Canadian Urban Canyons - Page 15

halifaxboyns · #**281** Posted **Jul 23, 2010, 9:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

It has some cool buildings such as this one (taken by Colin N. on flickr):

That's the Dominion Public Building - home of Public Works and Government Services Canada. I worked there for a couple of summers on the ground floor with their IT staff doing websites for various projects, including the Confederation Bridge.

halifaxboyns · #**282** Posted **Jul 23, 2010, 9:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bigtime

The Calgary canyon I posted in the other thread:

I can watch that from my balcony at Rocky Mountain Plaza lol.

le calmar · #**283** Posted **Jul 23, 2010, 10:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

And the photo I took above, doesnt, kinda, even, just a bit, look like New York?

It's hard to judge when you see just one side of the street. Indeed, that side of the street "looks like New York", it's got highrises and density, what else do we need?

Here is one of my personal pics, it shows a canyon with both sides of the street visible, so it's easier to judge.

caltrane74 · #**284** Posted **Jul 25, 2010, 11:59 AM**

from tomms

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomms/

francely57 · #**285** Posted **Jul 25, 2010, 4:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by floobie

Interesting thread. I know you've all been eagerly awaiting my judgement. So, ranking time, based on the pictures posted in the thread:

1) Montreal
2) Calgary
3) Ottawa
4) Vancouver (IMO, the prettiest street-scapes in the thread)
5) Toronto

Not really what I would've expected...

Wow, thanks for the recognition! it took quite some work to prove that Montreal deserves to be on top.

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

Oh geez, Toronto last again, even though it has the tallest and most monstrous canyons...

We can't win.

I should have beat francely to the punch and started, " Canada's Tallest Canyons"

Haha, well you can always post some more (other than Bay, University, King, Wellington) if you don't want Toronto to be buried

More minor canyons...

Cathcart Street looking east, June 8, 2010

the 2nd gap on the right side is Altitude's (33 storeys) construction site

Mansfield Street looking south, June 8, 2010

St-Alexandre Street looking south, June 19, 2010

St-Mathieu Street looking south, June 9, 2010

...July 23, 2010

Du Fort Street looking south from its northern end, June 9, 2010

Drummond Street looking north near its northern end, June 8, 2010

Metcalfe Street looking south from its northern end, June 8, 2010

Drummond Street looking south, July 23, 2010 (you can see Montreal's Ritz-Carlton, under renovation)

...more coming...

caltrane74 · #**286** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 2:50 AM**

by me : today

Sorry I didn't mean to embarrass you like that francely, just got carried away.

But don't feel bad, ... cause Calgary still needs a sparing partner. hahaha

caltrane74 · #**287** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 10:23 AM**

The tallest and the longest Canyon in the Country

Look at my canyon.. look at your canyon

My canyon is long and tall.. your canyon is short and short

Look at my canyon again..

its the longest and strongest canyon in the land, able to leap over ...

tall buildings?

ah hell, it's Bay Street by caltrane.

le calmar · #**288** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 1:48 PM**

Wow, now you got real nice canyons shots!

caltrane74 · #**289** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 3:16 PM**

Thanks man, I took a lot of photos.. just need to edit them and get them online. Won't be too much longer, when I get home from work, I'll get at it.

I'm waiting for francely to post some of his.. too!!!

francely57 · #**290** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 4:06 PM**

^ Wow, nice shots caltrane! it must pretty easy for filmmakers to shoot NY scenes in TO(?)

Here are some more old canyons:

St-François-Xavier Street looking north, June 19, 2010 (...by the way it's a very bad idea to drive in the central part of Old Montreal, at virtually any time)

Let's walk instead
(St-Paul Street looking west, June 19, 2010)

St-Sulpice Street looking north, June 19, 2010

St-Pierre Street looking north, June 19, 2010

St-François-Xavier Street looking north, June 19, 2010

St-Pierre Street looking south, July 23, 2010

caltrane74 · #**291** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 4:16 PM**

yeah, yeah, pretty good guy.

Old Montreal Rocks!!... really like that place

anyways.

I got a couple more at home to post. soon enough.

francely57 · #**292** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 4:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

Sorry I didn't mean to embarrass you like that francely, just got carried away.

But don't feel bad, ... cause Calgary still needs a sparing partner. hahaha

HAHA, who got embarrassed??

Why Montreal dominated this thread (more easily than I thought) :

1st preview: St-Mathieu, St-Jacques, Notre-Dame, Sherbrooke
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...0&postcount=69

Metcalfe, Stanley, St-Alexandre, Drummond, Guy, St-Antoine
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=181

McGill, St-Jacques, Notre-Dame, Queen, Prince, (Nordelec)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=184

St-Laurent, Ste-Catherine, Mansfield, St-Jacques, Aylmer, Phillips/Beaver Hall, De la Montagne, Lincoln, (World Trade Centre)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=201

Peel, Union, Viger, (Décarie)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=209

Président-Kennedy
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=217

University
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=222

De Maisonneuve
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=223

Sherbrooke
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=227

René-Lévesque
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=237

St-Paul, Union, St-Pierre, Viger, Mansfield
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=245

Cathcart, Mansfield, St-Alexandre, St-Mathieu, Du Fort, Drummond, Metcalfe
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=285

St-François-Xavier, St-Paul, St-Sulpice, St-Pierre
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=290

...more coming?

caltrane74 · #**293** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 5:10 PM**

Bring it guy!!!

I'm ready foryuh!

rapswin! · #**294** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 6:56 PM**

found a couple of Toronto canyons on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14579060@N02/1489989196/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greyvdm...65737/sizes/o/

kw5150 · #**295** Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 7:27 PM**

Toronto wins. (I live in Calgary)

Our canyons need another 50 years to develop properly and have some life to them.

Calgary's skyline and core is impressive for a small city and we are really starting to embrace building upwards and living in the core. I had such a good weekend in our great little city and so did many others. The streets and river pathways were absolutley packed with people and the river is clear as a diamond.

We have a long way to go to be anything like Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver but I like it here even if we dont win "top canyon"

rapswin! · #**296** Posted **Jul 27, 2010, 1:05 AM**

http://www.flickr.com/photos/richard...54228/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/definet...n/photostream/

caltrane74 · #**297** Posted **Jul 27, 2010, 2:27 AM**

ok francely, im just warming up. don't get to cocky, I got more coming

francely57 · #**298** Posted **Jul 28, 2010, 2:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

Bring it guy!!!

I'm ready foryuh!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapswin!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/richard...54228/sizes/l/

I guess this means WAR!

Traynor · #**299** Posted **Jul 28, 2010, 5:26 PM**

I don't think Toronto's canyons are improving, but I think Cal's picture-taking of them certainly is.

Cal, you are doing a much better job of portraying the canyon shape (even with streets that lack continuity, to be considered true canyons in Traynor's world.)

Lately you have been showing some damn fine examples of Canadian canyons. Keep up the better work.

Mwahahahaha

matt602 · #**300** Posted **Jul 28, 2010, 8:01 PM**

Toronto has some cool canyons but they always seem to have weird gaps and things missing that don't make them quite compare to NYC's. I suppose this will improve with all the scraper projects that are undergoing.

I like Montreal's old town canyons. Those are awesome. Hamilton used to have one along James South between King and Main. Montreal reminds me of it.