Sweet Ottawa Pano

[AuxTown]

Here is a really awesome pano of Ottawa at night. I had to borrow it from: http://andrewknapp.my-expressions.co...5448316/239360
Enjoy....

[Jamaican-Phoenix]

Dayum, that is one sweet pano!!!

[harls]

[Rathgrith]

That moon makes Ottawa look haunted.

[Aylmer]

Has anyone seen the skyline from the champlin bridge?
C'est tellement beau!!!

Check it out (and while your there, go and take a walk on the Aylmer waterfront! 10 minutes from there...)!

[harls]

Here's a shot from bate island, right by champlain br.. this was a couple of days before canada day in 2006, hence the monster flag on constitution square..



some shots from the Prince of Wales Bridge from about a year ago..

[harls]

Check this pano by aylmerqc on flickr.. taken March 15 (yesterday)

click for big version

[Radster]

So the tallest building in Ottawa/Gatineau is not even in Ottawa, its Terraces de la Chaudiere in Hull. Kind of funny, and sad at the same time ain't it!?

[Ottawade]

As much as I like skyscrapers I think sometimes people on this forum jump too quickly on the idea that something taller is necessarily better and we need some 40 story building to bump our city up to the next level. I agree with that sentiment in time, but you don't want some 40-story monstrosity overtaking everything else it needs to be natural.

Looking at these pictures however, a good sized building with a nice decorative spire could really add something to our skyline. Parliament has nice caps, we need something similar on a 30ish story building

[c@taract_soulj@h]

Originally Posted by Ottawade

As much as I like skyscrapers I think sometimes people on this forum jump too quickly on the idea that something taller is necessarily better and we need some 40 story building to bump our city up to the next level. I agree with that sentiment in time, but you don't want some 40-story monstrosity overtaking everything else it needs to be natural.

Looking at these pictures however, a good sized building with a nice decorative spire could really add something to our skyline. Parliament has nice caps, we need something similar on a 30ish story building

Which is why Stinsons' brainchild in Hamilton didn't work out. Would have stuck out like a sore thumb. Hell, even the developer of our tallest (Landmark Place) thought so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Place

[harls]

Gatineau (and Ottawa) from LHTP on Flickr (Feb 16, 2008)

[drawarc]

Nice panos, last one makes Ottawa-Gatineau look big.

[drawarc]

Don't know if shown before, but here's a huge pano looking east, by the 417 between Kanata and Moodie Drive.

By januszl

at Panoramio.com


Click for full size.

If problem loading, click here:http://www.panoramio.com/photo/20790152

[harls]

^ that's awesome.

[YOWflier]

I get a 403 Forbidden error on the last one.

[flar]

Originally Posted by ac888yow

I get a 403 Forbidden error on the last one.

me too.

[jitterbug]

Originally Posted by Ottawade

Looking at these pictures however, a good sized building with a nice decorative spire could really add something to our skyline. Parliament has nice caps, we need something similar on a 30ish story building

A big improvement to Ottawa's skyline would be the demolition of Place de Ville's Tower C (that's the hideous brown box that dominates the western edge of downtown). It's only 29 storeys, yet it's bulk and ugliness is hard to miss from many vantage points, especially looking east from the parkway.

Once levelled, replace Tower C with a truly landmark building that would complement the Peace Tower rather than competes with it.

[harls]

^^I got the error too, but just click his name, then you can reach it..

[drawarc]

I get a 403 Forbidden error on the last one.

Sorry about that, added direct link to it.

[waterloowarrior]

new angle... click to enlarge



silliopolous on flickr


urban pano by Steve Brandon... Rideau and Nelson