The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under - Page 90

bolognium · #**1781** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 1:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Lenin

Ha. I would say perhaps Hamilton, Toronto, and London are all contenders for the title (and maybe even Montreal, come to think of it) alongside Winnipeg. To be sure, our fair city does seem to have a zillion drab boxes, in exciting colours ranging all the way from off white to brown!

London's definitely in the running.

Lenin · #**1782** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 2:31 AM**

By the way, bolognium, I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before, but your photographs of London are among the best I have seen. Thanks for doing your city justice! I think perhaps it's a bit of an underrated burgh, and you seem to be one of the most prolific posters of London photographs on this forum. I dig it.

Dr Awesomesauce · #**1783** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 3:06 AM**

London is underrated. If it were in any other province people might actually know about it.

chrisallard5454 · #**1784** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 4:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hali87

IMO they are more prominent in Winnipeg than anywhere else in Canada, with the possible exceptions of Toronto and Hamilton.

I've lived in London, Winnipeg, Toronto, Hamilton, etc. and I would say out of them all Winnipeg has the least amount of commie blocks.

For a city its size, London takes the cake, with Wonderland being the major street that comes to mind. Toronto for sure has more, but it is a major city. Hamilton in the downtown beats Winnipeg hands down.

Yes Winnipeg has a few downtown, but outside of that they are few and far in between. Winnipeg is more of a midrise (3-5 story) brick apartment kind of city.

ssiguy · #**1785** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 6:09 AM**

Ya, I don't think there is a city in Canada that does commie-block quite as well as London and London even builds them downtown. That saod, London punches way above her weight when it comes to skyline and the sheer number of highrises.

London, ssems to have a good reputation around the country. Even the people who have never been there always say "I hear it's a nice city", which of course it is. Being so close to Toronto it is overshawdowed and it's name doesn't help. No one ever goes to London for a visit unless it's for friends/family/conventions etc. I guess that's why many hear it's a nice city but few have actually been there to verify it.

London is one of those very very rare cities where you wouldn't want to visit but you would like to live there.

Architype · #**1786** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 6:17 AM**

Aren't Canadian commie blocks mainly an Ontario thing in general?

Architype · #**1787** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 6:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Beautiful, and worth reposting !

someone123 · #**1788** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 6:40 AM**

Yes, that's a lovely shot of Quebec City.

I know this is SkyscraperPage, but I often prefer streetscapes of medium-sized buildings. The Price building and Chateau Frontenac are great landmarks even though they're not very tall, and St-Roch has a nice scale.

bolognium · #**1789** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 5:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Lenin

By the way, bolognium, I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before, but your photographs of London are among the best I have seen. Thanks for doing your city justice! I think perhaps it's a bit of an underrated burgh, and you seem to be one of the most prolific posters of London photographs on this forum. I dig it.

Thanks, Lenin, that actually means a lot. I find that London's massively underrepresented on SSP, and that a lot of members have formed opinions based on pictures and Google Street View alone. London's got tons of problems, but I really do love the place. As Pete mentioned, if it were in any other province it would likely be seen as a substantial city.

Here are a couple older photos from warmer days. Pretty sure I've posted some of them around the forums, but whatever:

SignalHillHiker · #**1790** Posted **Mar 2, 2013, 5:53 PM**

Wow, gorgeous!

I love the second and third ones especially.

advance62 · #**1791** Posted **Mar 3, 2013, 5:42 AM**

Here's a section of downtown Kitchener from feb 28th

Downtown in Winter 2 by Matthew M S, on Flickr

chrisallard5454 · #**1792** Posted **Mar 3, 2013, 1:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by bolognium

Aah, Farhi... Does he still own the city? He also owns an inn off of the 401 in Ingersoll called The Elmhurst. I remember the reaction from the town residents when he purchased it.

http://www.whattravelwriterssay.com/...llontario.html

Not bad for a town of 10 000 people.

FrAnKs · #**1793** Posted **Mar 8, 2013, 4:27 AM**

Scroll ====>

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28175395

davidivivid · #**1794** Posted **Mar 8, 2013, 6:31 PM**

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...ize=1280%2C853

Wishblade · #**1795** Posted **Mar 8, 2013, 7:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Scroll ====>

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28175395

Quebec City looks like a giant Saint John, NB in this picture, atleast to me.

FrAnKs · #**1796** Posted **Mar 8, 2013, 9:54 PM**

Why ? ( I don't know St-John pretty well... )

Wishblade · #**1797** Posted **Mar 8, 2013, 10:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Why ? ( I don't know St-John pretty well... )

I wish I could find a better picture to demonstrate, and anybody who has visited the place would know better what I mean, but I just find the modern and historic building stock of both cities is somewhat similar.

SignalHillHiker · #**1798** Posted **Mar 9, 2013, 7:34 PM**

March 9, 2013

A full-sized photo of St. John's, for a change. Scroll ---->

Rico Rommheim · #**1799** Posted **Mar 9, 2013, 7:40 PM**

*jaw drops*

Outstanding work, sir.

SignalHillHiker · #**1800** Posted **Mar 9, 2013, 7:46 PM**

Aww, wow. Thank you!