[headhorse]

Canadians were asked to vote on the locations they love most from almost 6,000 nominations and a judging panel will now select first, second and third-place winners in three categories: great streets, great neighbourhoods and great public spaces. The winners will be announce on May 16, 2011.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Great-places-in-Winnipeg-make-contests-short-list-120299489.html

[Bdog]

No great streets in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal? Hmmm, online voting at its finest...

[PoscStudent]

Never heard of the St. John's Ecclesiastical District before.

[Architype]

Never heard of the St. John's Ecclesiastical District before.

That's the central/downtown adjacent area containing the Basilica, Cathedral, other churches and public buildings, etc.; but that term is not commonly used.

http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cp-nr/release_e.asp?bgid=1428&andor1=bg

[PoscStudent]

^ Yeah I looked it up and found an article on the area from this report. I can't believe I've never heard tell of it at all, I kind of figured when I saw the name it that it was just a name they put on some area that locals called something different.

[The_Architect]

I'm sorry but Ottawa street made the list of "great streets"? :koko:

It's downright sketchy in stretches..

My vote would probably be University Ave in Toronto, a great example of North American grand boulevards.

[SteelTown]

Sweet Ottawa St made it on the list. I think flar has a photo thread on the street somewhere.

[SteelTown]

Found it!

HAMILTON | The Textile District
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135905

[MolsonExport]

Commercial Street, Nanaimo, B.C.

totally beats the shit out of Rue Ste. Catherine in Montreal.

rilly.

;)

[Gerrard]

The list is flawed, it doesn't include Florida.

[-Harlington-]

Im suprised, Halifax did not make it for any public spaces,

we have so many, the commons, the pubic gardens, citadel hill, point pleasent park, ect

also ive never heard of half those streets, there definitly something wrong if you dont include the three biggest cities streets, aha

[flar]

These things always have wacky results.

Ottawa St. in Hamilton is pretty neat though, I remember "discovering" it one night when I was randomly driving around, probably about a year after I moved to Hamilton. It still has some old neon signs for fur stores and stuff like that. It's a huge destination for people who do sewing, upholstery and stuff like that. Busloads of people come from Western New York all the time to shop there. You'll also see a lot of Mennonites there. The area has been a textile district since the 1800s, when there were a bunch of clothing and textile factories. The Singer sewing machine factory was there too. The factories are gone but there are still a bunch of fabric wholesalers and related businesses.

It also has Tim Horton's #1 and a bunch of interesting junk stores.

[Big Sky]

I'm not surprised by the weird results. Had anyone here even heard of this contest? It wasn't something that everyone across the country knew about. Who knows, Ottawa Street might have might the list with 1 vote. :haha:

[MolsonExport]

reminds me of this utter silliness:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTo6fljelSkxFYKTh1rovtWaLrATORVgzHLLEjlpwmryR8AsK0FCA&t=1

[PoscStudent]

reminds me of this utter silliness:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTo6fljelSkxFYKTh1rovtWaLrATORVgzHLLEjlpwmryR8AsK0FCA&t=1

How is that silly?

[Bdog]

reminds me of this utter silliness:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTo6fljelSkxFYKTh1rovtWaLrATORVgzHLLEjlpwmryR8AsK0FCA&t=1

That's exactly what I was thinking

[Highinthesky]

That's exactly what I was thinking

You two think Chatham-Kent is boardwalk material?

[Dwils01]

Nice to see that the Hamilton Area has two streets on the list. I've driven on both of them and they are very nice. The fashion district on Ottawa Street is nice when all the stores are open. I should check them out sometime. I seen some interesting stuff in a few of them.

[MolsonExport]

You two think Chatham-Kent is boardwalk material?

Bingo.


I will never buy this version of Monopoly.

Besides, Poleconomy was much better!

[PoscStudent]

Bingo.


I will never buy this version of Monopoly.

Besides, Poleconomy was much better!

That's how Canadians voted, Toronto could have been first but Torontonians decided not to vote.

[Bdog]

That's how Canadians voted, Toronto could have been first but Torontonians decided not to vote.

Which is exactly the point we are making - The Great Places list is based on the same homerism that the monopoly game was, not any objective analysis of what great places are.

Did anyone even know about this contest before this thread? Apparently people in Yellowknife did, because a neighbourhood there is "greater" than the Plateau in Montreal, Little Italy in TO, and Gastown in Vancouver. Just because someone in Snaw-Naw-As, Nanoose First Nation hit refresh a bunch of times doesn't make it a better neighbourhood that many others that were left off the list...

[Joshy]

Just because someone in Snaw-Naw-As, Nanoose First Nation hit refresh a bunch of times doesn't make it a better neighbourhood that many others that were left off the list...

Sorry, but can you clarify what this is in reference to?

[Bdog]

Sorry, but can you clarify what this is in reference to?

According the Great Places Canada, that is one of the Greatest neighbourhoods in Canada: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Great-places-in-Winnipeg-make-contests-short-list-120299489.html. However, I'd wager that despite this poll, some would agree that their are "better" neighbourhoods in cities like TO, Van, and MTL... My point was that just because the "insert small town here" Gazette makes a big deal out of these types of contests (and encourages their populations to vote as much as possible), doesn't mean the winners actually reflect Canada's true great neighbourhoods, places, and public spaces...

[Joshy]

According the Great Places Canada, that is one of the Greatest neighbourhoods in Canada: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Great-places-in-Winnipeg-make-contests-short-list-120299489.html. However, I'd wager that despite this poll, some would agree that their are "better" neighbourhoods in cities like TO, Van, and MTL... My point was that just because the "insert small town here" Gazette makes a big deal out of these types of contests (and encourages their populations to vote as much as possible), doesn't mean the winners actually reflect Canada's true great neighbourhoods, places, and public spaces...

What specific place are you referring to?

[goodthings]

That's how Canadians voted, Toronto could have been first but Torontonians decided not to vote.

Because it's per capita.
You can easily influence a small number of people, but large cities won't stand a chance.

London, Niagara Falls, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Yellowknife, Iqaluit, Whitehorse, Halifax, Moncton, Fredericton, Charlottetown, and the list goes on that deserve to replace those bolded ones...

The highest values (top properties) happen to be those who don't deserve the list the most.

Dark Blue: Chatham-Kent, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu
Green: Calgary, Sarnia, Edmonton.
Yellow: Windsor, Quebec City, Trois-Rivières
Red: Medicine Hat, Gatineau, Shawinigan
Orange: Kawartha Lakes, Chilliwack, Montreal.
Magenta: Kelowna, North Bay, St. John's.
Light Blue: Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver.
Brown: Beauceville, Banff

[Bdog]

Sorry, but can you clarify what this is in reference to?

I'm not sure what you mean... But Snaw-Naw-As, Nanoose First Nation was ranked, according to this poll, as one of the best neighbourhoods in Canada. The fact that I can barely find any information about it on the web (nor any information that reveals why it would be a top ranked neighbourhood) indicates to me that it would likely be people from Snaw-Naw-As voting for it in the online poll... In other words, this poll is somewhat useless as an actual measure of greatest neighbourhoods in Canada. Clear?

[kool maudit]

That's how Canadians voted, Toronto could have been first but Torontonians decided not to vote.

democracy is not a great system with which to produce creative works.

[roccerfeller]

Uhhh no Vancouver, Montreal or Toronto on the list??!