay outside year round (what else would you do?) Some people wrap the banana trees during the winter but the palm trees are always exposed. Even some banana trees are exposed all winter at lazy peoples houses and they always seem to survive to next spring.

[Metro-One]

Here are a couple pictures i took early this March just as a quick example.

Fist Vancouver

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And in Victoria with my friends

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Pictures are my own.

[Jimby]

Nectar dessert bar in Inglewood

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a band playing in the historic Garry Theatre in Inglewood for "Christmas in Inglewood".

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[ScottFromCalgary]

Cool Jimby. I still haven't been to Nectar, but I keep hearing good things.

[The Great Scaper]

Here's some photos of Victoria I've taken this year

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[Metro-One]

I love Victoria, it is a small city with a big city feel. I am always amazed how dense and vibrant the city core is for a metro area under 400 000. So many new towers too!

[Witty Nickname]

Here's some photos of Victoria I've taken this year

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/1462261340_8016401b81_b.jpg


This one is an outstanding photo.

[Metro-One]

Victoria may be one of the only (if not the only) city in Western Canada that has somewhat of an older eastern Canadian city feel.

[Migs]

All photos by moi! :cheers:

http://reginainpictures.blogspot.com

[agrant]

I like this one from Flickr (http://flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/2985495127/sizes/l/). Ecstaticist has posted some other great aerials too.

[Jimby]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/3036256245_8489e66e21_b.jpg

[Witty Nickname]

Great shot!

[entheosfog]

yay another Vancouver photothread by yours truly:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=3916862#post3916862

(apologies for the shameless self-promotion....)

[caltrane74]

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from hyperweaver at www.flickr.com


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from irina at www.flickr.com

[Wooster]

I just don't get the AGO design. I'm not liking who the 'shield' has a curved part, and then this other section of glass tacked on over top angled down toward the street. It would look better as one cohesive curve. I like the pealed away looking glass sections at either end.

The blue box, just looks ridiculous. I thought that was the underlayer to some material they were going to stick on top!

The ROM is a much more compelling design to me, despite its finishing flaws.

[Biff]

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I don't want to alarm anyone...but am i the only one who sees the UFO in the upper left corner of the picture.......

[Wooster]

^ :haha:

[Boris2k7]

I just don't get the AGO design. I'm not liking who the 'shield' has a curved part, and then this other section of glass tacked on over top angled down toward the street. It would look better as one cohesive curve. I like the pealed away looking glass sections at either end.

The blue box, just looks ridiculous. I thought that was the underlayer to some material they were going to stick on top!

The ROM is a much more compelling design to me, despite its finishing flaws.

The ROM with the AGO's materials would have been pretty cool.

Well, at least the AGO isn't titanium...

[caltrane74]

]www.worldarchitecturenews.com (http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10655)

Exclusive images document a remarkable new chapter in AGO’s 108-year history

“We’re not just opening doors, we’re opening minds”. It is with this forward thinking slogan that the Art Gallery of Ontario opened its doors after a remarkable transformation penned by Toronto- born Frank Gehry.

Launched in 2002, the transformation programme has included the major architectural extension by Gehry and the expansion of the permanent collection. As a consequence, the new AGO offers a 47 per cent increase in art viewing space welcoming visitors to 110 light-filled galleries featuring more than 4,000 new and perennial art works.

The building is surprisingly Gehry’s first commission in his native city and contains an interesting array of signature elements such as an iconic sculptural staircase emerging from Walker Court (the historic centre of the AGO), the sweeping glass-and-wood Galleria Italia extending an entire city block along Dundas Street, and the new contemporary tower with its vistas of Grange Park and of a Toronto Skyline never seen from this angle.

With this new museum extension, Frank Gehry has devised an unforgettable space to honour the art housed within. Attention to the core issue of the pleasure of art viewing is palpable throughout thanks to the amount of natural light and transparency that permeate the extension.

Happy to define his recent creation as “a real Frank Gehry building”, the architect nonetheless commented on the hard nature of remodelling an existing structure, as the gallery has since its opening in 1900 seen many extension with the latest designed by Barton Myers in 1993.

Laura Salmi
Reporter

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