Great Canadian Skywalks!
why not
Vancouver doesn't have as many as compared to most Canadian cities the pacific centre skywalk - Vancouver http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g/DSC02012.jpg pic by me the seabus - waterfront station skywalk http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../downtown6.jpg pic by me |
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Here's a thread where Montreal won't be able to boast. I don't think we have any save for the ones in industrial building/grain elevators.
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And Calgary surpasses all others. Calgary is home to the longest network in terms of total length. The system connects nearly every building over a few floors in the downtown core, some 100+ buildings in total. Nearly every recent project has been connected to the network, some projects with only one or two bridges, however others have more (the Bow will have 4 eventually)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ay_Calgary.jpg Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lgary-7ave.JPG Wikimedia Commons Full network map |
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I realize its 15 feet, but "+15" doesn't sound interesting. I'll stick to skywalk. lol
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Yes .. Calgary is th King of the Skywalk system. It makes winter a little more livable.
A friend of mine told me Calgary was also the first city to build them to connect downtown buildings. I am not sure it thats a fact, its just what someone told me. |
^The first and only built leg of Toronto's plus 15 was completed in the mid 70s
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Outside http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/...e4ae87f6_b.jpg Inside http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/...c93266f2_b.jpg :D by me |
Needs a Bell kiosk inside.
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You can't talk about skywalks with out referencing Waydowntown!
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/\ :haha: yeah, and Calgary no less.
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Sure the weather plays a big factor in Cal, Edm, etc., and any developer would be considered an idiot if they didn't connect to the network now, but that's the catch-22 of making it worse. |
Skywalks are ugly. I think there are three in downtown Hamilton. Two of them plus Jackson Square allow one to get to most of the major destinations downtown without going outside: Fairclough Building, Sheraton Hotel, Stelco Tower, Standard Life Centre, Thompson Building, City Centre, Central Library, Copps Coliseum, Convention Centre, Hamilton Place, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Farmer's Market and three or four separate parking garages.
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Fugly skywalk in Gatineau, connecting fugly buildings.
Fugly Rideau Centre skywalk in Ottawa fugly pictures by me. |
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