Old Canadian Skyline Pictures

[trueviking]

a better comparison of winnipeg except from last summer so the human rights museum isnt as far along....



again thank you to DAN HARPER

http://www.danharperphotography.com/main.html

[Wooster]

I absolutely love old skyline/city shots. Amazing stuff. That's a great comparison of Winnipeg, partucularly what's happened the Forks.

[Coldrsx]

Really diggin the Winnipeg stuff

[Traynor]

I have never seen an aerial like this of Halifax before. Remarkable how similar the layout of the geography is to Vancouver. Point Pleasant Park in place of Stanley Park and the city behind. Very similar!

Is the square mileage about the same? (Of the peninsula that downtown Van sits on and the peninsula of the 'Fax?)

[Airboy]

Heres a thought. After seeing the comparative shots of Winnipeg. I propose that we find shots of our cities and try to reproduce the location. Or someone on this thread who has the ability can try to reproduce it.

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Traynor

Is the square mileage about the same? (Of the peninsula that downtown Van sits on and the peninsula of the 'Fax?)

The Halifax peninsula is much larger geographically (I think about 20 square kilometres vs 5.6 for Vancouver) and is a bigger part of the city. A lot of peninsula neighbourhoods are not considered part of the city centre.

The overall layout and urban form of the two cities is very similar - one of the bridges linking Dartmouth to Halifax is also virtually identical to the Lions Gate in Vancouver.

[trueviking]

another winnipeg....1952 - 2009.

[Biff]

^^^ It's amazing how modern office towers and high rises can make a view of old buildings seem small and non-dense. What i mean is the pictures of Winnipeg from 1952 looks more dense from the air. All of the warehouse buildings seem to be packed in like sardines. Add in the new 400 ft towers and all of a sudden it looks very open and sparse. I guess we need to add about 40 or 50, 400 ft towers to achieve that look again (Vancouver today).

Would have really seemed like a big city in the 30s, 40's and 50's though. Thanks for the perspective Vike.

[alps]

Originally Posted by Traynor

I have never seen an aerial like this of Halifax before. Remarkable how similar the layout of the geography is to Vancouver. Point Pleasant Park in place of Stanley Park and the city behind. Very similar!

Is the square mileage about the same? (Of the peninsula that downtown Van sits on and the peninsula of the 'Fax?)

Definitely there are similarities. you got me curious so I made a rough size comparison:


(Google Earth)

[Traynor]

^Hmmmm... Cool!

Thanks for the visual aid. I love using those too.

They do have a similarity in geography (minus the mountains). Now if only we can jam some 40 floor condos in the 'Fax! LOL.

[craner]

That google view of Halifax reminds me of Montreal as well.