Canada's 10 Tallest U/C - Page 4

caltrane74 · #61 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 3:40 AM**

Minus, the sunlight and then you have a Manhatten stylez shot. Get some towers blocking that blue sky and sunshine, and youre cooking New York City style..

Deepstar · #62 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 4:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

^you need to visit toronto or vancouver more

Toronto or Montreal. Vancouver doesn't resemble New York in any way. Calgary with its office tower canyons actually looks more like New York than Vancouver.

WhipperSnapper · #63 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 4:47 AM**

I don't see anything that screams New York in that shot. It's just too glassy and modern.

Ramako · #64 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 4:59 AM**

These two shots of Trump scream 'Manhattan' to me:

By: Mo-tage on UT (February 15, 2010)

By: tomms on UT (January 7, 2010)

The streetwall in that second picture will really solidify once the Shangri-La (214m), 100 John Street (135m), Bay-Adelaide East (196m), and Richmond-Adelaide III (183m) are built, not to mention Trump (282m) itself.

francely57 · #65 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Wow look at all of 'em scapers!

Go Montreal!

..oh wait. right.

Ha, Montreal will have its revenge when the time is right..... we'll make Vancouver & Calgary jealous with all our new 30-40-50-60-storey towers

That makes me think, this is one of the main reasons why skyscraper construction threads seem so Toronto-centric:

The #2 city, Montreal, has nearly abandoned skyscraper construction, and then #3 and #4 are way smaller than #1, so it's pretty hard for them to compete against TO's domination

caltrane74 · #66 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 6:28 AM**

Back in the mid ninetys to late 90's Calgary and Montreal were the champs of skyscraper construction in Canada. We're just playing catch up now.

Dylan Leblanc · #67 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 7:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

[Possibly the most New Yorkian shot ever taken in Canada.

Wow Phil, we could rip on you so hard for making that statement.

steveve · #68 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 1:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ramako

I wouldn't nitpick. He calls everything "EPIC"... literally everything.

EPIC sounds better than nice -imo.... I would use nice instead but it doesn't seem as "EPIC!"

Toronto has some serious density in its downtown core in certain places (financial district) , but there are many strips of downtown that lack the "New York" feel quite a bit...

Toronto's sheer size is understandable due to its population, we get way more goodies (skyscrapers) compared to other canadian cities....

But like WhipperSnapper said, there are a whole buncha new buildings (built in the past 30 years or so) in those shots... Manhattan's got tons of older buildings due to its ancient history..

Trump Tower in Toronto was inspired by Manhattan skyscrapers as Trump said in one of his youtube videos... We are Americans in denial!

And i don't see any taxicabs in those shots i don't think!

Bigtime · #69 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 2:24 PM**

No no, this is Calgary looking like Manhattan:

WhipperSnapper · #70 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 4:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

Back in the mid ninetys to late 90's Calgary and Montreal were the champs of skyscraper construction in Canada. We're just playing catch up now.

Another one of those Caltrane's WTF? posts .. cool! Almost like calling Jamieson's gaudy deco inspiration New Yorkish.

Coldrsx · #71 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 4:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Deepstar

Toronto or Montreal. Vancouver doesn't resemble New York in any way. Calgary with its office tower canyons actually looks more like New York than Vancouver.

you need to visit Vancouver more... while the height is not there, the canyons and traffic and pedestrians sure are.

240glt · #72 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 4:58 PM**

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No no, this is Calgary looking like Manhattan:

More like everyone leaving downtown & headed for their fancy tract houses up in Coach Hill

Traynor · #73 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

Another one of those Caltrane's WTF? posts .. cool! Almost like calling Jamieson's gaudy deco inspiration New Yorkish.

I believe that should be: Jamieson's gaudy DISCO inspiration.

But jokes aside, in my opinion Jamison would fit quite nicely just off Broadway near Times Square. I think it very much matches Manhattan's aesthetic of the last 20 years.

That photograph as a whole does not make me think New York, but Jamieson certainly does. Manhattan loves overly fussy glass boxes with cheater spires stuck on top. That just screams New York to me.

Bigtime · #74 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

More like everyone leaving downtown & headed for their fancy tract houses up in Coach Hill

Hey now what place does the truth have on the internet?

WhipperSnapper · #75 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by Traynor

... but Jamieson certainly does. Manhattan loves overly fussy glass boxes with cheater spires stuck on top. That just screams New York to me.

Somewhat true but, I just don't see it with Jamieson. Jamieson looks like something straight out of Melbourne.

WhipperSnapper · #76 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

you need to visit Vancouver more... while the height is not there, the canyons and traffic and pedestrians sure are.

The skyline looks like Manhattan and some of the historical parts but the new towers, their canyons are anything but Manhattanesque.

Coldrsx · #77 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

The skyline looks like Manhattan and some of the historical parts but the new towers, their canyons are anything but Manhattanesque.

AS I MENTIONED... other than the height... but the many of the other characteristics are there.

WhipperSnapper · #78 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:41 PM**

10 tallest buildings completed by year
(note: not all buildings in the database have completion dates)

1993:

Vancouver - 5
Toronto - 3
Coquitlam - 1
Kitchener - 1

1994:

Vancouver - 7
Toronto - 1
Montreal - 1
Surrey - 1

1995:

Vancouver - 6
Toronto - 2
Montreal - 1
Nanaimo - 1

1996:

Vancouver - 8
Toronto - 2

1997:

Vancouver - 5
Toronto - 3
Burnaby - 1
Port Moddy - 1

1998:

Vancouver - 8
Toronto - 1
Windsor - 1

1999:

Vancouver - 5
Toronto - 3
Burnaby - 2

2000:

Vancouver - 6
Calgary - 2
Toronto - 1
Niagara Falls - 1

WhipperSnapper · #79 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

AS I MENTIONED... other than the height... but the many of the other characteristics are there.

Dude, I got the height part. I guess by your def every city counts as Manhattanesque. There's a reason they call it "Vancouverism" after all.

Coldrsx · #80 Posted: **Mar 10, 2010, 5:57 PM**

^not at all.

Toronto is obviously most akin to parts of manhattan.

but Vancouver feels like a lot of manhattan if you do not tilt your head more than 45 degrees.