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Old Posted Mar 12, 2015, 10:54 PM
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The new towers are looking great in Metrotown, but oh so many 'tower in the park" designs, the neighbourhood has a lot of growing up to do yet.
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I like the 3 Metrotown office towers in Burnaby but, the rest are largely unattractive. Still, for a 'burb it punches above its weight. Ugly in point tower form is a lot more pleasing than ugly in slab form.
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Having said that, it's pretty cool to hear people talk about York because in my experience most Torontonians don't know this place exists or ever existed. Out of all the former cities/borough, York seems to be the forgotten one and no one knows wtf I'm talking about when I say that I'm from here. It's usually, "you mean you're from North York"?



I'm pretty sure most of York is still working class, with I think Humewood-Cedarvale and Old Mill being the exceptions. That's probably why Ford is/was so popular here. Although most people assume Ford Nation to be in either Scarborough or Etobicoke, York had (iirc) the highest percentage of residents voting for that asshole. Nunziata, one of the biggest idiots in council, was our former mayor before amalgamation so I suppose our Ford love-fest shouldn't be all that surprising. And I'm quite certain that it's the York side of ward 17 that keeps (narrowly) voting in Cesar Palacio, who was probably the biggest Ford ass kisser in council before shit really hit the fan.





It's definitely unlike most of Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough in terms of urbanity. It's much more urban but the city has (iirc) always been pretty poor and you can pretty much tell immediately when you're crossing the Toronto-York "borders". For instance, York used to save money and cut corner on a whole slew of things like putting (uglier) street lights on only one side of the road. Much of York is still like this today and it's pretty dark at night. When I have time, I might post some pics of the areas I'm most similar with.
York in fact voted in a referendum in 1930 to join the City of Toronto - but the city turned them down!

It's also quite striking, as you note, the degree to which gentrification mirrors the Old Toronto-York border.
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Rogers road still had a section of streetcar tracks not too long ago.

York was divied up between Etobicoke and North York when the post amalgamated city choose to go with four districts over six. The west district is Etobicoke York but most just call it Etobicoke.
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Interesting how Burnaby ranges from early 20th century streetcar suburb like the Danforth and East York or St. Clair West/Eglinton West/York in some parts (along Hastings) to Mississauga-style suburbia in others (Metrotown).
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I like the 3 Metrotown office towers in Burnaby but, the rest are largely unattractive. Still, for a 'burb it punches above its weight. Ugly in point tower form is a lot more pleasing than ugly in slab form.
Agreed, I should have been more clear, I was thinking urban form. I like the size and street presence of the podiums vs the old tower in the park designs.

That said I do like metroplace, it's a handsome tower IMO.
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Old Posted Mar 16, 2015, 9:57 PM
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^ Have you seen it in person?
It actually is quite ugly aside from the northeast corner. The podium is great however. Silver is shaping up to be the nicer tower I think.
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No, I haven't seen it in person, just the glamour shots!
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Old Posted Mar 17, 2015, 12:49 AM
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Some sunrise photos from this morning. First Brentwood, shrouded in fog before sunrise.



Also Metrotown is blanketed in fog on top of the ridge.





The fog vanishes quickly after sunrise and the view is like a painting.

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Wow! Stunning photos, Klazu.
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Stellar photography, and great narration to go along with it.
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That's an interesting photo all the way from Tsawwassen. What makes it interesting is that none of those clusters in Vancouver. That's from left to right Metrotown (Burnaby), Edmonds (Burnaby) and New Westminster.
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Beautiful East Vancouver and Burnaby.

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I probably should update this but I am not a teenager anymore so it would probably be hard for me to stand in a middle of a 7 lane road for a photo. Maybe after the LRT is built I will try.
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I find that the boulevards work well.

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