[CCF]

What images seem to the most common regarding your city?

Regina
All from flickr.com/google

Saskatchewan Legislature/Wascana Park
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/123815535_4a6380d57e.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47654836@N00/123815535/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/161920538_357ceb8e79.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmsbrat/161920538/

Saskatchewan Roughriders
http://www.sasktourism.com/images/postcards/roughriders.jpg

RCMP
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/167613070_07f566df79.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minaco375/167613070/

McCallum Hill Towers
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/225451743_14536e13f9.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leysta/225451743/

F.W. Hill Pedestrian Mall
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/1492/1060684s6pa.jpg

[ReginaGuy]

^^ I would agree with all of those except for the last one. Pictures of the legislative grounds, wascana park, the twin towers and the RCMP are way overdone in this city, but I actually think the pedestrian mall isn't advertised enough!

I have a feeling that most people in Canada have no idea it exists

[DizzyEdge]

pedestrian-what?

[CCF]

pedestrian-what?

Pedestrian mall. A street of stores,restaurants, condos, etc only available by foot. Perhaps I was wrong in my assumption that this is a common Regina image.

[ctown.myth]

So it's kinda like Stephen Ave.?

[CCF]

So it's kinda like Stephen Ave.?

Yes sir.

[ctown.myth]

Wow, never heard of it. Actually a friend of mine said that Calgary is one of the few in Canada to have this...so I'd have to think that he was drunk at the time...

[vid]

Regina's pedestrian mall is marked on the Mapart map of the city, but I can't find it listed in the points of interest. It's small too, so people probably don't notice much. Looks nice though. Could be a potential model for other cities.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/175694580_2c381f4239.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maijaliisa/175694580/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/8/11238639_971b3d4763.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshaidan/11238639/

The funny thing is - neither of those are in city limits! The street life, being a disgrace, is not advertised.

Our pedestrian mall has a roof, and is full of lowlife druggies. :) And government offices. :)

[SpongeG]

my stereotypical view of regina is much different to those pics

[Taller Better]

Uhmm... you know it is only a matter of time before this thread becomes people listing their stereotypes of other Canadian cities.. LOL! That is what Canadians do best.

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

I have a feeling that most people in Canada have no idea it exists

Correct, never seen that before, it looks nice.

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

Toronto is easy, any shot from the lake would be the #1 stereotypical view.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/241510821_8ea93feeac_b.jpg

[habsfan]

Uhmm... you know it is only a matter of time before this thread becomes people listing their stereotypes of other Canadian cities.. LOL! That is what Canadians do best.

You just know this thread is gonna turn into a shit throwing contest!:rolleyes: ;)

[Coldrsx]

here is a higher up version of where CBC usually shoots the city during hockey games:

http://www.dc5ab.com/forums/uploads/post-4-1121188355.jpg

[alps]

Usual angle from the Dartmouth waterfront:

http://k53.pbase.com/o4/32/580632/1/57530370.skyline.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/o4/62/466062/1/61902409.szFIACga.IMG_2588e.jpg

Though, you can get much better shots from other angles (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/345829255_8488185c5c_o.jpg)..

[CharlesMunroe]

Oshawa...


http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t70/CharlesMunroe/lunchbox.jpg

[feepa]

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6858/jwcp01img00161d760449hd9.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7177/ritarefineriescp8530684cc5.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/668/nboilrefinery1d777aadyi7.jpg

but really, people forget about:

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6299/rivervalley1d78abbaty3.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8324/edmontonfairmonthotelmaxs0.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4933/campussmaller1d7bb3f9rq9.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2563/edmonton1d7fbfcdph8.jpg

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1870/oldstrathconawhyteave1dow3.jpg

[Delirium]

vancouver? :D

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/10219241_2634bc7196_o.jpg

[caltrane74]

Any shot of Toronto City Hall.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/159128107_37523f8a5f.jpg?v=0

[habsfan]

Just to get a little taste of Montreal, check this out!

http://www.montreal.tv/tv.php

Once you'Re on the site, on your right hand side, you'll find a bunch of videos. click and drag until you get to a video called "NOUVEAU RADIO LOUNGE"

Well worth it! May the gods bless this city!:cheers:

[malek]

vancouver? :D

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/10219241_2634bc7196_o.jpg


faaaaaaaaaaaaking hippies man!!!

[LeftCoaster]

^ Amazing! 420 at the art gallery is always such a scene.

[softee]

^^ Hippies don't wear baseball caps! I see lots of pot smoking jocks, preps and "G-Unit wannabees" in that crowd.

[West_aust]

Montreal viewed from Mont-Royal
http://www.arrakeen.ch/usacan/074%20%20Montreal.jpg

Orange Julep
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/roadside/Orange-Julep.jpg

[malek]

^^ Hippies don't wear baseball caps! I see lots of pot smoking jocks, preps and "G-Unit wannabees" in that crowd.

it doesn't matter, you smoke pot, you're a hippie:P

[habsfan]

I am probably the only Montrealer who doesn't like the view of the city from Mont-Royal. I much prefer the view from the Jacques-Cartier bridge or La Tour de Montréal(Olympic Stadium).

Montreal
http://www.arrakeen.ch/usacan/074%20%20Montreal.jpg

[raggedy13]

I would consider this to be a fairly stereotypic Vancouver image...

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/raggedy13/Spring%20Downtown/100_5070.jpg

[DizzyEdge]

Pedestrian mall. A street of stores,restaurants, condos, etc only available by foot. Perhaps I was wrong in my assumption that this is a common Regina image.

I was kiddin around to the comment that no one in Canada knows it exists. I've seen the pics before on the Winnipeg ped mall thread, looks nice, Regina seems to be the city I never get to although I always plan to.

[DizzyEdge]

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6858/jwcp01img00161d760449hd9.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7177/ritarefineriescp8530684cc5.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/668/nboilrefinery1d777aadyi7.jpg

but really, people forget about:

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6299/rivervalley1d78abbaty3.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8324/edmontonfairmonthotelmaxs0.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4933/campussmaller1d7bb3f9rq9.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2563/edmonton1d7fbfcdph8.jpg

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1870/oldstrathconawhyteave1dow3.jpg

I thought that was going to be Sarnia at first.

[DizzyEdge]

Montreal viewed from Mont-Royal
Orange Julep
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/roadside/Orange-Julep.jpg

Hehe oh the memories

[harls]

Of course, it's gotta be...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/122699386_93f3d9cb14.jpg?v=0

[SFUVancouver]

This one is pretty stereotypical Vancouver. It is a couple years out of date though.

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/5779/falsecreekskylineatduskjo3.jpg

here is another one that ends up on post cards
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4140/falsecreekaquabussj1.jpg

[salvius]

Toronto is undoubtedly this:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9649/toskylinect0.jpg

And never, or fairly rarely this:

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2845/to1xa5.jpg

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3196/87145974deebe5d536wx9.jpg

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9739/56rc3.jpg

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/694/273422487df212130fdvi1.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5787/res1df3.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9241/res2ob8.jpg

Truth is, though I'm a huge skyscraper geek, I do prefer the Victorian Toronto.

[jeremy_haak]

^ How in the world are those bottom photos stereotypical shots of Toronto? Obviously the waterfront is one, city hall, and maybe the Gooderham building.

For Ottawa, the obvious views are either Parliament Hill from the Museum of Civilization across the river, or the Rideau Canal in winter with the Laurier bridge crossing over it.

[Stanzmastertron3000]

^ How in the world are those bottom photos stereotypical shots of Toronto?

He said they aren't.

[SpongeG]

Any shot of Toronto City Hall.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/159128107_37523f8a5f.jpg?v=0

um thats racoon city

[vid]

It was a shitty movie, and all of us will admit, the only reason we saw it - Toronto gets blowed up! :D

[salvius]

^ How in the world are those bottom photos stereotypical shots of Toronto? Obviously the waterfront is one, city hall, and maybe the Gooderham building.

They are not:

Toronto is undoubtedly this:

And never, or fairly rarely this:

I was lamenting that all but the top picture were practically not associated with TO at all... As in, there's much more than skyscrapers in this city...

[SpongeG]

It was a shitty movie, and all of us will admit, the only reason we saw it - Toronto gets blowed up! :D

hehe

have you seen the trailer for #3? they destroy las vegas

[Wooster]

This by far. Even though it is the worst one of downtown in my opinion, but is improving with all the new projects in the Beltline and EnCana.

http://c3dsp.westjet.com/guest/images/destinations/calgary.jpg

This one with the Centre Street Bridge is second. Much better.

http://www.cdicinspections.com/images/skyline4bordered.jpg

This one is pretty popular:

http://rmmla.wsu.edu/images/Calgary/calgary.jpg

The best angle

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/joshwhit/image1-31.jpg

But really the best view is of the future! ;)
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6651/skylinefuturesouthnh8.jpg

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/1706/calnight1tl5.jpg

[The Jabroni]

This is getting popular, now that the new bridges are built in Winnipeg...

http://www.gov.mb.ca/greenandgrowing/images/winnipeg_skyline.jpg

...also this one...

http://k43.pbase.com/u2/rogerstrong2002/large/18110912.WinnipegSkyline2Jun212003.jpg

...and even this one (instant classic and yet stereotypical)...

http://www.travelmanitoba.com/images_tr/image_library/the_forks_lg.jpg

...and maybe even this...

http://static.flickr.com/97/243607288_f6df2a4f98.jpg

[Rusty van Reddick]

Folks, I'm not sure we're understanding this "stereotype" notion- feepa is the only one who gets it- and the shot of Van with the potsmokers is getting there.

Any stereotypical Calgary shot would have to have a few cowboy hats, Ralph Klein, zero ethnic diversity, and a general air of hickness to it.

[Wooster]

Folks, I'm not sure we're understanding this "stereotype" notion- feepa is the only one who gets it- and the shot of Van with the potsmokers is getting there.

Any stereotypical Calgary shot would have to have a few cowboy hats, Ralph Klein, zero ethnic diversity, and a general air of hickness to it.

Didn't you see all the hicks in the foreground?

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6651/skylinefuturesouthnh8.jpg

[salvius]

Folks, I'm not sure we're understanding this "stereotype" notion- feepa is the only one who gets it- and the shot of Van with the potsmokers is getting there.

Any stereotypical Calgary shot would have to have a few cowboy hats, Ralph Klein, zero ethnic diversity, and a general air of hickness to it.

Hmmm, when I thought stereotypical, I thought the most common. But I guess that is another way to view the thread.

But where am I going to find a pic of Bay Street suits looking up at the skies, watching as the universe revolves around them?

[MonkeyRonin]

Folks, I'm not sure we're understanding this "stereotype" notion- feepa is the only one who gets it- and the shot of Van with the potsmokers is getting there.

Any stereotypical Calgary shot would have to have a few cowboy hats, Ralph Klein, zero ethnic diversity, and a general air of hickness to it.

Thats what I was thinking that was what this thread would have been about as well, though its clear that the intent is more or less, the "most overdone photograph of your city".

[CCF]

Perhaps a poor choices of words on my part. My apologies.

[1ajs]

i think all the winnipeg stereo types are covered in this shot... real ones that is
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/367667465_001bf3791c_o.jpg

anyhow this angle from waterfront is probly going to be one of the more popular images in the years to come see it being used for banners on a couple sites
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/169464205_214ccf1678_b.jpg

another view that sometimes comes up is this one from green hill
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/360151470_235b4de470_b.jpg

also this view looking down main street towards city hall
not normally done up like my shot though
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/299022204_fae2b0b8ab_o.jpg

slurpeepeg :P look for a retake of this shot this coming summer :) with a full one :P
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/195174869_23e2775e00_o.jpg

and i will leave ya all with this shot from the forks market observation tower
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1078/sky6ej.jpg

[yeeg]

So it's kinda like Stephen Ave.?Cars drive down Stephen Ave after certain times....Cars are not allowed down Scarth Street MAll whatsoever unless they are emergency vehicles or special events...

[ctown.myth]

i think all the winnipeg stereo types are covered in this shot... real ones that is
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/367667465_001bf3791c_o.jpg


Yep, that's Winnipeg :P. That's how most Canadians see it anyways. I know I used to.

[401_King]

http://i2.tinypic.com/veozr4.jpg

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/king_subway_tall_2_levels.jpg
http://www.photodebris.com/installphotos/backyards_to.jpg

[vid]

Folks, I'm not sure we're understanding this "stereotype" notion- feepa is the only one who gets it- and the shot of Van with the potsmokers is getting there.

Any stereotypical Calgary shot would have to have a few cowboy hats, Ralph Klein, zero ethnic diversity, and a general air of hickness to it.

How can you feel like a hick in Calgary?? They have TEN DIGIT DIALING!!!

Remember how much of a hick you were before TEN DIGIT DIALING!!!?

I wish we had ten digit dialing here!! Then we wouldn't be hicks!!

[Taller Better]

How can you feel like a hick in Calgary?? They have TEN DIGIT DIALING!!!

Remember how much of a hick you were before TEN DIGIT DIALING!!!?

I wish we had ten digit dialing here!! Then we wouldn't be hicks!!

Easily accomplished, vid. Just dial 807 before your regular number, and you will
feel the hickness melting off you! Put 807 before your home number on your business cars. :cool:

[vid]

I already do. :P Funny story, actually - outside of town, you DO have to dial the 807 first! :D

It's the hicks that are ten digit dialing!

[jeremy_haak]

Folks, I'm not sure we're understanding this "stereotype" notion- feepa is the only one who gets it- and the shot of Van with the potsmokers is getting there.

Any stereotypical Calgary shot would have to have a few cowboy hats, Ralph Klein, zero ethnic diversity, and a general air of hickness to it.

That's what I thought when I read the title of the thread, but it's quite clear from the thread starter that he intended a thread of the most commonly used photos of a city.

[Taller Better]

The choice of the phrase "stereotypical views" was unfortunate, and bound to lead to negativity. Heck, any thread involving all Canadian cities usually heads that direction! :haha:

[MolsonExport]

My City (even though I currently live elsewhere) will always be Montreal. The immediate stereotype is that it is filled with beautiful woman...

...on that stereotype, Montreal delivers!!

[Taller Better]

I can't imagine ever living anywhere else than "my city". Life is so short, wouldn't it make sense to move back while you are young enough to enjoy it? Just curious, not being judgmental....

[neverwas]

It's not about age, it's about loving a city. You can enjoy a city at 20, 30, 40 years old......etc. So you'll stay in TO for ....years, and than after, where would you go?

[Taller Better]

^ Don't understand the age reference or the question. Was it for MolsonExport?

[1ajs]

Yep, that's Winnipeg :P. That's how most Canadians see it anyways. I know I used to.

lol

[lubicon]

How can you feel like a hick in Calgary?? They have TEN DIGIT DIALING!!!

We do??? I must have missed something.

[lubicon]

Well I don't have any pictures to back it up, but my initial thoughts when i saw this thread were pictures (views) or opinions (also views in another sense) of what came to people minds when they thought of a particular city.

A few examples (for me) would be:

Vancouver - a shot of the harbour, either in brilliant sun, or more likely in dreary overcast and rain.

Calgary - cowboys or red neck oil patch types

Winnipeg - someone freezing their ass off in a blizzard on Portage & Main

etc etc.

[1ajs]

Well I don't have any pictures to back it up, but my initial thoughts when i saw this thread were pictures (views) or opinions (also views in another sense) of what came to people minds when they thought of a particular city.

A few examples (for me) would be:

Vancouver - a shot of the harbour, either in brilliant sun, or more likely in dreary overcast and rain.

Calgary - cowboys or red neck oil patch types

Winnipeg - someone freezing their ass off in a blizzard on Portage & Main

etc etc.

lol

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/362290578_91d263348b.jpg?v=0

[habsfan]

I can't imagine ever living anywhere else than "my city".

Exactly what I'm thinking! I love my city too much to ever leave...unless somebody would be willing to offer me a couple of million$...then i'd consider...but anything less would not be worth it for me!

[1ajs]

Exactly what I'm thinking! I love my city too much to ever leave...unless somebody would be willing to offer me a couple of million$...then i'd consider...but anything less would not be worth it for me!

you live were???


anyhow i love the peg enuff not to move away but i still go traveling and relize how good we got it and get home sick then come home lol

[habsfan]

you live were???


anyhow i love the peg enuff not to move away but i still go traveling and relize how good we got it and get home sick then come home lol

Montréal

[Taller Better]

Exactly what I'm thinking! I love my city too much to ever leave...unless somebody would be willing to offer me a couple of million$...then i'd consider...but anything less would not be worth it for me!

I find it a bit sad when people feel they are stuck living in a city because of "their job". Chances are there are "jobs" available back wherever they would rather be. Really, life just whizzes by, so I guess a person has to make priorities.
I choose to live where I am happy day by day.

[habsfan]

I find it a bit sad when people feel they are stuck living in a city because of "their job". Chances are there are "jobs" available back wherever they would rather be. Really, life just whizzes by, so I guess a person has to make priorities.
I choose to live where I am happy day by day.

Damn! It's almost as if you were reading my mind!:cheers:

[salvius]

I find it a bit sad when people feel they are stuck living in a city because of "their job". Chances are there are "jobs" available back wherever they would rather be.

Sometimes it's true, though, and you gotta make a decision between doing what you love and living where you love... Academia is notorious for this--if you choose the professor route, your chance of living where you want is 1 in 100 to 1 in 1 milliion depending on your field.

[excel]

hi

[ctown.myth]

I find it a bit sad when people feel they are stuck living in a city because of "their job". Chances are there are "jobs" available back wherever they would rather be. Really, life just whizzes by, so I guess a person has to make priorities.
I choose to live where I am happy day by day.

I'd love to live where most of my friends are, so that'd be Vancouver, Montreal, NYC, LA, hmm...anywhere in Jersey...(surprisingly not Calgary!)

hi

Hey!

[softee]

My City (even though I currently live elsewhere) will always be Montreal. The immediate stereotype is that it is filled with beautiful woman...

...on that stereotype, Montreal delivers!!

The Montreal stereotype that I always heard growing up was that it was full of bad drivers.

[DLLB]

Yep, that's Winnipeg :P. That's how most Canadians see it anyways. I know I used to.

Sad but true, but certainly not totally correct, however this is about stereotypical views.

[DLLB]

Folks, I'm not sure we're understanding this "stereotype" notion- feepa is the only one who gets it- and the shot of Van with the potsmokers is getting there.

Any stereotypical Calgary shot would have to have a few cowboy hats, Ralph Klein, zero ethnic diversity, and a general air of hickness to it.

PLEASE, not Ralphie. I work in Health Care and know first hand what they did to it! :hell:

[le calmar]

The only recognizable shot of Sherbrooke... Most of you have probably never seen this statue, unless you've been to Sherbrooke in the past. If you did, then you'll recognize it for sure! It's located downtown, almost on the corner of King and Wellington street.

http://pole.usherbrooke.ca/images_contenu/sherb_photo1.jpg



Those aren't stereotypical sights but I love them! Mont Orford in the back on the first shot, and Lac des Nations on the other one, one of the 2 lakes in the city.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/288043711_b6e6005d91_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/208936556_4c31966ab7_o.jpg

[1ajs]

The only recognizable shot of Sherbrooke... Most of you have probably never seen this statue, unless you've been to Sherbrooke in the past. If you did, then you'll recognize it for sure! It's located downtown, almost on the corner of King and Wellington street.

http://pole.usherbrooke.ca/images_contenu/sherb_photo1.jpg



Those aren't stereotypical sights but I love them! Mont Orford in the back on the first shot, and Lac des Nations on the other one, one of the 2 lakes in the city.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/288043711_b6e6005d91_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/208936556_4c31966ab7_o.jpg

i have no steio type of this place never herd of it let aloner seen it lol

[vid]

Sherbrooke is beautiful.

Tied with Thunder Bay in terms of popularity among old gay people. :tup:

[the rock the motard]

Oh yeah. Sherbrooke Rocks !

[Only The Lonely..]

Winnipeg in all its stereotypical glory..

Winter
http://www.uwto.org/photos/20.jpg
http://www.uwto.org/photos/21.jpg


Mosquitos
http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/images/komarnolg.jpg

Crime
http://images.inmagine.com/168nwm/stockdisc/sd176/284404sdc.jpg

Urban Decay
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/ips_rich_content/03b1_avenue.jpghttp://winnipeg.urbex.ca/Avenue/46.jpg
http://www.citynoise.org/upload/13366.jpg

Eternal Pessimism
http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~cschulz1/born%20here.JPG

Slurpees
http://www.visionflow.net/friends/cb6-22/slurpee.jpg

The Jets & 'Mr.Winnipeg' himself, Burton Cummings
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/images/pics/Jets1.jpg

[vid]

:banana: Burton Cummings!!! :banana:

He's better than Paul Shaffer!

http://www.kellylang.net/images/photos/paulshaffer.jpg

Creepy!! :tup:

[CMD UW]

Correct, never seen that before, it looks nice.

Yea, I too have never heard of it. Looks very nice.

[Jeffy78]

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/1706/calnight1tl5.jpg

:previous: :previous: :previous:

This one's pretty f***ing cool!