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Bay Street looking north. Note that the building on the right of the frame has been replaced by the Bay-Adelaide Centre, and Trump is currently rising in the gap in the immediate foreground.
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/8092/Toronto009.jpg By: Skybean on SSP |
Looking south on Yonge Street's famous low-rise streetwall.
http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data...oronto_020.jpg By: Skybean on SSC |
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:( It was even more impressive before suburbs happened: http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/3...ssectionfw.jpg That's looking in the other direction. |
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Many cities have very solid canyons, but Montreal & Toronto will certainly dominate this thread. (haven't been to Vancouver/Calgary, so show some more pics if I'm wrong!) |
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Ste. Catherine might be my favourite canyon in the country. very cool. I also like the older tight canyons of Old Montreal. :tup: |
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love that 2 building winnipeg canyon....
calgary has great canyons not only because of the number and height of the buildings but also because of the layout of downtown....its a small number of long very straight streets running parallel to each other...it makes for great vistas. |
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My first picture in contribution of this thread... and video |
Okay, I'm an no expert on 'canyons', but here's a few examples of what I think constitutes urban canyon in Vancouver (ALL TAKEN BY ME!) after looking through my vaults:
Perhaps Georgia Street is the best example I have: Looking west up Georgia: http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/876/img3030j.jpg Twilight shot: http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8672/img1041k.jpg Fog shot, looking east: http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/1674/dscf8583.jpg Hastings Street, looking east: http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/3033/img3024q.jpg Granville Street, though I'm not sure if this would count: http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3691/img1070t.jpg And again, at night: http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/6369/img3672k.jpg One-sided apartment tower canyon...? http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3830/dscf7392.jpg |
And a few more of mine, plus one from Locked In:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1116/...174a3053_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/...db8d40af_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/...eb2d09f2_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2134/...551ce7b2_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/...3c6254f4_b.jpg http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...y/100_5584.jpg And a pic by Locked In: http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/Sw...0/SDC10113.JPG http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175928 |
The definition of canyon is really being stretched:haha:
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WTF?
Here is the list of all the canyon streets in Toronto... btw, Bay street is a canyon all the way from Cumberland to the lake or about 1 and a half miles.. Wellington Queens Quay Yonge street College Carlton at yonge to church King Street University ave Bloor street in Yorkville |
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Yonge Bloor Richmond Adelaide Wellington Victoria York University ...all have pretty major canyons. |
Vancouver isn't really a canyon city. The CBD is so compact, and we all know about the point tower form. You need long streets which are lined with closely-spaced, tall, fat buildings with uniformly-small setbacks. Which is pretty well the exact opposite of the direction Vancouver has gone.
The only streets that come to mind that would most closely resemble canyons would be Cordova west and parts of Alberni. These streets are not very wide and the buildings' placement, height and spacing emulate a canyon, even though it isn't. It has that presence when walking those streets. |
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