Canadian Urban Canyons - Page 27

subdude · #**521** Posted **Jan 5, 2014, 8:52 PM**

Took these last year, the fog helps define the canyon effect:

Coal Harbour

Looking up Burrard from the Convention Centre.

subdude · #**522** Posted **Jan 7, 2014, 7:02 PM**

The Alberni canyon:

vanman · #**523** Posted **Jan 7, 2014, 8:09 PM**

Cordova canyon.

by Johnny Milkovich @flickr

Chadillaccc · #**524** Posted **Jan 7, 2014, 8:16 PM**

That is an incredible shot!

Beedok · #**525** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 3:24 AM**

Wish I had that pic for an earlier debate about Canadian vs. US cities.

Nouvellecosse · #**526** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 3:32 AM**

To demonstrate what point?

Beedok · #**527** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 2:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

To demonstrate what point?

that Canada canyons just as impressively as Manhattan (it's shorter, but at a certain point tall is tall).

GreaterMontréal · #**528** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 8:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

that Canada canyons just as impressively as Manhattan (it's shorter, but at a certain point tall is tall).

No, in Midtown Manhattan it's canyons to infinity.
http://www.flyinphilsphotos.com/nych...tos/rsz_44.jpg

Beedok · #**529** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 8:17 PM**

True, but the Canadian ones look nicer.

franktko · #**530** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 8:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

True, but the Canadian ones look nicer.

GreaterMontréal · #**531** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 8:30 PM**

In term of buildings quality, we are far behind, we will never catch up.

Beedok · #**532** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 8:40 PM**

I hope you aren't talking about us being behind New York. It's filled with some of the ugliest buildings around. Like the over busy-ness of old Paris, but 20 stories taller minimum. The with the ugliest brutalist designs sprinkled in for good measure. They have a few nice buildings, but it's a sea of ugly. Canadian cities are almost all of far better aesthetic quallity.

franktko · #**533** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 8:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

I hope you aren't talking about us being behind New York. It's filled with some of the ugliest buildings around. Like the over busy-ness of old Paris, but 20 stories taller minimum. The with the ugliest brutalist designs sprinkled in for good measure. They have a few nice buildings, but it's a sea of ugly. Canadian cities are almost all of far better aesthetic quallity.

Man! Are you real?? What the hell are you talking about? Are you saying the old Paris and NY architecture is garbage?? We are nowhere near in any Canadian city in term of quality architecture as those two cities, jeeez

GreaterMontréal · #**534** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 8:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

I hope you aren't talking about us being behind New York. It's filled with some of the ugliest buildings around. Like the over busy-ness of old Paris, but 20 stories taller minimum. The with the ugliest brutalist designs sprinkled in for good measure. They have a few nice buildings, but it's a sea of ugly. Canadian cities are almost all of far better aesthetic quallity.

I don't think there is a city in Canada which can beat Chicago for the quality of high rises. We don't have the money here in Canada.

Martin Mtl · #**535** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 9:11 PM**

New York has enough amazing buildings just in Manhattan to beat every canadian cities put together.

Beedok · #**536** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 9:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by franktko

Man! Are you real?? What the hell are you talking about? Are you saying the old Paris and NY architecture is garbage?? We are nowhere near in any Canadian city in term of quality architecture as those two cities, jeeez

Old Paris is almost all way to busy. There's nice areas, but there's a lot of buildings are just a mess. New York is worse.

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I don't think there is a city in Canada which can beat Chicago for the quality of high rises. We don't have the money here in Canada.

Chicago has some nice tall buildings, but it doesn't strike me as exceptionally different quality from Toronto.

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

New York has enough amazing buildings just in Manhattan to beat every canadian cities put together.

Maybe, but it has enough ugly buildings in Manhattan alone to outdo Canada at least 3 times over in that category.

GreaterMontréal · #**537** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 9:35 PM**

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Chicago has some nice tall buildings, but it doesn't strike me as exceptionally different quality from Toronto.

you are probably trolling.

Beedok · #**538** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 9:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

you are probably trolling.

No, I'm stating my honest opinion. There's a few nice buildings in Chicago, but the overall cityscape, from what I've seen, looks to be similar, just skinnier and taller. Oh and some boulevards, which no city should have. Anything more than 4-5 lanes is just bad design.

franktko · #**539** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 10:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

No, I'm stating my honest opinion. There's a few nice buildings in Chicago, but the overall cityscape, from what I've seen, looks to be similar, just skinnier and taller. Oh and some boulevards, which no city should have. Anything more than 4-5 lanes is just bad design.

It's not about opinion - I respect opinions but this is a clear case of total lack of knowledge of what architecture is and what buildings exist out there...

Nouvellecosse · #**540** Posted **Jan 8, 2014, 10:16 PM**

Sounds like he doesn't care for anything that's highly ornate and prefers very sleek, minimal designs. From that perspective, much of NY and Paris would seem like a cluttered mess.