Our 'Downtown' toboggan hill at Queen Elizabeth Park.
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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
Looking north from Citadel Hill. The camera kind of distorts the distance here; the towers in behind are a couple km away. The cranes are for Richmond Yards, 30 storeys, so it will be significantly taller than these existing buildings.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
For me, this is why I consider Montreal Canada's most beautiful city. It's this contrast of a massive classical neighbourhood church and wacky mid century modernist design that creates a sense of scale and place. These landmarks are surrounded by endless early 20th century rowhouses and apartments. It's just sublime.