Some great shots here. Thanks for the posts.

more of me scodoodling in yorkville..

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There is a point in which I mistakenly call the intersection bloor/yonge

ha!

I would say Calgary takes the cake, we have one on pretty much every street downtown, especially 5th and 6th.

I haven't walked the streets of Calgary, but I wonder if Ottawa doesn't make up in number of buildings what they lack in height. It's pretty solid on every street.

Jasper Ave in Edmonton:
http://www.edmonton.ca/city_governme..._sky_shot.jpeg
from http://www.edmonton.ca/city_governme...ew-vision.aspx

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/...6abb207e90.jpg
from http://www.flickr.com/photos/37842237@N07/4002515388/

101 Street - will show a little better when Epcor is done. It's located at the end of these buildings on the right.
http://www6.worldisround.com/photos/28/278/609.jpg
from http://www.worldisround.com/articles...1/photo45.html

Calgary's Stephen Ave canyon - fairly low- to mid-rise historic fabric.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...5/IMG_0131.jpg

Ottawa wins in this case IMO. Downtown has a very solid and almost uninterrupted wall just about every street. The buildings tend to fill out the entire envelope and open plazas at grade are a rarity (thanks in part to the lack of height if I had to guess). It also helps that the streets themselves tend to be a fair bit narrower than Calgary.

Never been to Ottawa, but Calgary has some very high, very long canyons downtown, maybe I'll use google to get an idea when I have time.

This is probably my favorite "winding" urban canyon in Vancouver.

Pics are my own!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2215/...58a2cfc0_b.jpg


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/...ffdd7547_b.jpg


My flickr account:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/

Cheers

Streets in Vancouver seem to have so much more character than the ones here...

That is a beautiful streetwall. One of the prettiest ive ever seen, well at least outside of home, or manhatten.

It depends on what you're looking for in. Calgary's got a few avenues that are almost completely filled + height on their buildings.


From Flickr

4th Ave
From Flickr Default user
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/...54604137_o.jpg

From Flickr Surrealplaces
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/...5c92da0c_b.jpg



5th Ave
Fro Defaultuser on flickr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2596/...503fb6aa_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/...bf7fb5fd_o.jpg


6th ave
From Flickr surrealplaces
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2609/...70f2144c_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/...d9c0da61_b.jpg


7th Ave
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2690/...f1dcc0d2_b.jpg

Various shots of the Bay Street canyon looking north:


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/...7c52df20_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2325071...25353/sizes/l/



http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x.../murano1-1.jpg
By: confusion on UT



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/...5b11dde8_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greyvdm...19611/sizes/o/

Those Calgary shots are money, that was what I was referring to.

King Street looking west.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/...ef9f6cc0_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomms/4353869876/


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2441/...cfecd194_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greyvdm/

Here's a twofer. Front Street and Wellington Street looking west.

http://i48.tinypic.com/v3lv9i.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcos_...7622881761932/

http://www.axelrd.com/photos/montrea.../Img_37648.jpg

http://www.axelrd.com/photos/montrea...306_c53136.jpg

http://www.axelrd.com/photos/montrea...410_c53462.jpg

axelrd.com

Those Bay/King Street shots Are Schoolin'em, son!!



Here is me on Wellington!!!


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the exchange district in winnipeg has a few "mini" canyons.. or let's say gullies maybe?

[all photos by myself]

rorie street:
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...51364_7035.jpg

king street:
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...02114_9581.jpg

portage ave. can be canyon-esque at moments:
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...51377_8691.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._4058175_n.jpg

south down main street:
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...51378_9012.jpg

Even Calgary's Beltline district (south of downtown) has canyons forming. Half of these buildings weren't in this view 3 years ago.

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