Saskatchewan / Manitoba Skyline Thread - Page 7

Authentic_City · #**121** Posted **Jul 25, 2011, 7:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by chrisallard5454

Here are some more.

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I know some of them aren't skyline shots, but I don't know where the photo page is.

Great shots, thanks for sharing them!

roccerfeller · #**122** Posted **Jul 25, 2011, 8:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by chrisallard5454

Here are some more.

I don't Know if it is just me but this street is just gorgeous. The way it curves, it kind of makes me think of a European town.

Wider shot.

I know some of them aren't skyline shots, but I don't know where the photo page is.

damn chris....some more beautiful pics...

here's a link to the skyline thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=148434

and here's one to the normal photos of a city thread:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117697

they are both in the general "Canada" thread here (scroll down below the sections): http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18

Your stuff is great, I think you should split them up and post em in both threads. Some of the best Peg stuff I've seen on SSP.

trueviking · #**123** Posted **Jul 26, 2011, 3:19 PM**

JustinL · #**124** Posted **Jul 26, 2011, 4:33 PM**

^^^ Ooo. Fantastic angle, sir. I walk by Hargrave and St Mary's almost every day and have never figured out how to capture it quite like that.

hexrae · #**125** Posted **Jul 26, 2011, 6:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by JustinL

^^^ Ooo. Fantastic angle, sir. I walk by Hargrave and St Mary's almost every day and have never figured out how to capture it quite like that.

He's trueviking, I'm pretty sure he laid the whole city on it's side to capture that shot...

1ajs · #**126** Posted **Jul 26, 2011, 7:19 PM**

stupid batteries arg i've shot it that way befor but never caught the light like that nice viking

trueviking · #**127** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by roccerfeller

viking, you forgot to add the CMHR, heritage landing, and likely Convention Centre expansion hotel....

i dont think you'd see CMHR or heritage landing but you are right about the convention centre hotel.....have to wait a little bit before adding the 'secret' pieces.

1ajs · #**128** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 6:40 PM**

cmhr will be visible the crane sure is........

and i think the new tower tower on portage will be more to the right then u have it

rypinion · #**129** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 7:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

cmhr will be visible the crane sure is........

and i think the new tower tower on portage will be more to the right then u have it

Ya, I'm pretty sure it should be right of the radisson.

... which is unfortunate because how viking has it it fills in a nice hole, and it will potentially end up blocking some of the museum (as yes, you can see the crane in the photo so you should see a bit of the museum).

trueviking · #**130** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 7:36 PM**

it actually probably overlaps the radisson a bit from this perspective....it wont be right of it though....it will fill the hole between the radisson and the canada building across the street.....its left of air canada.

Canadian Mind · #**131** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 7:48 PM**

So which prairie city will be the first to hit 150m?

rypinion · #**132** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 7:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

it actually probably overlaps the radisson a bit from this perspective....it wont be right of it though....it will fill the hole between the radisson and the canada building across the street.....its left of air canada.

Actually, yes - I am mistaken. Here is what I used to get an idea of where it would be:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...2448bc7f1e8d44

This just has two lines of perspective from Westview Park to the Radisson. In my original message I had the radisson a block east of it's actual location. The map above would suggest that the new tower might be right in front of the radisson, I guess depending on where on Garbage Hill you are located.

drew · #**133** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 8:00 PM**

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So which prairie city will be the first to hit 150m?

^ Calgary.

roccerfeller · #**134** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 9:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

So which prairie city will be the first to hit 150m?

Calgary's done it already, and Edmonton's come close

Larch · #**135** Posted **Jul 27, 2011, 11:04 PM**

.

trueviking · #**136** Posted **Jul 28, 2011, 3:04 AM**

ok....third try.

roccerfeller · #**137** Posted **Jul 28, 2011, 3:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Larch

loving the winnipeg perspective.
i've said it before, but the exchange has got to be one of canada's best urban areas. i'm not sure what it's like for nightlife etc, but it's nothing if not unique.

another old regina shot

Please post some more Regina shots

Someone needs to go out there and take some skyline pics. I would, but its a 6 hour drive (or a 9+ hour flight)

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Originally Posted by trueviking

ok....third try.

Thanks viking

lookin good

I suppose Heritage would be out of the picture frame, correct? Or will it not be visible at all from this perspective?

Canadian Mind · #**138** Posted **Jul 28, 2011, 3:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by drew

^ Calgary.

My apologies, I meant which city in this section (ie. the section about cities in Manitoba, and cities at the bottom of that giant pit between Manitoba and Alberta).

roccerfeller · #**139** Posted **Jul 28, 2011, 4:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

My apologies, I meant which city in this section (ie. the section about cities in Manitoba, and cities at the bottom of that giant pit between Manitoba and Alberta).

oh haha

surely Brandon MB will get the first

i kid, i kid...likely in this case, it would be Winnipeg.

Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina are the biggest cities in this section, and while Regina has an absolutely (and unarguably) amazing skyline for a city of 200k, I do not see Regina getting a 150m or taller building soon, and neither Saskatoon. Realistically, unless someone who lives there can extrapolate or argue further/better, the cities are too small to have private development on that scale. Regina would have the better shot imo, because that's where head offices tend to go, but if I'm even a housing developer, I'd rather build further out on cheaper land in multiple units rather than build a hypothetical 150m tower downtown in the city somewhere. Perhaps something happens on the oil sands side of things and Saskatchewan gets a new crown corp-level company in the next 20 years, and they build a brand new tower in Regina...that is entirely possible...but it likely won't be over 150m unless Regina had some magical population boom or there is enough workforce for this company in Regina such that it makes sense to build up a tower that tall.

To that end, simply because Winnipeg is bigger today and is the fastest growing city under a million people in Canada, it likely has the better and more realistic shot. Not to turn this into a poo fling contest or x city is better than y city, but realistically Winnipeg would get one first.

In fact, the hydro building could have become a tall 150+ meter building if they went with this proposal instead of the much more energy efficient building we know today (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25691) and it would have been ~170m tall.

That said, Winnipeg needs to focus on filling up those parking lots first, and who knows when we'd get a 150m plus tower. Unless you strap viking to an electrical chair and he spills the beans, of course.

trueviking · #**140** Posted **Jul 28, 2011, 4:22 AM**

hydro has the floor area of a typical 150m+ tall building (700 000 s.f.)....you can see by the image above how huge the floor plates are...more than twice what is typical.

if it had the same floor sizes as the buildings at portage and main (+/- 15000 s.f.) it would have had 45 stories.

stupid hydro.