Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
The last decade or so really has felt like a major renaissance here. Growing up in the 90s and early 2000s there was this vague, pervasive sense that everything was very stale and a bit sub-par; as if the city had embraced the idea that its best days were long gone. Things feel really different now.
lol this video is incredible. And yeah the city has changed a lot; I went there 2 years ago for the first time in about 10 years and hardy recognized parts of downtown.
lol this video is incredible. And yeah the city has changed a lot; I went there 2 years ago for the first time in about 10 years and hardy recognized parts of downtown.
In retrospect there was a kind of dark age from about 1989-2004. There was tons of construction in the 80's and 2010's, while the city stagnated and became more suburban in the 90's.
Something else I've noticed is that Canada's cities just stack up better against global cities than they used to. Toronto is a significant world city now and Halifax is on par with a bunch of small capital or regional cities (how many of them have a > $1B annual budget?). In another 30 years Canada will have an economy and population similar to the UK or France and its major cities will drive that. It's easy to forget this if you are only using Canadian cities as yardsticks.
In retrospect there was a kind of dark age from about 1989-2004. There was tons of construction in the 80's and 2010's, while the city stagnated and became more suburban in the 90's.
Something else I've noticed is that Canada's cities just stack up better against global cities than they used to. Toronto is a significant world city now and Halifax is on par with a bunch of small capital or regional cities (how many of them have a > $1B annual budget?). In another 30 years Canada will have an economy and population similar to the UK or France and its major cities will drive that. It's easy to forget this if you are only using Canadian cities as yardsticks.
There's no doubt. The change in Toronto over the past couple of decades has been mind blowing; you see that spreading to cities like Hamilton now as well. So much of the country is uninhibited that it really could handle a large population increase if the economy was there to support it.
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